Saniel Atkinson, Megan Malasarte and Morgann Leleux were the Lady Bulldogs who earned their outdoor nationals spots today.

“Overall, we hit every one but one the whole day so I’d say it’s been a good two days,” Bulldog head coach Wayne Norton said.  “We are looking at this as a qualifying meet.  We are not trying to win or hit personal bests, just meet the advancement regulations.  We talked about it (Friday morning) that it won’t take miracles to advance and it didn’t.”

Torrin Lawrence, Justin Welch, Aaron Evans and Matt Cleaver are the Bulldog men who punched their nationals tickets.

Two of the three Lady Bulldog qualifications came on the track side in the 800-meter run and the high jump.

Malasarte, a sophomore, finished in eighth with a time of 2:05.78. The placing earned Malasarte her outdoor nationals trip.

Atkinson placed fifth as she reached 5-11 ¼  along with nine of the other 12 qualifiers after they all cleared 5-5 5-7,  5-9  and 5-11 in the long jump.

“(Saniel) looked a little shaky in her first couple of jumps, but by her final clearance she was as good as anyone in the field,” Norton said.

Leleux, continued her freshman spring success as she vaulted 13-5.25, tying for fifth place. With the placing, Leleux will compete in her first outdoor nationals and second of this spring, as she earned runner-up and All-America honors in the indoor season.

On the men’s side, Welch was the first to solidify a return trip to Iowa in the hammer throw. His final attempt flew 216-5, earning Welch fourth place amongst the other 47 competitiors.

Lawrence earned his second consecutive outdoor nationals trip and third in four years as he finished in 45.74 for fourth place.

It will however be Lawrence’s first time competing at the outdoor nationals as he was unable do so last year due to an ankle injury.

“Torrin ran a perfect race for what he had to do, never really straining at any point in the race,” Norton said.

Evans recorded the lone Georgia victory on the day and first of the young weekend.

He finished the 800-meter run in 1:47.31 seconds, his season-best and 11th best in the country of the season.

“Evans was in complete control, just like he always is in his top races,” Norton said.  “He’s on track to reach his goal of winning an NCAA title.”

It will be Evans’ second trip to the outdoor nationals in three years.

For the third consecutive time, Cleaver broke the school record in the steeplechase.

“Cleaver just continues his progress at becoming one of the nation’s best in his event,” said Norton.  “He ran with some of the best in the nation tonight.”

Cleaver finished with the fourth best time overall in the event and earned a second consecutive outdoor nationals trip in the process.

Hilenn James, Leslie Boozer, Aaron LaGarde and Cory Holman saw their seasons come to an end Friday afternoon as they failed to qualify in the women’s discus, women’s steeplechase, men’s triple jump, and men’s 110 hurdles, respectively.

For LaGarde and Holman, this marks the end of the line for their time competing for the Bulldogs.

On the final day of the outdoor East Prelims, 10 more Bulldogs will attempt to earn their nationals spots along with the men’s 400 and 1600 relay teams.

Sophomore Waymon Storrey will attempt to qualify for his first outdoor nationals individually in the 200-meter dash. Storrey finished 24th in Friday’s prelim round, earning him a spot in the quarter-final round Saturday.

In the men’s pole vault, men’s shot put and women’s triple jump the Bulldogs will have multiple competitors

Senior John Smith and sophomore Caleb Ebbets will be vaulting for their first outdoor nationals trip as both will be in the second flight of the event.

In the shot put, junior Petr Novotny and sophomore Caleb Whitener will also attempt to qualify for their first outdoor nationals in the shot put.

Atkinson along with fellow juniors Maria Augutis and Colleen Felix will attempt to make it a trifecta of Lady Bulldogs qualifying out of the triple jump preliminaries.

Sophomore Brandon Lord will look to make it to his first outdoor nationals in the men’s 5000-meter run. Lord is coming off of a runner-up performance at the Southeastern Outdoor Championships two weekends ago.

Junior Kristi Krueger will attempt to qualify for her second outdoor nationals in the 5000-meter run. Krueger missed last spring as she redshirted.

Senior Nickola Lomnicka will attempt to continue her final spring as a Bulldog when the women’s hammer throw begins Saturday afternoon.

Action begins at 11:00am with the aforementioned pole vault contest. The weekend will wrap up with women’s 1600-meter relay at 9:45pm. Results and updates will be posted as they are returned from Jacksonville, Fla.

