MOULTRIE —
The Colquitt County finished third in the recent Region 1-AAAAAA cross country meet and will travel to Carrollton on Saturday to compete in the state meet.
The Lady Packers finished fifth and did not qualify for the state meet.
Lowndes won the boys meet with 36 points and was followed by Valdosta, which had 74 points. Colquitt was third with 81 points and Camden County was fourth with 84 points.
Jonathan Florencio led the Packer with a time of 17:55, good for eighth place.
Also counting for the Packers were Steven Johnson, who was 15th with an 18:22; Alberto Duque, 16th, 18:24; Alex Gomez, 19th, 18:39; and Palle Gutierrez, 23rd, 18:51.
Also running for the Packers were Noah Harrison, who was 35th with a 19:27, and Fernando Miranda, who was 37th with a 19:29.
Coach Stephanie Cody said that although Johnson and Gomez turned in improved times, she was disappointed in the overall performance of the team on the Abraham Baldwin College course, which it had run before.
Lowndes also won the girls region championships with 20 points. Camden County was second with 63 and was followed by Tift County with 68, Valdosta with 101 and Colquitt County with 138.
The girls race included 42 runners.
Katie Russell was the Lady Packers first finisher, coming in fifth with a time of 22:31.
Searra Johnson was 25th with a 23:35; Aislin Sheffield was 31st with a 24:24; Kristina Scott was 32nd with a 24:41; and Tiffany Smith was 33rd with 24:52.
Also running for the Lady Packers were Kariann Lamon, who was 39th with a 25:55, and Lea Martinez, who was 41st with a 27:43.
“We didn’t run as well as we had done all year,” Cody said.
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