Rather than the standard reveal of a banner or ring presentation, Dr. Sean Jenkins opted for a personal touch in honoring the first state-championship team from his tenure as Head of School. 

The Jenkins family hosted Christ School cross country runners and coaches for a party Thursday in Boxwood House.

The Christ School Athletic Department is pleased to announce its end-of-season awards for Fall Sports. Each winner was determined by the coaches and will have their names added to plaques in the Beaver Student Center.

As it turns out, there are still a few cherries to be put on top of Christ School cross country’s first state-championship season.

STATE champions, in every sense of the word.

Christ School runners saw a large swath of North Carolina outside their bus windows on a 320-mile drive that began in the Blue Ridge Mountains and ended in the coastal flat lands of Wilmington.

The final destination was historic.

Whether it was the individual or team championship, Christ School runners were their own best competition at the Carolinas Athletic Association Meet.

The Greenies knew the undulation and every twist and turn of their home course. It showed with the cross country program’s first CAA title since 2019, fourth since 2000, and ninth overall.

If the old saying “home sweet home” is true, then this week couldn’t be any sweeter for Christ School fall sports.

Soccer, cross country, and football are all scheduled to host competitions with big stakes in the coming days.

Combine a fast course with excellent competition and you get a morning like Christ School had at the Great American Cross Country Festival.

Percentages do not get any better – every one of the five Greenies who finished Saturday’s race in Cary, N.C., did so with personal-record times.

The next time that Christ School runners race their home course, it will be for a conference championship.

The Greenies have to like their chances in light of Tuesday’s Carolinas Athletic Association Preview Meet.

Peaking at the right time is an art form in cross country.

By all indications, Christ School could be building to something special in five weeks at the NCISAA 4-A state meet.

Many of North Carolina’s very best distance programs were entered in the adidas Cross Country Challenge. Christ School showed that it belonged well before the morning dew had dried on the WakeMed Soccer Park course. 

Jackson Burch ’22, Rocky Hansen ‘23, and Dawson Reeves ‘24 surged to the front early on Tuesday, dictating the pace for a small pack of Christ School runners.

It was the only tactical move that needed to be made.

Christ School cross country runners have turned their attention to track at the moment, but their efforts from 2020 have not gone unnoticed in local media.

The Greenies are tied for the most runners (two) on the Asheville Citizen-Times All-Western North Carolina Team, which was announced Thursday. Dawson Reeves ’24 and Jackson Burch ’22 are first-time honorees, while Rocky Hansen ‘23 received honorable mention.

Christ School freshman Dawson Reeves ’24 holds the distinction of being one of only two western North Carolina runners named to the HighSchoolOT all-state cross country teams.

Dawson is a third-team selection, it was announced Saturday.

With only a single hill to climb, Charlotte’s McAlpine Creek Park is a cross country course designed for speed.

Christ School runners proved this to be true Saturday with an excellent individual and team showing at the NCISAA 4-A state meet.

Family comes first, of course. However, Dawson Reeves ’24 and Jackson Burch ’22 know when to turn on the competitive juices, too.

Saturday was a dreary day weather-wise in the Asheville area, but the rain and mud did not hinder Christ School cross country.

Rocky Hansen ’24 (16 minutes, 3.84 seconds), Dawson Reeves ’24 (16:47.61), and Jackson Burch ’22 (17:10.02) were the first, second, and third-place runners in a Carolinas Athletic Association meet at Asheville Christian Academy.

Christ School is well-represented on the list of finalists for the 2020 Western North Carolina Sports Awards presented by Ingles.

Andrew Hammel ’20, Aydan White ’20, and Davis Lindsey ’20 are in the running for awards as are a pair of Greenie state-championship teams from 2019 – Lacrosse and Track & Field.

Christ School athletics has announced its annual end-of-season awards for the fall sports season. Each winner will have his name added to plaques which hang in the Beaver Student Center.

Christ School fall sports athletes achieved at a high, and at times unprecedented level in recent months. Now it is being reflected with postseason awards.

From start to finish this fall, Andrew Hammel ’20 was the fastest cross country runner in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s largest classification.