1982 Charlotte Sectional

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BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP 1. East Mecklenburg 56* 2. Charlotte Myers Park 93* 3. North Mecklenburg 169 4. ? 5. Charlotte Independence 201 Top 2 teams and top 3 individuals not on qualifying teams qualify for State. * = Qualified (Need a copy of the results.) 1. Pat Ambrose Monroe Sun Valley 16:23.5* 2. ? 3. Eric Landis East Mecklenburg 16:35.4 4. ? 5. Kyle Fidler East Mecklenburg 16:45 11. Chris Hertel East Mecklenburg 17:04 16. Britt Startsman East Mecklenburg 17:35 24. John Biggers East Mecklenburg 17:50 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP 1. East Mecklenburg 59* 2. Gastonia Ashbrook 72* 3. South Mecklenburg 95 4. Charlotte Myers Park 101 5. Charlotte Independence 109 6. Richmond County 153 7. West Mecklenburg 162 8. East Rowan 168 9. Monroe Sun Valley 242 Top 2 teams and top 3 individuals not on qualifying teams qualify for State. * = Qualified 1. Kathy Ormsby Richmond County 18:12.3* 2. Charlotte Carlson Northwest Cabarrus 19:47.4* 3. Jennifer DeCann West Mecklenburg 19:49.0* 4. Marcie Gosine Gastonia Ashbrook 20:05.1 5. Claudia Schiffers East Mecklenburg 20:09.2 6. Connie Fraley East Rowan 20:25.7 7. Laura McKeithen Charlotte Myers Park 20:53.0 8. Marcia Forrest Charlotte Independence 21:12.6 9. Angie Scofield Gastonia Ashbrook 21:14.4 10. Carmen Nordman South Mecklenburg 21:15.2 11. Sandy Kuhr South Mecklenburg 21:16.3 12. Denise Holliday East Mecklenburg 21:22.7 13. Amy Gerdes Charlotte Myers Park 21:27.4 14. Lisa Kowalske East Mecklenburg 21:29.6 15. Kelly Hughes East Mecklenburg 21:30.9 16. Michelle Loesch Charlotte Independence 21:35.1 17. Laura Schricker Gastonia Ashbrook 21:40.8 18. Say Taylor East Mecklenburg 21:49.7 19. Barbara Honeycutt East Mecklenburg 21:53.7 20. Michelle Lamey Charlotte Myers Park 22:05.1 21. Kim Crain Gastonia Ashbrook 22:05.8 22. Michelle Dreon South Mecklenburg 22:12.9 23. Josie Dolby East Mecklenburg 22:14.7 24. Holly DeCann West Mecklenburg 22:17.0 25. Michelle Frye Belmont South Point 22:29.4 26. Angie Davis North Mecklenburg 22:31.9 27. Debbie Faust Charlotte Independence 22:33.3 28. Angela Little Piedmont 22:35.1 29. Simone Bryan Statesville 22:35.5 30. Angela Gimbert Gastonia Ashbrook 22:41.8 31. Carol Lovelace South Mecklenburg 22:57.0 32. Angie Stitt Charlotte Independence 23:09.2 33. Becky Peeler East Rowan 23:09.6 34. Kelly Lovelace South Mecklenburg 23:16.2 35. Debbie Currin Lincolnton 23:22.3 36. Nanette Sweet Charlotte Myers Park 23:31.2 37. Melissa Clifton East Rowan 23:39.2 38. Sally Hyde Pinecrest 23:45.7 39. Lori Havard Richmond County 23:46.2 40. Kalora Ingram Richmond County 23:51.2 41. Patty Castellanos Charlotte Myers Park 24:01.2 42. Joanne Horton Gastonia Ashbrook 24:02.5 43. Lori Logan Charlotte Independence 24:05.2 44. Winn Apple Charlotte Myers Park 24:15.4 45. Renee Morales South Mecklenburg 24:15.8 46. Kim Fetner South Mecklenburg 24:17.8 47. Angie Ingram Richmond County 24:27.4 48. Kim Alexander Monroe Sun Valley 24:29.3 49. Lisa Lokey Statesville 24:34.1 50. Cheryl Goble West Mecklenburg 24:36.0 51. Kay Holcomb Charlotte Independence 24:38.7 52. Stephanie Hughes South Iredell 24:40.4 53. Crystal Powell Monroe Sun Valley 24:49.5 54. Vicki McElhaney West Mecklenburg 24:51.8 55. Julie Jackson North Mecklenburg 25:16.6 56. Rachel Popour Pinecrest 25:22.4 57. Dorenda Hall Charlotte Harding 25:39.8 58. Lisa Walser East Rowan 25:59.2 59. Maria Clark Richmond County 26:07.8 60. Kelly Thomas Charlotte Independence 26:13.0 61. Cathy Apgar South Iredell 26:31.4 62. Alissa Ambrose Monroe South View 26:38.8 63. Beth Sadler West Mecklenburg 26:49.9 64. Patty Rumple