Georgia college student posed as high school runner, attacked ‘acquaintance’ with rocks during race

A University of Georgia student allegedly impersonated a high school cross-country runner and attacked the athlete with rocks during a stealthy mid-race ambush.

Aiden Dombrowski is accused of launching the alleged assault when he infiltrated the Coweta Cup Cross Country Championship at Newnan High School on Saturday, Newnan Police said.

Dombrowski, 19, drove from the University of Georgia campus in Athens to Newnan, Ga., a 110-mile drive, Friday night and then slept in his car waiting for race day.

When the meet kicked off the next morning, Dombrowski donned an East Coweta High School cross-country uniform and trekked through the woods until his target, a Newnan High School runner, passed...