With the cross country season complete, we reveal our 2022 BLITZ Runner of the Year Nominees for both boys and girls. Of the following nominees, we included the team leaders – each team’s top 2 runners (more if no clear-cut top 2). 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.

GIRLS

Ellie Adams – Union JR – Region 8-AA 6th (22:02); 2A State 18th (22:41)

Sara Bailey – Tallulah Falls SO – Region 8-A DI 12th (24:18); 1A DI State 55th (24:35)

Paden Bell – Commerce SR – Region 8-A DI 5th (22:10); 1A DI State 29th (22:32)

Nealeigh Broadwell – White SR – Region 7-AAA Champion (20:01); 3A State Champion (20:35)

Miranda Chapa – Tallulah Falls SR – Region 8-A DI 14th (24:21); 1A DI State 57th (24:38)

Leah Culpepper – Habersham Central SO – Region 8-AAAAAA 20th (23:29)

Ellesen Eubank – Talluah Falls SR – Region 8-A DI 11th (24:05); 1A DI State DNP (illness)

Lily Gaddy – Jefferson FR – Region 8-AAAAA 7th (22:05); 5A State 76th (24:17)

Keli George – Lumpkin FR – Region 7-AAA 12th (21:53)

Hayden Hand – Dawson FR – Region 7-AAA 8th (21:02); 3A State 9th (21:16)

Audrey Hotard – Habersham Central SO – Region 8-AAAAAA Champion (19:05); 6A State 21st (21:08)

Lola Hunter – Union FR – Region 8-AA 3rd (20:36); 2A State 8th (20:58)

Maggie Irvin – Banks SO – Region 8-AA 26th (24:49)

Anna LeCave – Dawson JR – Region 7-AAA 6th (20:53); 3A State 15th (21:49)

Selah Miller – Lumpkin FR – Region 7-AAA 26th (24:18)

Jules Phillips – Dawson JR – Region 7-AAA 9th (21:22); 3A State 19th (21:54)

Camdyn Poole – Banks JR – Region 8-AA 25th (24:48)

Kiley Powell – Jefferson JR – Region 8-AAAAA Runner-Up (21:20); 5A State 52nd (23:14)

Hannah Schroeder – Jefferson FR – Region 8-AAAAA 4th (21:47); 5A State DNP

Kya Smith – Towns SO – Region 8-A D2 Runner-Up (24:22); 1A D2 State 7th (24:34)

Reese Vandegriff – White SR – Region 7-AAA 17th (22:15); 3A State 24th (23:11)

Itzia Vasquez – Rabun JR – Region 8-A DI 9th (23:08); 1A DI State 46th (23:39)

Ermay Vazquez – Commerce SR – Region 8-A DI Runner-Up (21:21); 1A DI State 22nd (22:19)

Emma Windham – White FR – Region 7-AAA DNP; 3A State 25th (22:11)

Molly Jo Wright – Rabun SR – Region 8-A DI 7th (22:32); 1A DI State 31st (22:36)

BOYS

GB Anderson – Rabun SO – Region 8-A DI 4th (18:28); 1A DI State 43rd (18:44)

Timothy Beck – Tallulah Falls SO – Region 8-A DI 9th (19:26); 1A DI State 58th (19:15)

Alex Brannon – White FR – Region 7-AAA 19th (18:52)

Canon Brooks – Tallulah Falls SR – Region 8-A DI 22nd (20:57); 1A DI State 110th (21:17)

Brock Brush – Jefferson SO – Region 8-AAAAA 10th (17:08); 5A State 27th (18:03)

Austin Click – Jefferson JR – Region 8-AAAAA 7th (16:58); 5A State 40th (18:22)

Ben Davis – Jefferson JR – Region 8-AAAAA 3rd (16:31); 5A State 29th (18:06)

Pepper Davis – Banks JR – Region 8-AA Runner-Up (17:15); 2A State 3rd (17:28)

Bobby Fessler – Stephens SR – Region 8-AAA 5th (16:50); 3A State 12th (17:45)

Cole Gearing – White SR – Region 7-AAA 23rd (18:58)

Conner Gebora – Habersham Central SO – Region 8-AAAAAA 10th (17:34); 6A State 37th (17:52)

Benton Gregory – Union JR – Region 8-AA 9th (18:25); 2A State 19th (18:37)

Garrison Lee – Jefferson JR – Region 8-AAAAA 8th (17:04); 5A State 38th (18:21)

Troy Loggins – Banks SR – Region 8-AA 10th (18:26)

Curtis Markham – Towns SR – Region 8-A D2 3rd (19:28); 1A D2 State 9th (19:30)

Ryan Martin – Habersham Central SR – Region 8-AAAAAA 7th (17:19); 6A State 110th (19:02)

Chris Olvera – Rabun FR – Region 8-A DI 20th (20:56); 1A DI State 97th (20:49)

Noah Prickett – Commerce SO – Region 8-A DI 16th (20:46)

Zander Rotko – Union JR – Region 8-AA 18th (19:28); 2A State 40th (19:27)

Grady Sanders – Stephens SR – Region 8-AAA 12th (17:38); 3A State 25th (18:20)

Wes Seiler – Union JR – Region 8-AA 14th (18:58); 2A State 42nd (19:28)

Jackson Shadburn – Tallulah Falls JR – Region 8-A DI 21st (20:56); 1A DI State 111th (21:18)

Ben Sherrill – Lumpkin JR – Region 7-AAA Runner-Up (16:44); 3A State 6th (17:14)

Bailey Swafford – Dawson SO – Region 7-AAA 10 (18:09); 3A State 35th (18:48)

Tyler Tangel – Dawson JR – Region 7-AAA 8th (17:52); 3A State 31st (18:31)

Aiden Thaxton – Habersham Central JR – Region 8-AAAAAA 5th (16:53); 6A State 64th (18:17)

James Truluck – Commerce FR – Region 8-A DI 13th (20:17)

Connor Williams – Towns SO – Region 8-A D2 14th (21:20); 1A D2 State 29th (20:54)

Wyatt Windham – Lumpkin SO – Region 7-AAA 4th (17:11); 3A State 4th (17:13)