Wildcats boys get top-10 finish at State meet
Oak Ridge’s Mason Greenhalgh and Rhett Hovater were the top Wildcats finishers at the 2024 TSSAA state championship cross-country meet in Hendersonville. Greenhalgh finished ninth with a time of 15:58.88, and Hovater finished 21st with at time of 16:25.73.
The Wildcats placed 10th in the boys’ team standings, while the Lady Wildcats finished 19th in their race Friday at Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville.
For the boys, Oak Ridge’s Mason Greenhalgh finished ninth, completing the 5,000-meter course in 15 minutes, 57.88 seconds. Rhett Hovater was 21st (16:25.73), followed by Nolan Riden in 78th (17:23.73), Patrik Vodopivec in 102nd (17:42.93), William Hetrick in 103rd (17:42.94), Evan Biewer in 131st (17:59.78), and Zachary Ibanez in 164th (18:32.95).
Lily Tice was the top finisher for the Lady Wildcats, coming in 58th with a time of 20:22.93. Emily Edwards was 104th (21:18.14), Brooke Taylor, a freshman, finished 105th (21:19.35), Natalie Adams placed 112th (21:28.66), Odelia Kneiser was 166th (22:58.48), and Emily Hartman came in 177th (23:14.65).
“I was really happy with Mason and Rhett,” said ORHS Coach Ed Wright. “And I thought everybody, both boys and girls, ran about as well as they could run.”