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Rocky Hansen Named 2022 NC XC Gatorade
Athlete of the Year (1/30) - NCrunners
Gatorade Press Release: Hansen
Stella Kermes Named 2022 NC XC Gatorade
Athlete of the Year (1/23) - NCrunners
Gatorade Press Release: Kermes
Past NC Winners

2022 USTFCCCA High School State Cross Country
Coaches of the Year (1/5) - USTFCCCA.org

Final U.S. Top-100 Individual Rankings (12/15)
3 NC girls, 1 boy make U.S. Top-100
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

All-WNC Cross Country 2022: 7 state champions lead breakout
season for area running (12/13) - Citizen-Times.com
(Runners & Coaches of the Year, All-WNC First & Second Teams)

43rd Champs Sports National Cross Country Championships (12/10) Balboa Park, San Diego, California (Formerly known as Foot Locker National Championships) 9:15 a.m. PST Girls Championship. 10:00 a.m. PST Boys Championships (12:15 p.m.EST Girls Championship, 1:00 p.m. EST Boys Championships) Rocky Hansen 11th. Mary Bonner Dalton 12th. Results: Boys | Girls - FinishedResults.com Results - DyeStat Results - MileSplit Live Webcast - DyeStat Coverage - MileSplit Hansen and Dalton Place Top 12 - NCrunners Scenes: Raw Emotion, Joy And Adrenaline - MileSplit Christ School's Rocky Hansen competes in Champs Cross-Country Championships - WLOS.com North Carolina Qualifiers: Rocky Hansen Mary Bonner Dalton Previous NC Qualifiers Qualifiers from South Regional South Regional History 10 Storylines To Follow - DyeStat Discussion: Contenders, etc (12/6) - MileSplit Previews: Boys | Girls - MileSplit Hansen & Dalton Headed to Nationals - NCrunners Balboa Park Course Map Meet Website/History

Final National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (12/8)
Cuthbertson girls #8 in U.S. for 2022
Stella Kermes, Charlotte Bell, Justine Preisano return in 2023.
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

Nike Cross Nationals - Portland, Oregon (12/3) Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls 8th. (Return 5 of top 6 next year) Results - MileSplit Live Results - AthleticTiming.net Recap - LetsRun.com Recaps: Girls | Boys - DyeStat 20 Sets of Siblings, 10 Pairs of Twins at NXN (12/2) - DyeStat Photos: NXN Over the Years, 2004-2019 (12/1) - DyeStat Previews: Nike Cross Nationals (12/1) Girls | Boys - DyeStat Team Predictions - DyeStat 2022 Nike Cross Nationals Entries (11/29) - DyeStat (Cuthbertson competing as "Waxhaw".) Meet Website

Hannah Rae Shaffer Finally Gets Her
Crack At XC Nationals (12/2) - NCrunners

US Individual Top-30 Rankings (12/1)
Rocky Hansen #6; Stella Kermes on girls watchlist.
Boys | Girls - DyeStat

All-State Cross Country & Final NC Top 25 (11/30)
Boys | Girls - HighSchoolOT.com

Cuthbertson Lives Up To Hype & Wins
Team Southeast Regional (11/29) - NCrunners

Schmid and Shaffer Earn Individual
Spots at Team Nationals (11/28) - NCrunners

Story on Christ School Cross Country and
Rocky Hansen (11/28) - Citizen-Times.com

Metrolina Christian's Lillian Anderson Charlotte Observer Girls
Athlete of the Week (11/27) - CharlotteObserver.com

WakeMed All-Time Top 100 (Current Course) (10/26)

Champs Sports South Regional - McAlpine Park, Charlotte (11/26) (formerly Foot Locker) Rocky Hansen Wins Regional by 9 seconds (14:40.06) Mary Bonner Dalton 8th (17:23.54) also qualifies for Nationals Results - NCrunners.com Live Results - MileSplit Hansen & Dalton Headed to Nationals - NCrunners Qualifiers for National Finals - MileSplit Regionals Recap - DyeStat Predictions: Top-10 Finishers: Boys | Girls - MileSplit Entry List/Course Video/Schedule - NCrunners Meet History Meet Website

