Chestatee Girls Dominate In The Mud At War Eagle Invitational


GAINESVILLE, GA - Strong thunderstorms and a late-night downpour just hours before an early morning start made for wet and muddy conditions at Chestatee High School for the 20th Annual War Eagle XC Invitational on Saturday, but that did not seem to affect the Chestatee girls.

Coming off her 2024 Middle School State XC Championship, Freshman Emma Dobson made her High School debut finishing with a victory in the Varsity Girls 5K race with a time of 21:00.10.  Seniors Kayleigh McBride and Izzy Wintermantel finished 3rd and 5th respectively and a strong showing by both Freshman Isabella McClenathen (15th) and Junior Crystal Vaca (18th) sealed the deal as the Varsity Girls dominated to win over Grayson High.

Junior Alison Aguilar won in the JV Girls 2-Mile Race with a time of 17.08.40.  Right behind Aguilar was Sophomore Kylor Stewart, Freshman Harper Irvin, Junior Natalie Menjivar, and Junior Briana Aguilar to complete the sweep of the top 5 spots and come out on top of with a perfect team score of 15.

In the Middle School Girls 2-Mile race, 7th grader Claire Hunley (2nd) and 6th grader Kate Irvin (3rd) finished behind Kate Chittaro of Lakeview Academy (15:11.20) to push the Chestatee Academy girls to a 3rd place team finish.


The Varsity Boys finished with an 8th place team finish led by a 33rd place finish from Senior Jonathan Smith.  Junior Cole Bettes from East Forsyth won with a sprint to the finish with a time 17:37.40 over Junior Josiah Dolan of Lanier Christian who crossed 0.40 seconds behind.

As for the Middle School boys, despite not placing a runner in the Top 10, a tight grouping led by 8th grader Sam Wiley (15th) gave the Chestatee Academy boys a 3rd place team finish. Davis Dubnik, an 8th grader from Lakeview Academy won the race with a time of 13:37.60.


Photo Credit: Robert Hernandez

INDIVIDUAL CXC FINISHERS (TOP 7 RUNNERS)
Medalists in Bold

VARSITY GIRLS (Team: 1st Place, 40 points)

  1. Emma Dobson, 1st (1)
  2. Kayleigh McBride, 3rd (3)
  3. Izzy Wintermantel, 5th (5)
  4. Isabella McClenathen, 15th (14)
  5. Crystal Vaca, 18th (17)
  6. Leilani Moreno, 27th (23)
  7. Vanessa Valdez, 34th (30)
VARSITY BOYS (Team: 8th Place, 207 points)
  1. Jonathan Smith, 33rd (31)
  2. Easton Chaffin, 48th (41)
  3. Jefferson Sibrian, 49th (42)
  4. Pedro Pedro-Martin, 51st (44)
  5. Romeo Vazquez, 59th (49)
  6. Miguel Valdez, 62nd (52)
  7. Colton Blackburn, 63rd (53)
JV GIRLS (Team: 1st Place, 15 points)
  1. Alison Aguilar, 1st (1)
  2. Kylor Stewart, 2nd (2)
  3. Harper Irvin, 3rd (3)
  4. Natalie Menjivar, 4th (4)
  5. Briana Aguilar, 5th (5)
  6. Beberly Domingo, 15th (15)
  7. Abilene Sanchez, 18th (18)

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