Friday, September 18, 2015
Watauga Home Meet #1
Knights Crossing Invitational
Pioneers XC headed to Salem, VA for a big invitational including some of the best teams in VA and NC. The flat, fast course led to a number of season and career PR performances. The boys varsity team finished 7th of 25 teams in the event's fastest heat, led by Matthew (21st, 16:37) and River (23rd, 16:38). Also scoring for the varsity were Grant, Josh, and Price. The girls varsity finished 18th of 23 and was paced by Anna (52nd, 21:25) and Emma B. (62nd, 21:35). Emma T., Nicole, and Elizabeth also scored for the varsity squad. Michael (46th, 19:23) and Emma Kate (53rd, 25:10) paced the respective JV squads. Complete race results here.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Ashe County Meet Results
In mid-week racing, the girls team led by Anna in first place (22:23), bested both Ashe and West Wilkes. Emma B, Nicole, Emma T., and Barbara also scored for the Pioneers. The boys squad finished in second place, led by Devin in third place (19:03). Aiden, Isaac, Nick, Luke, and Sam also had top finishes for the boys squad. See the story here.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Varisty Boys Team Win Caldwell Invitational; Girls Second
The weather was hot; the times were slow, but the varsity boy's squad topped twelve other teams to win the Caldwell Invitational. River paced team -which appeared to be running as a pack for part of the race- in 2nd, followed by Josh (7th), Price (10th), Matthew(11th), Grant (21st), Elias (23rd), and Sam (27th). Varsity girls finished second to an apparently warm weather acclimated Alexander Central team. Finley led the girls in fifth, followed by Anna (13th), Emma B (14th), Ella (15th), Nicole (17th), Emma T (33rd), and Elizabeth (54th).
In the girl's open race, Hallie and Molly recorded top ten finishes, while Devin won the boy's open race and Daniel and Michael also recorded top ten finishes. Photos of the even here. Also find Coach Shaw's photos here. Next up racing in West Jefferson at Ashe HS on Tuesday as the team prepares to travel to a big invitational on Saturday.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Schedule Changes
XC racing will continue today with the team headed to the Caldwell Invitational meet at the soccer complex in Lenoir -hopefully it is cooler this year! Next Tuesday the team will travel to Ashe County HS for an away meet.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
WNC XC Carnival
River paced the boys to a team best (in the last two years) third place with a 10th place finish (16:51 -PR too?) in the Championship division at the XC Carnival in Hendersonville yesterday. Also scoring for the varsity squad were Matthew, Grant, Josh, and Price. Expectations increasing for the remaining big invitationals?
The young girls squad was led by Anna finishing 20th (22:14) in the Invitational division. Emma B., Emma T., Nichole, and Finley also scored for the varsity 12th place finish.
Daniel McAdams led the boys Invitational race squad, finishing 90th (19:33), while Johannes Shultz-Colon finished tops (51st; 21:19) in the boys Individual race and Emma Kate (30th; 25:43) led the girls in the Individual race. Brianna finished 15th (14:10) in the girls JV 3K race. Complete race results here. See Coach Shaw's photos from the race here.
Next racing Wednesday on 9/2 at the Caldwell Invitational in Lenoir.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Clash of Classes
The 2015 season kickoff continued with racing on the new abbreviated version of the home course Saturday. Some familiar opponents along with some new ones -the Daniel Boone High athletes were fast! The top Watauga finishes were delivered by freshman Emma Beach and junior River Rhodes. Top-10 Watauga finishers in their respective classes also included Ella, Anna, Finley, Josh, Price, Grant, and Matthew. Photos of the event may be found here. Complete results on NC Milesplit here.
The team will look to build on racing experiences last week during the first big invitational and 5K team race next weekend in Hendersonville.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
2015 XC Season Kickoff
Racing today on the first day back to school in Newton. We will be racing familiar conference opponents in a 4-person relay format with each member running two miles. Directions to race locations may be found here.
Clash of Classes racing will be on our home (park at high school and access start/finish on greenway from path beginning behind stadium field house) course this Saturday. Coach Mac would greatly appreciate any volunteer help (Contact: coachmac60@hotmail.com ). These races will also be two miles with each class year running and scored separately.
Clash of Classes racing will be on our home (park at high school and access start/finish on greenway from path beginning behind stadium field house) course this Saturday. Coach Mac would greatly appreciate any volunteer help (Contact: coachmac60@hotmail.com ). These races will also be two miles with each class year running and scored separately.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Watauga Pioneers XC 2015 !!
Informal summer running practices start Thursday June 18th at 8 am (meet at the track). The first official XC practice is August 3rd at 6 pm. New runners, please see the link to information at the top left of the page. ALL runners must have a current athletic physical on file before attending informal or official practices.
**SUMMER RUNNING CHALLENGE AND REWARDS** The coaches are challenging athletes to run this summer and offer a variety of rewards for participation and mileage. See details on the running challenge here. Instructions on logging your mileage with Strava here. The program starts June 1st 2015 !!!!!!
