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2005 State Champions
 
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - The 2005 GISA State Cross-Country Meet was held at the Vikings home course (Georgia Industrial Children's Home), and course knowledge played a critical role as FPD swept the meet bringing home State Championships in both the boys and girls races. 

The boys defeated Riverside Military Academy by a score of 41-68 and were led by juniors Scott Cope and Joby Peake and sophomore Rawson Ridley who finished 1, 2, and 3 overall.  Junior Brandon Suttle finished 9th to earn All-State Honors.  Daniel Socumb, Drew Wood and Josh Smith added the depth necessary for the Vikings to win their fourth consecutive State Championship.   

The girls team overcame a six point deficit with a half mile left to defeat Stratford Academy by one point.  Following the race, Coach McDaniel said, "What a total team effort.  With a half mile remaining our girls decided it was time to win the meet.  From that point none of our girls lost a spot and five of them advanced at least one place.  Unbelievable!"

The FPD JV Boys finished fifth overall and the JV Girls won a third consecutive State Championship.  Lanier Flanders won the JV Girls race and Katie Scott (4th) and Hannah Sleight (9th) finished in the top ten overall. 

 
Complete Results
Boys Girls
AAA Boys Team AAA Boys
Individual		 AAA Girls Team AAA Girls Individual
AA Boys Team AA Boys
Individual		 AA Girls Team AA Girls
Individual
JV Boys JV Girls
 
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2005 Region 2-AAA Champions

Wednesday, October 12th - The FPD girls and boys cross-country teams swept GISA Region 2-AAA with outstanding performances from the entire lineup. 

The 2005 championship was the third straight for the girls and sixth straight for the boys.  FPD junior Scott Cope won the individual title with a new region record of 16:51 and was one of four FPD boys on the All-Region team.  Five FPD girls earned All-Region honors.  See below for the complete All-Region teams.
 

Click to view The Macon Telegraph Article
 
Full Results
Varsity Girls Varsity Boys
JV Girls JV Boys
 
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2005 All-Region Teams
Girls Boys
1. Anna Bernal MDS 19:39* 1. Scott Cope FPD 16:51*
2. Kendall Cowart SEA 20:30 2. Joby Peake FPD 17:12
3. Erin Colunga FPD 20:40 3. Rawson Ridley FPD 17:40
4. Hannah Hall SEA 21:14 4. Jonathan Eastman CFCA 17:52
5. Ashley Cope FPD 21:43 5. Brandon Suttle FPD 18:19
6. Stephanie Sawyer MDS 21:56 6. Clayton Turk SEA 18:51
7. Colleen Beringer SEA 21:58 7. Tyler Brown SEA 18:56
8. Kendall Goodman FPD 22:07 8. Brad Berg TSA 18:58
9. Jean Hawkins FPD 22:39 9. Adam Purvis MDS 19:00
10. Aubrey Place FPD 22:48 10. Nick Maskell MDS 19:06
* Bernal and Cope each established new Region 2-AAA Records.
 
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Region 2-AAA Cross-Country Preview

  Cross-Country teams featured in Macon Telegraph.
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Heritage Classic - October 5, 2005
 
The FPD boys and girls swept the Heritage Classic in Newnan, GA in their last regular season meet before Region (10/12/05) and State (10/22/05). 
 
Varsity Boys Varsity Girls
JV Boys JV Girls
   
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Mercer Invitational - October 1, 2005
 
On Saturday, October 1st at the Georgia Industrial Children's Home over 1,200 high school and college athletes competed in the Mercer Invitational.  The Viking boys and girls won the GISA events.  Look at results below to compare times. 
 
GISA Boys GISA Girls
GHSA Boys GHSA Girls
 
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Great American Cross-Country Festival - September 24, 2005
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Dominion "Flight" Invitational - Sepbember 17, 2005
Roswell, GA - On Saturday, September 17th the FPD boys and girls cross-country teams won the 2005 Dominion "Flight" Invitational, hosted by Dominion Christian School.  Each team member is placed in a flight with runners from other teams of equal team ranking.  (Ex. Flight 1 has all the #7 & 8 runners from each team, Flight 2 has all the #5 & 6 runners from each team and so on.) 

