Conference Championship

The varsity boys squad placed five scoring runners in the top ten to easily retain the conference title in a reportedly hotly contested race.  Conditions were quite warm (for mid-October) but the partly shady, flat, fast track led to many season and career PR marks.  Price finished as the individual Northwestern Conference champ and Josh earned a 3rd place podium finish.  Also scoring for the squad where Avery, Grant, and Elias.  Anna paced the conference runner-up varsity girls squad with 4th place finish.  Also scoring for the squad where Emma B., Rebecca, Finley, and Sophia.  The margin between conference champ and runner-up was only seven points! Complete conference results are here.  A few photos of the girls race here.

Most runners have now completed the season but varsity squads will continue to prepare for the NC 4A regional in Charlotte next weekend and a chance to qualify for the state championships.

NC Runner's Elite

Hurricane driven storm conditions -at least it was relatively warm- could not stop Price from delivering a top ten finish from a small, but spirited field in the marquee division at the Runner's Elite Invitational.  Anna recorded the fastest time of the girls finishers.  Also notable was Avery placing 7th (though the first 9th grade finisher) in the boy's freshman/sophomore race and Emma B. 17th in the same girls race.  Complete race results here.  A few photos of the even here.  The team now has final preparation for the conference championship race and qualification for the state championships -maybe it won't rain next time we're in Kernersville! 

Watauga Home Meet

Watauga hosted several schools for the final event on the home course this year.  The boys and girls squads both finished first, despite using the event as a training race.  Price, River, Avery, Josh, and Grant scored for the boys; Anna, Emma B., Rebecca, Finley, and Samara for the girls.  Complete meet results posted here.  Photos of the event here.

Wendy's Invitational

XC racing, homecoming, SAT's all on the same day this year.  The boys varsity was led home by Price, followed by Josh, Avery, and Elias and Sam -who both finished with career PR's- scoring for the 19th placed Pioneers.  Emma T. was the first girls varsity finisher -also in PR time?- followed by Emma B, Anna, Rebecca, and Finley for a 27th place team finish.  Michael W. paced the boys JV and the girls JV squad was led by Ella.  Alex led the boys 9/10th grade team.  Complete results posted here.  Photos of the event here.