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BOYS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year School               Points Runner-up
1986 Monroe
1987 Monroe
1988 West Stanly                 Monroe
1989 Monroe                 24   West Stanly 39
1990 West Stanly            50   Monroe      62
1991 Monroe                 51   Parkwood    65
1992 West Stanly            55   Monroe      65

1993-1996 the conference did not exist

1997 West Stanly            28
1998 Charlotte Catholic     33
1999 Charlotte Catholic     19
2000 Charlotte Catholic     35
2001 Charlotte Catholic     20
2002 Charlotte Catholic     18
2003 Charlotte Catholic     24
2004 Charlotte Catholic     19
2005 South Stanly           ??
2006 West Stanly            ??
2007 West Stanly            42 (won 6th-runner, tie-breaker over Gray Stone Day)
2008 West Stanly            ?? (won 6th-runner, tie-breaker over Gray Stone Day)
2009 Cuthbertson            47
2010 Cuthbertson            28
2011 Cuthbertson            25
2012 Cuthbertson            23
2013 West Stanly            34
2014 Monroe Central Academy 21
2015 Monroe Central Academy 31
2016 Monroe Central Academy 38
2017 Mount Pleasant         34
2018 Monroe Central Academy 41
2019 West Stanly            30
2020 West Stanly            22
2021 West Stanly            27
2022 Monroe Central Academy 26
2023 Monroe Central Academy 21
2024 Parkwood               29
2025 West Stanly            34


GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year School               Points
1986 Monroe
1987 Monroe
1988 Monroe
1989 Albemarle
1990 West Stanly            22   Albemarle   48
1991 Parkwood               31   West Stanly 37
1992 Charlotte Catholic     36   Albemarle   42

1993-1996 the conference did not exist

1997 Charlotte Catholic     26   West Stanly 55
1998 Charlotte Catholic     17   West Stanly 72
1999 Charlotte Catholic     17   West Stanly 61
2000 Charlotte Catholic     19   Weddington  42
2001 Charlotte Catholic     18
2002 Charlotte Catholic     19
2003 Charlotte Catholic     20
2004 Charlotte Catholic     15
2005 West Stanly            39   North Stanly 77
2006 West Stanly            45   Albemarle    52
2007 West Stanly            35
2008 South Stanly           43
2009 West Stanly            34
2010 Cuthbertson            25
2011 Cuthbertson            23
2012 Cuthbertson            19
2013 Monroe Central Academy 25
2014 West Stanly            40
2015 Monroe Central Academy 41
2016 West Stanly            42
2017 West Stanly            34
2018 West Stanly            23
2019 West Stanly            27
2020 West Stanly            23
2021 West Stanly            19
2022 West Stanly            15
2023 West Stanly            24
2024 Piedmont               32
2025 Parkwood               31
BOYS  INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year Name             School          Performance
1986 Mark Bivens      Monroe             17:06 (at Wingate)
1987 Mark Bivens      Monroe             17:08 (at Wingate)
1988 Palmer Brown     Albemarle          17:01 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1989 Mike Helms       West Stanly              (at Wingate)
1990 Danny Lowery     Parkwood                 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1991 Courtney Brown   Albemarle          17:46 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1992 Mike Tolley      Piedmont           16:53 (at Mount Pleasant High School)

1993-1996 the conference did not exist

1997 Brent Mathews    Charlotte Catholic 18:05 (McAlpine Park)
1998 Brent Mathews    Charlotte Catholic 17:05 (McAlpine Park)
1999 Brent Mathews    Charlotte Catholic 16:59 (McAlpine Park)
2000 Joe Lindsley     Charlotte Catholic 16:45 (McAlpine Park)
2001 Chris Sunde      Charlotte Catholic 17:07 (McAlpine Park)
2002 Chris Sunde      Charlotte Catholic 17:17 (McAlpine Park)
2003 Richard Bernard  Charlotte Catholic 17:26 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2004 Jonathan Sunde   Charlotte Catholic 17:04 (Monroe Golf Course)
2005 Landon Arey      West Stanly        17:32 (location goes here)
2006 Landon Arey      West Stanly        17:16 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2007 Daniel Yeakley   West Stanly        17:28 (Monroe Country Club)
2008 Daniel Yeakley   West Stanly        17:08 (Mount Pleasant High School)
2009 Matt Poplin      West Stanly        18:07 (Cuthbertson High School)
2010 Connor Glair     Cuthbertson        18:25 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2011 Blake Reed       Cuthbertson        17:56 (Cuthbertson High School)
2012 Elijah Inuwa     Central Academy    17:53 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2013 Elijah Inuwa     Central Academy    17:03 (Oakboro District Park)
2014 Elijah Inuwa     Central Academy    16:24 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2015 Josh Weirich     Central Academy    16:42 (Forest Hills High School, Marshville)
2016 Philip Abernathy Parkwood           18:06 (Oakboro Districk Park, Oakboro)
2017 Evan Wunder      Central Academy    18:01 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2018 Lincoln Baxter   Mount Pleasant     17:38 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2019 Elliot Wunder    Central Academy    18:10 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2020 James Shue       West Stanly        17:37 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2021 James Shue       West Stanly        17:37 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2022 Andrew Catapano  Central Academy    16:48 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2023 Gavin Jansen     Central Academy    16:21 (Jesse Helms Park, Wingate)
2024 Bryce Cooke      Parkwood           16:11 (Wingate University, Wingate)
2025 Bryce Cooke      Parkwood           16:11 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 
Year Name             School             Performance
1986 Benita Williams  Monroe             21:54 (at Wingate)
1987 Benita Williams  Monroe             21:30 (at Wingate) 
1988 Benita Williams  Monroe             21:21 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1989 Benita Williams  Monroe             21:13 (at Wingate)
1990 Angie Bowers     Albemarle          22:45 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1991 Michelle Motte   Parkwood           23:19 (at Charlotte Plastics Course, Monroe)
1992 Michelle Motte   Parkwood           20:26 (at Mount Pleasant High School)

