High school cross country has already hit the midpoint of the season as runners look to peak for the GHSA State Meets set for Nov. 6-7 in Carrollton.
Richmond Hill has the best team in the area once again under veteran coach Levi Sybert.The Wildcats won the Orthowest Invitational Class 5A-7A race on Sept. 12 at the Carrollton course that will host the state meet with junior Derek Feske finishing second in 17:16.66, while Wildcat freshman Liam Penttila was fifth in 17:29.37, just in front of teammate Eddie Howell who was sixth in 17:30.71.
We recently published a list of the top returning boys cross country runners in the Greater Savannah area.
This is a chance for readers to weigh in and select their pick for the midseason All-Greater Savannah
Boys Runner of the Year in an open poll with no restrictions on the voting. The poll will close on Friday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m.
Here are the candidates.
Eddie Howell, Richmond Hill, sr.
Caden Gross, Richmond Hill, soph.
Will Hoffman, Benedictine, sr.
Derek Feske, Richmond Hill, jr.
Kelvin Banks Jr., Bradwell, jr.
Dylan Fortner, Richmond Hill, jr.
Walter Yang, Savannah Arts, sr.
Lealond Hodges, Richmond Hill, sr.
Ben Harvey, Benedictine, sr.
Aleksander Domazet, Savannah Arts, sr.
Liam Penttila, Richmond Hill, fresh.
Nico Klaras, Savannah Arts, jr.
Tucker Hollis, Benedictine, jr.
Jude Stubbs, Habersham School, sr.
Christopher Manchester, Savannah Christian, fresh.
Cole Minnich, Benedictine, sr.
Chris Varner, Woodville-Tompkins, sr.
Dennis Knight covers sports for the Savannah Morning News. Contact him at Dknight@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @DennisKnightSMN
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Vote for the Savannah area midseason boys cross-country runner of the year
