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Kristen Starkey was first out of 57 runners and led the Ellis girls cross country team to its third conference championship in a row.
Starkey finished in 13:05.05. With Reece Rye (fourth at 14:49.60), Charlotte Penry (sixth at 14:56.61), Berkley Brown (ninth at 15:25.09) and Emma Mallory (18th at 16:42.54) providing support, Ellis scored 37 points to Mooresville’s 39, China Grove’s 73, Selma Burke’s 86, Erwin’s 120) and South Davie’s 177.
Kate Mason (10th at 15:32.43) and Xiadany Diaz (33rd at 18:34.33) were the top runners for North Davie and South Davie, respectively.
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On the boys side, Ellis produced another individual champion as Jaxon Gay beat a field of 62 runners with a time of 12:13.42.
Ian Rareshide (fourth at 12:47.84), Luke Lyday (sixth at 12:51.57) and Jordan Adams (14th at 14:07.61) helped Ellis finish second as a team.
The team scores: Mooresville 46, Ellis 58, Selma Burke 75, Erwin 95, China Grove 106, South Davie 131, North Davie 174.
The top finishers for South were Jayson Burke (11th at 13:22.25) and Colton Beck (20th at 14:29.43). The leading performer for North was Jayden Wall (21st at 14:31.37).