2022 NCHSAA Cross Country State Championship Meet Recaps & Results

2022 NCHSAA 1A Males’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | South Stanly Males win three-way tiebreaker over Christ the King & Cherokee

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – The Ivey Redmon Complicated noticed one of many closest finishes within the historical past of the NCHSAA’s Cross Nation State Championships on the facility within the 1A Staff Championship. South Stanly gained a three-way tiebreaker over Christ the King & Cherokee in spite of everything three groups completed the race with 77 factors every for his or her prime 5 runners. South Stanly’s sophomore Eli Thompson seemingly had no thought how vital his journey throughout the road could be for his group, because the group’s sixth place runner. 

Nevertheless, when Eli Thompson crossed in 19:39.53 in sixtieth place general and the forty sixth runner within the group competitors, he was simply six seconds forward of the sixth runner from Cherokee, Ayden Thompson, which gave the Bulls the upper-hand within the sixth-runner tiebreaker. The win offers South Stanly their first State Championship in Males’s Cross Nation.

Freshman O’Malley Salinas from Andrews rolled to victory, profitable by almost 15 seconds as he crossed the road in 16:46.83 forward of second-place Blake Nicholson from Christ the King who got here dwelling in 17:01.60. Salinas turns into the primary runner from Andrews to win a person State Championship.

Christ the King, although tied with Cherokee and South Stanly with 77 factors, completed third with their sixth runner, Mason Roberts, ending in 21:34.22. The Crusaders prime three have been spectacular although, as Nicholson completed second general and senior teammate Logan Ades got here in fourth general at 17:21.12. Senior Joseph Locke crossed in 17:31.91 and eighth general for the Crusaders, serving to them to the perfect common time within the 1A Males’s Race as they posted a group common of 18:00.31. 

South Stanly was led by Joshawa Huneycutt who positioned sixth within the particular person race. The junior, Huneycutt, completed in 17:22.81. The Bulls averaged 18:11.15 as Ranfere Garcia and Davis Wright ran collectively to complete in twelfth and thirteenth general for the Bulls, serving to them into the three-way tie. 

2022 NCHSAA 1A Ladies’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | Swain County wins second straight group title as Cherokee’s Swimmer shines

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Dvdaya Swimmer, a freshman from Cherokee, cruised to victory by over 36 seconds, crossing the road in 20:08.32 to win the Braves first particular person state championship in program historical past. Swimmer outpaced a pair of runners from Swain County, Amaya Hicks and Annie Lewis, who crossed in 20:45.01 and 20:54.13 respectively, serving to the Maroon Devils to a dominating 59-114 margin over Eno River Academy and the Devils second straight group title.

The Maroon Devils averaged 21:58.51 as all 5 of Swain County’s runners completed within the prime 42 of the person race, and the highest 30 of the group competitors. Gracie Monteith was the third-best finisher for Swain, crossing in tenth place and 21:37.61. Marden Harvey, one other freshman, raced to a twenty eighth place spot in 23:00.76 whereas fellow freshman Angelina Lomelli crossed in forty second at 23:35.00. 

2022 NCHSAA 2A Males’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | Owen picks up fifth State Championship as Anstrom earns Seaforth’s first particular person championship

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Sophomore Jack Anstrom strided in forward of Andrew Parker from NC Faculty of Science and Math to win the primary State Championship for Seaforth Excessive Faculty within the college’s younger historical past. Anstrom ripped the tape in 16:15.43 simply forward of Parker who crossed in 16:17.67. 

The Warhorses from Owen gained the college’s first group state championship since 2008. Owen runners mixed to edge Lincoln Constitution 83-91 on the energy of their prime two finishers. Elijah Jones, a senior for Owen, completed third general, ending his cross nation profession in 16:19.20 on the Kernersville Course. Fellow Warhorses senior Jaheem O’Hara completed eighth general with a time of 17:00.91. 

2022 NCHSAA 2A Ladies’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | NCSSM smashes previous Brevard as Lincolnton’s Katherine Hopkins rolls to title

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – For the second straight yr, the Unicorn runners from the NC Faculty of Science and Arithmetic collected a group state championship at Ivey Redmon Complicated. The Unicorns outscored Brevard 64-130, leaving little question about their group title with junior Anika Raburn main the best way for NCSSM as she completed second general in 20:19.18. 

Raburn was solely bested by Lincolnton senior Katherine Hopkins. Hopkins was dominant in her run, clipping the tape in 19:20.05, nearly a full minute in entrance of the remainder of the sector. Hopkins turns into the primary Lincolnton runner, male or feminine, to win a person Cross Nation State Championship.

