MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County middle schools cross country teams will open their 2008 season today when they travel to Schley County.

The boys and girls teams also will run Saturday in a meet at Lee County.

The teams’ schedule includes five other races, including the South Georgia championships, which will be run on Saturday, Oct. 11, in Bainbridge.

The schedule also includes races at Packer Park on Tuesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 9.

The teams include eighth-graders Jamal Jones, Alex Gomez, Ian Ramons, Andrew Eunice, Will Bannister, Lyndsay Stapleton, Meg Robinson, Marin Hanna, Sierra Johnson, Nikki Leddon and McKenna Fletcher.

The seventh-graders are Eli Stripling, Josh Smith, Katie Russell, Kayla Webb and Angel Strickland.

The sixth-graders are Garrett May, Hudson May, McKensie Willis, Kaci Waller, Clara Gene Vines, Kristina Scott, Courtney Terrell, Vivian Larson, Thomas Fielding and Amber Boyd.

The middle school cross country coach is Link Whittaker.