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Buford Girls Win Kent Kramer Classic; Pham Takes Boys Individual Title

The Wolves claim both girls team titles and finish second in both boys races at Athens Christian.

ATHENS, Ga. — Buford won the varsity and junior varsity girls team championships at the seventh annual Kent Kramer Classic on Wednesday, Oct. 7, while Matthew Pham captured the varsity boys individual title to lead a runner-up team finish.

Jasmine Jones paced the varsity girls with a second-place finish, covering the 5-kilometer course at Athens Christian in 19:31.55. All five Buford scorers placed among the top 18, giving the Wolves the team championship with 56 points.

Olivia Park joined Jones in the top 10, finishing seventh in 21:57.15. Jaelyn Ozkan followed in 13th at 22:43.82, with Maria Riano Lopez placing 16th in 23:10.23 and Emma Webb taking 18th in 23:20.38. Maye Nordholz finished 23rd, and Alexis Tudor was 32nd.

Pham led the 111-runner varsity boys field with a winning time of 16:33.10. Max Steele and Sam Foster gave Buford three top-10 finishers, crossing eighth and ninth in 17:53.77 and 17:55.02, respectively.

Matthew Jennings placed 15th in 18:12.09, and Ethan Bailey completed the Wolves' scoring five in 23rd at 18:38.77. Buford finished second with 56 points. Tripp Bennett followed Bailey in 24th, less than a second behind at 18:39.66.

The junior varsity girls secured their championship with five runners in the top seven and a winning score of 21 points. Katie Dominguez finished second in 23:47.57, followed by Kayla Davis in third, Jessica Chini in fourth and Daniela Contreras in fifth. Lauryn D'Agostino completed the scoring group in seventh, with fewer than 53 seconds separating Buford's first and fifth finishers.

William Mayorga and Joseph Alanis swept the first two places in the junior varsity boys race. Mayorga won in 18:45.49, and Alanis followed in 18:48.71. Nicholas Padin added a 10th-place finish as the Wolves took second with 41 points.

Buford returns to competition Oct. 17 at the Eagles Fall Invitational at East Jackson High School in Commerce.

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