Topic: Cross Country

November 2, 2008 - By Andrew Pearson , Asheville Citizen-Times

John Harwell went into the dense woods of Tanglewood Park a second time Saturday morning as a contender. The Asheville High junior came out as the NCHSAA 3-A boys cross-country champion, thumping down one triumphant stride after another.  Keenly using the vegetation as a landmark, Harwell threw forth a surge in the final 1,000 meters to win the Cougars' first state title since 2001 in 15 minutes, 57.36 seconds.

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Excerpts from Citizen-Times.com

Tanglewood Park - Clemmons - Both Asheville High cross country teams made strong showings at the 2007 NCHSAA 3-A state meet.  The Asheville High girls team (107 points) was tucked behind Roberson and Reagan in third place at Saturday’s meet and paced by senior Cara Hayes (sixth place, 19:49.22).

In the 3-A boys race, the Cougars (63 points) came within seven points of knocking off heavy prerace favorite and defending state champion Mooresville (56).

Sophomore John Harwell was Asheville’s lone all-state performer (fifth place, 16:25.51), but coach Chris Stroup was ecstatic with the overall performance of his team. The second-place finish in 3-A matched the best showing in school history (2001).

“It was an outstanding day,” Stroup said. “To be up there with a team like Mooresville is spectacular.   “Our seniors really came through. And our sophomores ran well, too. I couldn’t have asked for more out of them.”

Congratulations on your outstanding performances!  Asheville High is very proud of you!

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.  

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