Spencer was locked in a battle with the star freshman, but dropped the first set 6-1 before building two match points of Frank’s first two service games of the second set

WIL SPENCER

trying to swing the momentum. But Frank would fight back to hold in each, then broke Spencer at 2-3 to pull away en route to the 6-3 victory in the second.

“I knew it was going to be a grind,” Spencer said. “He’s a tough player – he’s only lost one match for a reason. He’s a solid player, he grinded. I thought I played well some points, but I got a little tired. He’s a guy that takes advantage. If you give him anything he’s going to jump on it. I had a lot of games where I had game points but I just made some stupid errors.”

“You don’t want to think about [your last match] too much because you have to focus on the match,” he said. “It’s been such a special time. It’s tough that I’m not ever going to play here again. I feel so much support and it’s been awesome.”

Spencer finishes his career with an 8-5 singles record in NCAA play and an overall singles record of 104-48. He went 33-13 in 2012 with 21 ranked wins. This was his best run in three career trips to the individual tournament with two prior first round losses, and he was the first Bulldog to reach the round of 16 since Nate Schnugg in 2009.

The Georgia men’s tennis team concluded its 2012 season with an overall team record of 26-3 and a 34^th SEC championship in the books.

“The SEC Baseball Legends Presented by AT&T allows us to honor the deep tradition and history of baseball in our league and show everyone why the SEC is the nation’s premier baseball conference,” said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.  “We are grateful to our friends at AT&T for helping make this program possible.”

Along with Andrews, the 2012 class includes Dr. Jeffrey Laubenthal, Alabama (1990-93); Kevin McReynolds, Arkansas (1979-81) and Brad Wilkerson, Florida (1996-98). Each SEC Baseball Legend will have on-field recognition and awards presentation by Commissioner Slive on Saturday in the middle of the seventh inning of the first semifinal game. Fans will have an opportunity for autographs and photos with the honorees on the concourse immediately following. Today, the Legends will also participate in the annual SEC Youth Clinic, join the SEC Radio Network for an on-air interview, beginning at 4 p.m. ET and make an appearance at Dick’s Sporting Goods from 7-9 p.m. ET.

Here is a look at Georgia’s SEC Baseball Legend:

GEORGIA – Rev. Reggie Andrews, Shortstop, 1953-55

A native of Macon who lettered 1953-55…Captain of the 1955 team…A 2nd team ABCA All-American in 1955 (the second All-American in Georgia baseball history) and 1955 Team MVP…A three-time All-SEC selection (1953-55) …NCAA 3rd District All-Star Team in 1953 and 1955…Part of two SEC Championship teams (1953, 1954) and one Eastern Division Championship team (1955), all under Coach Jim Whatley…Career batting average of .301 with 7 home runs and 72 RBI…Led the 1955 team with 33 RBI and 4 home runs…The 1953 Georgia team advanced to the NCAA District Playoffs and went 2-2; the 1954 Georgia team turned down an NCAA Regional bid due to exams …Inducted into the Macon Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2006… After UGA career, sustained a kidney injury while serving a three- year commitment with the Air Force, which ended his chance of a pro baseball career…Spent 34 years as a civilian worker for the Air Force…Was the top civilian for the USAF at Lockheed-Georgia Company for his last 17 years in government service that included administering all government contracts and was the key contact in negotiations for all C141 and C5 aircrafts…Mr. Andrews is now an Ordained Minister and has been for the past 16 years…Reggie and his wife, Judy, reside in Kennesaw, Ga.

Four legends will be recognized each year, with representatives from Auburn, LSU, Kentucky and Missouri on tap to be honored in 2013.

Magill – who served as Georgia’s coach from 1955-88, made unmatched contributions to the ITA over the past 28 years as the founder and curator of the Hall of Fame as well as the chairman of its committee. He was instrumental in bringing the Hall of Fame to the UGA campus and has maintained its archives and memorabilia since its dedication in 1984.

In his 34-year tenure as head coach of the Bulldogs, Magill posted a record of 706-183, which at the time made him the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I history. Magill’s teams won a record 13 SEC outdoor championships and eight indoor league titles, while five of his players won national collegiate individual titles.

