The Hawks performed well in hot conditions in the first meet of the year. AAA and AA schools ran together in all the races.

The JV girls had strong runs from B. Engel and K. Jones, who finished 6th and 9th place, respectively.

The JV boys were led by C. Shuman in 18th place. He was followed up by G. Warren in 49th place and G. Newman.

The Varsity girls placed second overall as a team. R. Powell was the Hawks top finisher at 3rd place in the 5K race. Other top finishers were L. Brandner (7th), K. Martin (23rd), E. Crosby (28th), C. Heindel (35th), and M. York (40th).

The Varsity boys finished second overall in the meet and were led by senior G. Pulsipher's second place finish. Other top twenty finishers included D. Martin(13th), S. Steele (17th), and T. Brander (20th).

10 AA/AAA schools were represented in the Dominion Invitational.

The Heritage boys' team took first place, with four Hawks runners finishing in the top ten: G. Pulsipher (2nd), S. Steele (4th), T. Brandner (6th), and J. Uglum (7th). Notable first time 5K racers were D. Breyne, T. Stoffle, and H. Jones.

The girls' team also took first place in their 5K race, with R. Powell finishing first overall and L. Brander finishing third.

The JV team did well in their 2-mile race. On the JV boys' team, the Hawks had strong performances by C. Shuman, who finished third, G. Warren, G. Newman, and first-time racers, sixth graders, M. NeSmith and L. Walker.

For the JV girls, B. Engel took fourth place while K. Jones took fifth.

This meet featured college, GHSA, and GISA division races.

The boys Varsity team was led by G. Pulsipher's first place finish.  The boys finished second overall! 

The girls Varsity was led by R. Powell’s second place finish. The girls took first place overall!

Read more in the Times-Herald.

Heritage’s JV and second team Varsity boys ran at this race at Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia. 

The JV boys came in 8th as a team against AAA and AA teams. C. Shuman led the way with a 12th place finish in 10:35 over the 2.5 K course. G. Warren finished in 11:55, and was followed by G. Newman, M. Nesmith and L. Walker.

In the girls JV race, B. Engel placed 6th overall in 10:56 with teammate K. Jones close behind at 11:06 in 8th place.

On the varsity level, we took only the second boys team as the varsity girls had raced two days earlier at Mercer.  This team of boys gathered valuable race experience and was paced by R. Yancey, who finished the 5K course in 22:01. Other runners participating on the day included the Breyne brothers, H. Jones, A. Newman, S. Pulsipher, and T. Stoffle.

Heritage Cross Country teams run strongly at the Knight’s Invitational on a beautiful fall day.  It was sunny but windy day on the Nash Battlefield course, making it difficult for runners on some sections of the course. 

The first race was the JV girls race with A. Snyder of Westminster Christian taking first place in 12:18 on the 2-mile course. Heritage’s B. Engel came in 6th place at 13:16 and was closely followed by teammate K. Jones ,7th place, at 13:18. 

In the boys’ JV race, the Hawks were led by C. Shuman’s 8th place finish behind winner D. Ogle of Stratford (11:29). Hawks G. Warren, M. Nesmith, G. Newman and L. Walker helped push the Heritage to an 8th place finish overall.

At the Varsity level, the Hawks continued to see senior G. Pulsipher shine as one of the top runners in AA. He led early in the race to finish first on the 5K course in 16:48.  He was supported by several teammates in the top twenty.   Among them were J. Uglum (8th), T. Brander (9th), J. Prock (12th), D. Martin (17th), T. Brown (18th), D. Martin (19th), and R. Yancey (20th). Overall, the Hawks came in second behind Mount De Sales of Macon.

The Heritage Varsity girls’ team only had six runners on the day but it proved enough as they scored 53 points to edge Stratford Academy for first place. The Hawks were led by freshman R. Powell, who came in first at 20:41. Senior L. Brandner continued her string of season top ten finishes as she ran to third place. M. York (12th), K. Martin (17th), C. Heindel (22nd), and C. Haugen (27th) helped seal the win for Heritage. 

Complete results may be found at  http://milesplit.com  or http://knightsinvitational.com

The JV cross country team ran well at their state meet in Macon. The meet was held at Stratford Academy - a course familiar to our young Hawk runners.

B. Engel and K. Jones ran strongly to place 6th and 8th overall in their AA girl's race. Both girls proved all season that they are in the top ten of runners on the JV level. Engel knocked 11 seconds off her previous time on this hilly 2K course, running 10:45. Jones ran 17 seconds faster than previously, posting a 10:51 time. Both girls received medals for their top ten finishes.

On the boys' side, Heritage fielded a full team for the race. C. Shuman was the top finisher for Heritage at 6th place with a 10:12 time. Other finishers and times for Heritage were: G. Warren – 12:14 (56th), G. Newman - 13:09 (63rd), M. Nesmith - 13:16 (67th), and L. Walker - 16:04 (84th).

Way to go JV!

The Heritage Varsity Boys' and Girls' teams each took home the GISA Region 4AA title. Hawks senior G. Pusipher and Lady Hawks freshman R. Powell each finished first, in 17:16 and 21:05 respectivly. For more information, please read the Times-Herald article.

The Hawks' Varsity Boys' and Girls' teams repeated as Class AA champions in the GISA State Meet, while Hawks' runners G. Pulsipher and R. Powell also repeated as individual state champs. Go Hawks!

Read more in the Times-Herald.