Croatan
Croatan won the 2023 3A Boys Cross Country state championship vs Orange, 67 at Ivey Redmon Complex.
| Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Sport | Boys Cross Country |
| Classification | 3A |
| Champion | Croatan |
| Runner-Up | Orange |
| Score | 67 - 93 |
| Venue | Ivey Redmon Complex, Kernersville |
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In the men’s race, Orange senior Gabriel Schmid defended his NCHSAA 3A Cross Country Individual Title, posting a new Ivey Redmon 3A record and finishing the 5K course in 15:14.75. Schmid ran 30 seconds faster than he did in 2022 and broke the 3A course record by 24.25 seconds. It was the sixth fastest mark ever at Ivey Redmon. Croatan Senior Tyrese Cone took second place with a time of 15:48.42 and four seconds ahead of South Rowan senior Eli Julian. Union Pines sophomore Corbin Weeks took fourth, edging in front of Carson junior Jorge Clemente-Garcia by 1.2 seconds. Croatan also defended its title as NCHSAA 3A Men’s Cross Country Champions with an even more impressive showing this season. In 2022, they won the title with 143 points; this year, they scored just 67. After Cone’s runner-up finish, Andrew Wahlgren finished in sixth and Noah Guerrero took 12th. Orange took second with 93 points and Carson came in third with 158.