In 1996, Magill was inducted into the Circle of Honor, the UGA Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame, and in the fall of 1999 the Sanford Stadium press box was dedicated in his honor. He was a member of the ITA Hall of Fame’s 1989 induction class.

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In the first set, the Georgia duo jumped out to a 4-0 lead off of two early breaks, and went on to win the set 6-2. In the second set, they battled to a 5-2 lead, only to be broken twice by the Blue Devils. The Bulldogs, however, broke Duke’s serve to go up 6-5 and then held on to win the set, 7-5, and advance to the next round.

“That’s some of their best doubles all year,” said head coach Jeff Wallace. “I think they really played fantastic start to finish. They got broken a couple of games in the second set to let Duke back in the match and tie it up, but I thought they really played well. It was a great day. “

“We both hit big shots and we are able to set each other up a lot,” Gilchrist added. “Chelsea hits really hard, deep balls and I’m able to go and poach and the same with me. I hit hard, deep balls and I made it easier for Chelsea to go out there and poach.”

Each match that Gullickson and Gilchrist play could be their last as a Georgia Bulldogs.

“I didn’t want to end my senior year here first out in singles and first out in doubles,” Gullickson said. “[Our] goal is to make it to quarters to be All-Americans, but then we want to win [the tournament] too.”

Gullickson and Gilchrist will square off against eleventh-ranked Emina Bektas and Brooke Bolender of Michigan on Friday at 2:30 p.m. The Wolverine duo upset fourth-seeded Maria Santamaria and Kaitlyn Christian of Southern California 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 32. Gullickson and Gilchrist fell to Bektas and Bolender in Georgia’s 5-2 win over Michigan at the ITA National Indoor Championships in February.

With the win, Gullickson and Gilchrist improve to 21-7 this year, including 8-3 against ranked opponents.

Sanchez Lobato began the day at 53rd on the individual leaderboard but ascended 12 spots to 40th after the round.

ROCIO SANCHEZ LOBATO

“The conditions were tough again,” head coach Kelley Hester said. “The greens were firm even though we had the morning tee time, and looking at the hole location sheet before the day even started, we knew it was going to be a tough one. She navigated the course pretty well. She had three birdies but did have a double, her first of the tournament. Overall, I thought she played fairly well today.”

Sanchez Lobato teed off from No. 10 and played the back side of the course first. She slipped to 2-over following bogeys at No. 11 and No. 13 but gained a stroke back with a birdie at No. 14. After another bogey at No. 16, Sanchez Lobato birdied No. 17 and turned at 1-over.

The freshman from Marbella, Spain, bogeyed No. 1 and double-bogeyed No. 4 to fall to 4-over but regrouped well. She converted short par putts on No. 5 and No. 6 before a birdie at the par-5 No. 7 and closed out her day with two more par putts of less than five feet.

“I played pretty solid today, I just had two bad holes,” Sanchez Lobato said. “The rest I think I played pretty good. I didn’t make as many pars and birdies as I wanted to, but I still played pretty good.”

Sanchez Lobato will play in the afternoon wave on Friday, teeing off at 12:45 CT from No. 1.

Sophomore Hilenn James (shot put), sophomore Burke McCarty (discus) and freshman

Allison Updike

The top 48 competitors in every event from across the East Region are battling for the top 12 spots. The same setup is occurring simultaneously during the West Prelims in Austin, Texas. The 12 who qualify in each event at both the East and West Prelims will advance to the finals of the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 6-9.
On Thursday, James punched her ticket to her first NCAA Championships after taking seventh in the shot put. The Trinidad & Tobago native posted a third throw measuring a season-best distance of 52 feet, 8 ¾ inches. With her discus competition arriving on Friday, James passed on her final three throws as only six other throwers were able to top her mark through their six attempts.

This will be James’ first trip to the finals of the NCAA Championships after taking 19th at the 2011 NCAA East Prelims. She entered Thursday’s competition with the 19th-best throw (51-11.75) in the East Region. James, who is third on the region’s list in the discus, will compete in the discus competition at 3 p.m. on Friday.

McCarty also earned his first shot at the NCAA Championships in the men’s discus. After opening up with a foul, McCarty worked up to a sixth and final throw of 183-2 for sixth place. This marks McCarty’s second-longest throw of his career.

