ROEBUCK, SC - With the sun sinking behind the trees on Wednesday afternoon at Dorman High School, the Boiling Springs cross country team competed in the Region II-5A cross country championship meet against Dorman, Byrnes, and Gaffney.
When the day came to an end it saw two Bulldogs earning All-Region honors and a few more just missing the cut. "It's a pretty good day," said Boiling Springs head coach Drew Thomas. "We had an opportunity to have a few more with 400 meters to go in both races but we lost those spots which was a little disappointing. We're in a good spot to build and qualify for the state though which means all-in-all it was a good day." In the girls' meet the Bulldogs saw seventh grader Ainsley Steading make the All-Region team as she finished in eighth place with a time of 21:36, just over a minute behind Evyn Kate Dill from Dorman (also a seventh grader) who won the region championship in a time of 20:21. Gabby Sanchez, Navy Turner, and Sophia LeBrun all finished just outside of making the All-Region team with all three finishing the course in less than twenty-three minutes. On the boys' side of the meet Boiling Springs saw sophomore Jake Sapp make the All-Region team with a time of 17:52, which was a little over a minute and a half behind region champion Elias Workman from Dorman who won the meet with a time of 16:13 over the three-mile course. Senior Harrison Grice and sophomore Andrew Cooler finished just short of making the All-Region team as both finished the course in the eighteen-minute time mark. With the Bulldogs having two named to All-Region, Thomas says it's just the beginning as the team continues to grow. "The growth we've seen in both teams this year has been tremendous," said Thomas. "They've been challenged and really stepped up. With Coach Steading and I coming in as late as we did to take over the program, we were challenged just like the kids were this year and the team has risen to the occasion. We're going to continue to rise as a team and qualify for the state meet." Boiling Springs will next compete in the Spartanburg County championship on October 29th at Milliken Research Center before attempting to qualify for the 5A state meet at the 5A qualifier in Newberry on November 5th. Comments are closed.
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