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2010 Cross Country Information
Cavaliers, Knights take Pre-Conference Meets
By Peter Asciutto
A break in the summer heat was welcome news for the two hundred-ninety cross country runners that descended upon the hills of Chuck Morehead Park. Overcast skies kept the temperature below 80 degrees for the Rocky River and Yadkin Valley pre-conference meets last Tuesday.
Rocky River
The Rocky River Boys kicked things off with the Cuthbertson Cavaliers, led by the one-two punch of Darion Horner (19:23) and Conner Glair (19:48), taking the victory. Cuthbertson, the defending conference champs, had a team low of 20 points.
West Stanly placed two runners in the top ten to finish in second with 67 points. Johnathan Thompson took 3rd in 19:56 and Kirby Carpenter finished 10th in 21:16.
North Stanly, host of the meet, placed 5th with Steven McClure finishing 16th in 23:30. Coach Drew Laucher said of his young team, "They worked really hard, our lack of depth, having only 6 runners, hurts us. I look forward to getting these guys to push each other and take on some RRC competition."
Cuthbertson's' girls, last seasons RRC champs, won the second race of the day with Megan Kiss taking the victory in 23:40. A mile into the race, Kiss missed a turn, ran fifty yards off course, retraced her steps and quickly regained the lead. The Cavaliers had scored 31 points.
West Stanly took second with 66 points. The Colt's lead runner Kayla Redmon crossed the finish line in 25:14 placing 4th. North's Megan Hunsucker ran a strong 24:16 to take second place. The Comets took third with 75 points. Coach Laucher commented, "I was really impressed with Megan's 2nd place finish, Jenna Huff picking herself up and finishing in 11th despite a spill at the first mile and Holli Chandler's 16th place finish. I'm looking to build our 4-5-6 spots this season."
Yadkin Valley
Gray Stone's Harrison Latimer showed he came into his senior season ready to run with his 18:57 victory on perhaps the toughest cross country course in the state. Latimer gave it all from start to finish to break nineteen minutes in the first meet of the season. With teammates Eldon Zacek (19:51) and Quenton Parsons (20:53) finishing in 3rd and 6th, Gray Stone won the meet with 32 points. The Knights are the defending 1-A State Champions.
South Stanly, with top ten finishes from Austin Springer (20:18-4th) and Alex Thompson (21:37-9th), placed second with 76 points. Albemarle, led by Ben Melo (22:19-19th) finished 8th with 209 points.
The Gray Stone girls showed they are poised to make a run for the state title with a very solid team showing. The Knights took six of the top seven spots to easily win the meet with 18 points. Janna Featherstone crossed the finish line in 23:18 for the victory with teammate Illa Jones taking second in 23:46. Chatem Central's Holli Gaines took third in 24:02. Gray Stone's Caroline McLeod (24:10-4th), Amber Watkins (24:34-5th), Hunter Latimer (24:35-6th) and Jennie Wagner (24:38-7th) rolled through the finish line in the cardinal singlets with impressive times for this early in the season.
South's Erin Thompson was eighth with a 25:15. The Rebel Bulls placed third with 78 points. Albemarle,with newcomer Bailey Holshouser placing ninth in 25:27, was fifth with 141 points.
Albemarle Bulldogs
Coach Courtney Hildreth & Coach Randy Fike
Contact: courtney.hildreth@stanlycountyschools.org 704-985-2687
randall.fike@stanlycountyschools.org 704-322-6995
Gray Stone Knights
Coach Rick Perry
Contact: 704-467-0407 acsrp@ctc.net
South Stanly Rebel Bulls
Coach Robert Farlow & Coach Kim Farlow
Contact: 704-438-0806 rfarlow@carolina.rr.com
North Stanly Comets
Coach Drew Laucher
Contact: Drew Laucher drew.laucher@stanlycountyschools.org 704-463-7538
West Stanly Colts
Contact: Coach Chad Horn catuxcrunner@yahoo.com 704-338-2017
South Davidson High School
Coach Barbara Hogan
Contact: 336-859-4269
Vac & Dash 2009 Cross Country Results
Stanly County's Complete Source for Rocky River and Yadkin Valley Conference Cross Country
Yadkin Valley Runners did very well at Saturday's State Meet at Tanglewook Park.
