Cross country wins first team and individual titles of season

The Chatt Tech cross country teams participated in the Oglethorpe Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the school's Atlanta campus course, and the Golden Eagles came away with both an individual and team win for the first time this season.

The men's squad took the event with 48 points, and No. 1 runner Delonzo Sharp finished first overall with a time of 28:50. Sharp came close to victory the week before, finishing fourth at CTC's own Southern Collegiate Invitational. Dominic Dalton took home sixth at Oglethorpe, with Printes Brown taking 10th. Jamael Smith (13th) and Keegan Kyle (17th) rounded out the Golden Eagles' top-20 men's finishers. Nine men's runners competed in the event of 65 runners.

"The men's team continued to show improvement with front runner Delonzo Sharp leading the team to a first-place finish," said head coach Steve Prettyman. "Printes Brown also continued to show great improvement over the last couple weeks with a third-place finish, the highest he has placed all season. Both efforts helped to seal the team championship for the Golden Eagles."

The women's squad had two top-10 finishers as well, with Julia Rivera taking ninth with a 21:58.79 and Hanna Hill finishing 10th in 21:59.25. Mercedes Perez took 17th, and Stefania Bertone and Jazmyne Taylor finished just outside the top 20 at 21st and 22nd, respectively. Ten Golden Eagles women ran in the 59-runner, eight-team event, with CTC taking third-place honors as a team."

The women's team had a strong performance this week," Prettyman said. "For the first time this season, Julia Rivera finished first for the team by just edging Hanna Hill. Jazmyne Taylor and Amber Worthy provided strong efforts as the fifth and sixth runners on the team helping to lock up the third-place team finish, only a few points out of second place."

Next on the schedule are the GCAA Region Championships on Oct. 29. The Golden Eagles have maintained their region rank behind top team Darton College on both the men's and women's sides.

"Even though both teams have been ranked second in the region throughout the season, recent improvements have move the teams closer to fighting Darton College for the region championships in two weeks."