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PERRY — Lowndes High’s girls cross country team won the Mid-State Cross Country Classic last Saturday at the Georgia Fairgrounds.
Ashley Powell was the top Lowndes finisher, placing fourth out of 163 girls. She completed the five-kilometer race in a time of 21:00. Alison Peters finished seventh overall, in 21:42. Maggie Laine Powell was the 15th overall finisher. Jacki Pinkerton (23:54) and Alex Haun (23:56) finished 27th and 28th, respectively. Three of Lowndes’ top five finishers were freshmen, while the other two were sophomores.
Lowndes’ boys team finished eighth at the meet. Jose Gibbs was the Vikings’ top runner, finishing 11th out of 244 runners with a time of 18:23. Lyndon Jones placed 18th overall, with a time of 18:38. Dodge Tomlinson finished the race in 19:23, followed by Juan Gibbs (19:30), Caleb Coil (20:17) and David Jones (20:17). Lowndes’ top five boys had a respectable five-man average time of 19:14.
Lowndes’ cross country teams, coached by Antonio Wesley and assistants Jodi Harbin and Rusty Jones, will compete again on Sept. 11 in Tifton.
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