Youth movement takes over cross country program

Cross country rosters

Boys

Name Year

Landon Mallonee 12

Phil Paradise 12

Logan Grier 12

Logan Tatum 11

Ethan Dodd 11

Dominic Piscitelli 10

Ethan McClean 10

Cory Tillman 10

Josiah Young 9

Peyton Duvall 9

Luke Holbrooks 9

 

Girls

Name Year

Harper Palmer 11

Sydnie Henderson 11

Elin Turner 10

Mylee Nimmons 10

Lurdes Hernandez-Boyzo 10

Debora Perez 9

 

OCHS opener

The OCHS cross country teams open at the North Georgia Championships on Saturday, Aug. 26 in Jefferson. The boys will run at 8:05 a.m. and the girls will run at 8:55 a.m.

  • Sydnie Henderson is back to lead the Oglethorpe County girls cross country team after finishing fifth in the Class A Division I state meet last year as a sophomore. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
    Sydnie Henderson is back to lead the Oglethorpe County girls cross country team after finishing fifth in the Class A Division I state meet last year as a sophomore. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
  • Landon Mallonee is one of three seniors in the OCHS cross country program this year. He helped lead the Patriots to an eighth-place finish at the state meet last fall. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
    Landon Mallonee is one of three seniors in the OCHS cross country program this year. He helped lead the Patriots to an eighth-place finish at the state meet last fall. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Oglethorpe County’s cross country program is facing a youth movement. And that’s one of the reasons why participation in summer runs has been sparse.   With only three seniors (all on the boys…

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