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CATAWBA – St. Stephens High’s boys and the Hickory girls won Catawba County Championships in cross country on Tuesday, the Indians by having the top two finishers on a 5K course at Murray’s Mill.
St. Stephens had 29 points, finishing well ahead of second-place Bunker Hill, after Jayden Hefner won the boys’ race in 17 minutes, 39.85 seconds and teammate Dalton McGlamery finished second in 18:04.86.
Sarah Faith McAllister of Bandys won the girls’ race — adding to her Murray’s Mill Invitational win — in a time of 20:25.76 with Ashley Rameriz of St. Stephens finishing second in 21:37.69.
In the boys’ race, St. Stephens also had two other runners in the top 10 – Tyler Christiansen in fifth (19:01.16) and Grant Harper in seventh (19:25.42).
Bunker Hill’s top boys’ finish came from Austin Cornette (18:48.82, fourth).
The Hickory girls won their team title behind two top 10 finishes – Sarah Hirsch in eighth (23:50.68) and Laney Dettlebach in 10th (23:05.88).
Ambria Duncan ran a 22:48.62, taking fourth, to pace the St. Stephens girls.
Foard finished third via two top 10 runners – Karina Coulter (23:31.10, seventh) and Ruth Krause (24:02.92, ninth) – while Bandys was fourth after McAllister’s win and a fifth-place finish by Makenzie Goodson (22:58.97).
CATAWBA COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Tuesday at Murray’s Mill, Catawba)
BOYS
Team scores: 1. St. Stephens 29; 2. Bunker Hill 78; 3. Maiden 108; 4. Hickory 113; 5. Newton-Conover 117; 6. Fred T. Foard 120; 7. University Christian 160; 8. Bandys 184.
Individuals
1. Jayden Hefner (St. Stephens) 17:39.85
2. Dalton McGlamery (St. Stephens) 18:04.86
3. Ethan Deffke (Hickory) 18:20.94
4. Austin Cornette (Bunker Hill) 18:48.82
5. Tyler Christiansen (St. Stephens) 19:01.16
6. Ricky Blake (Bunker Hill) 19:01.92
7. Ben Trimm (Fred T. Foard) 19:19.58
8. Grant Harper (St. Stephens) 19:25.42
9. Matthew Adair (Maiden) 19:29.57
10. Jackson Sherrill (Bunker Hill) 19:31.86
11. Gunnar Taylor (Newton-Conover) 19:50.16
12. Luke Reed (Maiden) 20:02.65
13. Wenzhuo Wang (St. Stephens) 20:03.29
14. Colby Shepler (Hickory) 20:13.44
15. Brock Walters (St. Stephens) 20:25.02
16. Tommy Little (University Christian) 20:31.01
17. Jacob Childers (St. Stephens) 20:33.26
18. Caleb Henze (Newton-Conover) 20:41.54
19. Dalton James (Maiden) 20:54.14
20. Tate Eckard (University Christian) 20:55.99
21. Macgregor VanBeurden (St. Stephens) 20:56.82
22. Abe Levin (University Christian) 21:04.82
23. Peyton Hemphill (Fred T. Foard) 21:06.07
24. Rodrigo Venegas (Newton-Conover) 21:13.14
25. Johnathan Puiu (Fred T. Foard) 21:17.23
26. Spencer Ledford (Bandys) 21:21.98
27. Clayton Boggs (Hickory) 21:24.17
28. Andrew Sherrill (Bunker Hill) 21:26.76
29. Braden Wharton (Fred T. Foard) 21:41.11
30. Casey Smith (Bandys) 21:41.96
31. Rose Will (St. Stephens) 21:42.74
32. David Watkins (Newton-Conover) 21:51.04
33. Justin Vinson (Bunker Hill) 21:51.37
34. Bryson Ledford (Maiden) 22:10.64
35. Nate Haines (Hickory) 22:16.77
36. Jovany Martinez (Bunker Hill) 22:26.93
37. Tyler Johnson (Newton-Conover) 22:37.04
38. Addison Elander (Maiden) 22:49.39
39. Nicholas Nelson (Hickory) 22:49.76
40. Jack McIntosh (Hickory) 22:50.39;
41. Mateo Pena (Fred T. Foard) 22:59.56
42. Andrew Schultz (St. Stephens) 23:00.49
43. Jacob Burns (Maiden) 23:01.80
44. Carson Shepler (Hickory) 23:04.42
45. Zackery Wright (Bandys) 23:18.19
46. Mason Patterson (Bandys) 23:21.87
47. Nate Kurzak (Fred T. Foard) 23:24.22
48. Michael Brown (Bandys) 23:27.26
49. Fernando Perez (Hickory) 23:27.92
50. Nicholas Phillips (Bunker Hill) 23:52.06
51. Joshua Greene (Newton-Conover) 24:06.80
52. Joshua Gragg (Fred T. Foard) 24:11.79
53. Davis Ellwanger (University Christian) 24:15.45
54. Eric Schoellner (Hickory) 24:20.71
55. Colby Collins (Maiden) 24:30.96
56. Jackson Harwell (Bandys) 24:36.11
57. Jeremy Brown (St. Stephens) 24:39.72
