Makenzie Jones and Morristown-West came to North Carolina and made a statement heard back in Tennessee.
Jackson Park is what WNC Carnival meet director Dave Culp calls "an honest course." It has three decent-sized hills on each trip through the double loop, and when the grass is wet from morning dew it can be a real challenge to maintain speed. In addition to the damp, it was an unusually hot and humid morning, and as a result this was not the fastest edition of the Carnival. That can't take away from the talented teams and individuals that came to Hendersonville for a season-opening challenge, and on the girls' side they certainly got one.
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Girls Invitational Race
There were 6 teams entered into this race that finished in the top 3 of their respective state meets last year, but all of them arrived with some questions marks. 5 of the 6 also left the meet with q...