Dunwoody completed the first sweep of the boys’ and girls’ DeKalb County Junior Varsity Cross Country Championships for the first time since 2010 with victories on Thursday at the Druid Hills Middle School course.
Lakeside last completed the sweep in the 2010 season over Chamblee (girls) and Dunwoody (boys).
The Lady Wildcats (19) bested the Lakeside Lady Vikings (37) for the fifth consecutive year with five finishers in the Top 10. Druid Hills followed in third (89) with Chamblee (99) fourth, Stephenson (145) in fifth and Tucker (166) in sixth.
Dunwoody sophomore Chloe Thomas took the individual title with a time of 14:23.91 while sophomore teammate Julie Hensley (14:39.37) was runner-up and freshman Kathryn Marion (14:41.07) followed her teammates in third.
Sophomore Kate Hudson (14:57.58) was fifth and freshman Megan Johnson (15:19.63) was eighth as Dunwoody dominated the Top 10.
Lakeside was led by eighth grader Santai-Blu Boyd (14:56.55) in fourth while fellow eighth grader Hana Baniassad (15:13.73) claimed sixth for the Lady Vikings. Sophomores Audrey Hewett (15:17.59) and Brittani Andrieni (15:27.77) were seventh and ninth, respectively, for Lakeside.
Chamblee eighth grader Maya Torres (15:32.27) claimed the final spot in the Top 10.
The Wildcats (21) also claimed five spots in the Top 10, including the first three to cross the line, to knock off the five-time defending champions Lakeside Vikings (53).
Eighth grader Max Mowrer (11:20:30) averaged just over five minutes and 40 seconds per mile to win by 23 seconds over freshman teammate Samuel Mahle (11:43.24) and sophomore Max Marion (11:48.51) as Dunwoody went one-two-three in the boys’ race.
Freshmen Phineas Haq (12:17.03) and Alexander Herod (12:19.40) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, for the Wildcats.
Lakeside freshman Jay Clinton (11:49.44) led the Vikings’ charge in fourth while sophomore teammate Gilberto Angeles-Quionones (12:19.58) was ninth.
Clarkston had a pair of runners in the Top 10 in freshman Rukundo Uwimana (11:55.44) in fifth and sophomore Kahsay Sahlu (12:11.46) in sixth.
Sophomore Ermais Genet of Druid Hills took 10th with a time of 12:22.03.
