N&O All-Metro boys and girls cross country teams, 2015
This year’s edition of The News & Observer’s All-Metro cross country team may go down as the strongest ever.
Area athletes won the 4A boys, 4A girls, 2A boys and 2A girls titles in the N.C. High School Athletic Association championships as well as the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s 3A boys and 3A girls championships.
In the 4A meet, Wake County alone was responsible for eight of the top 10 girls and seven of the top 12 boys.
Six area schools won team championships: Cary Academy (NCISAA 3A boys and girls), Cardinal Gibbons (4A girls), Chapel Hill (3A girls), Broughton (4A boys), Cary Christian (NCISAA 2A boys) and N.C. School of Science and Math (2A boys).
Broughton’s Jeremy Brown, a two-time state 4A champion and North Carolina recruit, is a four-time All-Metro pick. So too is Cardinal Gibbons senior Sophie Ebihara, a Florida recruit.
Leesville Road’s Nevada Mareno and Green Hope’s Elly Henes, the past two 4A champions, are three-time selections.
Brown, Mareno, Cary Academy’s Sarah Bodmer and Coleman Mitchell, Carrboro’s Amanda Hickey and N.C. Science and Math’s Frank Kenny all won individual state championships.
Most of this year’s teams are first-year picks. All championship times for NCHSAA runners are for Kernersville’s Ivey Redmon Park while the NCISAA championships were at Charlotte’s McAlpine Creek Park.
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N&O All-Metro girls cross country
Name, School | Yr. | Place | Championship time |
Nevada Mareno, Leesville Road# | Jr. | 4A champion | 17:46.50 |
Elly Henes, Green Hope# | Sr. | 4A runner-up | 18:30.92 |
Sarah Bodmer, Cary Academy* | Jr. | NCISAA 3A champion | 18:37.20 |
Katherine Dokholyan, Chapel Hill | Soph. | 3A runner-up | 19:05.04 |
Marissa Bishop, Cardinal Gibbons | Soph. | Third in 4A | 19:05.67 |
Clare McNamara, Chapel Hill | Jr. | Third in 3A | 19:13.10 |
Emily Lane, Cary Academy | Jr. | Fourth in NCISAA 3A | 19:15.80 |
Bridgette Sullivan, Panther Creek | Sr. | Fourth in 4A | 19:15.93 |
Morgan Adams, Green Hope | Sr. | Sixth in 4A | 19:22.60 |
Amanda Hickey, Carrboro | Sr. | 2A champion | 19:20.75 |
Sophie Ebihara, Cardinal Gibbons^ | Sr. | Seventh in 4A | 19:24.64 |
Erin Spreen, Wake Forest | Fr. | Eighth in 4A | 19:27.94 |
Kayla Holder, Wake Forest | Sr. | Ninth in 4A | 19:30.07 |
*Two-time All-Metro pick. #Three-time All-Metro pick. ^Four-time All-Metro pick.
N&O All-Metro boys cross country
Name, School | Yr | Place | Championship time |
Jeremy Brown, Broughton^ | Sr. | 4A champion | 15:44.62. |
Coleman Mitchell, Cary Academy | Soph. | NCISAA 3A champion | 15:50.10. |
Connor Lane, Cardinal Gibbons | Jr. | 4A runner-up | 15:50.43. |
Miller Meares, North Raleigh Christian | Sr. | NCISAA 3A runner-up | 15:55.90. |
Ben Savino, Apex | Jr. | Fourth in 4A | 16:06.69. |
Lanier Derbyshire, Broughton | Jr. | Eighth in 4A | 16:14.43. |
Derek Duin, Apex | Sr. | Ninth in 4A | 16:14.75. |
Matt Thornton, Cary | Sr. | 11th in 4A | 16:18.38. |
Jack Cawley, Middle Creek | Sr. | 12th in 4A | 16:29.45. |
Connor McDonald, East Chapel Hill | Sr. | 13th in 4A | 16:31.33. |
Chase Coley, Cary Academy | Soph. | Fifth in NCISAA 3A | 16:35.10 |
Sam Grelck, Cardinal Gibbons | Jr. | 16th in 4A | 16:35.61 |
Frank Kenny, N.C. Science and Math | Sr. | 2A champion | 16:37.41. |
Four-time All-Metro pick.
This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 10:44 PM with the headline "N&O All-Metro boys and girls cross country teams, 2015."