The Vikings showed their depth, placing first and second in five out of eight races.  Team champions were determined by average team times based on performances by the top five runners on each team.

Full Results
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University of Florida - Gator Invitational - September 10, 2005
 

Gainesville, FL – On Friday, September 9th the FPD boys and girls cross-country teams competed in the 2005 University of Florida Cross-Country Invitational.  The FPD boys’ team finished second overall behind AAAA Boone of Orlando and the girls team came in sixth.  The meet was run on the UF golf course and produced fast times as FPD juniors Scott Cope (16:17) and Joby Peake (16:24) each broke the FPD school record (Chad Bacon, Class of 2005 - 16:24.7) and the girls team broke the school record for fastest team time with a top five average of 22:01.  The University of Florida men’s and women’s teams swept the college division. 

Full Boys Results Link

Boys team results:
1. Boone 51
2. First Presbyterian 63
3. P.K. Young 89
4. Edgewater 107
5. Choctaw 117
6. Naples 171
7. Seabreeze 184
8. Eastside 210
9. Satellite 234
10. Middleburg 290
11. Keystone Heights 346
12. Braden River 352
13. Lake Mary Prep 379
14. Bradenton Christian 390 

Individual Boys Results (90 runners)
Overall winner: Aaron Kindt – Boone – 15:45

FPD Runners:
3. Scott Cope 16:17
4. Joby Peake 16:24
15. Rawson Ridley 17:17
17. Brandon Suttle 17:24
24. Josh Smith 18:20
45. Daniel Slocumb 19:24
50. Drew Wood 19:51

Full Girls Results Link

Girls team results:
1. Satellite 39
2. Naples 77
3. Edgewater 87
4. Boone 112
5. P.K. Young 113
6. First Presbyterian 131
7. Choctaw 157
8. Eastside 188
9. Lake Mary Prep 281
10. Middleburg 286
11. Bradenton Christian 307
12. Keystone Heights 333
13. Braden River 339

Individual Girls Results (85 runners)
Overall winner: Kaitlin Shiver – Satellite – 19:24

FPD Runners:
13. Erin Colunga 20:40
18. Ashley Cope 20:59
29. Jean Hawkins 22:31
35. Kendall Goodman 22:56
36. Catherine Harris 22:59
41. Emily Morgan 23:18
57. Aubrey Place 24:19
 
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On Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at Stratford Academy.  The FPD boys and girls were victorious over all twenty competing schools as the boys easily outdistanced the field, scoring 17 points to second place Stratford's 126.  The girls' race was a thriller, as the Lady Vikings escaped with a two point victory (55-57) over Stratford.  FPD junior Joby Peake was the overall boys winner (18:04) and Erin Colunga (22:00) finished second overall in the girls race to lead the girls. 

Following the day's events, Coach McDaniel said, "it was a total team effort for our boys and girls.  The boys swept the first four places and our fifth (junior Josh Smith) continues to amaze me with his determination.  It's also great to see the girls overcome Saturday's disappointment by drawing closer to each other and taking the steps necessary to win the meet. 

 
Click on the links below for full results. 
Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys
JV Girls
JV Boys
 
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On Saturday, August 27, 2005, 519 runners from 25 schools competed in the 2005 VIKING Cross-Country Invitational at the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home on Mumford Rd.  The FPD boys and Stratford girls were meet champions and Scott Cope of FPD (17:02) and Anna Bernal of Mt. deSales (20:27) were the individual winners.  Cope’s time broke his meet record from 2004.  At the conclusion of the day’s races, FPD Coach Chad McDaniel presented a cash donation of $1,072 to the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home.  The money was raised throughout the morning by participating schools and families. 
 
Click on the links below for full results. 
Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys
JV Girls
JV Boys
 
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