Reutinger finishes 10^th and earns all-state honors; Boys team finishes in eighth place

By Marc Pruitt
For the Clemmons Courier

It was another near miss for the West Forsyth girl’s cross-country team in last Saturday’s NCHSAA 4-A state championship meet at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville.

The Titans ran strong and placed four runners in the top 26 but could not match the firepower of Cardinal Gibbons, which won its ninth straight state title and finished with 43 points. Gibbons placed all five of its scoring runners in the top 15.

West finished with 81 points and had an all-state performance from sophomore Bailey Reutinger, who placed tenth was the first Titan to cross the finish line with a time of 19 minutes, 7.14 seconds.

Sophomore Eliza Broce finished 13^th in 19:13.64, sophomore Kendall Phillips finished 21^st in 19:39:15,  freshman Shelby Lowder finished 26^th in 19:48.55, and senior Zavera Basrai was 46^th in 20:11.66.

The boys team finished in eighth place with 228 points. All five scoring runners finished the 3.1-mile course in under 17 minutes, 30 seconds.

Junior Will Atkins was the top Titan, finishing in 15^th place in 16:20.68.

Sophomore Jeremy Eldredge was 51^st (17:04.78), senior Brock Newsome was 66^th *17:14.74), sophomore Jackson Nichols was 70^th (17:15.77), and sophomore Cole Meixsell was 87^th (17:27.20).

Both teams will return four of their top five runners next season.