TC Roberson, which has won 8 of the last 10 state titles, received most of the first place votes. The girls 3A, at least by coach’s opinions, looks to be the most wide open race this season. Asheville, who returns a very solid group of girls led by Cara Hayes, will be tough. Reagan also returns a great team on paper. These two teams were very close in the votes just as they were last year at the state meet, separated by only 2 points. Look for Jacksonville to possibly mix it up with the top 3 as they return 3 girls who have run under 20:25.
Breakdown by region – West: 4, Midwest: 3, Mideast: 1, East: 2.
3A Girls
1 TC Roberson *2 Reagan *
3 Asheville *
4 Jacksonville
5 Charlotte Catholic
6 Williams
7 Sun Valley
8 Lake Norman
9 White Oak
10 Enka
Mooresville’s boys, who look to push Chapel Hill (4A) as the top team in the state, was the unanimous #1 by the coaches. Mooresville won their first state title last year, and they return quite a team led by Patrick Campbell. Asheville is 2nd, led by their 2 sensational sophomores, John Harwell & Isaac Presson. Reagan and Charlotte Catholic are 3 and 4 and only separated by a few points in the preseason poll.
Breakdown by region – West: 5, Midwest: 2, Mideast: 1, East: 2.
3A Boys
1 Mooresville *
2 Asheville
3 Reagan
4 Charlotte Catholic
5 TC Roberson
6 Franklin
7 South Johnston
8 White Oak
9 Union Pines
10 NW Cabarrus