Pickens County Track & Field and Cross Country

Time for your 4th ranked PHS Dragons to take the starting line at the GHSA State Championship Cross Country race. Let’s go dragons! #dragonnationunited

Your PHS Dragons and Nettes cross country teams are off to compete in the GHSA State Championship Race tomorrow in Carrollton, GA! Your 4th ranked Dragons run at 10:30 am, and your 11th ranked Nettes run at 11:15 am. Wish them luck as we compete! Let’s go Dragons & Nettes! #dragonnationunited

Tuesday, October 27th, the PHS cross country teams hosted the GHSA Region 7-AAAA Championship meet at Roper Park in Jasper. This race featured seven teams from the region including Central (Carroll), Cedartown, Heritage (Catoosa), Northwest Whitfield, Ridgeland, Southeast Whitfield, and Pickens. The PHS Dragons cross country team finished 1st place, making them region champions. This is their 3rd consecutive region title and their 4th in the last 5 years! Leading the Dragon...s with a 1st place finish was senior Seth White, who ran a time of 16:37. Also placing in the top five were senior Andrew Williams (3rd), Mason Ford (4th), and Connor Hedgpeth (5th). They were followed by teammates Eli Eubanks, Will Dodson, and Noah Jones. The PHS Nettes cross country team finished 4th in the region and were led by freshman Makenzie Black, who ran a time of 24:19. The Nettes top 5 runners finished within 35 seconds of each others. These ladies included Mia Antinozzi, Penelope Hobgood, Meadow Palmer, and Zoe Howard. Both teams qualified to compete in the GHSA State Championship Race which will take place this Friday, November 6th, in Carrollton, GA.

PHS cross country practice for tomorrow will begin at 3:00 p.m at Roper Park. This is our last day of practice before our region meet! Let’s go Dragons!

This past weekend, a total of 36 high school cross country teams from all across North Georgia descended upon Roper Park this weekend for the Pickens & Grinnin' Invitational hosted by PHS Cross Country. To reduce the amount of spectators and runners (due to Covid precautions), the field of teams was divided up so that half competed Friday night and the other half ran on Saturday morning. The teams running on Friday night got to participate in what was the first ever nighttim...e race under the lights at Roper Park. The cool weather combined with running after dark provided an atmosphere that seemed to energize and excite all of the runners, and their 5k times were an indication of that! The XC boy's team ran their best race of the season and came away with a 6th place finish out of 33 teams. Varsity Boys' Race- 278 Varsity runners total Seth White finished 5th overall Mason Ford, Andrew Williams, Will Hall, Noah Jones, Will Dodson, and Eli Eubanks all ran personal best times in the race. JV Boys' Race- Alex Korowotny, Wyatt Richards, Ethan Carlan, Reagan Hardison, and Blake Moss also ran their personal best times in Friday night's race. The Varsity Nettes were led by Bekah Wise, who finished the 5k race with a time of 21:54. Showing strong performances and setting personal records for the varsity team were Penelope Hobgood, Makenzie Black, Meadow Palmer, and Raven Holsenbeck. Also setting personal records for the Nettes on the junior varsity team was Ruby Santos, Kaitlyn Goss, Ava Owen, and Rubi Gonzalez. The PHS cross country teams will host the Region 7-AAAA Championship Cross Country Meet next Tuesday, October 27th at Roper Park, with races beginning at 12 p.m. We wish the best of luck to these teams as they battle for a spot to compete at the GHSA State Championship Cross Country Meet.