NCHSAA State Championship 2016

Noah Graham was second by 0.05 at the 2015 state cross country meet

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Nevada Mareno moves to #2 all-time in NC at the State Championships, but see how close she was to the top spot!

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Leesville Road (NC) graduate Nevada Mareno clocked a 17:27.62 to win the Class 4A NCHSAA State Cross Country Championships her senior year. Her time ranks third all-time at the state meet based on times in the MileSplit database. Watch her race above and check out more leading into this year's state meet in the links below. Related Links: Apex Six Denied To Score As A Team At NCHSAA ChampionshipsBoys NCHSAA 4A State Championship PreviewNCHSAA State Championships Girls Team Scores Over Last 20 Years CombinedNCHSAA State Championships Boys Team Scores Over Last 20 Years CombinedTop Three All-Time at NCHSAA State Cross Country Championships (Full Rankings)RANKTIMEATHLETE/TEAMGRADEMEET DATEPLACE117:24.70SARAH GOODMANNC T.C. Roberson19981996 NCHSAA Cross Country State Championships1stNov 16, 1996217:27.00SAMANTHA GEORGENC Millbrook2012NCHSAA State Championship1stNov 5, 2011317:27.62NEVADA MARENONC Leesville Road2017NCHSAA State Championship1stNov 5, 20162016 Class 4A Girls Top Three (Full Results) PLACEATHLETETEAMRESULTPOINTS1Nevada Mareno12Leesville Road17:27.6212Sara Platek12Ragsdale17:44.2603Isabel Zimmermann12Reagan18:04.462

The action kicks off today at 10, keep up to day with out live twitter updates!

A look back to last year's race video coverage of this upcoming weekend's state championships across the country. Flashback Friday video coverage from 2015 state cross country meets in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.

We have two intense team battles and a stacked boys field up front with tons of boys hungry for the individual crown!

Two schools are looking to defend their team titles, but will have a handful of teams that are knocking at the door this Saturday afternoon!

We have some very tight individual battles in the NCHSAA 1A classification, on the girls side there are a number of girls who could come home with an individual title!