Lakeview MS Runners Repeat as GIAA State Champs

Lakeview Academy’s middle school cross country teams wrapped up an outstanding season at the GIAA Middle School End-of-Season State Meet in Macon, with the girls team claiming its second consecutive AAA/AAAA state championship. The boys also delivered a strong performance, finishing second after winning the state championship the previous two years.

Lakeview runners also earned several impressive individual finishes. Rhodes Williams captured the AAA/AAAA individual state championship, while Avery Pawlak finished second and Lauro Jarquin Yebra placed third. Fifth grader Mary London Partrick also earned a medal with a fourth-place finish.

Also running and contributing to the teams' overall scores were (Girls) Layla Anderson (5th), Maggie Stewart, Carsyn Jones (5th), Ashton Conner, Hadley Gilbert, and Maddie Cook (5th), and (Boys) Aiden Holtzclaw, Braden Partrick, Keller Kimsey, Timothy Blackwell, Logan Reynolds, and Henry Harris.