Topic: Cross Country

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.  

Read full article: 'Cougar boys run away with MAC cross country championship'

The 2007 Men's Cross Country Schedule has been released. Click Read Full Article to see the roster.

Read full article: '2007 Men's Cross Country Schedule'

Clemmons, NC -- Congratulations to the 2006 Men's and Women's Cross Country teams o­n another outstanding year. In the State Championships held o­n November 4 at Tanglewood, the Women's team finished second in the state with a total time of 1:42:10.78, and the Men's team finished third with a time of1:25:34.96.  Way to go Cougars!

Check out the complete results from NCPrepTrack.com.

You may also be interested in photos and more information at the Asheville Cross Country web site.

Photos from Asheville High web site and Cross Country web site.

Franklin - October 19, 2006 - The Asheville High boys and Roberson girls won team championships Thursday at the Mountain Athletic Conference cross country meet held at Enloe Farm in Franklin.  The Cougars (42 points) beat the Rams (48) in the boys race for the first time this season and were led by senior Andrew North (third place, 17:13.22).   Roberson senior Josh Dubin took first place (16:34.97) individually.

In the girls race, Roberson (19) beat runner-up Asheville by 51 points.   Rams junior Caroline Kirby also won individually with a time of 20:29.16.

Congratulations Asheville!

Boys results:2006 Boys MAC Results  Girls results:2006 Girls MAC Results

Date	Meet	Site
Mon, Aug 22	North Buncombe Relay	NBHS
Sat, Aug 27	WNC CCC	Jackson Park
Thu, Sep 1	West Henderson	Rugby Middle
Thu, Sep 8	North Buncombe Invite	NBHS
Wed, Sep 14	Buncombe County Meet	Camp Rockmont
Thu, Sep 22	Brevard College Invite	Brevard College
Thu, Sep 29	Asheville High/Parks and Rec	Asheville Speedway
Sat, Oct 1	Wendy's	Charlotte
Thu, Oct 6	Franklin Invite	FHS
Thu, Oct 13	Christ School Invite	Christ School
Thu, Oct 20	MAC Franklin	FHS
Sat, Oct 29	Regional
Sat, Nov 5	3A State Championship