One of the most talked about meets in North Carolina every year happens tonight at South View High
School.
People love to talk about the Jungle Run course because, yes, it is one of the fastest in the state. People love to say it's short and times mean nothing. However, this is XC, every course is different and it's almost impossible to compare courses. Other people love to talk about the Jungle Run for it's uniqueness, a night race, on a fun, flat course.
With 41 teams in attendance, it's obvious more people see the positives in attending the meet than any sort of negatives. So, the course is fast, who cares! Teams use the Jungle Run to check out much of the East competition. The cream of the crop will still rise, both teams and individuals. Can you look at a 18:30 and 15:30 the same as elsewhere? Maybe not. Can you look at the teams at the top and individuals and realize they have worked hard this summer and may be contenders? Of course.
I love this meet and have been a couple times as a spectator. Take a look at this year's team list.
| Licensed To: NCHSAA-4-A-East Champ Meet | Hy-Tek's MEET MANAGER Page 1 | ||||||||
| 8th Annual Jungle Run - 9/5/2009 | |||||||||
| South View HS, Hope Mills, NC | |||||||||
| School List | |||||||||
| 1 | ASH | Ashley | Ashley | ||||||
| 2 | BEDD | Beddingfield | Beddingfield | ||||||
| 3 | BISH | Bishop Mc Guiness | Bishop Mc Guines | ||||||
| 4 | CFHS | Cape Fear | Cape Fear | ||||||
| 5 | CARD | Cardinal Gibbons | Cardinal Gibbons | ||||||
| 6 | CHAT | Chatham Central | Chatham Central | ||||||
| 7 | CLAY | Clayton High School | Clayton High Sch | ||||||
| 8 | CROA | Croatan High | Croatan High | ||||||
| 9 | DHC | D.H. Conley | D.H. Conley | ||||||
| 10 | JORD | Durham Jordan | Durham Jordan | ||||||
| 11 | LANE | E.A. Laney | E.A. Laney | ||||||
| 12 | EFHS | East Forsyth | East Forsyth | ||||||
| 13 | E.E. | EE Smith | EE Smith | ||||||
| 14 | ROSE | J.H. Rose | J.H. Rose | ||||||
| 15 | JBHS | Jack Britt | Jack Britt | ||||||
| 16 | HOGG | John T. Hoggard | Hoggard | ||||||
| 17 | MILL | Millbrook | Millbrook | ||||||
| 18 | NHHS | New Hanover | New Hanover | ||||||
| 19 | NDHS | Northern Durham | Northern Durham | ||||||
| 20 | NWOO | Northwood | Northwood | ||||||
| 21 | OCHS | Orange County | Orange County | ||||||
| 22 | OVER | Overhills | Overhills | ||||||
| 23 | PFHS | Pine Forest | Pine Forest | ||||||
| 24 | PINE | Pinecrest | Pinecrest | ||||||
| 25 | REAG | Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan | ||||||
| 26 | SFHS | Seventy-First | Seventy-First | ||||||
| 27 | SCEN | South Central | South Central | ||||||
| 28 | SROW | South Rowan | South Rowan | ||||||
| 29 | SVHS | South View | South View | ||||||
| 30 | SER | Southeast Raleigh | Southeast Raleig | ||||||
| 31 | SLEE | Southern Lee | Southern Lee | ||||||
| 32 | SWAN | Swansboro | Swansboro | ||||||
| 33 | FTS | Terry Sanford | Terry Sanford | ||||||
| 34 | TRI | Triton | Triton | ||||||
| 35 | UPHS | Union Pines | Union Pines | ||||||
| 36 | WAKE | Wakefield | Wakefield | ||||||
| 37 | WBHS | West Brunswick | West Brunswick | ||||||
| 38 | WRHS | West Rowan | West Rowan High | ||||||
| 39 | WSHS | West Stokes | West Stokes | ||||||
| 40 | WHHS | Western Harnett | Western Harnett | ||||||
| 41 | FIKE | Wilson Fike | Fike | ||||||
Looking at the NCRunners.com XC Coaches Poll, let's take a closer look.
4A Boys: South View(10th), Hoggard(12th)
4A Girls: Terry Sanford(13th)
3A Boys: Cardinal Gibbons(8th), Union Pines(9th), South Rowan(11th)
3A Girls: Cardinal Gibbons(3rd), Orange(5th), Union Pines(12th)
2A Boys: West Stokes(5th), Northwood(7th)
2A Girls: Croatan(4th), West Stokes(9th)
1A Boys: Bishop McGuinness(2nd), East Wilkes(15th)
1A Girls: Bishop McGuinness(1st), East Wilkes(6th), Chatham Central(9th)
Top Individuals
Boys:
Blake Williams(Northern Durham)
Chase Christianson(Terry Sanford)
Patrick Crawford(East Forsyth)
Jack Anderson(Reagan)
Mark Sullivan(Cardinal Gibbons)
Chris Barron(Jordan)
Kenny Hinman(South View)
Ryan Rudisill(Clayton)
Mason Boyles(Hoggard)
Chris Morrell(SE Raleigh)
Girls:
Samantha George(Millbrook)
Sarah Rapp(Cardinal Gibbons)
Catie Simmons(Clayton)
Mackenzie Robinson(Orange)
Cory Catlett(Terry Sanford)
Lexie Schustrom(Pinecrest)
Samantha Ray(Jordan)
Carol Blankenship(East Wilkes)
Meredith Bennett(Bishop McGuinness)
Erin Edmonds(SE Raleigh)
Can't wait to the see the newcomers. I'm hearing some rumblings about some teams in the East!