ASICS/Alexander Invite

The Alpharetta Cross Country Raiders traveled to Bouckaert Farm this past Saturday, October 5th, 2024.

Through muddy conditions, the XC Raiders tackled this race with a focus that they have not had as a whole all season! The XC Raider women kicked off the morning racing in the Championship races, and they were followed by the XC Raider men racing in the Red races. The Varsity girls were led by Juniors—Lidia Lo Faro and Amalia Brady—followed by Sophomore, Abigail Misganaw, and the JV girls were led by Junior, Can Wang.

The Varsity Boys were led by Junior, Ahad Sayani, followed by two freshmen—Ian Shum and Timi Dosunmu. Ian and Timi both became #2 & #3 AHS All-Time 5K Freshmen with times of 17:16.61 and 17:21.33. The JV Boys were led by Wyatt Christensen (So) and Carter Wallunas (Fr) medaling top 10 in their race. The Varsity boys took home 2nd place out of 35 teams in the Red race, which is the Varsity Boy's first trophy/podium placement since 2019!

Overall, the team had a successful and fun time getting the opportunity to race on a known to be fast course and get the experience of racing in muddy conditions! Many of our runners even moved along the muddy, wet ground conditions quicker than other courses in their racing lifetimes and ran a PR!

Runners that PR’d

• Abigail Misganaw

• Addison Kong

• Amalia Brady

• Can Wang

• Kaya Patel

• Keya S

• Lauren Bak

• Maddie Gillespie

• Suhani Shivhare

• Aiden Linder

• Bennett Etheridge

• Ian Shum

• Jacob Schellhous

• Joseph DeJarnette

• Kaden Diaz

• Matthew Martin

• Myles Michel

• Timi Dosunmu

• Tommy Miller