With the cross country season finishing its race this past weekend, it’s time to reveal our 15 nominees for Runner of the Year.

DISCLAIMER: BLITZ Cross Country Runner of the Year nominations come from top performers of each program from Region and State meets. BLITZ narrows down to a list of Finalists (coming soon), and then vote for the Runner of the Year with the help of the official BLITZ voting panel.

NOMINEES

Grey Bourlet

Tallulah Falls Sophomore

Region 22nd (19:23)

River Duncan

Stephens County Sophomore

Region 17th (18:16); State 59th (18:45)

Luke Gambrell

Union County Sophomore

Region 3rd (17:37); State 4th (17:56)

Guy Gober

Rabun County Senior

Region Champion (16:53); State Champion (17:18)

Thomas Hotard

Habersham Central

Region 16th (18:06)

Liam King

Towns County

Region 18th (19:13)

Buck Ledford

Banks County Freshman

Region 6th (17:58); State 6th (18:05)

Brandon Martin

Commerce

Region Champ (17:24); State Runner-Up (18:03)

Ben McGinnis

Dawson County Junior

Region 3rd (16:04); State 9th (17:00)

Eamonn O’Bryant

White County Sophomore

Region 8th (16:46); State 28th (17:45)

Esteban Ramirez

Lumpkin County Senior

Region 27th (18:09)

Zac Smith

Tallulah Falls Senior

Region 24th (19:27)

Griffin Stephens

Banks County Junior

Region RU (16:58); State Runner-Up (17:25)

Riley Thornton

Jefferson Junior

Region RU (16:23); State Runner-Up (16:27)

Cody Wood

Dawson County Senior

Region 4th (16:13); State 14th (17:19)