1993-1996 the conference did not exist (see note below)

1997 Dezi Kabouris    Charlotte Catholic 21:56 (McAlpine Park)
1998 Dezi Kabouris    Charlotte Catholic 21:31 (McAlpine Park)
1999 Caitlin Coughlin Charlotte Catholic 20:45 (McAlpine Park)
2000 Caitlin Coughlin Charlotte Catholic 20:03 (McAlpine Park)
2001 Erin McMahon     Charlotte Catholic 20:36 (McAlpine Park)
2002 Brittney Box     Charlotte Catholic 19:42 (McAlpine Park)
2003 Leigh Ann Taylor Monroe             19:05 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2004 Maggie Bernard   Charlotte Catholic 19:51 (Monroe Golf Course)
2005 Magen Abernathy  South Stanly       22:31 (at Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2006 Emma McManus     Albemarle          22:00 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2007 Jade Farlow      South Stanly       20:31 (Monroe Country Club)
2008 Hunter Latimer   Gray Stone Day     21:45 (Mount Pleasant High School)
2009 Brooke Benton    West Stanly        22:09 (Cuthbertson High School)
2010 Megan Kiss       Cuthbertson        21:30 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2011 Madison Simmons  Cuthbertson        20:20 (Cuthbertson High School)
2012 Madison Simmons  Cuthbertson        20:40 (Chuck Morehead Park, Albemarle)
2013 Brittany Stanley Mount Pleasant     20:39 (Oakboro District Park)
2014 Brittany Stanley Mount Pleasant     19:54 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2015 Brittany Stanley Mount Pleasant     18:18 (Forest Hills High School, Marshville)
2016 Anna Bristle     Parkwood           20:08 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2017 Pierson McManus  West Stanly        21:12 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2018 Natalie Almond   West Stanly        21:01 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe)
2019 Natalie Almond   West Stanly        21:46 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2020 Natalie Almond   West Stanly        20:12 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2021 Natalie Almond   West Stanly        19:52 (Central Academy of Technology, Monroe
2022 Holly Hatch      West Stanly        20:43 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)
2023 Kelsey Burleson  West Stanly        19:57 (Jesse Helms Park, Wingate)
2024 Kelsey Burleson  West Stanly        20:11 (Wingate University, Wingate)
2025 Kelsey Burleson  West Stanly        19:58 (Oakboro District Park, Oakboro)

Old Hickory 3-A
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

BOYS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year  School      Points
1993  Sun Valley  16
1994  Sun Valley
1995  Sun Valley
1996  Sun Valley

GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year  School      Points
1993  Sun Valley  15
1994  Sun Valley
1995  Sun Valley
1996  Sun Valley

BOYS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year  Name           School     Performance
1993  Ryan Adams     Sun Valley 16:23
1994  Steven Parker  Sun Valley      
1995  Chad Moody     Piedmont
1996  Jason Leach    Sun Valley

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year  Name           School     Performance 
1993  Laura Hughes   Sun Valley 19:30
1994  Erin Howard    Sun Valley
1995  Erin Howard    Sun Valley
1996  Erin Howard    Sun Valley
Note: The Old Hickory 3-A Conference was formed in 1993 and disbanded after the
1996-1997 school year. The conference consisted of all 5 Union County schools at the time:
Forest Hills, Monroe, Parkwood, Piedmont and Sun Valley. Of the 5 schools, 4 of them came
from the Rocky River 2-A (Forest Hills, Monroe, Parkwood, Piedmont), while Sun Valley came
from the South Piedmont 3-A.

