2008 state cross county championships slated for Tanglewood Park Saturday
October 30, 2008 North Carolina
CLEMMONS --The North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in cross-country for both men and women will be held at Tanglewood Park just west of Winston-Salem on Saturday.
Top runners from across the state qualified from regional competition last week to the state finals in each classification. The eight cross-country championships include one in each of the NCHSAA's four classifications for men and women. The first race of the day will be the 4-A men's championship at 10 am, followed by the 3-A men, 4-A women and 3-A women at thirty-minute intervals. After a break, the program will gear back up at 2 pm with the 2-A men, followed by 1-A men, 2-A women and 1-A women.
Two seniors will be seeking to win their third consecutive individual state championship in the 4-A meets. Chapel Hill's Taylor Gilland in the men's competition and Kim Spano of North Mecklenburg among the women are back to defend their crowns.
Broughton is the defending men's 4-A champion while Chapel Hill has won the last three women's state titles.
In the 3-A classification, T.C. Roberson has won the last four women's state championships while Mooresville has two in a row among the men.
Charles D. Owen has won three of the last four 2-A men's titles while East Wilkes is the defending men's 1-A team champ. On the women's side, Cardinal Gibbons has won the last three 2-A crowns in succession while last year Hampstead Topsail captured the 1-A, snapping a string of titles by mountain power Hayesville at four.
Topsail's Zatha Loewen, only a junior, is gunning for her third straight 1-A individual title in the women's competition after winning as a freshman and a sophomore.
Visit Winston-Salem serves as the host city sponsor for the cross-country championships. Visit Winston-Salem is the official destination marketing organization of the Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority. |
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