Reprinted from Prepalert.com

FRANKLIN - October 18, 2007 - Asheville took their first step in their quest for the 3-A state championship by taking the MAC X-Country Championship at Enloe Park in Franklin on Thursday over runner-up Roberson.  Asheville with 28 points, garnered three of the top four spots with John Harwell (17:21) taking the win over fellow Cougar Isaac Presson (17:23), who was 2.5 seconds behind.   Roberson’s Brad Cookson (17:53) crossed the line in third, 32 seconds behind Harwell and Logan Tarleton (18:09) of Asheville was 4th, 48 seconds behind. Rounding out the last two places for the Cougars were Owen Sheeler (10th) at 18:43 and Ramone Schober (11th) at 18:45.

Roberson came in second with 43 points in the team competition.  With Cookson coming in 3rd, the four other runners to score points were Sho Kitamura (18:10) who finished 5th, Ben Duval (18:30) who came in 8th, Andrey Kossev (18:57) was in 13th and Thomas Humble (19:00) came in 14th. 

North Buncombe finished 3rd with 83 points, with both Nic Carswell (6th) who ran an 18:13 and Matt Pomfrey (7th) running an 18:19 in the top 10.  David McKenzie (19:44) was 25th, Michael Potter (20:12) was 33rd, and Eli Spear (20:20) was 36th.  

TEAM RESULTS

1-Asheville-28
2-Roberson-43
3-North Buncombe-83
4-Enka-97
5-Franklin-145
6-Erwin-169
7-Tuscola-214

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - Top 50

1-Harwell, John-Asheville-17:21.46
2-Presson, Isaac-Asheville-17:23.99
3-Cookson, Brad-Roberson-17:53.09
4-Tarleton, Logan-Asheville-18:09.19
5-Kitamura, Sho-Roberson-18:10.65
6-Carswell, Nic-North Buncombe-18:13.95
7-Pomfrey, Matt-North Buncombe-18:19.41
8-Duval, Ben-Roberson-18:30.10
9-Bennett, Dallas-Enka-18:30.58
10-Sheeler, Owen-Asheville-18:43.81
11-Schober, Ramone-Asheville-18:45.56
12-Mills, Elliott-Asheville-18:50.74
13-Kossev, Andrey-Roberson-18:57.30
14-Humble, Thomas-Roberson-19:00.58
15-Goethe, Jamie-Roberson-19:01.01
16-Howe, Hunter-Enka-19:09.68
17-Erickson, Corbin-Roberson-19:19.73
18-Fidelman, Tyler-Roberson-19:21.78
19-Chandler, Clay-Roberson-19:24.60
20-Szajko, Josh-Roberson-19:36.05
21-Rodriquez, Jon-Franklin-19:38.96
22-Bridges, Nathan-Enka-19:39.23
23-Nash, Travis-Asheville-19:39.82
24-Worth, Matt-Roberson-19:41.91
25-McKenzie, David-North Buncombe-19:44.96
26-McGraw, Cameron-Roberson-19:53.12
27-Oosthuysen, Brando-Franklin-20:05.43
28-Guthrie, Justin-Enka-20:08.65
29-Evans, Drew-Asheville-20:09.22
30-Robinson, Conner-Asheville-20:10.37
31-Lindsay, Chris-Asheville-20:10.91
32-Dugan, John-Roberson-20:11.19
33-Potter, Michael-North Buncombe-20:12.72
34-Fitzsimmons, Evan-Roberson-20:15.37
35-Niwinski, Daniel-Asheville-20:19.25
36-Spear, Eli-North Buncombe-20:20.45
37-Hodges, Joshua-Erwin-20:30.38
38-Scanzoni, Chris-Asheville-20:31.15
39-Strongosky, Ryne-Roberson-20:37.38
40-Ward, Kyle-North Buncombe-20:45.49
41-Daly, Kegan-Asheville-20:50.33
42-Farnam, Wesley-Roberson-20:53.64
43-Ward, Robert-North Buncombe-21:03.77
44-Orr, Brennan-Roberson-21:05.98
45-Keleher, Michael-Erwin-21:08.24
46-Widemon, Scott-Roberson-21:11.65
47-McNutt, Dexter-Enka-21:18.97
48-Cheap, Nolan-Enka-21:21.19
49-Warfield, Xan-Enka-21:23.05
50-Bernardi, Robbie-Tuscola-21:23.34