Wildcats Holding Home Meet Today At NB State Park
Facing elite competition for the second straight week, the Rockbridge County High School boys cross country teams and two RC girls raced well at the Adidas XC Challenge in Cary, N.C. on Saturday.
The RC boys, who are the defending Shenandoah District champions and last year’s Class 3 state runners-up, competed in the most competitive race, the championship race, and placed 15th of 39 teams, with four Wildcats setting personal records.
“Adidas was a great race,” said RC head coach Julie Tisone. “It was amazing to just compete at that level. The boys all had strong finishes.”
Broughton won the boys’ championship race with 38 points, Cardinal Gibbons (162) placed second, and Lake Braddock (177) finished third. Rounding out the top six were Myers Park (262), West Springfield (265) and Christian Brothers (265) The RC boys scored 446 points.
The individual winner was Broughton’s Charlie Slawinski, completing the challenging 5-kilometer course with rolling hills in 15 minutes, 8.7 seconds.
Leading the Wildcats and placing 60th of 321 harriers was Tyler Ludtke, finishing in 16:19. Following closely was teammate Sammy Eastwood (69th, 16:27.2), and RC’s third runner was Leif Guse (82nd, 16:41.5). Wildcats finishing after Guse were Grant Swenty (123rd, 17:01.4), Lincoln Steele (138th, 17:12.4), Bede Eichholz (194th, 17:49.2) and Will Ditzel (195th, 17:49.3).
Two RC girls competed in the invitational race, won by New Hanover’s Emma Rogers in 18:52.2.
Reagan Imler led the RC girls, placing 59th of 244 runners in 22:13.8, and teammate Isabel Tubb finished 98th in 23:07.7.
Today, Wednesday, RC will hold its only home meet of the season at Natural Bridge State Park, where the Wildcats will face three Shenandoah District rivals. The Wildcats will honor their six seniors at 5:15 p.m., the girls’ race is scheduled for 5:30, and the boys’ race is set for 6:15..
To get to the course from U.S. 11 South, take a left on Golf Course Road and go about three-tenths of a mile to the Children’s Discovery Area.
