Teams
1. Fayetteville 71st       63
2. Charlotte Myers Park    87
3. Charlotte Olympic      107
4. Cary                   108
5. Winston-Salem Reynolds 123
6. North Forsyth          136
7. South Mecklenburg      136
8. So. Pines Pinecrest    171
9. Greensboro Grimsley    180
10.Burlington Williams    209

Individuals
 1 William Southerland Henderson Vance Co.    10:30
 2 Danny Schlesinger   Raleigh Sanderson      10:34
 3 Louis Blount        Fayetteville 71st      10:36
 4 Mike Beck           Greensboro Smith       10:49
 5 Greg Harris         Cary                   10:51
 6 Jim Williams        Winston-Salem Reynolds 10:56
 7 Jeff Moody          So. Pines Pinecrest    10:57
 8 Calvin Langford     Asheville AC Reynolds  10:58
 9 Jeff Troutman       East Forsyth           11:00
10 Jimmy Coley         Fayetteville Byrd      11:01
11 Tony Bateman        Charlotte Garinger     11:02
12 Gary Griffith       Raleigh Millbrook      11:03
13 Wade McDonald       Durham Jordan          11:04
14 Terry Brown         Burlington Cummings    11:04
15 Joe Richi           Charlotte Olympic      11:05
16 Terry Wingo         Cary                   11:06
17 Reed Callis         Raleigh Broughton      11:07
18 DeNorris Bradley    North Forsyth          11:07
19 Eugene Vaughn       Fayetteville 71st      11:09
20 John Westmorland    Fayetteville 71st      11:10
21 Joseph Kalista      Charlotte Garinger     11:11

Note: This was the only year this particular 2.1 mile course was used. A new 2.7 mile course was used in 1973.

WNCHSAA Boys at Davie County.
Monday, November 6, 1972 (2.5 miles)

Teams
1 Shelby        44
2 Davie County  63
3 Asheboro      65
4 Lincolnton   107
5 East Rowan   111
6 Avery County 126
7 Albemarle    212
8 Hudson       242
9 Statesville  247

Individuals
 1 John Phillips   Asheboro     13:13
 2 Charles Avery   Lincolnton   13:14
 3 Tim Austin      Davie County 13:21
 4 Peter Brunninck Shelby       13:29
 5 Zach Murrell    Shelby       13:30
 6 Danny Spake     Shelby       13:31
 7 Harold Driver   East Rowan   13:39
 8 Steve Puckett   East Rowan   13:45
 9 Jerry Burke     Asheboro     13:52
10 David McMurry   Shelby       13:57
11 Rex Bowers      Davie County 13:59
12 Ken Blackwell   Davie County 14:00