NXR Southeast Regional - WakeMed Park, Cary, NC (11/26) Cuthbertson girls win; Heading to Portland for Nationals. Orange County's Gabriel Schmid (15:13.3), Cardinal Gibbons' Hannah Rae Shaffer (17:44.0) also qualify as individuals. Results - DyeStat Coverage page | Recap - DyeStat Video: Interview: Cuthbertson team - DyeStat West Virginia girl runs 2nd-Fastest XC 5K in US History - MileSplit Qualifiers for NXN Nationals - MileSplit Video: Girls | Boys - DyeStat History & Preview (11/23) - DyeStat Race Assignments Meet Website

National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (11/24)
Cuthbertson girls ranked
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

Explaining NC State Runner's adidas NIL Contract (11/23) - LetsRun.com

Interview: Stella Kermes & Lillian Nasta (11/22) - DyeStat

Polk County cross country team honors coach's wife
who is battling dementia (11/21) - Citizen-Times.com

15th New Balance Dash for Doobie 3200 - Reagan HS (11/19)
Results - NCrunners
Live Results | Coverage - NCrunners
Recap - NCrunners
Updated NC All-Time 3200 Lists:
Boys | Girls
Heat Sheets - NCrunners
Boys Elite Heat Breakdown - NCrunners
Girls Elite Heat Breakdown - NCrunners
Meet Info/Schedule

NCAA Championships - Stillwater, Oklahoma (11/19)
NC State Women Win Again. Nevada Mareno (Leesville Rd HS) 29th. UNC 5th.
Men: Wake Forest 5th. UNC 10th. NC State 11th
Results: Women | Men - PTTiming.com
NC State Women Repeat - GoPack.com
Tuohy 1st; Leads NC State to Repeat - DyeStat
Interview: Katelyn Tuohy - DyeStat
Interview: NCSU Coach Laurie Henes - MileSplit
NCAA Cross Country: Women | Men - NCAA.com
NCAA Div I XC History - TrackAndFieldNews.com
Host Website

US Individual Top-30 Rankings (11/17)
Rocky Hansen drops from #4 to #6
Boys | Girls - DyeStat

Former Millbrook Runner Nick Scudder
Wins NCAA Regional (11/11) - Charlotte49ers.com
Scudder Profile

NC State Women Capture 6th-straight Regional Title (11/11) - GoPack.com
Former Leesville Road Star Nevada Mareno Helps NCSU to Title

Southeast Regional Results (11/11) - TFRRS.org

NCAA Div. I Qualifiers - NCAA.com

Recap: NCAA Div. I Regionals - USTFCCCA.org

New Balance Dash For Doobie 3200
Registration Now Open (11/11) - NCrunners
Nov. 19 at Pfafftown Reagan HS

Takeaways From North Carolina Signing Day (11/10) - NCrunners

National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (11/10)
Cuthbertson girls ranked
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

