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 3^rd at state meet
  

·Voting 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