1995 Wendys Invitational
Saturday - October 7, 1995McAlpine Park, Charlotte, NC
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Source: The Charlotte Observer, Sunday - Oct. 8, 1995 Watauga runs to girls title; E. Meck's Walts boys champ By Brett Honeycutt, Special Correspondent Watauga High won the girls Invitational and East Mecklenburg junior Shane Walts took the boys Open title Saturday morning at the Wendy's Cross Country Invitational meet at McAlpine Park. The meet, which featured high school teams from seven states, broke last year's record by 250 with 1,987 runners. Led by Addie Bower's seventh-place finish in 19 minutes 38 seconds, defending N.C. 4A champion Watauga won the Invitational, the day's top race, compiling 106 points to finish ahead of runner-up Spartanburg (112). Dobyns Bennett (Tenn.) was third with 114. Dobyns Bennett's Carla McCready was the individual winner of the Invitational for the second straight year as five of the top 10 runners from last year finished in the top 10. Independence freshman Jacquelyn Tinkham (20:17) finished fifth in the girls Open division in 20 minutes 17 seconds. Walts, who is running almost a minute faster than last year, outdistanced Mike Mauriello of South Mecklenburg 16:36 - 16:48. Mauriello caught up with Walts at about 1 1/2 miles and ran with him around the lake. "I usually come into the race saying, 'You have to attack the hill and stay strong,'" Walts said. This was Walts' second win in a major race, but only Tinkham's fourth cross country race. "I just never expected to do so well," she said. "I've already knocked three minutes off my first race (from this year)." In the boys Invitational division, Middle Country High School of Long Island, N.Y. took the top spot from defending champion Dobyns Bennett (TN) 76 - 138. James Hunt of Edgewater, Fla. won the race in 15:58 as Mount Tabor's Chris Vaughn (16:10) was sixth to finish as the top N.C. runner. Providence's Brett Adkins (16:43) of Providence was the top Charlotte runner in the boys invitational, placing 22nd.
Boys Invitational 1. Middle Country (NY) 76 2. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (TN) 138 3. Mauldin (SC) 201 4. Raleigh Leesville Road 205 5. Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 235 6. Franklin 243 7. Walton (GA) 258 8. Cary 264 9. Parkview (GA) 269 10. Edgewater (FL) 271 1. James Hunt, 12 Edgewater (FL) 15:58 2. Josh Crowfoot, 11 South Gwinnett (GA) 15:59 3. Stuart Will, 11 Parkview (GA) 16:02 4. B.J. Dillard, 11 Mauldin (SC) 16:06 5. Chris Vaughn, 12 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 16:10 6. Mark Granshaw, 12 Middle Country (NY) 16:11 7. Joe Dickson, 12 Dobyns Bennett (TN) 16:13 8. Greg Wolf, 12 Chapel Hill 16:14 9. Jason Soricelli, 11 Middle Country (NY) 16:15 10. John Dickson, 12 Dobyns Bennett (TN) 16:18 22. Brett Adkins, 12 Charlotte Providence 16:43 Girls Invitational 1. Watauga 106 2. Spartanburg (SC) 112 3. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (TN) 114 4. Summerville (SC) 137 5. Chapel Hill 152 6. Raleigh Leesville Road 180 7. Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 209 8. Brookwood (GA) 216 9. Abingdon (VA) 281 10. Walton (GA) 289 1. Carla McCready, 12 Dobyns Bennett (TN) 18:20 2. Erin Jones, 12 Shiloh (GA) 18:32 3. Colleen Crawford, 12 Abingdon (VA) 18:33 4. Angie Morley, 11 Chapel Hill 19:15 5. Lindsay Roger, 11 TL Hanna (SC) 19:28 6. Heather Needham, 10 Leesville Road 19:32 7. Addie Bower, 12 Watauga 19:38 8. Cheri Scharff, 12 Spartanburg (SC) 19:49 9. Jessica Kirkland, 11 Brookwood (GA) 19:49 10. Elli Bonnett, 11 Dobyns Bennett (TN) 20:03 Boys Open 1. Fayetteville 71st 87 2. Gastonia Ashbrook 103 3. East Mecklenburg 105 4. South Mecklenburg 119 5. Eastside (SC) 165 6. Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds 216 7. North Mecklenburg 221 8. Asheville AC Reynolds 237 9. Tennesee (TN) 250 10. West Forsyth 254 1. Shane Walts, 11 East Mecklenburg 16:35 2. Mike Mauriello, 11 South Mecklenburg 16:48 3. Chris Goodwin, 12 Gastonia Ashbrook 16:54 4. Daniel Arthur, 11 Gastonia Ashbrook 16:59 5. Matt Griles, 10 Tennessee (TN) 17:02 6. Chris Daniel, 12 Fayetteville 71st 17:08 7. Greg Dralle, 10 East Gaston 17:09 8. Cliff Mauriello, 11 South Mecklenburg 17:09 9. Ben Bissette, 11 East Mecklenburg 17:12 10. Leon Patillo, 12 North Mecklenburg 17:13 Girls Open 1. West Forsyth 47 2. West Mecklenburg 122 3. Charlotte Providence 134 4. South Gwinnett (GA) 134 5. Fayetteville 71st 168 6. Charlotte Myers Park 206 7. East Mecklenburg 213 8. East Gaston 286 9. Morganton Freedom 290 10. Tennessee HS (TN) 295 1. Julie Smith, 12 West Forsyth 19:36 2. Tanisha Sluss, 12 Fayetteville 71st 19:59 3. Whitney Weber, 9 West Forsyth 20:15 4. Autumn Lane, 9 Broome (SC) 20:16 5. Jacquelyn Tinkham, 9 Charlotte Independence 20:17 6. Sarah Oliver, 10 Asheville 20:17 7. Kim Robinson, 12 West Mecklenburg 20:50 8. Mara Davis, 12 S. Gwinnett (GA) 20:54 9. Jenni Summerville, 10 Gastonia Ashbrook 20:56 10. Kathryn Daniel, 9 East Mecklenburg 21:06 Boys 3-A 1. Westminster (GA) 47 2. West Henderson 167 3. Surry Central 194 4. North Henderson 198 5. Dutch Fork (SC) 201 6. Bunker Hill 226 7. Marion (VA) 244 8. Trinity 273 9. East Henderson 306 10. Clover (SC) 321 1. Aaron Keller, 11 North Henderson 16:05 2. Jonathon Thacker, 12 Mountain Heritage 16:20 3. Everette Ernst, 10 Dutch Fork (SC) 16:41 4. Trip Bridges, 12 Westminster (GA) 16:56 5. Michale Richardson, 12 Westminster (GA) 16:56 6. Ray Wallen, 12 West Henderson 16:58 7. Jonathon Pickard, 11 Westminster (GA) 17:01 8. Shiloh Mielke, 9 North Henderson 17:04 9. Jon Maddy, 12 Surry Central 17:10 10. Alan Marion, 10 Surry Central 17:11 Girls 3-A 1. Northwest Cabarrus 109 2. Dutch Fork (SC) 110 3. East Rowan 141 4. Trinity 158 5. Murphy 173 6. Sun Valley 197 7. Surry Central 263 8. Asheville TC Roberson 282 9. Southeast Guilford 290 10. Patrick Henry (VA) 290 1. Sarah Goodman, 10 TC Roberson 18:38 2. Erin Musson, 12 Wilkes Central 19:01 3. Beth Fonner, 10 Trinity 19:45 4. Kristy Whitaker, 10 Murphy 20:05 5. Autumn Read, 10 Northwest Cabarrus 20:08 6. Erin Howard, 10 Sun Valley 20:25 7. Kelly Correll, 12 Northwest Cabarrus 20:30 8. Marie Sipe, 10 Bunker Hill 20:44 9. Allison Dupree, 12 East Rowan 20:52 10. Britany Freeman, 9 Marion (VA) 21:03Schools competing: Abingdon (VA) Alexander Central Apex Gastonia Ashbrook Asheville Asheville A.C. Reynolds Avery County Bandys Atlanta Benjamin E. Mays (GA) Snellville Brookwood (GA) Broome (SC) Bunker Hill Cary Central Cabarrus Chapel Hill Clover (SC) Concord Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (TN) Dutch Fork (SC) East Gaston East Henderson East Mecklenburg East Rowan Taylors Eastside (SC) Orlando Edgewater (FL) Enka Franklin Morganton Freedom Charlotte Garinger Greensboro Grimsley Charlotte Harding Lenoir Hibriten Hickory Charlotte Independence Irmo (SC) Raleigh Leesville Road Marion (VA) Mauldin (SC) Selden Middle Country (NY), Mitchell County Mountain Heritage Winston-Salem Mount Tabor Murphy Charlotte Myers Park Northeast Guilford North Buncombe North Forsyth North Henderson North Mecklenburg Rock Hill Northwestern (SC) Northwest Cabarrus Swannanoa Owen Lilburn Parkview (GA) Patrick Henry (VA) Piedmont Polk County Charlotte Providence Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds Salisbury Southeast Guilford Fayetteville Seventy First Snellville Shiloh (GA) South Gwinnett (GA) South Mecklenburg South Stokes Spartanburg (SC) Columbia Spring Valley (SC) Kingsport Sullivan North (TN) Summerville (SC) Monroe Sun Valley Surry Central Asheville T.C. Roberson Bristol Tennessee High (TN) Fayetteville Terry Sanford Anderson T.L. Hanna (SC) Trinity Marietta Walton (GA) Watauga County West Charlotte West Forsyth West Henderson West Mecklenburg Atlanta Westminster (GA) Wilkes Central
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