2026 Grads: McBride leaves 'big shoes' to fill

 

On Chestatee's Graduation Day, we officially say "good bye" to our lone Senior distance track runner, Kayleigh McBride.  Kayleigh has served as our team captain for both XC and Track squads and despite her small foot size, she leaves Chestatee with some big shoes to fill.  Kayleigh has been a dedicated member of our distance team and was also regularly seen running on most Sunday mornings at Riverside as one of the "faithful few" that would join others to get some extra weekend miles in.

For her senior season, Kayleigh was able to participate in the State XC and State Track Meets.  She will go down in Chestatee history as one of the "Fab 4" that was part of the 2026 4x800 relay team that finally broke the 2014 school record (twice) and ending up with a 10:25.97 at Sectionals. She will also go down in history for also being part of the first 4x800 relay team to qualify for the State Meet in school history.

Kayleigh leaves high school with the following PRs:

800m        2:41.08
1200m      4:23.89
1500m      5:37.56
1600m      5:41.95
3000m    13:02.44
3200m    12:19.64

3000m XC    13:33.85
5000m XC    21:04:70
2025 Individual XC State Qualifier

Congrats to Kayleigh on a fantastic Senior year and running career at Chestatee.  We wish you luck and will be watching the results as you join the Breneu University Cross Country and Track Programs.

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