58. Luke Canrobert (Newton-Conover) 24:45.39
59. Irvin Carreon (Bandys) 24:46.77
60. Dylan Roseman (Bandys) 24:54.51
61. Tscharner Fennell (Newton-Conover) 24:55.17
62. Conner Daeden (Hickory) 25:19.23
63. Zeng Yang (Maiden) 25:30.64
64. Zack Johnson (University Christian) 25:32.13
65. Mac Johnson (Hickory) 25:49.32
66. Zachary Smyre (Bunker Hill) 25:58.92
67. Quinton Pratt (Newton-Conover) 26:24.12
68. Michael Gordon (Newton-Conover) 26:33.26
69. Tyler Hayes (Bandys) 27:12.89
70. Brandon Sturgill (University Christian) 27:48.74
71. Haedyn Horton (Bandys) 28:39.65
72. Drew Huffman (Maiden) 28:59.61
73. Xavier Avery (Newton-Conover) 29:06.30
74. Caleb Peschel (Fred T. Foard) 29:29.34
75. Chase Reid (St. Stephens) 29:33.64
76. Tamoje Anderson (Newton-Conover) 29:34.07
77. Pedro Cruz-Uribe (St. Stephens) 29:55.16
78. Matthew Minor (Newton-Conover) 30:34.63
79. Grayson Whitt (University Christian) 31:24.32
80. Jaidon Rhone-Dula (Newton-Conover) 32:24.36
81. Ken Ly (Maiden) 33:46.02
82. Landon Aldridge (Maiden) 33:52.26
83. Depranry Yang (Bandys) 34:11.45
84. Ethan Rogers (Bunker Hill) 36:42.86
85. Andrew Metz (Fred T. Foard) 38:08.89;
GIRLS
Team scores
1. Hickory 56; 2. St. Stephens 64; 3. Fred T. Foard 85; 4. Bandys 86; 5. Maiden 122; 6. Bunker Hill 149; 7. University Christian 163; 8. Newton-Conover 188.
Individuals
1. Sarah Faith McAllister (Bandys) 20:25.76
2. Ashley Ramirez (St. Stephens) 21:37.69
3. Caroline Hilliard (Bunker Hill) 22:03.82
4. Ambria Duncan (St. Stephens) 22:48.62
5. Makenzie Goodson (Bandys) 22:58.97
6. Noelle Poovey (Maiden) 23:17.36
7. Karina Coulter (Fred T. Foard) 23:31.10
8. Sarah Hirsch (Hickory) 23:50.68
9. Ruth Krause (Fred T. Foard) 24:02.92
10. Laney Dettlebach (Hickory) 24:05.88
11. Celeste Land (Hickory) 24:09.84
12. Barrett Geyer (Hickory) 24:11.69
13. Rachel Morris (Maiden) 24:14.22
14. Ally Henson (St. Stephens) 24:14.67
15. Jane Worley (Hickory) 24:17.03
16. Mia Macon (Newton-Conover) 24:24.31
17. Chloe Fountain (Fred T. Foard) 24:45.19
18. Sarah Roseman (University Christian) 24:54.17
19. Emma Neal (Hickory) 25:04.80
20. Madeline Stafford (St. Stephens) 25:22.88
21. Makayla Herman (Bunker Hill) 26:00.97
22. Katie Cornette (Bandys) 26:06.69
23. Bianca Tamas (Fred T. Foard) 26:07.60
24. Andrea Bejenari (St. Stephens) 26:09.06
25. Ashley Rojo (Hickory) 26:21.42
26. Caroline Walker (University Christian) 26:40.01
27. Kayla Lorch (Bandys) 27:00.76
28. Faith Christensen (St. Stephens) 27:02.89
29. Gillian Murdock (Hickory) 27:05.82
30. Paiden Dula (Fred T. Foard) 27:30.07
31. Sally Roseman (University Christian) 27:40.94
32. Rachel Spaulding (Bandys) 27:53.76
33. Olivia Osteen (Bandys) 28:05.56
34. Destiny Springs (Maiden High) 28:09.26
35. McKenna Parker (Maiden) 28:32.98
36. Amber Kiefer (St. Stephens) 28:34.16
37. Mackenzie Jenkins (Maiden) 28:40.09
38. Maddie Mirman (Bandys) 28:44.48
39. Sevanna Wilson (St. Stephens) 29:17.83
40. Sierra Eaton (Hickory) 29:34.47
41. Lucinda Jones (Bandys) 29:37.58
42. Phoenix Keller (Bunker Hill) 29:51.35
43. Shelby Minton (Bunker Hill) 29:57.91
44. Emilie Sandel (Newton-Conover) 30:08.56
45. Jillian Parrish (Fred T. Foard) 30:21.03
46. Marissa Schalk (St. Stephens) 31:20.16
47. Diana Venegas (Newton-Conover) 31:21.22
48. Esmeralda Benitez-Ibarra (Newton-Conover) 31:24.41
49. Rachel Little (University Christian School) 31:49.76
50. Lydia Black (Hickory) 32:00.19
51. Ellie Chiles (University Christian) 32:05.09
52. Anna Catherine Pritchard (University Christian) 32:11.52
53. Maria Pachero-Trejo (Hickory) 32:12.53
54. Jamie Henze (Newton-Conover) 32:20.56
55. Olivia Belcher (Hickory) 33:37.00
56. Jahlein Summers (Bunker Hill) 34:01.09
57. Katharine Ross (Maiden) 34:10.94
58. Narda Barajas-Vasquez (Bunker Hill) 35:16.01
59. Launnah Yang (Bunker Hill) 35:21.78
60. Isabel Urbina (Newton-Conover) 35:44.00
61. Hallie Fortenberry (Fred T. Foard) 36:07.46
62. Caylin Le (St. Stephens) 41:11.16;