Pinewood Hosts Meet at Evans County Public Fishing Area

By: Nicholas Strickland, PCA senior

Thursday, September 7^th, Pinewood hosted the first cross country meet of the season at the Evans County Public Fishing Area. The JV girls ran a 1.5 mile course and were led by Lilly Griffin in 1^st place with a time of 12:27. The PCA runners who followed her were Riley Nevil 8^th (14:16), Ella Johns 10^th (14:35), Mary Lucy Dasher 11^th (14:36), Alana Weitman 13^th (15:34), Abi Pazderski 14^th (15:41), Jena Hales 15^th (16:08), Emma Strickland 17^th (16:33), and Karry Cowart 18^th (19:23). The girls placed 2^nd in the competition behind Bulloch Academy.

The JV boys also ran a 1.5 mile course. The PCA boys were led by Truett Roundtree, who placed 4^th with a time of 11:06. The runners following him were Jax Lewis 9^th (11:47), Brandon Manville 12^th (14:13), Joseph Eason 13^th (14:36), Ben Wilbanks 15^th (15:25), and Liam Porter 20^th (18:01). The Boys placed 2^nd in the competition.

In the Varsity girls run of the 3.1 mile course, Pinewood had three girls place in the top 10. Emily Griffin 3^rd (25:18), Matalie Miles 7^th (27:07), and Carsen Kennedy 8^th (27:17). The girls who followed were Anna Scott 13^th (29:51), Riya Patel 14^th (30:14), Madison Shaffer 16^th (30:57), Ally McCall 17^th (31:01), Vivian McLendon 18^th (32:15), Haley Thompson 19^th (32:30), Lauren Shiver 21^st (33:18), and Morgan Todd 22^nd (33:19). The Girls team placed 3^rd in the competition.

The varsity boys ran the 3.1 mile course with one runner in the top ten, and five more in the top twenty. The running order was Brantley Swindell 4^th (20:16), Jackson Godbee 12^th (22:30), Trey Kennedy 13^th (22:34), Nathan Scott 14^th (22:57), Nick Strickland 15^th (23:27), Haden Belding 18^th (24:15), William Collins 24^th (27:21), Tal Godwin 29^th (29:51), James Kicklighter 30^th (30:22), Colt Bragg 31^st (31:29), and Timothy Johnson 32^nd (32:10).  The Pinewood boys placed 2^nd overall.