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Cross Country Runs Away with State Title

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Cross-Country-5-502x500.png The boys’ cross country team and coaches posing for a picture with their state championship trophy. Chad McDaniel.
Cross-Country-3.jpg The girls’ cross country team having some fun before their race the next day. Katherine Graddy.
Cross-Country-4-502x500.png The boys’ cross country receiving their state championship t-shirts on stage. Chad Mcdaniel.
Cross-Country-2.jpg Coaches Megan Trotter, Brittany Stevens and Chris Yoder posing with the trophy after the race. Katherine Graddy.
Cross-Country-1.jpg The girls’ cross country team taking pictures with their medals after the race. Katherine Graddy.

Winning a state championship in any sport is extremely difficult; the chances of winning one is highly improbable, but the odds of being back- to- back as state champions in any sport is nearly impossible. The amount of hard work, effort and dedication and needed is immense. If a team can complete such a feat, they have undoubtedly proven that they are the best in their sport. This is exactly what the Wesleyan boys’ cross country team proved two weeks ago in Carrollton, GA when they won their second straight state championship. They proved that without a doubt, that they are the best runners that the state of Georgia’s 1-A classification has to offer. They are no longer just a good team, they are a great team. They are champions, and they will go down in history for the phenomenal work they have done.

The road to victory for the team began on Nov. 1 during the high school’s senior night pep-rally. At the beginning of the pep rally, the varsity cross country team was welcomed to the middle of the gym floor and was given a standing ovation for a phenomenal season so far. As the Wesleyan fight song blared and thunderous crowd continuously cheered, the team proceeded to run to the buses to head off to the state meet. Once on the bus, the team began their hour-long drive to Carrollton.

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New Cross Country Season Brings New Goals

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    The High School Cross Country team poses for a picture. Brian L. Morgan.
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    The senior cross country girls build a human pyramid. Brian L. Morgan.
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    The senior cross country boys build a human pyramid. Brian L. Morgan.

The Wesleyan Cross-Country team started with the sound of a gun, running full force into their new season. As cool as that would be, their season took off on July 30th at eight in the morning with a three-hour bus ride to Wilderness at the Smokey’s in Pidgeon Forge, TN.

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Single A, but Double State Championship Appearances

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    Varsity girls’ softball team picture after winning the Class A state championship. Brian L Morgan.
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    Varsity boys team picture after placing fourth in the state championship. Chad McDaniel.

This season of sports has truly been one for the record books as many incredible and memorable events have transpired in the Wesleyan community. In two fall sports this season Wesleyan made a run for the state championship in the single A classification. Thanks to the hard work of the athletes and the leadership of their coaches, the Wolves have once again achieved excellence in the opening season of the school year.

Softball

For starters, in Columbus, Georgia on Oct. 28, the Wesleyan softball team played in the class A state championship against Tattnall Square Academy. This match was a nail biter as both teams were exceptionally skilled and well prepared for their respective opponent. By the bottom of the eighth inning the score was 4-4 with Wesleyan freshman Reece Holbrook at bat, the tension was high as the wolves already had two outs. “I knew that I needed to go all out. It was all or nothing. I also knew that it would most likely be my last at bat as a freshman, so I wanted to make it good.”  With the final pitch Holbrook hit a walk off home run and claimed the championship victory for the Wolves.

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Runners Break Their Personal Records

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GAXC-11-color-572x500.jpg The boys team circles up to pray before they start their race. Ana Hanger.
GAXC-5-color-889x500.png Quinn Kaloper, Ashley Doran, Emma Surber, Caroline Gross, Whitaker Welch, Katie Tanner, Mary Ann Manley, Anna Turner and Mikayla John pose in a gas station in funny night gowns. Caitlin Kelly.
GAXC-6-color-593x500.jpg Daniel Baisier, Colton Villa, Peter Hess, Carson Pavelec, Jeb Brown, Mac Howie, Jamarcus Turner, Will Parish and Zach Hanger pose for a picture outside of dinner in their “business trip” attire. Caroline Gross.
GAXC-10-color-575x500.jpg Freshmen Caitlin Kelly and Mikayla John smile after they run a 5k. Megan Trotter.
GAXC-12-color-546x500.jpg Freshman Mac Howie runs hard on the Great American Cross-Country course. Ana Hanger.
GAXC-9-color-281x500.jpg Zach Hanger, Josiah Emmelhainz, Shane Kelly, Colton Villa, Roman Dzikowskisits, Jamarcus Turner, Peter Hess, Mac Howie, Carson Pavelee, Daniel Baisier and Will Parish sitting on the “Love Bench” on the University of North Carolina quad. Quinn Kaloper.

The top runners for the cross-country team traveled up to Cary, North Carolina this past Fall Break to try running their lifetime personal best at the Great American Cross-Country Meet. The athletes have been practicing all summer to get ready for the first significant meet of the season.   Keep Reading

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Cross Country Team Blazes into the New Season

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Now that the school year has begun anew, the eruption of fall sports fills the Wesleyan community, and with this eruption comes the new cross country season.

The start of the new season began on July 24 at 8 a.m. when 98 members of the team traveled to Sevierville, Tennessee to the Wilderness in the Smokies Hotel and Indoor Waterpark to undertake three days of hard training and an exorbitant amount of fun.

Each day, all members of the cross country team rose bright and early for a grueling run in mountainous terrain to prepare for the new season ahead. Although there was plenty of difficult training, there was also plenty of opportunities for rest and recovery. This included swimming in freezing rivers, relaxing in Enos, bonding with teammates and riding enormous waterslides.

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