It always amazes me when I watch our student-athletes in their sports. No matter the difficulties, they push themselves to do their best for their teammates, coaches, and school. I again witnessed that with our Cross Country teams this past Saturday in Macon at the GISA AAA State Meet. The course was wet from the morning rain, and there were over 200 runners in each of the boys and girls races. I'm proud of all our athletes for running so well under the circumstances. We can boast that our own Ellie Runyan is the 2020 GISA AAA Girls State Cross Country Champion. Ellie ran her personal best and blew the competition away. Katelyn Sitz had a great morning, taking 5th place in the state. Anytime you're in the top 10, you are among the elite runners in the state. All of our girls ran extremely hard, and it was so great to see them compete. I want to say how sorry I am for Josie Brock, as she had to drop out of the race due to a medical condition. It is so hard on competitive athletes who have this happen in a meet. Josie will be back stronger than ever next season. All but two runners from this year's state team return for next season.
Our boys team surprised many at the meet. We narrowly missed taking 2nd place as a team. It was thrilling to see them do so well. All of the boys ran extremely well, most of them having personal best times. I especially want to recognize and congratulate two of our runners who both ran personal best times and landed in the top 10. Andrew Kaminer placed fourth and Dylan McHugh finished in 9th place.
I would like to thank all of our senior runners for everything they have done for FA. You all displayed your skills and toughness to represent us as true Knights.
Girl Senior Runners
Cate Seymour
Virginia Anne Tennant
Boy Senior Runners
Dylan McHugh
Camden Truett
Middle School Soccer begins today with a home contest against Risley. The first match is our girls team at 3:30 p.m., and the boys team follows at 4:30 p.m. Good luck to both teams and our coaches, Jill Smith and Jimmy Riggs.
Don't forget about the Frederica Academy Invitational Swim Meet this Saturday at the YMCA of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick. We have a strong group of swimmers, and we are looking forward to seeing them in the pool. Warm-ups start at 9:00 a.m., and the meet starts at 10:00 a.m.
As you may recall, we were scheduled to play St. Andrew's in varsity football this past Friday night, but the game was postponed due to COVID concerns at St. Andrews. GISA officials notified us this afternoon to let us know that St. Andrew's has decided to forfeit its game against us and not try to reschedule it. Therefore, we now only have two more regular season games remaining: the game on Friday night at Pinewood and Senior Night next Friday night at home against Trinity Christian.
Congratulations to all of our student-athletes this fall.
Go Knights!
Coach Carl Nash