Friday, February 6, 2015
Coach McDonough wins National Federation of State High School Associations Award
Congratulations to Coach McDonough, named the Southern Sectional of the NFSHS girls cross country coach of the year!
Friday, December 5, 2014
Footlocker Regional XC Championships
Several Watauga XC runners participated in the South Regional Footlocker race, held at the very fast McAlpine Park course in Charlotte over the holiday weekend. Kathleen posted the 2nd fastest time (tied by one other and only bested by the race winner that day) of any NC female high school runner, EVER. Taking 18 seconds off the Wendy's winning time for a staggering 17:15, 8th place finish and trip to the national XC championships this month in San Diego.
Michael finished his high school XC career with a 19th place (16:19) in the senior men's race. Courtney finished 82nd (22:40) in the senior women's race. In the junior men's race, Matthew was 59th (16:50 -PR, I think). Grant was 61st (16:55 -PR?), River was 72nd (17:02 PR), and Michael was 225th (19:33) in the sophomore race; and Price was 92nd (18:13) in the freshmen race.
Michael finished his high school XC career with a 19th place (16:19) in the senior men's race. Courtney finished 82nd (22:40) in the senior women's race. In the junior men's race, Matthew was 59th (16:50 -PR, I think). Grant was 61st (16:55 -PR?), River was 72nd (17:02 PR), and Michael was 225th (19:33) in the sophomore race; and Price was 92nd (18:13) in the freshmen race.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
XC Awards Banquet
The Watauga High cafeteria was full for the season closing awards banquet, where seniors were honored for their participation and leadership. Team MVP honors went to Kathleen and Michael. Grade level awards were distributed to: Kathleen and Michael (12th), Lauren and Matthew (11th), Finley and Grant (10th), and Mia and Josh (9th). Varsity letter winners were recognized and several coaches' award winners (Courtney, John, River, Catie) were acknowledged. Thanks to the coaches and athletes for a great season. Some photos of the event here.
Monday, November 3, 2014
State Championships Closes Season
Except for those racing Footlocker, the XC season has closed. Weather for the state meet was an abrupt turnaround from the regional. Kathleen ran the second fastest time of the day (18:13) and was only unable to overcome one racer, though she bested both who finished in front of her at the regional. Michael finished towards the tops of 4A race in 30th (16:49). Good luck and thanks to all the seniors for a great season of racing and leadership.
| WHS Top 25 Individual PR's - Boys | |||
| Ricky Brookshire | 14:57 | ||
| Mike Clinebell | 15:14 | ||
| Patrick Phillips | 15:27 | ||
| Joe Lion | 15:27 | ||
| Brian Greer | 15:35 | ||
| Shane Austin | 15:37 | ||
| Will Hodges | 15:38 | ||
| Jody Corum | 15:40 | ||
| David Stroupe | 15:47 | ||
| Daniel Osborne | 15:48 | ||
| Peter Vandenberg | 15:49 | ||
| Josh Anderson | 15:54 | ||
| Britt Marlowe | 15:59 | ||
| Avery Cannon Elliot Austin |
16:01 16:01 |
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| Jason Klutz | 16:04 | ||
| Michael Holland | 16:08 | ||
| Jason Carter | 16:16 | ||
| Chase Bennett | 16:18 | ||
| Ben Volmer | 16:22 | ||
| Josh Lamont Bryan Brackney |
16:23 16:23 |
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| Tyler Wilkinson | 16:23 | ||
| Clark Brackney | 16:26 | ||
| Matthew Hellenbrand | 16:30 | ||
| WHS Top 25 Individual PR's - Girls | |||
| Kathleen Mansure | 17:15 | ||
| Darby Middlebrook | 17:35 | ||
| Kristin Stoupe | 18:02 | ||
| Ginna Calloway Sophia Ritter |
18:32 18:33 |
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| Hannah Barbour | 18:37 | ||
| Madison Harman | 18:42 | ||
| Addie Bower | 18:44 | ||
| Marina Chase | 18:49 | ||
| Kim Herring | 18:55 | ||
| Whitney Woods | 18:55 | ||
| Doria Kosmala | 18:56 | ||
| Kristina Kanagy | 19:00 | ||
| Lindley Swartz | 19:04 | ||
| Holley Cooper | 19:04 | ||
| Kayla Schneider | 19:05 | ||
| Anna Mae Flynn | 19:15 | ||
| Kim Deni | 19:16 | ||
| Windy McIntire | 19:20 | ||
| Hailey Middlebrook | 19:23 | ||
| Ashley Norris | 19:34 | ||
| Amanda Carringer | 19:35 | ||
| Jodi McIntiire | 19:36 | ||
| Leigh Suggs | 19:37 | ||
| Jenny Cash | 19:38 | ||
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