An exhausted Janna Featherstone finished 17th in 21:35. Last year she finished 22nd in 22:03.
Gray Stone won the 1A Boys State Meet. South Stanly placed 8th. In the Girls 1A Gray Stone placed 5th. In the Girls 2A, West Stanly placed 14th.
In the 1A Boys Race five of the ten runners on the All-State Team were from the Yadkin Valley.
We've dedicated an entire page to the state meet:
1A & 2A NC State Cross Country Meet Results
Rocky River and Yadkin Valley Conference Runners did very well at their Mid-West Regional Meets.
In the photo below, Chatem Central's Brian Walls (4th in Region) and Gray Stone's Kaleb Medlin (8th in Region)
Compare falls they had on a muddy course.
There's so much info to cover we've dedicated a page for the 1A & 2A Results.
1A & 2A Mid-West Regional Results
Yadkin Valley and Rocky River Conference Meet Results
Rocky River Conference Meet Recap: West Stanly's Matt Poplin won boys meet, West's Brooke Benton took girls. Both were named runner of the year. Coach Joy Hathcock, girls coach of the year. Cutbertson's David Mallady boys coach of the... year. West Girls 1st. Cutbertson 2nd. Cuthberston boys 1st, West boys 2nd.
Yadkin Valley Conference Meet Girls: Gray Stone: Hunter Latimer 21:31, Janna Featherstone 21:56 Amber Watkins 22:06 South Stanly's Emily Poplin 23:15. Gray Stone 1st, Chatem Central 2nd, South Stanly 3rd
Yadkin Valley Conference Meet: Boys Kluttz South Stanly 17:27, Dalton Wally Gray Stone 17:30, Brian Walls Chatem Central 17:56, Kaleb Medlin GS 18:06 Gray Stone 1st, South Stanly 2nd East Mont. 3rd
Complete Yadkin Valley Conference and Rocky River Conference Meet Results
Stanly County XC Meet Results:
Gray Stone Sweeps Meet With South's Sean Kluttz and Gray Stone's Hunter Latimer taking individual honors.
The meet was so big, we've dedicated a page to results and pictures! Congrats to all runners that gave it their best.
Stanly County XC Meet Pictures and Results
Vac & Dash XC Best of the Best!
Guys that break 18:00 and Girls that break 22:00 in the Rocky River and Yadkin Valley Conference, earn a Best of the Best Vac & Dash XC Long-Sleeve Shirt. (At special meets, kids from outside those conferences can earn one also.)
Brooke Benton West Stanly, Hunter Latimer Gray Stone, Harrison Latimer (GS), Eldon Zacek (GS), Odom Ross, East Rowan, Janna Featherstone (GS), Amber Watkins (GS), Kaleb Medlin (GS), Matt Poplin (WS)
Sean Klutz South Stanly, Alex Thompson (SS), Paris Dumas East Montgomery, Mygel Bergstresser Gray Stone,
Not shown: Garrett Hassell EM.
Runners from Berry and Piedmont
South's Emily Poplin and North's Holli Chandler (Not Shown)
Central Chatem's Brian Walls, East Montgomery's Nick Allen, West Montgomery's Christian Bradley and Central's Holli Gaines
October 6 Meets:
Cool air set the tone for plenty of PR's at meets throughout the region. At Wingate Universtity, the West Stanly Colts swept a Rocky River Conference Meet against Piedmont, Berry and Forest Hills. Brooke Benton was the story of the meet, setting a new West Stanly Girls School Record. Her 21:06 run broke Blake Smith's record of 21:15 set in 1997. Matt Poplin's 17:32 led the way for the guys.
