N&O All-Metro boys and girls cross country teams
Jeremy Brown of Broughton and Elly Henes of Green Hope, the state 4A boys and girls cross country champions, lead the 2014 The News & Observer All-Metro high school cross country teams.
Brown ran the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex course in 15:50.03 to win the NCHSAA 4A state championship by 13 seconds over All-Metro pick Kyle Christ of West Johnston.
All the boys selected to the squad ran under 16:20 in the state finals in Kernersville or came close to that time at the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association championships at Hendersonville’s Jackson Park.
Henes, who repeated as the 4A champion, posted an 18:02.47 to win he 4A title by almost 11 seconds. Nevada Mareno of Leesville Road was the second fastest area runner in the finals, posting an 18:25.52.
Durham Academy’s Eliza Dekker, who did not finish the NCISAA championship, is a three-time All-Metro selection along with Brown and Cardinal Gibbons’ Sophie Ebihara.
The team was selected based on high school competition.
2014 All-Metro boys cross country
| Name, School | Cl. | State finish | Finals time |
| Jeremy Brown, Broughton% | Jr. | 4A state champ | 15:50.03 |
| Kyle Christ, West Johnston | Sr. | 4A runnerup | 16:03.22 |
| David Edwards, Cardinal Gibbons | Sr. | Fourth in 3A | 16:07.51 |
| Dean Abushouk, Cary | Sr. | Fifth-place in 4A | 16:13.14 |
| Drew Roeber, Chapel Hill | Sr. | Sixth in 3A | 16:14.85 |
| Nicholas Walker, N.C. Science & Math | Sr. | 2A state champ | 16:16.45 |
| Josh Mitchell, Cary Academy | Sr. | Third in NCISAA 3A | 16:21.70 |
%-Three-time N&O All-Metro
2014 All-Metro girls cross country
| Name, School | Cl. | State finish | Finals time |
| Elly Henes, Green Hope# | Jr. | 4A state champ | 18:02.47 |
| Eliza Dekker, Durham Academy# | Sr. | Did not place | 18:12.61* |
| Nevada Mareno, Leesville Road# | Soph. | Fourth in 4A | 18:25.52 |
| Rebekah Greengrass, Panther Creek# | Sr. | Sixth in 4A | 18:34.86 |
| Sophie Ebihara, Cardinal Gibbons% | Jr. | Second in 3A | 18:44.81 |
| Maysa Araba, Carrboro# | Sr. | 2A state champ | 18:54.13 |
| Sarah Bodmer, Cary Academy | Soph. | NCISAA 3A champ | 19:00.05 |
*-Great American XC Festival time
%-Three-time N&O All-Metro
This story was originally published December 6, 2014 at 9:05 PM with the headline "N&O All-Metro boys and girls cross country teams."