Varsity Boys' and Girls' Cross Country at the Lee Christian Invitational
O'Neal Falcons earned first place marks as they met at Kiwanis Family Park on Friday to challenge Lee Christian School and Cape Fear Christian. The girls' team closed a perfect 15 point score with the boys narrowly missing the same at 16 points.
The O'Neal School Varsity Boys' and Girls' Cross Country Press Release Lee Christian Invitational, Kiwanis Family Park, Sanford, NC September 7th, 2012
O'Neal Falcons earned first place marks as they met at Kiwanis Family Park on Friday to challenge Lee Christian School and Cape Fear Christian. The girls' team closed a perfect 15 point score with the boys narrowly missing the same at 16 points.
Returning senior Savannah Merritt led the lady Falcons to first, taking first overall and posting 22:13 as her first season time for O'Neal. In second came Hunter Atkinson at 24:50, already breathing down the neck of her seasonal closing times last year. Separated by only 90 seconds were Aleksandra Majka at 26:27, Julia Huesa (pictured) at 27:49, and Allison Johnson at 27:57 to secure the girls' team score. They were followed by team mates Megan Bloom (7th, 28:45), Cydney Baldwin (8th, 29:19), Bronti Viskovich (9th, 29:24), Captain Courtney Morrison (11th, 31:25), Mary Catherine Coltrane (12th, 33:59), and Sierra Timme (13th, 34:01).
Freshman Josh Russell took first overall for the O'Neal boys in 21:36, his best posted time of the season. Andy Smetana took second in 21:43 with Kyle Flechsig pulling in at third for a 22:40 finish. Closing up the boys' team score were Josh Hager in fifth with 23:44 and in sixth John Grimm at 24:03. The boys' team finished with fellow falcons Jesse Ingham (7th, 24:28), Ian Johnson (8th, 27:15), Evan Jones (11th, 28:20), Harvey Anderson (12th, 28:41), John Anderson (13th, 29:02), and Spencer Barr (17th, 33:47).
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