College Signings - NCrunners.com

Rising Travel & Food Costs Straining
Collegiate Budgets (11/10) - APnews.com

Which NCHSAA Champions Had the Best Season?
Girls | Boys (11/7) - NCrunners

2022 NCHSAA State Cross Country Championships (11/5) Ivey Redmon Sports Complex, Kernersville, NC 4-A Boys: Cary Green Hope 124, Charlotte Catholic 166, Winston-Salem Mt Tabor 178 Zack Gilbertson, Southern Pines Pinecrest 15:28.67 3-A Boys: Croatan 143, North Lincoln 149, Durham School of The Arts 160 Gabriel Schmid, Orange County 15:44.28 2-A Boys: Owen 83, Lincoln Charter 91, NC Sch. Science & Math 104 Jack Anstrom, Seaforth 16:15.88 1-A Boys: South Stanly 77, Cherokee 77, Christ The King Catholic 77 VERY rare 3-team tie-breaker! O'Malley Salinas, Andrews 16:46.83 4-A Girls: Waxhaw Cuthbertson 32, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 81, Marvin Ridge 136 Stella Kermes, Waxhaw Cuthbertson 17:40.94 Note: Top EIGHT finishers return next year 3-A Girls: North Lincoln 50, West Henderson 68, North Buncombe 94 Macy Parks, North Lincoln 18:58.80 2-A Girls: NC School of Science & Math 64, Brevard 130, East Davidson 138 Katherine Hopkins, Lincolnton 19:20.05 1-A Girls: Swain County 59, Eno River Acad. 114, Thos. Jefferson Classical Acad 115 Dvdaya Swimmer, Cherokee 20:08.32 Live Results (11/5) - MileSplit Results | Coverage - NCrunners Coverage Hub - NCrunners Videos/Interviews - NCrunners Recaps - NCHSAA.org The Lady Devils earn another state title - theSmokyMountainTimes.com Photos | Local Results - JournalNow.com Macy Parks Leads N Lincoln to 3-A Title - HighSchoolOT.com Macy Parks: Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Cherokee Freshman Dvdaya Swimmer Wins 1A Girls - HighSchoolOT.com Dvdaya Swimmer: Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Croatan Claims 3A Boys Title; Orange's Schmid Wins - HighSchoolOT.com Gabriel Schmid: Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Andrews Freshman Wins 1A Boys; S. Stanly Breaks 3-Way Tie For Team Title - HighSchoolOT.com O'Malley Salinas: Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Jack Anstrom: 2-A Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Katherine Hopkins: 2-A Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Pinecrest's Zack Gilbertson Wins 4A Boys; Green Hope Take Team Championship - HighSchoolOT.com Zack Gilbertson: 4A Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com Stella Kermes: 4-A Finish Video | Interview - HighSchoolOT.com State Meet Coverage: WNC Wins 4 Titles - Citizen-Times.com Watauga Battles Flu Hangovers; Girls 14th - WataugaDemocrat.com E. Burke's Walsh Leads County Runners - Morganton.com NCHSAA State Meet: Individual + Team Merge Girls | Boys Championships Lead-up - NCrunners Previews: 4-A | 3-A | 2-A | 1-A MileSplit NC Staff Makes Their NCHSAA Picks (11/3) NCHSAA Championships Saturday - JournalNow.com Course Map - NCHSAA.org Video Course Walk-Through - NCrunners Past Champions NCHSAA State Meet 3-Peat Schools State Meet History - NCHSAA.org Meet Info/Rules - NCHSAA.org Meet Info/Schedule - NCrunners Hourly Forecast - Weather.com

30-Minute Interview: Rocky Hansen (11/1) - DyeStat
(Discusses post-season plans; college decision + more!)

Wolverines share special moment with
Coach Alan Peoples (11/1) - PolkSports.com

NCHSAA Regional Meets/Qualifiers Hub - NCrunners

Lady Devils Take Another Win At Regionals - theSmokyMountainTimes.com

Watauga overcomes flu-stricken adversity at Regionals,
will send 8 athletes to State Meet (11/1) - WataugaDemocrat.com

S. Rowan's Eli Julian Wins 3A Regional (10/30) - SalisburyPost.com

NCHSAA Regionals are Saturday (10/28) - Greensboro.com

NCHSAA XC State Meet Qualifying:
What You Need To Know - NCrunners

NCISAA State Championships - Hagan Stone Park (10/28) 4A Boys: Christ School 36, Cary Academy 56, Durham Academy 80 4A Girls: Charlotte Latin 70, Charlotte Country Day 92, Durham Academy 95 3A Boys: Forsyth Country Day 43, Coastal Christian 54, Cary Christian 78 3A Girls: Cary Christian 61, Greensboro Day 98, Asheville Christian 110 2A Boys: Carolina Day 142, St Thomas More 166, O'Neal 168 2A Girls: Trinity Acad. of Raleigh 48, Hickory Christian Acad. 145, The O'Neal School 149 1A Boys: Oakwood 43, Crossroads Christian 64, Lee Christian 82 1A Girls: Oakwood 21, Lee Christian 34 (only 2 teams scored) Rocky Hansen (Christ School) 14:44.85 Results - NCrunners Live Results - Mitchell Timing Christ School Wins Back-to-Back State Championships - ChristSchool.org The Complete NCISAA XC State Championship Hub - NCrunners Photos/Videos/Coverage - NCrunners Area Teams Dominate 3A - Greensboro.com Preview - NCrunners Team Rankings By Classification - NCrunners Meet Info - NCISAA.org Past Champions

Wake Forest Men Claim 1st ACC Title Since 1994 (10/28) - GoDeacs.com
Former Forsyth Country Day star Ben Mitchell ran for Wake Forest

NC State Women Win 7th Straight ACC Championship (10/28) - GoPack.com
Former Leesville Road star Nevada Mareno ran for NC State

National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (10/27)
Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls ranked
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

Future Stars:
Cary Academy's Kavi Gibson (10/26) - NCrunners

New Track Coach Named at Watauga (10/26) - WataugaDemocrat.com

US Individual Top-30 Rankings (10/20)
One North Carolina athlete ranked.
Boys | Girls - DyeStat

Regional Top-5 Team Rankings (10/20)
Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls ranked.
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

NCHSAA Conference Championship Results Hub - NCrunners

Watauga Boys, Girls Both Nab Conference Titles (10/25) - WataugaDemocrat.com

Captioned Photos: Mideastern Conference Championships (10/14) - StarNewsOnline.com

Topsail's Kaitlyn Obremski named StarNews
Athlete of the Week (10/17) - StarNewsOnline.com

New Coaching Position for Harlis Meaders (10/17) - Seminoles.com
Profile: Harlis Meaders
Meaders threw 197-10 (NC #2 DT All-Time) as a Sun Valley senior in 1988.