Updike returned to competition for the first time since winning the SEC title in Baton Rouge two weeks ago and clinched her first trip to the finals of the NCAA Championships. Updike, who was the only conference thrower to advance, unleashed a second throw measuring 157-7 to finish just five feet back from the winner and fourth overall.

Georgia actually already has four student-athletes qualified for Des Moines. Junior heptathlete Lucie Ondraschkova gets the opportunity to bypass the NCAA Prelims since the top 24 heptathletes and decathletes nationally earn an automatic pass to Des Moines. Ondraschkova is No. 21 on the list after scoring a season-high 5,443 points to take sixth at the SEC Championships. The Opava, Czech Republic, native was 17th at last year’s NCAA Championships.

There were also three Bulldogs who advanced to the second round in their track events. Racing in his hometown of Jacksonville, senior Torrin Lawrence cruised to a victory in the opening heat of the 400-meter dash and qualified for the event’s quarterfinals on Friday at 6 p.m. Lawrence clocked a 46.21 to have the third-fastest time out of the 48 competitors.

Senior Aaron Evans is working to advance to the 800 finals of his first NCAA Outdoor Championships since 2010. Evans, who was fourth at this year’s NCAA indoor meet, automatically qualified for the quarterfinals by taking second in his heat with the 12th-best time. The Bermuda native finished in 1:49.67.

Evans races in the 800 quarterfinals at 7 p.m. on Friday. He was third at the 2010 NCAA outdoor meet.

Sophomore Megan Malasarte also gave Georgia a qualifier in the women’s 800. Malasarte was the only runner in her heat to record a 2:06 after taking 13th with a 2:06.95. She advanced to the 800 quarterfinals as a freshman in 2011, but did not advance to the final meet after taking 22nd.

Malasarte will take the track again at 7:15 p.m. on Friday for her 800 quarterfinals.

As he attempts prolong his collegiate career, senior Cory Holman opened the competition with an effort of 23-10 to take 22nd in the long jump. The 2012 NCAA indoor All-American heptathlete has a season-best mark of 24-4.25 and a career-best jump of 24-9.75, which was set at the 2010 Sea Ray Relays.

Holman is still expected to compete in the prelim round of the 110 hurdles on Friday at 5 p.m.

Sophomore Braydon Anderson saw his season come to an end after finishing 27th in the javelin. The 6-foot-8 hurler fit a throw measuring 200-8 between two fouls and failed to advance to the 16-man finals. Anderson finishes his second season No. 9 on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list after taking third at the Florida Relays with a mark of 222-5.

Part-time shot putter Ray Drew also saw his first season with the Bulldogs come to an end. An outside linebacker for Georgia’s football team, Drew completed the fifth collegiate meet of his career in 24th place. Drew, who was 50th on the East Region performance list coming in, opened with the third-longest throw of his brief career (168-8) and did not make the finals.

Coming in with a career-best time of 50.99 this season, senior Phillip Adams was disqualified in the prelims of the 400 hurdles after hooking one of the hurdles. Adams advanced to the finals of the 2011 NCAA Championships after finishing 11th at last year’s NCAA East Prelims with a time of 51.12. Freshman Drew Branch also ran in the 400 hurdles, finishing 33rd overall.

Adams will also be running in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays on Saturday. Branch is also part of the 4×400 team.

I keep track of the Braves’ wins and losses on a team calendar.

I have an authentic Freddie Freeman jersey, a Jason Heyward t-shirt and two official on-field Braves caps.

Ashton Moss

I hate bumper stickers, but I even have the Braves script A on the back of my car.

Like I said, I live for Atlanta Braves baseball.

But while watching SportsCenter earlier this week, I realized that I missed the Braves golden years. Yes, I’m aware that the Braves won 14 consecutive division titles and that that streak will probably never be broken.

But for once, it wasn’t just about championships. The Braves were fun to watch because they had one of the greatest pitching staffs of all-time. From 1991-1998, the Braves pitching staff won seven out of the eight NL Cy Young’s awarded.

Greg Maddux won four of them — in a row. When I dug a little deeper into Maddux’s career numbers, the numbers I found were absolutely staggering.

Maddux pitched 200 or more innings for 14 straight years, and he pitched over 260 innings three years in a row. After Maddux’s first full year in the majors, he pitched over 200 innings in 18 of out his 21 years in the majors. In the three years he didn’t make it to 200 innings (2002, 2007, 2008) he missed the mark by a total of 8 2/3 innings. In 1994, Maddux had a 1.56 ERA, and in 1995, the year the Braves won the World Series, Maddux had a 1.63 ERA.

