How do you produce an outstanding top 7 year after year, but still meet the needs of your beginning runners? Ask the Falcons.
Fresh off their trip to the nation's capital for the DCXC Invite, Green Hope is gearing up for the Race of Champions at Great American on the team's de facto home course, WakeMed. As the five-time defending 4A champs, the Green Hope girls have been the most dominant force in North Carolina cross country in recent memory. What many might not know is that they also have one of the largest programs in the state, regularly topping out at over 200 combined athletes on both the girls and boys teams. So how do you focus enough on your top 7-10 runners to win state championships, while still developing the next wave of talent (not to mention meeting the needs of the many Falcons that never even come close to the top 14, but yet stay on the squad all 4 years)? Two parts are relatively simple: add more coaches to your staff, and have access to some ...