Many PR's were set at South Davidson as South Stanly swept the meet against South Davidson & Chatem Central. Restults from South Davidson: South Stanly S 23, Chatem C 62, South Davidson 68, North Rowan 129
1. Klutz SS 16:24, 2. Walls CC 16:44, 3. Thompson SS 16:53
Girls: SS 23, CC 39, SD 68
1. Thompson SS 21:24, 2. Poplin SS 21:51, 3. Gallagher SS 23:16
At West Montgomery, Gray Stone swept the five team meet with the guys getting 17 points and the girls 18. Hunter Latimer won the girls meet, and Kaleb Medlin won the boys meet with a 17:53. Gray Stone's Dalton Wally (18:02), Harrison Latimer (18:06) & Mygel Bergstresser (18:06) took 2nd, 3rd & 4th.
Girls top finishers: Gray Stone's Hunter Latimer 20:37, Amber Watkins 21:19 and Janna Featherstone (22:07) took top three.
East Mont's Paris Dumas took 4th in 23:36.
Wendy's Invitational 10/3
West Boys finish 16th o f 31 at Wendy's Invitational, Girls finish 14th of 28 teams.
Top Runners: Matt Poplin 17:28 Kirby Carpenter 18:16 Brooke Benton 21:52 Evan Biggers 22:23
October 1 Meet
Northwood takes Chatem Central in Duel meet: Guys 20-41 Girls 15-50. Brian Walls CC wins meet: 16:53 Anna Johnson 10th 23:36 top CC girl.
Sept. 29 Meets:
Gray Stone sweeps and South takes second in record breaking meet at Piney Point Country Club in Norwood. Cool skies and plush greens helped many runners set PR's in today's meet. Gray Stone's Dalton Wally broke his own course record of 17:03 and set a PR with a 16:43. Gray Stone's Top Five all broke 18:00. South Stanly boys had five runners under 20 for the first time in years. Finally, Sean Klutz and Alex Thompson have team support to help make South contenders to get to State. Gray Stone's Janna Featherstone join teammate Hunter Latimer in the sub-21 category. South's Erin Thompson broke 22. There was even good news for Albemarle. They showed up with numbers! Coach Hildreath finally has runners to work with.
Boys: Gray Stone 26 South 44 East 72 West 96 Albemarle 155
Girls: GS 22 South 59 East 63 West 115 Albemarle 122
At Monroe Country Club in Monroe, West Sweeps Meet. West's Matt Poplin takes first in 17:36 Brooke Benton leads the West girls and takes second overall with a 22:22.
9/29/09 at Denton Farm Park
Girls:
1. Chatham Central 15, 2. North Moore 50, 3. South Davidson 75, 4. North Rowan - Incomplete
1. Holly Gaines CC 22:48 2. Tanny Gharaghani CC 23:46 3. Anna Johnson CC 24:05 4. Lauren Ellison CC 24:31
5. Nikki Roscoe CC 24:47
Boys:
1. South Davidson 27, 2. Chatham Central 47, 3. North Moore 69. 4. North Rowan 106
1. Brian Walls CC 18:34 2. Korby Chappell SD 18:36 3. Alex Buie SD 18:44 4. Augustin Wiggins NR 19:39
5. Matthew York SD 19:40
Sept. 22 Meets:
South Stanly Sweeps West Mont. Meet
Time Results Not Available
Gray Stone Sweeps Central Chatem Meet. East Mont boys second Central girls second.
