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On Saturday morning at Stratford Academy, the FPD boys capped their undefeated season with a State Championship while placing four members (Kelley Sanders, Scott Cope, Jonathan Anderson, and Chad Bacon) on the All-State Team.

"The reason we were victorious today is team depth. Our 5^th, 6^th & 7^th (John Tankard, Matt Ozment, & Joby Peake) runners beat the Riversideís 4^th runner. That was the difference. The members of our team worked hard all summer to make this day possible.î
-Coach Chad McDaniel

The girls team completed their season with a third place finish and established themselves as the top team in Middle Georgia. Erin Colunga earned All-State honors by finishing 4th overall.

Meet 8 Region 2-AAA Meet @ Georgia Children's Home, Monday, October 14th

The day started out well for the Vikings as 44 elementary and JV runners dominated the field. The final score was FPD 44 runners - Region 2-AAA 0.

The Varsity girls ran their best times of the season, but came up short losing to CFCA in a tie-breaker. Erin Colunga established a new school and region record with her winning time of 20:51. Erin and four other FPD girls(4th Greer Hawkins 22:24, 8th Kathryn Guzzardo 23:08, and 10th Amanda Crosby 23:33) were in the top ten and earned All-Region honors.

The Varsity boys remain undefeated and won their third consecutive Region Championship. Kelley Sanders won and set a new school and region record with his winning time of 16:59.  Other Viking runners on the All-Region team were 2nd Chad Bacon 17:32, 3rd Scott Cope 17:59, 4th Jonathan Anderson 18:14, 7th John Tankard 18:26, 8th Matt Ozment 18:44, and 9th Joby Peake 18:49.

Meet 7 @ Vinson Valley, Wednesday, October 9th

Erin Colunga and Greer Hawkins placed in the top ten for the girls and Kelley Sanders, Chad Bacon, Scott Cope, Jonathan Anderson, and John Tankard finished in the top ten for the boys.

Kelley's time of 17:01 established a new school record.

Meet 6 @ Riverside Military Academy Invitational, Saturday, October 4th

The Vikings & Lady Vikings Varsity Cross Country teams SWEPT the 31st Annual Riverside Invitational last weekend.

The Lady Vikings won their first meet of the season, defeating region rivals Mt. de Sales and Central Fellowship in the process. Erin Colunga (21:41) won the meet, for her second individual victory of the season and Greer Hawkins (23:14) finished 5th overall for her 6th consecutive meet in the top 10. Team depth rewarded the team when Stephanie Alexander (25:08), Amanda Crosby (25:13) and Kathryn Guzzardo (25:38) finished 12th - 14th overall. Alecia Taylor (25:47) and Mallory Tribble (26:52) also finished strong, coming in 17th and 26th overall. The Varsity girls now look to the Region Meet on Monday, October 14th at the Georgia Children's Home. 

The FPD boys remained undefeated with their win Saturday, and hopefully gained momentum as the season comes to a close. Team depth provided the victory once again with six runners finishing in the top 10 and seven in the top 12. They were led by (2nd) Kelley Sanders (17:18),(4th) Chad Bacon (17:46), (5th) Scott Cope (18:24), (6th) John Tankard (18:30), (7th) Jonathan Anderson (18:36), (10th) Matt Ozment (18:55), and (12th) Joby Peake (19:03).

The FPD teams will participate in their last regular season meet on Wednesday, October 9th at Vinson Valley at 4:30 PM. The Region Meet is Monday, October 14th at the Georgia Children's Home at 4:30 PM and the season will conclude with the State Meet at Stratford on Saturday, October 19th at 10:00 AM.

Parents contact Coach McDaniel if you can help at the State Meet!!!

Meet 5 @Stratford Academy, Saturday, September 28th

On Saturday, September 28th, the FPD boys accomplished something extremely rare in Cross Country at Stratford, scoring a perfect 15. Actually, the Vikings had the first six finishers in Kelley Sanders (18:38), Chad Bacon (19:26), Scott Cope (19:41), Jonathan Anderson (19:54), Matt Ozment (20:27), and Joby Peake (20:42). Kelley Sanders established a course record at Stratford Academy with his time of 18:38 and was named Macon Telegraph Cross Country runner of the week in the process. 

The FPD Girls continued to improve with Greer Hawkins (25:10) and Amanda Crosby (27:01) finishing in the top ten overall. The Lady Vikings continue to focus on the upcoming Region 2-AAA Meet on Monday, October 14th at the Georgia Children's Home.

On Saturday, October 5th, the Viking teams will face their greatest test of the season at the Riverside Military Invitational in Gainesville, GA. 

Meet 4 @ Augusta Prep, Monday, September 23rd.

