2023 Boys Cross Country 1A State Championship

Box Scores & Brackets

Notes

In the men’s race, Christ the King’s junior Blake Nicholson set a new 1A State Meet Record and ran the first sub-16-minute 1A race in 10 years as he claimed the NCHSAA 1A Cross County Individual Championship. Nicholson crossed the finish line in 15:36.84, 15 seconds faster than the former 1A state record and 30 seconds faster than second-place finisher Andrew Harding, a junior from Northside. Nicholson finished as runner-up in 2022 and won the 3200-meter in the 2023 NCHSAA 1A Track and Field State Championships. Corvian Community senior Cole Fiorillo finished in third place, 12 seconds behind Harding, and Joshawa Huneycutt from South Stanly took fourth. Lejeune’s Brandon Burrows took fifth. Burrows teammate Mathew Barbabella came in ninth to help bolster the team score. The defending 1A Champion, O’Malley Salinas from Andrews, completed the course five seconds faster in 2023 than he did in 2022 but ended up in seventh place. In the team competition, Lejeune earned its first Cross Country Team Championship since the women’s team won in 1989 and its first-ever men’s title with a team score of 55. Lejeune’s Jude Keller and Ryder Johnson finished in 17th and 18th, respectively. South Davidson finished in second place and Swain County finished third.