North Carolina High School Sports
Chapel Hill men worked to the program’s twelfth title, and second in a row, outracing Weddington 35-45. The Tigers put four runners in the top 8 of the team event to overcome Weddington’s 1-2 team event placement for their top two finishers. Chapel Hill averaged 16:25.78, led by senior Emil Arangala who crossed in 16:03.87 and fifth overall. The men’s individual championship was won by junior Ryan Motondo from Walter M. Williams. Motondo slipped across the line at 15:44.93 to nip second place Caden Townshend from Weddington who finished in 15:48.47. Motondo is the second runner from Williams to bring home the individual championship and first since Graham Crawford did it in 2010.
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