Western Piedmont 2-A
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

BOYS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year  School           Points
1993  West Lincoln       27   Mooresville  42
1994  
1995  Mooresville        24   West Lincoln 34
1996  Lincolnton         32   Mooresville  39

GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Year  School             Points
1993  Charlotte Catholic 32    Mooresville        39
1994  
1995  Mooresville        33    Charlotte Catholic 48
1996  West Lincoln       24    Mooresville        36

BOYS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year  Name           School       Performance
1993  Brian Martin   Mooresville  18:29
1994  
1995  Brian Martin   Mooresville  16:49
1996  Jason Hartsoe  West Lincoln 17:04

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Year  Name           School       Performance 
1993  Amanda Abrams  Lincolnton   23:13
1994  
1995  Melissa Buff   West Lincoln 21:07
1996  Melissa Buff   West Lincoln 21:54
Note: The Western Piedmont 2-A Conference was formed in 1993 and disbanded after the
1996-1997 school year. The conference consisted of: Bessemer City, Charlotte Catholic,
Cherryville, Lincolnton, Mooresville and West Lincoln. Of the 6 schools, 4 came from the
Southern District 7 2-A Conference (Bessemer City, Cherryville, Mooresville and West Lincoln,
while Charlotte Catholic came from the Rocky River 2-A and Lincolnton came from the Big Six 3-A.

Rocky River Conference history:
* The Rocky River Conference was formed before the 1969-70 school year and
ran through the 1992-93 school year before ending. It formed again at the
beginning of the 1997-98 school year.

* For the 1969-70 school year, the conference started with 10 schools (five
2A schools and five 3A schools). The 2A schools were: Forest Hills, Mount
Pleasant, Parkwood, Piedmont and South Stanly. The 3A schools were: Central
Cabarrus, Monroe, Northwest Cabarrus, Sun Valley and West Stanly.

* For the 1973-74 school year, it had 11 schools (eight 2A and three 3A): The
2A schools were: Charlotte Catholic (new member), Monroe, Mount Pleasant,
Parkwood, Piedmont, South Stanly, Sun Valley and West Stanly. The 3A schools
were: Forest Hills, Northwest Cabarrus and Central Cabarrus.

* For the 1977-78 school year, the conference had only 2A schools: Charlotte
Catholic, Monroe, Mount Pleasant, Parkwood, Piedmont, South Stanly and West
Stanly. Leaving were: Central Cabarrus Forest Hills, Northwest Cabarrus and
Sun Valley (all to the South Piedmont 3A).

* For the 1981-82 school year, the conference added: Albemarle, Forest Hills,
and North Stanly (all from the South Piedmont 3A), and the conference lost
Monroe (to the South Piedmont 3A).

* For the 1989-90 school year, Monroe returned (from the South Piedmont 3A)
and South Stanly left (for the Central Tar Heel 1A).

* For the 1997-98 school year, it started off with six 2A schools: Charlotte
Catholic (from the Western Piedmont 2A), Forest Hills, Monroe, and Parkwood
(from the Old Hickory 3A), and Mount Pleasant and West Stanly (from the
Yadkin Valley 2A).

* Parkwood left after the 2000-01 school year (for the South Piedmont 3A
conference), and the conference added North Stanly (from the Central Carolina
2A), and West Montgomery (from the Central Tar Heel 2A).

* Charlotte Catholic and West Montgomery left after the 2004-05 school
year (Charlotte Catholic joined the Queen City 3A/4A and West Montgomery
joined the Yadkin Valley 1A), and the Rocky River added Albemarle and South
Stanly (from the Yadkin Valley 1A), and Gray Stone Day (a new school from
Misenheimer in Stanly County) for the 2005-06 school year to make it the
Rocky River 1A/2A conference.

* Central Academy (a 1A school from Monroe) joined the Rocky River 1A/2A
in for the 2007-08 school year and Union Academy (a 1A school from Monroe)
joined for the 2008-09 school year.

* Albemarle, Gray Stone Day and South Stanly left the Rocky River 1A/2A after
the 2008-09 school year and joined the Yadkin Valley 1A, and Mount Pleasant
left at the same time to join the South Piedmont 3A. Joining the Rocky River
1A/2A in the 2009-10 school year were Berry Academy (from the Queen City 3A/
4A), Cuthbertson (a new 2A school in Waxhaw), and Piedmont (from the South
Piedmont 3A).

* After the 2010-11 school year, Berry left to join the ME-GA 7 3A/4A
conference.

* At the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, Mount Pleasant and Parkwood
rejoined the Rocky River (and it became, once again, the Rocky River
2A). North Stanly and Union Academy joined the Yadkin Valley Conference, 
and Cuthbertson and Piedmont joined the Southern Piedmont Conference.

* At the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), East Montgomery, 
Forest Hills, Mount Pleasant, and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Forest Hills, 
Montgomery Central, Mount Pleasant and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Forest Hills, 
Parkwood and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Forest Hills, 
Monroe, Parkwood and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Forest Hills, 
Monroe, Parkwood, Piedmont and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Monroe, Parkwood, Piedmont, 
and West Stanly.

* At the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, the conference consisted of 
Anson County, Central Academy of Technology (Monroe), Monroe, Mount Pleasant, 
Parkwood, and West Stanly.

Thanks to Brett Honeycutt for researching and compiling this page.



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