#1 Ranked NC State Women win 3rd straight meet
Nuttycombe Inv. - Madison, Wisconsin (10/14)
Women's Recap - GoPack.com
Complete Results - PTtiming.com
Coverage - DyeStat

National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (10/13)
Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls ranked
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

NCrunners Elite XC Invitational - Ivey Redmond, Kernersville (10/8)

HAD to post this! Vaulters will LOVE it! (10/8)

And Javelin Throwers will like this (10/8) - WorldAthletics.org

Union County Championships - McAlpine Pk, Charlotte (10/6)
Girls: Cuthbertson 18, Marvin Ridge 54, Weddington 74
Cuthbertson junior Stella Kermes 17:22.5
Boys: Cuthbertson 43, Marvin Ridge 48, Weddington 49
Caden Townshend, Weddington 15:15.0
Results - MitchellTiming.com
Preview - NCrunners

US Individual Top-30 Rankings (10/6)
One North Carolina athlete ranked.
Boys | Girls - DyeStat

Regional Top-5 Team Rankings (10/6)
Cuthbertson, Cardinal Gibbons girls ranked.
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

Metrolina Christian's Annie Miller (10/5) - NCrunners

Rocky Hansen Runs 14:20.90 5K (10/1) - NCrunners
(US No. 1)
Recap/Interview | Meet Results - MileSplit

DyeStat Founder John Dye Dies at 86 (10/1) - DyeStat.com
(DyeStat.com helped motivate me to launch NCPrepTrack.com 25 years ago.)
1999 Photo of John Dye
John Dye Memorial Page
Remembering John Dye - Walt Murphy
An Appreciation of John Dye - Josh Rowe
Remembering The DyeStat Founder - LetsRun.com

Former Raleigh Millbrook star Nick Scudder leads Charlotte to
5th-Place Finish at Joe Piane Inv. (9/30) - Charlotte49ers.com
Five's a Charm for Scudder
Scudder Profile

Fomer RJ Reynolds & Laney HS stars
run well for Tar Heels (9/30) - GoHeels.com
John Tatter Profile
Natalie Tyner Profile
UNC Men Ranked Highest-Ever #10 (10/4)

Great American XC Festival + 47th Wendy's Invitational
Cancelled Due to Huricane Ian (9/29) - NCRunners

National High School Top-30 Team Rankings (9/29)
Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls ranked
Girls | Boys - DyeStat

Great American XC Festival/HBCU Challenge at Cary still on for
Saturday, with an eye on Hurricane Ian (9/26) - NationalScholastic.org

38th Greensboro Invitational - Hagan Stone Park (9/24) - NCrunners

UNCA tops podium for 1st time since 2018 (9/22) - WLOS.com

DyeStat Regional Team Rankings (9/22)
Cuthbertson, Cardinal Gibbons, Marvin Ridge girls, Broughton boys ranked.
Girls | Boys

Race Hard, Run Hard: How Rocky Hansen
Found National Stardom (9/21) - MileSplit

Weddington's Caden Townshend
Commits To Ole Miss (9/20) - NCrunners

North Carolina Shows Their Strength
From Coast to Coast (9/9) - NCrunners

NC State Dominates adidas Challenge
in Season Opener (9/16) - GoPack.com

adidas XC Challenge - WakeMed Park, Cary (9/17)
Boys: Raleigh Broughton 184, Brentwood Acad. (TN) 189, Frankfort (WV) 238
Girls: W-S Mt Tabor 181, West Springfield (VA) 184, West Forsyth 187
Rocky Hansen 14:45 Meet Record
Results - NCrunners
Preview - NCrunners
Meet Website

12th Hare & Hounds Inv - McAlpine Park, Charlotte (9/17)
Boys: Marvin Ridge 68, Cuthbertson 94, Charlotte Country Day 135
Girls: Cardinal Gibbons 64, Marvin Ridge 74, Charlotte Latin 134
Results - MileSplit
Preview - NCrunners

