Sanderson’s balance enabled the Spartans to slip past two-time defending champion Broughton to win the men’s team title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A cross country championships at Tanglewood Park on Saturday.
Sanderson scored 89 points and nipped Broughton by just three, placing runners in scoring positions between eighth and 15th.
Green Hope finished sixth in the state with 159 points. Apex finished 11th with 268 points.
Bryan Spreitzer of Green Hope finished second by five-seconds in a time of 15:52.14. Mitch Mallory of Wakefield was 4th; Mohamed Abushouk was 5th. Reidy Jones of Broughton was 7th. Pierre Malherbe of Broughton was 9th. Bryan Noreen of Apex was 12th. Matt Schick of Sanderson was 13th. Philip Hathaway was 17th. Matt Geisz of Sanderson was 19th. Mitchell Feldman of Sanderson was 20th.
Green Hope won the women’s 4-A title with 47 points. Cary was 7th with 198 points. Millbrook was 12th with 271 points.
Samantha George of Millbrook finished third with a time of 18:48.36. 6 Olivia Enright of Green Hope was 6th. Erica Amatori was 8th. Kersie Jhabvala of Apex was 11th. Maura McDonnell of Green Hope was 12th. Jessica Rossabi of Green Hope was 13th. Michelle Bailey of Garner was 15th. Lauren Colberg of Green Hope was 17th. Deanna Foshee of Cary was 20th.