42 High School Runners Named to Powerade All-Metro High School Team

ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 10, 2022 -- Metro Atlanta's top high school cross country runners will trade in their spikes for dress shoes when they come together to celebrate their successful seasons as the annual Powerade All-Metro Cross Country Banquet next week. Atlanta Track Club announced the 42 athletes - 21 boys and 21 girls who make up this year's Powerade All-Metro Team. It includes runners from 26 different schools and eight counties. It also boasts eight runners who won state titles at last week's GHSA State Championship Meet.

Athletes were chosen based on their performance at the state meet, performance throughout the season, head-to-head competition and performance at major meets where a large number of Metro Atlanta schools were competing.

"The number of Georgia High School runners performing at a national-caliber level increases every year," said Rich Kenah, Atlanta Track Club's CEO. "We see it as a good an exciting sign for the future of Running City USA that this team gets tougher to make with each passing year."

At the banquet, held on November 17 in Midtown Atlanta, the runners will be announced by first, second and third team. The runner named to the top spot on the first team will receive the award for Runner of the Year. New this year, family, friends and fans can vote on the Performance of the Year on 11alive.com. The moment will the most votes will be recognized during the banquet. This year's nominees are:

  • Joe Sapone (Holy Innocents' Episcopal School) winning the Wingfoot XC Classic for second consecutive year
  • Tommy Latham (Marist School) recording the top time at the GHSA State Meet
  • Ruby Little (Marist School) winning the Wingfoot XC Classic for second consecutive year
  • Samantha McGarity (Harrison High School) dominates state meet winning by 40 seconds
  • Lottie Chappell (North Springs High School) crawls across finish line to take 3rd at state meet

ยทVoting is open through Thursday, November 17 at 12 p.m.

Held annually since 1964, the Powerade All-Metro Cross Country and Track and Field Banquets are Atlanta Track Club's longest running tradition. Since their inception, the Club has recognized and honored nearly 6,000 high school runners, jumpers and throwers.

POWERADE All-Metro Boys Team

First Name

Last Name

School

Grade

Classification

State Place

Alex

Arrambide

East Forsyth High School

12

4A

1

Andrew

Balogh

Etowah High School

12

6A

3

Gabriel

Best

Whitewater High School

12

4A

5

William

Carlton

Decatur High School

12

5A

4

Cory

Chambers

Milton High School

12

7A

4

Esfan

Daya

Westminster School

11

4A

3

Diego

Fernandes

West Forsyth High School

11

7A

5

Jared

Fortenberry

Marietta High School

12

7A

2

Jackson

Hogsed

Lambert High School

10

7A

7

Joseph

Jacquot

Westminster School

11

4A

4

Will

Jennings

Carrollton High School

12

7A

3

Luke

Kalarickal

Mill Creek High School

12

7A

9

Sumner

Kirsch

North Atlanta High School

12

6A

5

Tommy

Latham

Marist School

10

6A

1

Dru

Moore

Etowah High School

12

6A

2

Marc

Petrucci

Collins Hill High School

12

7A

6

Diego

Santiago

Chattahoochee High School

12

5A

1

Joe

Sapone

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

12

4A

2

Truman

Thompson

North Atlanta High School

12

6A

7

Taylor

Wade

Whitefield Academy

12

1A - Div 1

2

Jake

Westing

Decatur High School

12

5A

2

POWERADE All-Metro Girls Team

First Name

Last Name

School

Grade

Classification

State Place

Zahara

Bernal

Pace Academy

10

4A

4

Shari

Brown

Landmark Christian School

10

2A

2

Bella

Cammarota

Lambert High School

12

7A

4

Lottie

Chappell

North Springs High School

12

5A

3

Grace

Danser

Maynard H. Jackson High School

9

5A

2

Katelynn

Dollar

Creekview High School

11

6A

4

Isabelle

Gaharan

Lambert High School

12

7A

10

Nora

Hart

Marietta High School

11

7A

7

Clara

Heppner

Johnson Ferry Christian Academy

12

GAPPS

1

Caroline

Hood

Pace Academy

11

4A

2

Maddie

Jones

Marietta High School

10

7A

2

Ruby

Little

Marist School

11

6A

3

Gabriella

Malerba

Decatur High School

12

5A

1

Samantha

McGarity

Harrison High School

11

7A

1

Kristal

McQueen

Marietta High School

12

7A

6

Mary

Nesmith

Marietta High School

9

7A

5

London

Ray

Blessed Trinity Catholic High School

10

6A

5

Hannah

Schemmel

St. Pius X Catholic High School

12

6A

1

Claire

Shelton

Dunwoody High School

11

6A

2

Palmer

Walstad

Westminster School

12

4A

1

Carmel

Yonas

South Forsyth High School

12

7A

3