Boy's Team Wins Conference
November 1, 2009 By Denis Vass of Graham High School
Despite not having a coach to begin the season, and starting late, the Graham boy's cross country team finished strong when they captured 1st place in the Mid-State 2-A Conference Championship meet last week held at Jordan Matthews. All 6 boys and 3 of the girls who competed qualified for this weekends regional meet at Northwood.
Here are some of the season's personal and course records: Personal Records: 2009 Team Austin Andrews: 20:01 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 Cody Dix: 20:48 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 John Snow: 19:58 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 Shannon Watkins: 25:11 @ Home, 9/29/09 Deshawn Musgrove: 18:53 @ Jordan Matthews, 9/15/09 Alex Brown: 19:34 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 Ashley Lowe: 24:50 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 Cristina Ortiz-Fuentes: 27:34 @ Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09 Helena Watkins: @ 26:21 Jordan Matthews (Conf. Championship), 10/20/09
Graham Course Records Mens: Deshawn Musgrove (Graham) 19:20 vs. Reidsville 9/29/09 Womens: Ashley Lowe (Graham) 26.01 vs. Reidsville 9/29/09 Also, here are the all-conference members from Graham: Alex Brown (Soph.) - 3rd overall Deshawn Musgrove (Junior) - 4th overall John Snow (Senior) - 5th overall Austin Andrews (Senior) - 6th overall Ashley Lowe (Junior) - 9th overall-women
I am awaiting word of the results from this weekend's regional meet, and will post a story when I receive word.
Congradulations to all for all their hard work this year! |