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–Owen boys take second place in WNC XC Carnival Championship

5 September 2007
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 By Michael Painter-Editor

HENDERSONVILLE - August 25, 2007 - Nearly 550 male runners from as far away as Raleigh and Anderson, SC participated in the seventh WNC XCtry Carnival at Jackson Park in Hendersonville.  It was divided into six different races, three each for the girls and the boys, the Championship, the Invite and the Open.

Hickory’s Ryan Hill came in first in the Championship, shattering the meet record as well as the Jackson Park record, with a run of 15:18.27, 11.53 seconds faster than Jack Bolas from Chapel Hill who got the record in 2003 (15:29.8).  Taylor Gilland of Chapel Hill (2nd) also broke the record by 2-1/2 seconds (15:27.33).

 

In the team Championship, Owen came in second with 113 points, behind Mooresville, who ran away with the team championship with 50 points.  Mooresville’s top five runners had the least number of points with 2, 4, 7, 12 and 25 respectively. 

Owen’s top five runners placed 12th, 18th, 26th, 33rd, and 43rd.

Asheville was fifth (146), Watauga was sixth (167), and West Henderson rounded out the top 10 with 267 points.  Roberson was 12th (292), Brevard was 15th (359) and South Caldwell finished 16th (420).

Individual runners from WNC schools in the top 25 include Josey Weaver-Madison (4), John Harwell-Asheville (5), Issac Presson-Asheville (6), Davis Graham-Carolina Day (10), Chris Patino-Owen (12), Ben Vollmer-Watauga (16), Dakota Norris-Mitchell (17), Cody Neville-Owen (18), and Luke Anton-Brevard (24).

In the Invite, Chapel Hill won with 83 points, with Owen 7th (286), Murphy was 8th (291), Watauga was 11th (388), ACA was 13th (388), Hendersonville was 14th (391), Asheville was 15th (406), Roberson was 16th (425), Polk was 17th (440), North Henderson was 24th (620), North Buncombe was 26th (637), Carolina Day was 27th (657), Erwin was 31st (794), East Henderson was 32nd (803), West Henderson was 34th (857) and Franklin was 35th (919).

Individually, local runners in the top 25 are RS Central’s Zeb King (7), Polk’s Noah Hall (9), Carolina Day’s Will Jordan (15), Swain’s Jonathon Mattox (16), North Buncombe’s Nic Carswell (18), Hendersonville’s Brian Edwards (19), ACA’s Zach Barnett (22), and RS Central’s Kevin Dinga (25). 

In the Open, Roberson and Providence Day tied for 1st with 73 points, but Providence won on a tiebreaker (23-25).  Watauga was 4th (100), Asheville was 8th (253), Owen was 10th (305), Erwin was 16th (439), Hendersonville was 18th (473) and North Buncombe was 19th (495).

Western North Carolina runners in the top 25 were:  Hunter Howe-Enka (1), Jamie Goethe-Roberson (3), Aaron Roberts-Madison (6), Davis McGuinn-Watauga (10), Anthony Barnette-Madison (13), Jacob Katz-Asheville (16), Brennan Orr-Roberson (17), Andrew Capen-Watauga (18), Evan Fitzsimmons-Roberson (19), Jamison Slate-Watauga (21), and John Dugan-Roberson (22).

Championship results:  Boys-Top 25  
  1) Hill, Ryan-Hickory-15:18.27  
  2) Gilland, Taylor-Chapel Hill-15:27.33
  3) Campbell, Pat-Moores-15:47.38
  4) Weaver, Josey- Madison-16:09.66                
  5) Harwell, John-Asheville-16:14.32 
  6) Newman, Joseph-Mooresville-16:19.87
  7) Sankey, Clay-Providence Day-16:29.34
  8) Presson, Issac-Asheville-16:42.70
  9) Cox, Josh-Mooresville-16:47.41
 10)Graham, Davis-Carolina Day-16:52.21
 11) Anderson, Peter-Chapel Hill-16:55.99
 12) Patino, Chris-Owen-6:59.32
 13) Dement, David-Cary Academy-17:03.21 
 14) Kisley, Nick-Cary Academy-17:04.89
 15) Sledge, Graham-Mooresville-17:05.56
 16) Vollmer, Ben-Watauga-17:09.95
 17) Norris, Dakota-Mitchell-17:14.40 
 18) Neville, Cody-Owen-17:14.64
 19) Zizzi, Andrew-Myers Park-17:19.83 
 20) Nehez, Mark-Spring Valley-17:20.52
 21) Moran, Ryan-Spring Valley-17:21.68 
 22) Sullivan, Mark-Cardinal Gibbons-17:24.40
 23) Freeman, Wyatt-Providence Day-17:26.28 
 24) Anton, Luke-Brevard-17:27.86
 25) Lennon, Preston-Providence Day-17:29.93

