With the cross country season complete, we reveal our 2021 BLITZ Runner of the Year Nominees for both boys and girls. Of the following nominees, we included the team leaders – those who finished top-10 at region, and competed at state and were top 2 on their team in Carrollton. Of these nominees, we will narrow down to a finalist group for boys and girls. Then, an internal voting panel will vote on the finalists to determine the Runner of the Year.

BOYS

Bo Anderson – Rabun County SR
Region 8-AA 10th (19:18) / State 80th (19:59) / PR: 19:18

Walker Bailey – Tallulah Falls JR
Region 8-A Private 4th (17:56) / State 37th (18:34) / PR: 17:40

Ben Davis – Jefferson SO
Region 8-AAAA 6th (17:11) / State 20th (17:54) / PR: 16:55

Pepper Davis – Banks County SO
Region 8-AA 3rd (17:39) / State 15th (17:52) / PR: 17:28

Nate Ferguson – Jefferson SR
Region 8-AAAA 10th (17:30) / State 22nd (17:57) / PR: 17:20

Benton Gregory – Union County SO
Region 8-AA 5th (18:11) / State 36th / PR: 18:44

Hunter Hartzog – Union County SR
Region 8-AA Runner-Up (17:33) / State DNP / PR: 17:17

Lance Kelley – White County JR
Region 7-AAA 20th (18:50) / State TBD / PR: 18:19

Buck Ledford – Banks County SR
Region 8-AA Champion (16:37) / State Runner-Up (16:24) / PR: 16:05

Cayden Lord – Commerce JR
Region 8-A Public 9th (19:19) / State 14th (19:29) / PR: 19:12

Curtis Markham – Towns County JR
Region 8-A Public 7th (19:09) / State N/A / PR: 19:09

Ryan Martin – Habersham Central SR
Region 8-AAAAAA 10th (17:20) / PR: 17:20

Peyton McClure – Commerce SR
Region 8-A Public 5th (18:49) / State 11th (19:16) / PR: 18:49

Evan Prince – Tallulah Falls SR
Region 8-A Private Champion (16:25) / State 3rd (16:35) / PR: 15:42

Zander Rotko – Union County SO
Region 8-AA 9th (19:09) / State 59th (19:36) / PR: 18:52

Grady Sanders – Stephens County JR
Region 8-AAA Runner-Up (17:24) / State 23rd (17:58) / PR: 17:04

Matthew Schroeder – Jefferson SR
Region 8-AAAA Champion (16:09) / State 5th (16:58) / PR: 16:09

Ben Sherrill – Lumpkin County SO
Region 7-AAA 10th (18:08) / State 55th (19:02) / PR: 18:08

Ethan Smith – Dawson County SR
Region 7-AAA 4th (17:36) / State 18th (17:42) / PR: 16:44

Wyatt Windham – Lumpkin County FR
Region 7-AAA 6th (17:42) / State 32nd (18:17) / PR: 17:56

GIRLS

Ellie Adams – Union County SO
Region 8-AA 3rd (23:01) / State 50th (23:49) / PR: 23:01

Lucy Alexander – Tallulah Falls SR
Region 8-A Private 20th (23:53) / State 65th (23:35) / PR: 21:11

Caroline Ball – Tallulah Falls SR
Region 8-A Private 13th (23:04) / State DNP / PR: 23:04

Paden Bell – Commerce JR
Region 8-A Public Champion (21:25) / State 4th (21:53) / PR: 20:52

Nealeigh Broadwell – White County JR
Region 7-AAA 5th (20:58) / State 9th (21:10) / PR: 20:48

Josie Chesser – Tallulah Falls FR
Region 8-A Private 10th (22:47) / State 49th (22:54) / PR: 22:47

Sarah English – Commerce FR
Region 8-A Public 9th (24:53) / State 22nd (24:50) / PR: 24:53

Lily Gearing – White County SR
Region 7-AAA 7th (21:08) / State 21st (22:06) / PR: 20:52

Hana Gregory – Union County SR
Region 8-AA Runner-Up (22:23) / State 34th (22:49) / PR: 22:36

Abbie Hilchie – Lumpkin County SR
Region 7-AAA 6th (21:05) / State 15th (21:45) / PR: 20:26

Lucy Hood – Rabun County SO
Region 8-AA 4th (23:25) / State 37th (22:57) / PR: 22:25

Audrey Hotard – Habersham Central FR
Region 8-AAAAAA Champion (19:31) / State 12th (20:13) / PR: 19:31

Bella Hunt – Dawson County FR
Region 7-AAA 46th (26:47) / State TBD / PR: 21:13

Maggie Irvin – Banks County FR
Region 8-AA 14th (26:58) / State 79th (26:10) / PR: 25:46

Katherine Law – Jefferson SR
Region 8-AAAA Champion (19:13) / State 5th (20:07) / PR: 17:55

Anna LeCave – Dawson County SO
Region 7-AAA 8th (21:33) / State TBD / PR: 21:31

Emma Lightsey – White County FR
Region 7-AAA 9th (21:34) / State 20th (22:05) / PR: 21:34

Alison Markham – Towns County SR
Region 8-A Public DNP / State 7th (22:33) / PR: 22:45

Kiley Powell – Jefferson SO
Region 8-AAAA 3rd (20:21) / State 16th (21:30) / PR: 19:43

Ashley Shipes – Union County JR
Region 8-AA DNP / State 25th (22:15) / PR: 22:15

Jayden Taylor – Towns County JR
Region 8-A Public 5th (23:08) / State 29th (25:12) / PR: 23:08

Ermay Vazquez – Commerce JR
Region 8-A Public Runner-Up (21:30) / State 6th (22:21) / PR: 21:30

Grace Witherspoon – Stephens County SR
Region 8-AAA 11th (24:26) / State DNP / PR: 22:25

Molly Jo Wright – Rabun County JR
Region 8-AA Champion (21:59) / State 15th (21:40) / PR: 21:25