West Mecklenburg 26:53.7 65. Paige Houser Gastonia Ashbrook 27:05.7 66. Leigh Foster South Iredell 27:22.3 67. Tina Holbert North Mecklenburg 27:42.1 68. Mary Anna Williams Monroe Sun Valley 27:42.5 69. Lou Payton Pinecrest 28:10.0 70. Jeanne Douglas Richmond County 28:11.8 71. Lane Taylor Monroe Sun Valley 28:43.6 72. Kim Newell Monroe Sun Valley 29:53.8 73. Sally Smith Monroe Sun Valley 30:04.8 74. Sally Holshouser East Rowan 30:22.0 (74 finishers) This was the third year that Girls Cross Country was recognized as an official sport by the NCHSAA. What are known as Regional meets today were called Sectional meets back then. There were 5 Sectional meets, with the top 2 teams and top 3 individuals from each qualifying for the State Meet. All classifications competed together. East Sweeps Cross Country Sectional Source: The Charlotte Observer, Saturday - Oct. 30, 1982 By David Scott, Staff Writer East Mecklenburg coach Larry McAfee looked pleased after his boys' cross country team won the high school sectional Friday at McAlpine Greenway Park. At the time, McAfee didn't know that, in about half an hour, things would look even better for the Eagles. That is because, after the East boys' won their title, the Eagle girls duplicated the feat. A double victory. All in one afternoon. "I felt like we had a chance to win both of them," said McAfee, whose teams swept last week's Southwestern 4A meet. "But you know how these things go sometimes. You don't know how things will turn out in a one-shot deal. A few years ago we won the conference easily but our No. 3 runner got hurt. We barely missed making the state." It was the first outright sectional title for McAfee, who has coached the boys team since 1974, when it tied Winston-Salem Reynolds for the boys' team title. He has coached the girls' team since girls' cross country became a team sport in 1980. The Eagles qualified for next Friday's state meet, also on McAlpine's 5,000-meter course, with 56 points. Joining the boys team will be Myers Park, which had 93 points. North Mecklenburg finished third with 169 points and Independence was fifth with 201. The top two teams qualify for the state. The Eagle girls with 59 points, beating runner-up Gastonia Ashbrook's 72. South Mecklenburg missed a trip to the state meet, finishing third with 95 points. Myers Park had 101 and defending champion Independence 109. Individual winners were Sun Valley's Pat Ambrose, who won in a time of 16:23.5, and Richmond County's Kathy Ormsby (18:12.3). The top Mecklenburg County girls' finisher was West Mecklenburg's Jennifer Decann, who finished third at 19:49.0. Decann, a ninth- grader at Coulwood, qualifies for the state meet as an individual. East's top boys' finisher was Eric Landis, who was third at 16:35.4. The Eagles' Kyle Fidler (16:45) was fifth, Chris Hertel (17:04) 11th, Britt Startsman (17:35) 16th and John Biggers (17:50) 24th. The Eagle girls finished equally high and close. Connie Fraley [Corrected to be Claudia Schiffers] was fifth at 20:09, Denise Holiday (21:22) 12th, Lisa Kowalske (21:29) 14th, Kelly Hughes (21:30) 15th, Say Taylor (21:49) 18th and Barbara Honeycutt (21:53) 19th. Sun Valley's Ambrose, whose 5,000-meter personal best is 15:48, wasn't happy with his time. And the ease with which he won wasn't much consolation. He wanted to break 16 minutes. "When I don't get what I want, I'm displeased," said Ambrose. "I was terrible. But nobody was on my rear end. If somebody is running in front of me and challenging me, I'm better." Still, Ambrose's victory wasn't an accident. He was among the favorites, and he was able to win with, for him, a subpar effort. But he said he didn't go into the race over-confident.