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XC Boys Place 3rd -- Mercer Wins Girls Race
Posted on 09/11/2024
The Cross Country team travelled to Moncks Corner last Wednesday for Berkeley High Schools first meet of the season at Old Santee Canal Park. The boys took to the course first and were led by Will Terry, who finished 8th overall out of 154 runners. His time of 18:31 was a new season best. Also scoring for the Eagles were Heyward Neely (22nd), Joseph Terry (25th), Lucas Rodriguez-Porcel (26th), and Trey Wilson (37th). Alex Avinger (40th) and Miles Johnson (43rd) rounded out the top 7 with Miles setting a new personal record. Wyatt Campbell finished 52nd overall and Cam Morris finished 81st. Adam O'Hanley set a new PR by 15.55 seconds and 5th grader Russell Crews improved his best time by 1:11.17.
The boys team finished 3rd out of 12 teams, beating Stratford and Berkeley by 59 points each. The only teams to beat us were Summerville and Ashley Ridge, two 5A public schools.
6th grader Evelyn Mercer won the girls race (with 105 runners) in a time of 20:25, holding off the top runner from North Charleston High School for the entire race. Freshman Mary Margaret Wagner improved her best career time by 38.08 seconds.
PCA XC at Pinewood Prep
Posted on 08/26/2024
PCA Cross Country competed at the Pinewood Invitational on Saturday and had great success!
In the Varsity girls race, 6th grader Evelyn Mercer finished 2nd overall (out of 64 runners) and set a new school record of 19:57 in the process. Her time broke the previous school record, set by Mae Cave in 2019, by 17 seconds!
In the Varsity boys race, Freshman Will Terry led the Eagles with a 17th place finish (out of 80 runners), beating his season best by almost 6 seconds with a time of 18:31 for the 5k distance. Miles Johnson also set a new season best (21:00) finishing less than one second away from his personal record. Eagle teammates Joseph Terry (18:51), Heyward Neely (19:02), Lucas Rodriguez-Porcel (19:14), Trey Wilson (19:26), Alex Avinger (19:27), Cam Morris (20:10), and Wyatt Campbell (21:14) all set new personal records as the Boys team finished 5th out of 11 teams.
Congratulations to Mary Margaret Wagner, Adam O'Hanley, and Russell Crews for completing their first 5k as new additions to the PCA Cross Country team!