GIRLS:

 1. East Mecklenburg       26
 2. Charlotte Independence 61
 3. Charlotte Myers Park   69
 4. South Mecklenburg      91
 5. Gastonia Ashbrook     124
 -- Charlotte Garinger   no score
 -- Gastonia Hunter Huss no score

 1. Leslie McCaskill  East Meck    20:25
 2. Kathy Stogner     Independence 20:34
 3. Kim Eldridge      East Meck    20:51
 4. Michelle Powell   Independence 21:20
 5. Tomi Ogumba       East Meck    21:24
 6. Kim McCutcheon    Myers Park   21:25
 7. Beth Powell       Ashbrook     21:28
 8. Tracy Blumhagen   East Meck    21:39
 9. Valeri Sowers     East Meck    21:40
10. Beth Ahlers       South Meck   21:42
11. Stacy Herrman     East Meck    21:58
12. Kira Jorgensen    East Meck    22:07
13. Michelle Luhr     Garinger     22:21
14. Margaret McGee    Myers Park   22:28
15. Dana Bowers       Myers Park   22:29
16. Cathy Hogewood    Myers Park   22:40
17. Kelly Cutts       East Meck    22:41
18. Kari Squillo      South Meck   22:44
19. Grace Ranson      East Meck    23:04
20. Peggy Ydel        East Meck    23:08
21. Jen Cawthorne     Independence 23:34
22. Heather Patterson Independence 23:35
23. Virginia Nordman  South Meck   23:47
24. Mari Ciaffone     Independence 23:53
25. Mary Hurteau      Myers Park   23:56
26. Ashley Moore      South Meck   24:04
27. Nancy Norcross    Ashbrook     24:11
28. Misty Ziegler     South Meck   24:20
29. Jill Bradley      Myers Park   24:23
30. Holly Brewster    Myers Park   24:23
31. T. Lassaletta     South Meck   24:50
32. Stuart Elmore     Myers Park   24:50
33. Dana Johnson      South Meck   25:11
34. Melody McCarver   South Meck   25:31
35. Mary Denton       Myers Park   25:54
36. Renae Bongard     Ashbrook     26:01
37. Deta Barnett      Independence 26:15
38. Amy Koenig        Independence 26:28
39. Holly Price       South Meck   27:05
40. Anup Mohanram     South Meck   27:20
41. Julie Herman      Ashbrook     27:57
42. Lorri Grindle     Ashbrook     28:58
43. Kim Brown         Independence 29:10
44. Kebbie Keene      Ashbrook     29:39

East Mecklenburg Wins Cross-Country Titles Source: The Charlotte Observer Saturday, October 31, 1987 By Joe Habina, Special Correspondent Running conditions were nearly perfect at McAlpine Greenway Park Friday for the Southwestern 4A cross-country championships. Leslie McCaskill began the day's competition by winning the girls race, which set the pace for teammates as East Mecklenburg's boys and girls won team titles. The Eagles continued their dominance in the conference, winning the championships for the third consecutive year. McCaskill led five East Mecklenburg runners who finished in the top ten. Her time of 20 minutes 25 seconds was nine seconds better than her closest competitor, Kathy Stogner of Independence (20:34). Stogner ran her best race, beating her previous personal record by more than one minute. McCaskill was hampered by stomach cramps at the beginning of the race. She was able to overcome them and pulled away from the pack with teammate Kim Eldridge and Stogner at the 1-mile mark. Stogner trailed the two East runners at the 2-mile mark but quickly overcame Eldridge, making it a two-person race. "She's (McCaskill) a good runner." East Mecklenburg coach Larry McAfee said. "She has a lot of talent, a lot more than she realizes." East breezed to the team title with a score of 26 points.The closest competitor was Independence with 61. Myers Park took third place honors, eight points behind. Herb Ruth of Myers Park sprinted past East's Jon Stampa in the last 350 yards to win the boys race. Ruth found himself in third place at the two-mile mark, trailing first-place Stempa by more than 30 yards. East's Wes Ishee was running second at that point, 10 yards behind Stempa. Ishee finished third with a time of 16:26. "I ran a smart race," Ruth said. "I just stayed with him (Stempa) and gave it everything I had left. I'm amazed at myself. I wasn't concerned about winning, I was more concerned about the team winning." Myers Park finished with 58 points, second to East (43), which had three runners finish in the top ten. The top ten finishers from each race make the all-conference team. "The last couple of years we have been down," Myers Park coach Richard Prince said. "We thought we had a good chance to win but East Mecklenburg ran a good race and did a good job. "Coach McAfee is extremely interested in cross country," he said. "He works very well with the kids and they believe in him."