Wow.

But Maddux never got the love and respect he deserved because he wasn’t a glamorous strikeout pitcher like Randy Johnson or Pedro Martinez.

For some reason, people don’t seem to find two hour, complete game shutouts very exciting.

Seeing this encouraged me to look beyond the big name stars and to try to find guys who are great pitchers that people seem to continuously overlook.

All they ask is that you put them in, give them some love, and let them do their thing.

Bud Norris

I’ve been following Bud Norris with a great deal of skepticism for a while now. The argument always followed the same path:

1) His name is Bud. I can’t trust a guy named Bud

2) He has a history of being inconsistent

3) He pitches for the Astros. A good pitcher cannot succeed on an awful team

4) His name is Bud!

Despite my severe man-crushes on some players, I try my best to rationally look at the stats and decide who gives my team the best chance to win each week. My argument against Bud Norris goes against everything I believe about fantasy baseball.

First, I don’t care what your name is if you’ll help me win a championship. Second, Bud Norris actually doesn’t have a history of being inconsistent. I just ignore the times he pitches well by making a skeptical noise and rolling my eyes, but I highlight the times he pitches badly. I point at the TV and say “See? I told you so!” Occasionally, one of my roommates will poke their head into my room just to make sure I’m talking to the TV and not myself.

Finally, pitchers on terrible teams can not only succeed but can also win Cy Young’s.  Just two years ago, Felix Hernandez won the award, going 13-12 on a 61-101 Mariners team that only scored 513 runs. He was the team’s only bright spot, posting a 2.27 ERA with 232 K’s.

I’m not saying that Bud Norris is the next King Felix. What I am saying is that its time to confidently give Bud the ball and let him pitch on your team.

Why?

Because Bud Norris is a strikeout machine. In his big league career, Norris had never had a K/9 ratio below 8.52. He’s 27 and is just starting to hit his stride.

This season, he’s 5-1 with a 3.14 ERA and a 9.10 K/9 ratio. Norris has also been blazing hot over the past two weeks, going 3-0 with a 0.45 ERA and an 11.25 K/9 ratio. The only pitcher who’s ahead of him in the rankings over that stretch? Some guy named Zack Greinke.

With all that being said, Norris is still only owned in only 65% of Yahoo! leagues. If he’s available, pick him up immediately. If he’s not, get him before your friends realize that Bud’s legit.

Ryan Vogelsong

It’s amazing how fast people forget.

Last year, Vogelsong came out of nowhere and posted an amazing 2.71 ERA and made the All-Star team.

This year, many owners were skeptical and decided to pass on drafting Vogelsong. I mean, he couldn’t do it again right?

Wrong.

For the year, Vogelsong has a 2.27 ERA and has helped bolster the Giants pithing staff while Tim Lincecum has struggled to find his stuff. Over the last two weeks, Vogelsong has posted a ridiculous 0.64 ERA and has only allowed eight total bases in 14 innings pitched.

Unlike Norris, Vogelsong is not a strikeout machine, but he’s amazingly efficient with what he has.

Vogelsong is only owned in 53% of Yahoo! Leagues, and if he’s available in your league, pick him up. If one of your buddies owns him, it shouldn’t be too difficult to pry him from their fingers. Vogelsong will be a solid third or fourth starter to help your staff for the remainder of the season.

Aroldis Chapman

With every passing second, its getting harder to acquire Chapman. When he was a set-up man, people ignored him because, well, he was a set-up man. Now that he’s the Red’s closer, everyone wants him.

I know saves are important, but that’s not the biggest reason you want the Cuban defector. You want him because he’s the best pitcher in baseball right now.

Blasphemy. Treason. Heresy.

I don’t think so. Think about these stats and make up your own mind.

Going in to Tuesday, Chapman has faced 84 batters, and he has struck out 39 of them. In 23.1 innings, Chapman has yet to allow a run and has only surrendered nine total bases

Fantasy owners are encouraged to breathe deeply through their nose and out their mouth so as to avoid passing out.

Now that you’ve regained consciousness, let’s do a little math problem to show how mind-blowing Chapman has actually been.

