Last Friday's state cross-country meet was a wet and sloppy "mud run" in the midst of Tropical Depression Willa. But, in CA style, our boys and girls battled through the conditions and posted outstanding runs and results.

The boys finished 3rd overall behind Providence Day who edged Durham Academy by 1 point. The girls, squaring off against TISAC rival Durham Academy, earned runners-up.   

With more than 100 runners competing in both the boys and girls races, four CA boys and girls earned all-state honors in the sloppy conditions in Hendersonville. Congratulations to Kenny Eheman (6th-boys), Luke Johnson (7th-boys), Keely Murphy (6th-girls), and Lia Lathan (10th-girls)

Congratulations to all the CA runners on yet another terrific XC season! Click here for full final results.

Five students signed National Letters of Intent on Friday to play collegiate athletics. The lunch-time ceremony featured cake and celebration with family and friends.

• Chandler Cree – Soccer at Northeastern
• Chase Coley – Cross Country/Track & Field at Davidson
• Coleman Mitchell – Cross Country/Track & Field at Davidson
• Sarah Cate Niles – Rowing at UNC-Chapel Hill
• Athina Zodl – Cross Country/Track & Field at New York University

They join the two other seniors who signed their letters in the fall: 

• Trey Murphy — Basketball at Rice
• Olivia Frazier — Field Hockey at the University of Richmond

Big wins for the CA Boys & Girls at the TISAC Track & Field Championship; Boys win by 38 over NRCA, Girls by 80 points over DA, one of the largest margins of victory in TISAC history! Meet results are posted: https://twitter.com/CAXCTF

TISAC Most Outstanding Athlete – Coleman Mitchell

All-TISAC Boys – 

• Coleman Mitchell – 1600m
• Coleman Mitchell – 3200m
• Sam Chow – 300m Hurdles
• Evan Ehrhardt – Discus
• Christian Sodano – Pole Vault
• Chase Coley, Coleman Mitchell, Chapman Fitzgerald, Ray Faison – 4x800m Relay – New TISAC Record! – 7:56.64

All-TISAC Girls – 

• Olivia Frazier – 800m
• Thuc Dzu – 1600m
• Rachel May – High Jump
• Emma Glosson – Triple Jump
• Katrine Anderson, Lacey Mathis, Sasha Kostenko, Maddy Walker – 4x100m Relay
• Katrine Anderson, Rachel May, Sasha Kostenko, Maddy Walker – 4x200m Relay
• Thuc Dzu, Athina Zodl, Hannah George, Olivia Frazier – 4x800m Relay

Team Scores: 

Varsity – Mens

1. Cary Academy – 127

2. North Raleigh Christian Academy – 89

3. Durham Academy – 75

4. Ravenscroft – 44

5. Wake Christian Academy – 39

Varsity – Womens

1. Cary Academy – 191

2. Durham Academy – 111

3. Ravenscroft – 105

4. North Raleigh Christian Academy – 91

5. Saint Mary's – 39

6. Wake Christian Academy – 17

The Cary Academy Boys 4x800m Relay team of Chapman Fitzgerald ('18), Chase Coley ('18), Coleman Mitchell ('18), and Ray Faison ('20) qualified for the prestigious 124^th Penn Relays and will compete this week against the best in the nation in Philadelphia at UPenn’s historic Franklin Field:  https://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?en=303

High School Boys 4x800m Relay teams compete in four heats on Friday morning, the top 12 teams advance to the High School Championship of America at 4:00pm on Saturday.

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who earned All-Metro honors from the News and Observer. 

• Trey Murphy ('18) — Boys Basketball
• Ben Humphries ('18) — Boys Swimming
• Chapman Fitzgerald ('18) — Wrestling
• Christian Sodano ('19) — Wrestling 

Congratulations to both CA swim teams on a terrific performance at the State Meet in Greensboro Monday.

The girls dominated on their way to a second consecutive State Championship. The Charger girls scored 349 points while the runner up team, Charlotte Latin, was 112 points behind at 237.  The boys finished as State Runners-Up to a very talented Charlotte Latin boys team.  

The girls started the meet at a school record setting pace, literally, in the Medley Relay with Nisma Said, Amy Chang, Charlotte Hook and Helen Chen.  Senior Ben Humphries finished his swimming career breaking school records in both of his individual events, the 100 Free and 50 Free. The 50 Free, was an 18-year-old record held by Phillip Barish – and earned Ben state champion status. Izzy Barnette reset her 100 yard Freestyle record and a multitude of Relay records fell by the wayside including the girls 200 yard Freestyle Relay (Elena Zayas, Isabella Barnette, Emma Zayas, Charlotte Hook) and 400 Yard Free Relay (Helen Chen, Emma Zayas, Nisma Said and Isabella Barnette).  However, The bittersweet moment came in the boys 200 Freestyle Relay with Will Newman, Vincent Wang, Ben Humphries and Josh Pullen.  They set a new school and STATE MEET RECORD — only to place 2^nd by .07 seconds thereby never really holding the record. 

Other Medalists of the Meet:

Eighth grader Charlotte Hook, finished 2^nd overall in BOTH of her individual events, the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly and broke the long time IM record held by Bryttany Curran.

The following placed 3^rd; Nisma Said (100 Fly),  Josh Pullen (50 Free), Jack Todd (500 Free) and Amy Chang (100 Breaststroke). Nisma also set a CA 100 yard backstroke record. 

Girls 200 Medley Relay (state champs), 200 Free Relay (2^nd place) and 400 Free Relay (3^rd place)

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay (Wang, Pullen, Todd and Humphries) finished 2^nd in both events