The FPD Boys remain undefeated for the season with their win over defending State Champion Augusta Prep on Wednesday. The Vikings took eight of the top ten places and were led by Kelley Sanders, who tied Nick Morgan's school record with a sizzling 17:09. Chad Bacon (18:06) finished third and was followed by Jonathan Anderson (18:50), Matt Ozment (18:59), John Tankard (19:21), Joby Peake (19:31), Hunter Causey (19:52) and Brian Woods (19:52.5) to round out the Top Ten.

The Girls were led by a pair of class records from eighth grader Erin Colunga (22:17) and senior Greer Hawkins (22:58) who finished fifth and eighth overall. The girls continue to show solid improvement as Amanda Crosby established a new PR in 24:24, and Kathryn Guzzardo (24:33) and Stephanie Alexander (25:54) continue to recover from injuries.

Meet 3 @ The Heritage School, Wednesday, September 18th.

The Cross Country teams continued their success on Wednesday afternoon at The Heritage School in Newnan, GA.

The Varsity Girls were once again led by senior Greer Hawkins who finished seventh overall and posted her fastest time of the season in 23:49. Greer was followed closely by sophomore Amanda Crosby who finished tenth overall and ran a 24:55. The Lady Vikings finished third in the meet and look forward parlaying their individual success into team victories as the season continues.

The Varsity Boys remained undefeated as they outdistanced second place Mt. deSales 18 to 61! Individual finishers in the Top Ten overall were 1st Kelley Sanders (17:39), 2nd Chad Bacon (17:51), 3rd Scott Cope (18:34), 4th Jonathan Anderson (18:50), 8th Matt Ozment (19:13), 9th John Tankard (19:25), and 10th Joby Peake (19:27). That's SEVEN of the TOP TEN finishers!!!

"I am extremely pleased with our improvement at this point in the season. However, we must continue to work hard to accomplish the goals we have set for ourselves."
- Coach McDaniel

Meet 2 @ Stratford Academy, Saturday, September 14th.

The Vikings were not slowed by rain on Saturday as they turned in impressive performances at the state course despite soggy conditions. The team performances mirrored last week, with the girls once again finishing third, only four points behind defending State Champion Central Fellowship, and the boys defeating defending State Champion Augusta Prep by 56 points.

The Lady Vikings were led by 8th grader Erin Colunga (24:30) and senior Greer Hawkins who finished second and fourth overall respectively. Sophomore Kelley Sanders won his first race of the season in 18:57 and Chad Bacon (19:00), Scott Cope (19:44), Jonathan Anderson (20:18), John Tankard (20:46), Matt Ozment (20:52), and Joby Peake (21:07) all finishing in the top eleven.

The Vikings travel to Newnan, GA to face Heritage on Wednesday, September 18th at 4:30.

Link to The Macon Telegraph article on FPD Cross Country (9/11/02).

The FPD Cross Country teams were successful in their season opener Saturday, September 7th at the Georgia Children's Home. The girls finished 3rd, defeating Stratford for the first time in school history and the boys won a close race over Riverside Military Academy and Mt. deSales (click link below for complete results).

The Lady Vikings were once again led by Greer Hawkins who finished 7th overall in 24:21. The boys ran well enough to win, with Kelley Sanders finishing second overall and establishing a new sophomore class record of 18:21 and senior Jonathan Anderson running third in 18:56.  

The boys contest was clinched when FPD's 5th, 6th and 7th runners finished before Riverside's 5th, as John Tankard (20:17), Matt Ozment (20:24), and Joby Peake (20:40) ran strong.

The Vikings run at Stratford this Saturday, September 14th at 10:00 AM. This will be an excellent preview of the state course, and the Vikings first meeting with defending State Champion Augusta Prep.

The FPD Cross Country teams ran in the Labor Day Road Race Monday as a precursor to the upcoming season. In addition to numerous age group awards, First Presbyterian Day School won the participation award for the second consecutive year with over 120 people from FPD running.

FPD also dominated the post-race award ceremony with 13 members of the FPD family attaining age group trophies.

Labor Day Road Race 5-K Age Group Results
Boys 11-14	Scott Cope (8th grade) 1st	17:34
	Joby Peake (8th grade) 3rd	19:04
Boys 15-19	Kelley Sanders (Sophomore)2nd	17:00
Men 20-24	Nick Morgan ('00) 1st	17:58
	Seth Slocumb ('97) 3rd	20:54
Men 25-29	Coach Chris Wilson ('93) 1st	17:08
	Coach Chad McDaniel 2nd	17:43
Girls 10-under	Ashley Cope (5th grade) 1st	23:56
	Claire Middlebrooks (4th grade) 2nd	26:39
Girls 11-14	Erin Colunga (8th grade) 2nd	21:47
Girls 15-19	Greer Hawkins (Senior) 3rd	22:12
Women 20-24	Kelli Barnes ('98) 2nd	26:37

The first regular season competition will take place this coming Saturday, September 7th at the Georgia Children's Home at 10:00 AM.

Link to Macon Telegraph regarding Saturday's Race.

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