Championship results:  Team
  1 Mooresville-50   2 Owen-113   3 Chapel Hill-118  4 Providence Day School-135
  5 Asheville-146  6 Watauga-167  7 Spring Valley-172  8 Myers Park-191
  9 Cary Academy-252  10 West Henderson-267  11 Charlotte Catholic-276  
  12 Roberson, T. C.-292  13 Cardinal Gibbons-325  14 T.L. Hanna-349 
  15 Brevard-359   16 South Caldwell-420  

Invite results:  Boys-Top 25
  1) Francis, Daniel-Freedom-17:08.26 
  2) Rodriguez, Colton-Freedom-17:16.17
  3) Cagle, James-Freedom-17:38.23 
  4) Twine, Taylor-Forsyth Country Day-17:39.59
  5) Sledge, Jordan-Mooresville-17:44.05 
  6) Bunch, William-Chapel Hill-17:55.89
  7) King, Zeb-R-S Central-17:58.77 
  8) Queen, Zack-Forestview-18:00.01
  9) Hall, Noah-Polk County-18:00.59
 10) Anderson, Joel-Shelby-18:02.77
 11) Salazar, Allen-Forestview-18:04.57
 12) Laurer, Jeremy-Mooresville-18:11.69
 13) Stott, Liam-Chapel Hill-18:13.92
 14) Scott, Will-Bishop McGuinness-18:23.88
 15) Jordan, Will -Carolina Day-18:24.83
 16) Mattox, Jonathan-Swain-18:26.78
 17) Villemain, Kyle-Chapel Hill-18:28.36
 18) Carswell, Nic-North Buncombe-18:32.05
 19) Edwards, Brian-Hendersonville-18:34.35
 20) Boone, Taylor-For Ctry Day-18:35.41
 21) Rogers, Michael-Ashbrook-18:39.53
 22) Barnett, Zach-ACA-18:40.04
 23) Johnson, Christian-Chapel Hill-18:41.40
 24) Oldham, Jack-Providence Day-18:43.16
 25) Dinga, Kevin-RS Central-18:43.73

Invite results:  Team
   1) Chapel Hill-83  2) Forsyth Country Day-198  3) Freedom-221  4) Myers Park-246
   5) Mooresville-271  6) Forestview-284  7) Owen-286  8) Murphy-291
   9) Bishop McGuinness-293 10) North Raleigh Christian-349 11) Watauga-388
  12) Providence Day School-388 13) ACA-388  14) Hendersonville-391
  15) Asheville-406  16) Roberson, T. C.-425  17) Polk County-440  
  18) Charlotte Catholic-447  19) Charlotte Latin School-55  20) Shelby-460
  21) Cardinal Gibbons-506  22) Spring Valley-544   23) Ashbrook -618 
  24) North Henderson-620  25) R-S Central-634   26) North Buncombe-637
  27) Carolina Day-657  28) South Point-682  29) T.L. Hanna-720 
  30) South Caldwell-734  31) Erwin-794  32) East Henderson-803
  33) Cary Academy-839  34) West Henderson-857  35) Franklin-919

Open results:  Boys-Top 25
  1) Howe, Hunter-Enka-18:46.26 
  2) Sellers, Clark-Hickory-19:06.56
  3) Goethe, Jamie-Roberson, T. C.-19:07.71 
  4) Guthrie, Justin-Enka-19:19.95
  5) Van Dyke, Connor-Myers Park-19:24.97 
  6) Roberts, Aaron-Madison-19:31.60
  7) Ohl, Chris-Providence Day-19:43.28 
  8) Bailey, Thomas-Hickory-19:44.26
  9) Melton, Josh-Providence Day-19:5173
 10) McGuinn, Davie-Watauga-19:55.74
 11) Hall, Jordan-Mooresville-20:07.75
 12) Headrick, Wade-Hickory-20:10.43
 13) Barnette, Anthony-Madison-20:19.03
 14) Rayburn, Joe-Myers Park-20:24.08
 15) Pastore, Anthony-Mooresville-20:25.98
 16) Katz, Jacob-Asheville-20:27.31
 17) Orr, Brennan-Roberson-0:27.96
 18) Capen, Andrew-Watauga-20:34.76
 19) Fitzsimmons, Evan-Roberson-20:42.14
 20) Powell, Hunter-Myers Park-20:44.31
 21) Slate, Jamison-Watauga-20:49.54
 22) Dugan, John-Roberson-20:53.68
 23) Dordick, Jacob-Providence Day-20:55.66
 24) Mehta, Milap-Myers Park-20:59.15
 25) Leeolou, Collin-Providence Day-21:04.32

Open results: Team
   1) Providence Day School-73   2) Roberson-73   3) Myers Park-77
   4) Watauga-100   5) Hickory-126   6) Mooresville-151   7) T.L. Hanna-209
   8) Asheville-253   9) Forestview-303  10) Owen-305
  11) Charlotte Latin School-320  12) Bishop McGuinness-321
  13) Forsyth Country Day-380  14) Gaston Christian-413  15) Ashbrook-413
  16) Erwin- 439  17) South Caldwell-454  18) Hendersonville-473
  19) North Buncombe-495  20) South Point-565


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