The No. 8 spot on our girls cross country pre-season team countdown are the Knights of Ardrey Kell.
Junior Anna Wells is coming off an all-state performance in cross country last season, and was runner-up at the NCHSAA 4A West Regional. Her personal best of 18:41 came during her regional performance.
Sophomore Emily Boland ran 19:23 over 5000m last season, which was NC No. 16 among her class.
Caitlyn Peck and Taylor Fenton both ran in the 19:50's last season for 5000m. Rising senior Paige Harvey ran 20:08 last season, so look for Peck and Fenton to be pushing with Harvey in that mid-to-high 19:00 range. If they can keep the gap small between the three of them that is a very strong 3-4-5 group to go with Wells and Boland.
| 7 | Ardrey Kell (NC) | 388 | ||
| 1) Anna Wells | 18:41.90 | 19 | ||
| 2) Emily Boland | 19:23.08 | 56 | ||
| 3) Emily Sonda | 19:46.94 | 89 | ||
| 4) Caitlin Peck | 19:56.79 | 109 | ||
| 5) Taylor Fenton | 19:59.60 | 115 | ||
| Average Time: 19:33.66 Total Time: 1:37:48.31 1-5 Split: 1:17.70 | ||||
| 6) Paige Harvey | 20:08.80 | 128 | ||
| 7) Josephine Smith | 21:06.47 | 254 | ||
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