Cross Country 3A regional championships

All of the local cross country teams participated in the 3A regional championships on Saturday at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte. The Concord boys team and the Hickory Ridge girls team qualified for the state meet next weekend at Tanglewood Park by finishing in the top four. The Concord team won their first ever conference championship earlier in the season.


Concord boys cross country team, from left: Ethan Kindley, Casey Aldridge, Sean Daley, Fred Irving, Andrew Nance, Austin Rohrer, Taylor McClain, Brian Davis, Coach Bob Allensworth.

Larry Scaggs (A.L. Brown), Michael York (South Rowan), Lucas Baity (Cox Mill) and Christopher Ramsay (Jay M. Robinson) all qualified as individuals.

Meaghan McCauley (Jay M. Robinson), Leslie Pence (West Rowan), Emily Kinney (South Rowan), and Sierra Hagl (Northwest Cabarrus) were the girls that advanced as individuals.

Larry Scaggs (A.L. Brown), Ross Oden (East Rowan), Cole Honeycutt (East Rowan), Michael York (South Rowan), Sean Daley (Concord) were all the local runners that earned all region honors by finishing in the top 12. In the girls race, Meaghan McCauleey (Jay M. Robinson), Teal McLean (Hickory Ridge), Sierra Hagl (Northwest Cabarrus), Leslie Pence (West Rowan) earned all region honors.

Below are the full local results of the meet.

Boys Midwest Regional: Top 4 Teams Qualify for States
1. Marvin Ridge 46, 2. Charlotte Catholic 64, 3. E. Rowan 104, 4. Concord 130, 5. Jay M. Robinson 133, 7. S. Rowan 215, 8. Cox Mill 238, 9. A.L. Brown 244, 11. Northwest Cabarrus 343, 12. Hickory Ridge 346, 16. Central Cabarrus 443, 17. Mount Pleasant 460

Boys Individuals:
Concord: 9. Sean Daley 17:03, 13. Fred Irving 17:08, 20. Austin Rohrer 17:19, 25. Brian Davis 17:31, 65. Taylor McClain 18:40, 72. Ethan Kindley 18:52, 73. Casey Aldridge 18:53

Jay M. Robinson: 18. Christopher Ramsay 17:14, 19. Eric Kinzer 17:15, 27. Clifford Buck 17:32, 30. Andrew Fried 17:37, 41. Christopher Bellis 17:49, 44. William Witt 17:57, 47. Hunter Weikle 18:03

Cox Mill: 17. Lucas Baity 17:11, 28. Logan Albers 17:34, 52. Mason Padgett 18:13, 66. Taylor Page 18:42, 81. Conor Reid 19:18, 87. Devin Horner 19:25, 96. Parker Welch 19:59

A.L. Brown: 2. Larry Scaggs 16:25, 53. Jose Navarette 18:13, 58. Zach Fesperman 18:33, 69. Timmy Hall 18:48, 70. Mason Forrest 18:49, 77. Jackson Boone 19:14, 86. Mitchell Howell 19:24

Northwest Cabarrus: 35. Matt Savage 17:42, 71. Luke Dutch 18:50, 74. Ben Prokop 18:56, 83. Robbie Golde 19:20, 88. Raul Doyle 19:33, 90. Andrew Dehlin 19:38, 95. Sebastian Yow 19:58

Hickory Ridge: 43. Nick Rupp 17:52, 50. Casey Buddenbaum 18:11, 63. Matt Ninneman 18:39, 97. Earl Coble 20:05, 101. Chris Smith 20:25, 108. Locke Revels 20:41, 113. Braden Zahora 21:19

Central Cabarrus: 59. Quentin Vandenberg 18:34, 94. Kodie Lowe 19:57, 98. Will Windham 20:18, 99. Branden Lackey 20:23, 104. Allan Griffiths 20:34, 115. Chris Reynart 21:43

Mount Pleasant: 23. Michael Dilks 17:22, 79. Jonah Lurati 19:17, 122. Colton Haynes 22:36, 124. DJ Forche 23:03, 126. Caleb Davis 24:54

Girls Team Results:
1. Weddington 45, 2. Marvin Ridge 57, 3. Charlotte Catholic 70, 4. Hickory Ridge 137, 5. Jay M. Robinson 165, 7. Northwest Cabarrus 206, 8. AL Brown 232, 12. Cox Mill 337, 14. Mount Pleasant 349

Girls Individuals:
Hickory Ridge: 3. Teal McLean 19:22, 21. Taryn Stern 20:54, 31. Samantha Allen 21:38, 41. Sarah Heidenfeldt 22:17, 53. Haley Craig 23:02, 55. Samantha Rogaczewski 23:12, 69. Lainey Foley 23:58

Jay M. Robinson: 2. Meaghan McCauley 19:19, 32. Alexandra Hairfield 21:40, 36. Alyssa Lashway 21:50, 51. Andrea O'Connell 22:57, 58. E. Carlisle Sheridan 23:18

Northwest Cabarrus: 10. Sierra Hagl 20:06, 33. Stephanie Isidori 21:43, 43. Mercury Artega 22:21, 68. Shelby Wood 23:54, 71. Samantha Oglesbee 24:01, 87. Kristina Golde 24:55, 89. Jordan Carmichael 25:00

A.L. Brown: 37. Hannah Bonarrigo 21:53, 44. Haley Stewart 22:25, 52. India Rattler 22:58, 54. Jordan Forrest 23:07, 64. Natalie Tresslar 23:40, 70. Jacqueline Murillo 24:00, 88. Ashlin Sassman 24:56

Cox Mill: 49. Alicia Tapp 22:51, 65. Kristine Nesslinger 23:41, 78. Brooke Dunham 24:16, 90. Megha Kalaria 25:07, 92. Lauren Carmichael 25:10, 93. Claire Thetford 25:41, 108. Roshan Quinn 29:11

Mount Pleasant: 18. Gesa Amelung 20:36, 74. Kandace Thomas 24:04, 85. Kelly Swanson 24:49, 109. Lindsay Crudele 29:31, 111. Anna Dysart 30:39, 114. Ella Wickliff 31:05

Concord: 100. Lily Santiago 26:42, 101. Kasey Rohrer 26:42, 102. Victoria Vanover 26:57, 105. LeeAnn Fleming 27:55

Central Cabarrus: 59. Emma Rosenthal 23:19, 67. Tori Cragan 23:50, 107. Amber Turner 28:22