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Richmond Hill’s girls earned the best finish in program history at the Class 7A cross country meet, taking third, while the boys finished fourth on a 5,000-meter course in Carrollton.
Freshman Liam Penttila led the Richmond Hill boys with a fourth-place finish in 16:02.07. He was the top-finishing freshman in the race.
Bryan County placed 15th in the Class 2A boys’ field and 12th in the girls’ field. Sophomore Channing Creech was the boys’ top finisher, in 47th place. JD Roberson competed after playing in a Friday night football game and finished 112th.
Richmond Hill coach Levi Sybert has led the cross country and track and field programs since 2010. Since 2012, the teams have won 39 region titles combined.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
