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Avery High's girls and guys teams traveled to Black Mountain for the Western Highlands Conference Championship Cross Country meet on Thursday October 18th .
Coach Anne Avery had recruited a number of players from the boys soccer team, and so the guys had a full team for the first time this season. Running for the guys were: Mark Polsgrove, Jarred Clark and Thomas Anderson, joined by soccer players Dillon Gentry, Kyle Griewisch, Francisco Robles, JC Steinbaugh and John Ray Benfield. Avery finished 6th of 7 teams, thanks to the willing and very able soccer players joining the other guys.
Girls running in the meet included Kate Griewisch, Caroline Crenshaw, Katelynn Eudy, Debra Anderson, Teddie Jablonski, and Mary Chesnut Smith. The girls finished 3rd as a team in conference competition, even with only 6 runners. Several teams had twice that many girls running. The top five finishers are the ones which constitute the team score, but in a case of a tie, runner/finisher #6 and breaks the tie.
Kate Griewisch was the top girls’ finisher for Avery, finishing 4th. She was joined on the All Conference team by Mary Chesnut Smith, who finished 6th. Caroline Crenshaw finished 3rd for the Avery girls. The team next races this Saturday at Jackson Park in Hendersonville for Regionals.
Update: The Avery girls cross country team is ranked #9 in the most recent state 1A cross country rankings. Congrats Ladies!
