ACE put four girls and five boys among the top 30 finishers in their respective sides to lead the Gryphons to finishes among the best in the GHSA state cross country meet Saturday.

Friday: Bleckley County girls and boys take third (4A, 3A, 2A)

          Armuchee took the boys and girls titles in Class A Public, with ACE second in boys and third in girls. GMC's boys were seventh and girls eighth. Stratford's boys had a top-10 finish in Class A Private, finishing eighth.

          Nathan Hallar of ACE had the top finish among Central Georgia runners, taking second in A Public boys, teammate Alex Tunnell fifth.

          GMC's Jada Warren had the best performance of the day among Central Georgia girls with a third-place finish in A Public, FPD's Lillie Mealor taking eighth in A Private.

Central Georgia’s top 20 individual finishers, or top area finisher in top 50 (winning time in parentheses). Full results are here.

Class 6A Girls (18:55.33)

46. Norma Jones, Northside, 21:44.16

1. North Atlanta, 70

19. Houston County, 548

Class 6A Boys (15:55.97)

1. Richmond Hill, 105

28. Houston County, 722

Class 5A Girls (18:56.64)

16. Emma Rice, Veterans, 20:21.28

1. St. Pius X, 36

19. Jones County, 517

24. Veterans, 607

Class A Public Girls (20:03.77)

3. Jada Warren, GMC, 21:42.19

15. Collier Marbut, ACE, 24:02.83

1. Armuchee, 67

3. ACE, 105

7. GMC, 193

20. Crawford County, 463

Class A Public Boys (17:47.69)

2. Nathan Hallar, ACE, 18:07.79

5. Alex Tunnell, ACE, 18:38.59

15. Julian Council, GMC, 19:39.57

18. James Waite, ACE, 19:47.97

19. Christian Wilson, ACE, 19:49.35

1. Armuchee, 37

2. ACE, 69

8. GMC, 206

20. Crawford County, 540

Class A Private Girls (19:18.89)

8. Lillie Mealor, FPD, 20:39.47

1. Wesleyan, 96

11. Stratford, 327

20. FPD, 483

Class A Private Boys (16:22.25)

33. Wes Flournoy, Stratford, 18:24.78

1. Whitefield Academy, 60

8. Stratford, 306

16. Mount de Sales, 419