NCSSM’s remaining scoring runners included Lily Scarlett who completed 14th general in 21:25.31 as her teammate Raina Martens checked in simply behind her at 21:25.60. One other NCSSM pair clocked in side-by-side as Emberleigh Pauley-Brown out-sprinted teammate Lynda Rios to the road in thirty first and thirty second respectively at 22:09.59 and 22:14.43. 

2022 NCHSAA 3A Males’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | Croatan nips North Lincoln for group honors as Orange’s Schmid shines

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Gabriel Schmid led the best way for the 3A Males’s Race. The junior from Orange outlegged North Lincoln’s Stephen Fernetti to the road, profitable the person 3A State Championship with a time of 15:44.28. Schmid’s victory was the third particular person State Championship within the historical past of Orange Excessive’s Cross Nation program. He turns into simply the second runner to win a title at Orange, becoming a member of two-time winner Bradsher Wilkins, who gained in 1997 and 1998, as the one different runner with the person State Champion distinction. 

Croatan runners ran collectively and managed to push each other to this system’s first group State Championship. Senior James Wallace was the highest finisher for Croatan, clocking in at eleventh general in 16:55.79 with junior teammate Tyrese Cone proper on his heels in twelfth at 16:56.10. North Lincoln’s Fernetti crossed in 16:00.64, main North Lincoln to a second-place end within the group competitors. North Lincoln had a barely higher common time than Croatan, because the Knights have been only a tenth of a second sooner on common, however the Cougars clipped them on placement factors 143-149. 

2022 NCHSAA 3A Ladies’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | North Lincoln wins their third straight as Pate leads the Knights to a different title

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Macy Pate grew to become simply the second feminine to win a person Cross Nation State Championship from North Lincoln, crossing the road in 18:58.80 to win the 3A State Championship over second-place Noelle Houlihan from West Henderson. Pate joins two-time particular person champion, Angie Allen, as the one different North Lincoln females to win a person championship. 

The North Lincoln ladies gained their third straight group State Championship as they outscored West Henderson 50-68. The Knights averaged nearly 15 seconds higher than West Henderson, posting a median time of 19:58.19 for the afternoon. Bella Wooden joined Parks as a top-ten finisher for North Lincoln, putting fifth general and crossing in 19:30.72. Bella Inexperienced and Olivia Ferraro completed thirteenth and 14th respectively for North, crossing in 20:13.80 and 20:18.27. 

2022 NCHSAA 4A Males’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | Pinecrest’s Gilbertson nips Townshend as Inexperienced Hope wins program’s third group title

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Pinecrest’s Zack Gilbertson edged Weddington’s Caden Townshend by simply over two seconds to assert the Patriots first particular person State Championship in Males’s Cross Nation since Jeff Moody gained back-to-back particular person titles for Pinecrest in 1973 and 1974. Gilbertson outkicked Townshend to cross the road in 15:28.67. 

Inexperienced Hope edged Charlotte Catholic 124-166 within the group depend, profitable the Falcons third Males’s Cross Nation State Championship. It was the Falcons first group title since 2017. Senior Gavin Hansen led the best way for Inexperienced Hope, ending third general in a time of 15:40.70. Luke Younger was the second highest ending Falcon on the day, crossing the road in 16:21.24 and twenty first place. Fellow Senior Liam Younger was not far behind in twenty fifth as he completed the course in 16:22.58.

2022 NCHSAA 4A Ladies’s Cross Nation State Championship Recap | Cuthbertson makes it 5 in a row as Kermes rolls to high school’s third particular person crown

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KERNERSVILLE, NC – Cuthbertson’s ladies’s group blasted their approach to a fifth straight State Championship, outscoring Cardinal Gibbons 32-81. The Cavaliers’ 32 is the bottom group rating in a 4A Race since Inexperienced Hope’s 34 in 2010. The 1984 Chapel Hill rating of 28 nonetheless stands because the lowest group rating in a 4A Ladies’s Race. Stella Kermes capped her junior season with a person State Championship, clipping the tape in 17:40.94. She outdueled Myers Park’s Mary Bonner Dalton who completed second with a time of 17:44.41. 

Cuthbertson additionally received prime ten finishes from Charlotte Bell, Justine Preisano and Alyssa Preisano. Bell completed in fifth, posting a time of 18:24.23. Justine Preisano was simply behind her in sixth at 18:31.36. Her older sister, Alyssa Preisano, got here in ninth posting a time of 18:33.08.