Amelia Medlin after a 3rd place finish at the NCHSAA 4A XC State Championships
Amelia Medlin (Hoggard)
Amelia Medlin has been a star for Hoggard the last two seasons and had the best performance of her HS career on Saturday placing 3rd at the NCHSAA 4A State Championships in 18:09. Medlin told us she came into the event with goals of being Top 10 (All-State) and surprised herself as she pulled away from a loaded chase pack just off the top 2 finishers in Sofi Alexander and Elle Dawson. Just one week before Medlin placed 3rd at the NCHSAA 4A East Regional running 18:29 at WakeMed. Medlin has put together a strong season ahead of championship season placing 4th at Friday Night Lights, 4th at adidas and 5th at Wendy's. She ran 17:23 at the Mideastern Conference Championships held at Long Leaf Park. Medlin holds personal bests on the track of 2:25, 5:12 and 11:19 which might not hold up too long as track season approaches.
Joshua Palmer (Cuthbertson)
Joshua Palmer lit up the state as a middle schooler last fall running 9:33 for 3K and 10:35 for 2 Miles. On the track Palmer got even better running 9:54 for 3200m, 4:25 for 1600m and 2:01 for the 800m. He ran 2:01.91, 4:27.55 and 9:55.25 to sweep the distance events at last years NCRunners Middle School All-State setting meet records in all three events. Palmer ran a season best at the McAlpine Pancake course of 15:45 on October 10th and followed that up with a 16:07 4A Midwest Regional performance where he took 8th overall and ran 16:04 last Saturday at the NCHSAA State Championships to finish as the top freshman on the day placing 25th overall in 4A. He'd lead Cuthbertson as their top runner to a 6th place finish with a top 5 who will all return in 2025!