1. Brian Walls (12) Chatham Central 16:57.8
2. Dalton Wally (12) Gray Stone 17:35.0
3. Harrison Latimer (11) Gray Stone 17:40.9
4. Garrett Hassell (12) East Montgomery 17:58.6
5. Mygel Bergstresser (12) Gray Stone 18:08.0
6. Kaleb Medlin (12) Gray Stone 18:15.0
7. Eldon Zacek (11) Gray Stone 18:16.3
8. Nick Allen (10) East Montgomery 18:17.3
9. Harley Pollard (12) East Montgomery 19:19.6
10. Joseph Sutlive (12) Gray Stone 20:05.3
1. Hunter Latimer (10) Gray Stone 21:19.5
2. Paris Dumas (9) East Montgomery 21:50.6
3. Amber Watkins Gray Stone 21:51.0
4. Janna Featherstone (10) Gray Stone 21:57.7
5. Mary Bergtresser (10) Gray Stone 22:58.5
6. Tanny Gharaghani (11) Chatham Central 23:59.7
7. Holly Gaines (10) Chatham Central 24:14.6
8. Tiffany Thacker (9) East Montgomery 24:29.1
9. Anna Johnson (10) Chatham Central 24:36.5
10. Ashley Thacker (12) East Montgomery 24:55.5
West Stanly.Boys finish 7 of 18 teams at Weddington Invitational Matt Poplin 17:03. West Girls finished 10 of 16 with Brooke Benton at 21:41. Complete Results: http://nc.milesplit.us/meets/46851
Sept. 15th Meets:
West Sweeps Oakboro Meet over Berry Academy and North Stanly
By Greg Asciutto
Led by senior Matt Poplin’s 18:46 first place finish, the West Stanly Colts dominated North Stanly and Berry Academy with a fifteen point-score at Tuesday’s cross country meet. Following Poplin, teammates Kirby Carpenter (19:31), Tyler Ridenhour (19:52), Clay Calvert (20:11), and Jonathan Thompson (20:24) simultaneously crossed the finish line without competition from either of the other two squads, giving the Colts a perfect victory. Jeff McClure of North placed sixth at 20:47 and was followed by two Berry runners, Darry Hill and Bill Ngha at seventh and eigth. The Comets finished with fifty-five points and Berry Academy with sixty-seven.
In the girls’ race, sophomore Holly Chandler of North Stanly sprinted her way to a 23:28 victory over Micalyne Zimmerman (23:55), Berry Academy’s sole runner in the top ten. The Lady Colts proved to be nearly as powerful as their men’s squad, filling in the third through tenth spots (with the exception of fifth: Jenna Huff, NSHS). Brooke Benton (24:02) and Amandolin Webb (24:24) paced off one another for the majority of the contest, Benton edging her teammate in the final lap around the lake. Congratulations to the West Stanly Colts for yet another sweep in conference competition.
Gray Stone Sweeps Meet in North Moore with perfect score of 15 for both boys and girls. (Albemarle's Shantika Parker finished 4th, but Albemarle did not have enough runners to score as a team.)
Chatem Central Girls and South Boys win South Davidson
Girls
Chatham Central 37, South Stanly 47, East Montgomery 49, South Davidson 105
1. Erin Thompson SS 22:13, 2. Emily Poplin SS 22:47, 3. Holly Gaines CC 24:19
Boys
South Stanly 33, East Montgomery 50, South Davidson 76, Chatham Central 79
1. Sean Kluttz SS 16:39, 2. Brian Walls CC 17:10, 3. Alex Thompson SS 17:33
Gray Stone Boys win Cannon Meet, Gray Stone Girls take 4th
Congrats to the Gray Stone Boys for winning the 24 team Cannon Cross Country Meet today! Gray Stone was one of the smaller schools in the meet. GS's Dalton Wally placed second of 164 runners. Edged out 17:26.57 to 17:26.99.
Congrats to the Gray Stone Girls for placing 4th in the Cannon Meet with Hunter Latimer placing 4th of 118 runners with a time of 21:08!
Chuck Morehead Super Meet Results 9-8-09
In a combined Rocky River/Yadkin Valley Conference Meet, ten teams met with 114 guys and 88 girls hitting the trails for 3.1 miles of cross country action. Gray Stone's Dalton Wally (18:02) led the way for the Knights as they placed four runners in the top ten to take the meet with 29 points. West Stanly, led by Matt Poplin's (18:46) fourth place finish took second with 69 points. Chatem Central's Brian Walls (18:14) took second with Gray Stones Harrison Latimer (18:40) placing third.
West Stanly, led by Brooke Benton's (24:31) fifth place performance, edged Gray Stone by a point to take the girls meet 39-40. Gray Stone's Hunter Latimer (22:45), Amber Watkins (23:58) and Janna Featherstone 24:11 took the top three slots with Chatem Central's Holly Gaines taking fourth in 24:25.
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At East Montgomery Meet the South Boys, led by Sean Kluttz took first followed by East Montgomery. Paris Dumas led East Montgomery to victory with the South Girls led by Erin Thompson and Emily Poplin took second.
