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MORGANTON – Runners from Watauga High won the Northwestern 3A-4A cross country championship races on Wednesday at Freedom Park.
The Pioneers’ Price St. Clair finished a 5K course in 16 minutes, 45.56 seconds to win the boys’ race while Watauga’s Sophia Ritter won the girls’ race in 20:43.87.
Watauga had five of the top 10 times in the boys’ race and nine Pioneers runners were in the top 20.
In the girls’ race, Watauga had runners finish first, third, fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth.
St. Clair edged Jayden Hefner of St. Stephens (16:52.36) for the boys’ title and Freedom’s Riley Carswell (20:44.30) was second in the girls’ race.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Wednesday at Freedom, 5K course)
Top 20 individuals
BOYS
1, St. Clair, Price, Watauga, 16:45.56
2, Hefner, Jayden, St. Stephens, 16:52.36
3, Cannon, Avery, Watauga, 17:04.12
4, Deffke, Ethan, Hickory, 17:22.68
5, Castellaw, Cooper, Alexander Central, 17:24.76
6, Coatney, Caleb, Watauga, 17:34.09
7, Lamont, Josh, Watauga, 17:35.13
8, Squiric, Jacob, Hickory, 17:38.43
9, Ellis, Logan, Alexander Central, 17:48.33
10, Norman, Elias, Watauga, 17:52.53
11, Patterson, Carter, Alexander Central, 18:11.07
12, Christensen, Tyler, St. Stephens, 18:21.94
13, Brown, Tucker, Watauga, 18:24.25
14, Turner, Ethan, Watauga, 18:29.42
15, Warren, Seth, Alexander Central, 18:36.34
16, Freeman, Alexander, Watauga, 19:06.73
17, Lopez, Carlos, McDowell, 19:08.66
18, Ferguson, Nathaniel, Freedom, 19:10.10
19, Stokes, Sam, Watauga, 19:13.98
20, VanBeurden, Macgregor, St. Stephens, 19:16.01
GIRLS
1, Ritter, Sophia, Watauga, 20:43.87
2, Carswell, Riley, Freedom, 20:44.30
3, Anderson, Rebecca, Watauga, 20:46.10
4, Edwards, Caroline, Watauga, 21:52.18
5, Tzotschew, Emma, Watauga, 22:07.01
6, Chruch, Camella, Alexander Central, 22:18.56
7, Duncan, Ambria, St. Stephens, 22:27.98
8, Selong, Anna, Watauga, 22:32.24
9, Beach, Emma, Watauga, 22:40.43
10, Van Voorhis, Sarah, Alexander Central, 22:42.78
11, Hirsch, Sarah, Hickory, 22:57.42
12, Geyer, Barrett, Hickory, 22:59.65
13, Dettlebach, Laney, Hickory, 23:04.86
14, Turner, Lauren, S. Caldwell, 23:09.79
15, De La Riva, Adriana, W. Caldwell, 23:13.93
16, Ramsdell, Angela, Watauga, 23:21.31
17, Tuberty, Kate, Watauga, 23:23.24
18, Henson, Ally, St. Stephens, 23:27.30
19, Rojo, Ashley, Hickory, 23:39.99
20, Worley, Jane, Hickory, 23:40.38
— Reported by Jason Fulbright