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Cory Wolf placed 15th out of 68 runners at the home meet on Saturday. -
Angel Lomelli placed 10th out of 45 at the home cross country meet last week
Hannah Styles
hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.com
On Saturday, Swain County cross country teams held their home meet at Kituwah mound, hosting over a dozen area schools. Swain boys cross country took first place with 34 points followed by Cherokee in 2nd place with 37, Hayesville in 3rd with 96, and Robbinsville in 4th with 119.
The Lady Devils also brought home first with 20 points followed by Hayesville in 2nd with 60, Cherokee in 3rd with 64, and Tri-County Early College in 4th with 110.
Swain Varsity boys results
Connor Brown- 3rd with 16:56.73, Kane Jones-4th with 17:01.90, Connor Lambert- 8th with 17:55.88, Abhi Patel- 9th with 17:57.40, Corey Wolf- 15th with 18:54.54, Nathan Brown- 35th with 20:56.75, Jackson Pittard- 41st with 21:26.74, Carl Baird- 43rd with 21:33.14, and Kale Stephenson- 53rd with 23:03.41.
Swain Varsity girls results
Amaya Hicks- 2nd with 19:20.34, Annie Lewis-5th with 21:33.77, Gracie Monteith- 6th with 21:35.09, Lily Bjerkness- 7th with 22:35.90, Sienna Hackshaw- 8th with 22:38.62, Lilah Foster- 9th with 22:41.81, Angelina Lomelli- 10th with 22:49.13, Lauryn Linton- 12th with 22:57.15, Marlee Hicks- 21st with 22:57.15, Audrey Monteith- 27th with 27:38.38, Sarah Cutshaw- 31st with 29:06.96, and Lindley Wyatt- 36th with 30:25.50.
Several PRs
“Saturday was a great meet, both of our teams came in first,” Coach Keith Payne said. “Our girls team is super strong and the boys team had a lot of personal records!”
Coach Payne said the team would be running at Deep Creek this week to prepare for the Murphy meet on Saturday followed by some big upcoming competitions.
“In the next few weeks, the top 7 or 8 runners will compete in Charlotte and the top 10 in Kernersville and these meets will determine who’s going to regionals and conference,” Coach Payne said.
The rivalry between Swain and Cherokee continues to run strong as they stay neck and neck in competition. Coach Payne said that both Swain and Cherokee want to win and the tight competitions are good for both teams, because they continue to push each other.