9-1 Meet Results
(South Stanly Prepares for the meet in their new Brooks Apparel Screen Printed at Vac & Dash.)
Congrats to West Stanly and Gray Stone for sweeping the xc meets today. At Monroe, WS - Matt Poplin won the race in 18:00. Katie Stegall was top women in 22 something. At Albemarle, course was GPS's at 3.06 miles. Sean Kluttz 17:13 of South won followed by GS - Dalton Wally 17:20 and SS Alex Thompson 17:55. Hunter Latimer of GS took top time for girls in 21:23.
Photo's of the Albemarle Meet Are On the Vac & Dash Facebook Page.
Results:
North Stanly Lady Comets Place Third, Boys Fourth at Cuthbertson
North Stanly edged out Rocky River Conference Rival Piedmont Academy by 4 points to take third behind conference rival Cuthbertson in second with 4A powerhouse Myers Park taking the meet. North Was led by sophomore Holli
Chandler in 22.33, Jenna Huff in 24.22 and Kayce Honeycutt in 25.39
Boys squad placed 4th ahead of Union Academy. Led by Seniors Jeff McClure in 19.27, Zach Leggett in 20.09, and Jeremy Lefler in 20.27. (Thanks to Coach Laucher for sending the recap.)
East Montgomery Boys & Chatem Central girls took the meet at Chatem Central with CC's Brian Walls & Holli Gaines taking individual honors.
If someone can get the times and results of the Monroe Meet, I'll post them.
Providence Meet At McAlpine Park 8/29/09
Congrats to Gray Stone on a strong showing at McAlpine Park meet hosted by Providence. Dalton Wally 13th overall 16:44 next five boys packed it in between 18:23-18:49. 17 of 31 teams. Bishop McGuiness 12th was only 1A school ahead of them. Girls: Hunter Latimer 19th 20:16 next three girls 21:43-22:47. 15 of 28 teams only BM at 12th ahead of them for 1A schools. Girls are very solid at top 4. They need help at number 5.
Yadkin Valley Pre-Conference Meet Hosted By Gray Stone Day 8/25/09
Temp: Upper 80's Course: Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle, NC
(Course note, it's a difficult two-loop running up the famous Morehead Hills Twice.
Two West Montgomery runners ran with GPS watches and they measured the course 3.06 and 3.1)
Team Results: Guys: Gray Stone 32, South Stanly 60, East Montgomery 91, South Davidson 115, West Montgomery 135, Central Chatem 145, North Moore 170, North Rowan 206
Girls: Gray Stone 25, Central Chatem 60, South Stanly 73, East Montgomery 90, North Moore 123, South Davidson 147, Albemarle 230
Boys Recap, Gray Stone's Dalton Wally held off South's Sean Kluttz and Alex Thompson to take first place. On the girls side, Hunter Latimer cruised to victory with teammates Alex Watkins and Janna Feathersone taking second and third.
Top ten guys: Dalton Wally (GS-18:09), Sean Kluttz (SS - 18:19), Alex Thompson (SS-18:23), Brian Walls (CC-18:36), Garrett Hassell (EM-18:55), Eldon Zacek (GS-19:11), Harrison Latimer (GS-19:12), Mygel Bergstresser (GS-19:21), Kaleb Medlin (GS-19:25), Nick Allen (EM-19:45)
Top ten girls: Hunter Latimer (GS-23:08), Amber Watkins (GS-23:47), Janna Featherstone (GS-24:21) Paris Dumas (EM-25:27)
Erin Thompson (SS-25:28), Emily Poplin (SS-25:29), Mary Bergstresser (GS-26:02), Taylor Burke (CC-28:01), Holly Gaines (CC-28:19), Nikki Roscoe (CC-28:47)
You Tube Video of Yadkin Valley Pre-Conference Meet
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Rocky River Pre-Conference Meet Results at Cuthbertson High School
Congrats to the Cuthbertson Boys and Girls for sweeping the meet. Cuthbertson's Deb Guthmann won for the girls and West's Matt Poplin won for the guys.
Complete results at: http://sites.google.com/site/cavaliersxctrack/
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