Montgomery leads Union Grove to title

Photo by Derrick Mahone Union Grove freshman Ellunde Montgomery tries to catch her breath after winning the Henry County Cross Country Championship on Thursday on the Locust Grove High course.

Union Grove freshman Ellunde Montgomery got all the motivation she needed when her coach made note in the media she lost by five seconds to her biggest county competitor.

Montgomery more than made up for those five seconds at the Henry County Cross Country Championships on Thursday. She blazed the course at Locust Grove High with a time of 20 minutes, 12.43 seconds to claim the individual championship.

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