Boys
Jameson Pifer
Vincent Pifer
Scott Morton
Elijah Brown
Arian Sharma
Luke Vinson
Sam Santaniello
Connor James
Jack Miller
Pierson Long
Emmett Andrews
Chase Featsent
Blake Seidner
Mitchell Williams
Abhinav Gupta
Mukund Mysore
Jeter Ramos
Nolan Smith
Logan Smith
Girls
Violet Loughman
Grace Harden
Paige Harden
Brooke Gavin
Nishevitha Suresh
Caroline Townsend
Aishlinn Vinson
Meera Desai
Alisha Smith
Emily Kilpatrick
Sayuri Takamatsu
Isabella Skeens
Ella Shirley
Alexa Miller
The future of cross country in Forsyth County is bright.
Great Strides, a youth running club based in Forsyth County, captured titles at the Georgia Middle School State Cross Country Championships in the boys race and girls race Oct. 16 in Cochran.
Jameson Pifer, an eighth grader, ran an 11:11 to finish first overall in the club boys championship. Vincent Pifer finished seventh [11:51], Scott Morton finished ninth [11:53], Elijah Brown finished 12th [12:05] and Arian Sharma finished 28th [12:57].
In the girls race, Great Strides placed seven runners inside the top 14, led by Violet Loughman's second-place finish [12:57]. Grace Harden finished sixth [13:33], Paige Harden finished ninth [13:42], Brooke Gavin finished 10th [14:04], Nishevitha Suresh finished 12th [14:19], Caroline Townsend finished 13th [14:21] and Aishlinn Vinson finished 14th [14:25].