Chapman’s win total (4) + Chapman’s save total (2) + Chapman’s hold total (6) > Chapman’s total bases allowed total (9).

I hate math, but I love that little equation.

It’s probably because I drafted Chapman in the 15th round with the 180th pick, and I haven’t looked back.

You need to get Chapman because he’s better than Craig Kimbrel who was taken 9 rounds and 116 picks ahead of him. His value is through the roof, but I’m still hearing people say Chapman is “a pretty good pitcher.”

No. He’s the best pitcher in the game, and he needs to be on your team. Now.

The Georgia Museum of Art

The Kress Project solicited responses to the 12 Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings in the museum’s Kress Collection from around the globe, with a total of 403 submissions coming from as far away as Turkey and Iran. Submissions included visual art in many media (painting, drawing, sculpture, video, photography and such new media as Twitter and Facebook), works of fiction, poems, original songs and music, recipes, dance, interactive works and one 60-minute radio broadcast/podcast created at Brenau University.

Participants ranged from children to seniors and from those with great familiarity with the works of art to many who had never seen them before. There was no fee to submit a response.

Didi Dunphy, Kate Pierson and Jed Rasula served as the judges, selecting 24 winners, each of whom will receive a $500 prize and have his or her work published in a forthcoming multimedia book. Dunphy is a former professor in the contemporary arts at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA and works in the curatorial field, including organizing exhibitions at The Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens. Pierson is one of the founding members of The B-52’s, one of the seminal rock bands responsible for shaping the Athens music scene. She currently owns and operates Kate’s Lazy Meadow, a rustic getaway in Mount Tremper, N.Y. Rasula is the Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English at UGA. He has a Ph.D. from the History of Consciousness Program at University of California, Santa Cruz, and taught at Pomona College in California and Queen’s University Canada before coming to UGA in 2001.

The winners are:
Linda Allen, “Portrait of Charles McGee,” mixed media, Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Alison Reeger Cook, “Saintly Stew,” short story and recipe, Gainesville
Melody Croft, “St. Walker,” painting, Athens
Eldi Dundee, “Barbie as Mother of God,” photograph, London, England
James Feraciour, “Present,” painting, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Nina Fletcher, “Giulio’s Eyes,” embroidery with buttons, Essex, Mass.
Dmitry Gretsky, “Andrej and Mathew,” painting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charlie Hartness, “The Lynching,” song, Athens
Noel Holston, “Listening to Art,” poem, Athens
Diane Kirkland, “Caretaker,” photograph, Atlanta
Ted Kuhn, “Cross Check,” video, Athens
Maria Kuipers, “Red Crucifixion,” painting, Hove, East Sussex, England
Meredith Lachin, “John Ashley,” painting, Winterville
Cindy Lemmon, “Untitled Madonna,” mixed media, Sacramento, Calif.
Whitney Lynn, “Explanations,” photograph, San Francisco, Calif.
Peter James McCarron, “Fancy Pants Soul,” sculpture, Athens
Bruce McKaig, “Untitled (Kress 07),” photograph, Washington, D.C.
Patrick Mizelle, “On Viewing an Early Renaissance Madonna in the Kress Collection of the Georgia Museum of Art,” poem, Athens
Kelly Ozust, “In/En Vision,” choreography, Athens
Par Ramey, “St. Tilliski,” photograph, Athens
Peter Russell, “Absence,” cyanotype print, Athens
Marianne Scott, “Explorers 1492: Who Really Discovered America?” radio broadcast, Gainesville
Mark Starling, “The Saints, The Saints,” video, Harlem
Victoria Webb, “Bulldozer,” painting, Avondale Estates

The judges also selected 26 honorable mentions, which will appear in the publication and round out the number at 50, one response for each year the museum has owned its Kress Collection. In addition, GMOA’s Melissa Rackley, who organizes community programs, selected five entries by younger contributors that will receive $50 prizes and be published in the book:
Katie Hooper, “The Warrior,” cardboard armor, age 13, Gainesville
Kinsey Huckabey, “Mary and Baby,” mixed media, age 14, Gainesville
Kristen McCole, “St. Simon the Apostle,” song performed on clarinet, age 13, Flowery Branch
Hannah Poling, “Baby Jesus,” painting, age 13, Athens
Rowan Wolschleger, “The City,” poem, age 14, Flowery Branch