Dunwoody Girls Win Cross Country State Championship

Tucker finished 24th in the team standings in its first girls’ state appearance since 1989.

Thirty years had passed since a girls’ team from DeKalb County Schools won a cross country state title, but Dunwoody ended the streak by capturing the Class AAAAA state crown on Saturday at Carrollton. Junior Alex Cameron had finished third in the 2010 and 2011 Class AAAA state meets, but broke through for the individual title this season with a time of 19:49.96 to lead the Lady Wildcats to an 86-135 victory over fellow DeKalb County entry Lakeside. The last girls’ team victory came by Gordon in 1982 with a 44-48 win over Westminster that fall. It is also just the fourth girls’ title for DeKalb with only Chamblee (1981) and Peachtree (1979) owning state titles. Lakeside, getting its 21st Top 10 finish, was right on Dunwoody’s heels as Jenn…

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