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in her sophomore campaign, was barely edged at the finish line for third by West Carteret’s Emme Fisher, West finished two seconds behind Fisher and her time of 19:14, but set a new personal best in theWEST FINISHES FOURTHA top-three finish barely eluded Hunt High sophomore Lauren West at Saturday’s N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A regional at Red Oak Middle School West, who captured her first 3-A Big East Conference championshipprocess.Fike had a trio of runners finish in the top 28, led by the 25th-place run of senior Kristin Ewan in 21:48. But following finishes of 26th by freshman Erin Pichey (21; 50) and 28th from junior Leighann Bowen (22:01), the Golden Demons hadtheir next two i-unnersfinish in the 80s. Thus,Fike was denied its fourth straight trip to Saturday’s state championship race at Kemersville’s Beeson Park after finishing ninth in the 19-team field.Ewan, senior CeCe Yarbrough (24:21) and sophomore Hailee Cockrell (24:05) turned in season-best times.“Obviously the final results were not what we wanted, however this Ls really a young team with five of our top eight being sophomores and freshmen,” first-year Fike coach Patrick Yarbrough said.Holly Brantley was the top finisher for Southern Nash in 24:15 as the Ladybirds finished last in the 19-team field. Hunt was 17th.West Carteret pasted five top-10 finishes to easily claim the regional title by a whopping 97 points over second-place Corinth Holders. The Patriots’ Blake Dodge won her fourth regional title with a time of 18:28.In the boys race, Southern Nash senior KevinBryant was among Wilson Times ership area runners with a 17th-place finish of 17:27, while Joseph Mooney-ham of Charles B. Aycock logged a 59th-place finish of 18:44 to lead the GoldenFalcons.In the 22-team field,Hunt finished 15th following a team score of 404 Fike was 20th with a total of 536.Evan Lee had a 53rd-place time of 18:26 to leadthe Warriors. Marcus Artiswas 58th in 18:34.The Demons were led by lyier Joyner’s 63rd-place run of 18:47 as sophomore Caleb Schmitzer ran to a personal best of 19:48.Vvfest Carteret swept both championships by winning the boys team title with a score of 57. South Johnston’s Jacob Gonzalez won the boys race in 16:13, four seconds faster than Western Harnett’s Matthew Calvelo.
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