41st Annual Woodbridge Classic - Irvine, CA (9/15-16)
Waxhaw Cuthbertson girls 3rd
Stella Kermes 6th, 16:09.0 (3.0 miles)
Results | Team Scores - athletic.net
Cuthbertson Girls Enjoy California Trip - MileSplit
Recap - DyeStat
Preview - MileSplit
Meet Website

2021-22 Wells Fargo Cup Winners Announced (9/16) - NCHSAA.org

DyeStat Early Season US Top-40 Teams: (9/15)
Cuthbertson & Cardinal Gibbons girls ranked.
Girls | Boys

Interview: Cuthbertson's
Alyssa & Justine Preisano (9/12) - DyeStat

Performance of the Week Award to
Cuthbertson's Stella Kermes (9/12) - NCHSAA.org

Recap: Friday Night Lights Festival (9/9) - NCrunners

MileSplit US Top-25 Girls Preseason Rankings:
#6 - Waxhaw Cuthbertson (9/8)
#16 - Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons
#24 - Weddington (8/27)

DyeStat Early Season US Individual Top-100 Rankings: (9/8)
Boys | Girls

Story: Pinecrest grad Kate Sanborn (9/8) - NCrunners

Rocky Hansen Ranked #8 Nationally (9/7) - MileSplit

Rising Stars: Lake Norman's Kasey Dingman (9/7) - NCrunners

End Hazing In High School Sports (9/7) - NFHS.org

WNC high school cross country: 30 runners
to watch for 2022 season (9/4) - Citizen-Times.com

Charlotte Christian Welcomes Two Elite Sophomores (9/2) - NCrunners

NCHSAA Education Based Athletics
Grant Application is open (9/1) - NCHSAA.org

Southeast Region Early Season Rankings (8/30-31):
Boys | Girls - DyeStat

A Parent's Role in Cross Country (8/29) - MileSplit

Cross Country Preseason Rankings:
Top 10 Countdown - NCrunners.com (8/1 - 8/25)

BOYS:   #1 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 4A   #2 Raleigh Broughton 4A   #3 Arden Christ School DI   #4 Cary Green Hope 4A   #5 Charlotte Catholic 4A   #6 Chapel Hill 4A   #7 Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A   #8 Lake Norman 4A   #9 Charlotte Ardrey Kell 4A #10 Weddington 4A ---- Honorable Mention

GIRLS:   #1 Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A   #2 Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 4A   #3 Weddington 4A   #4 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 4A   #5 Wilmington Hoggard 4A   #6 Charlotte Providence Day DI   #7 Wilmington Laney 4A   #8 Marvin Ridge 4A   #9 East Chapel Hill 4A #10 North Lincoln 3A ---- Honorable Mention

Cross Country Preseason Rankings:
Top 10 Individuals Countdown - NCrunners.com (8/2 - 8/29)

BOYS:   #1 Rocky Hansen, 12, Arden Christ School DI   #2 Jacob Laney, 12, Indian Trail Porter Ridge 4A   #3 Caden Townshend, 12, Weddington 4A   #4 Dawson Reeves, 11, Arden Christ School DI   #5 Stephen Fernetti, 12, North Lincoln 3A   #6 Krister Sjoblad, 12, Raleigh Athens Drive 4A   #7 Zack Gilbertson, 12, So. Pines Pinecrest 4A   #8 Raghav Gopalakrishnan, 11, Ardrey Kell 4A   #9 Chauncey Chen, 12, Weddington 4A #10 Landon Roemer, 12, Char. Providence Day DI ---- Honorable Mention

GIRLS:   #1 Hannah Rae Shaffer, 10, Ral. Cardinal Gibbons 4A   #2 Mary Bonner Dalton, 11, Charlotte Myers Park 4A   #3 Stella Kermes, 11, Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A   #4 Alyssa Preisano, 12, Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A   #5 Charlotte Bell, 11 Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A   #6 Elizabeth Ritter, 12, Weddington 4A   #7 Olivia Bufalini, 12, Wilmington Laney 4A   #8 Kaitlyn Obremski, 12, Topsail 4A   #9 Justine Preisano, 11, Waxhaw Cuthbertson 4A #10 Three Way Tie ---- Honorable Mention

(Red = NCISAA; all others are NCHSAA)

High School Cross Country Movie
Due For Release on iTunes Aug. 16 (8/12) - DyeStat