Morgantown's Athena Young & Lea Hatcher Qualify For NXN

The Morgantown girls had a pair of runners qualify for the Nike Cross Nationals in the Southeast regional held on Saturday in Cary, North Carolina. Morgantown senior Athena Young and sophomore Lea Hatcher finished second (17:04) and third (17:34) respectively to be among the five national individual qualifiers from the NXN Southeast Regional. They will travel this week to Portland, Oregon to compete on Saturday, December 7th against the nation's best.



For the recent University of Kentucky commit Young, her race was a new 5K personal best as she primarily had been the #2 runner for the Morgantown girls behind the state champ Hatcher for most of the season. The Morgantown girls also finished a strong 7th place as a team in a very deep field comprising the best squads among the 11 states within the Southeast region. Irene Riggs finished 9th in the race and only two places from joining her teammates Young and Hatcher at nationals with a sub 18 minute effort at 17:55.

Morgantown boys were also competing at NXN Southeast and Jackson Core was their leading performer with a 26th place finish in the championship race and running a new 5K PR with an incredible 29 seconds at 15:40.

A few hours south in North Caroline at the Foot Locker South Regional in Charlotte on the same day, University sophomore Larry Josh Edwards was only five places away from qualifying for Foot Locker Nationals in running a new 5K PR of 15:19 for 15th place in the seeded race. Being only an underclassmen, the West Virginia AAA state cross country champion Edwards should stand an excellent shot to come back to qualify over his next two years of high school. AA state runner-up Carter Lipscomb of Doddridge County was the next fastest runner from West Virginia at Foot Locker South with a time of 15:57 to finish 55th in the seeded race.

University senior Zoe Shetty was the top West Virginian girl at Foot Locker South finishing in 20th place to earn All-Region honors in the seeded girls race and bounce back in a big way from her 9th place state meet finish in the AA race. Her time of 17:58 was a new 5K PR by 15 seconds.

Also finishing among the top 50 in the competitive seeded race at Foot Locker South among West Virginia girls and going well into the 18 minute range in the process were University junior Caroline Kirby in 29th place at 18:08 and Parkersburg's Madison Trippett in 50th place at 18:29.

Boys Times

RANKTIMEATHLETE/TEAMGRADEMEET DATE PLACE
115:19.00
Unattached WV
2022
215:40.00
Morgantown
2020
315:57.00
Unattached WV
2021
416:16.00
Unattached WV
2022
516:19.00
Unattached WV
2022
616:20.00
Unattached WV
2020
716:39.00
Unattached WV
2023
816:42.00
Unattached WV
2022
916:43.00
Unattached WV
2021
916:43.00
Unattached WV
2020
1116:46.00
Unattached WV
2021
1216:49.00
Unattached WV
2020
1316:50.00
Unattached WV
2021
1416:53.00
Unattached WV
2021
1516:54.00
Unattached WV
2020
1616:55.00
Unattached WV
2020
1717:01.00
Morgantown
2021
1817:02.00
Unattached WV
2021
1917:05.00
Unattached WV
2020
2017:15.00
Unattached WV
2022
2117:19.00
Unattached WV
2020
2217:24.50
Morgantown
2021
2317:27.00
Unattached WV
2021
2417:31.00
Unattached WV
2021
2517:33.00
Unattached WV
2022
2617:40.00
Unattached WV
2020
2617:40.00
Unattached WV
2022
2817:48.00
Unattached WV
2023
2817:48.00
Unattached WV
2020
2817:48.00
Unattached WV
2020
3117:49.00
Unattached WV
2023
3217:52.00
Unattached WV
2020
3317:55.00
Unattached WV
2020
3417:55.30
Morgantown
2022
3517:56.00
Unattached WV
2021
3618:03.00
Unattached WV
2023
3718:05.00
Unattached WV
2022
3718:05.00
Unattached WV
2022
3918:07.00
Unattached WV
2023
4018:13.00
Unattached WV
2020
4118:20.00
Unattached WV
2022
4218:22.00
Unattached WV
2021
4218:22.00
Unattached WV
2022
4418:24.00
Unattached WV
2023
4518:26.00
Unattached WV
2021
4518:26.00
Unattached WV
2022
4718:28.00
Unattached WV
2021
4818:38.00
Unattached WV
2020
4918:43.00
Unattached WV
2021
5018:45.00
Unattached WV
2021
5118:50.00
Unattached WV
2021
5219:13.00
Unattached WV
2022
5319:14.00
Unattached WV
2020
5419:16.00
Unattached WV
2021
5519:47.00
Unattached WV
2022
5620:01.00
Unattached WV
2022
5720:11.00
Unattached WV
2023
5820:14.00
Unattached WV
2022
5920:17.90
Morgantown
2023
6020:18.00
Unattached WV
2021
6120:41.00
Unattached WV
2022
6221:19.00
Unattached WV
2021
6321:37.00
Unattached WV
2022



Girls Times

RANKTIMEATHLETE/TEAMGRADEMEET DATE PLACE
117:04.00
Morgantown
2020
217:34.00
Morgantown
2022
317:55.00
Morgantown
2023
417:58.00
Unattached WV
2020
518:07.00
Unattached WV
2021
618:29.00
Unattached WV
2020
719:07.00
Unattached WV
2021
819:33.00
Unattached WV
2020
919:37.20
Winfield
2023
1019:42.70
Morgantown
2020
1119:44.00
Unattached WV
2021
1219:58.00
Unattached WV
2023
1320:05.00
Unattached WV
2023
1420:11.90
Morgantown
2020
1520:21.90
Morgantown
2023
1620:24.00
Unattached WV
2020
1720:34.00
Unattached WV
2020
1820:36.50
Morgantown
2021
1920:38.00
Unattached WV
2020
2020:46.60
Morgantown
2020
2120:59.50
Morgantown
2021
2221:05.00
Unattached WV
2022
2321:07.00
Unattached WV
2023
2421:40.00
Unattached WV
2022
2421:40.00
Unattached WV
2022
2622:45.00
Notre Dame
2023
2723:37.00
Unattached WV
2021
2823:48.80
Morgantown
2023
2923:55.00
Unattached WV
2023
3024:44.00
Unattached WV
2022