Trio leads Saints to top-4 showing in ECC 3A/4A cross country meet

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on October 9, 2014 1:48 PM

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WINTERVILLE -- Southern Wayne had three runners finish in the top 10 and took home fourth place in an Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference meet at Boyd Lee Park on Wednesday.

Anthony Patrick Womble, Cole Atwood and Brandon Biggins finished within succession of each other with times of 19 minutes, 3 seconds, 19:09 and 19:14, respectively. The Saints finished with 86 points.

Eastern Wayne followed in fifth with 151 points as top finisher Zach Evans crossed the line in 20:10.

Joseph Mooneyham had a sixth place overall finish 18:55 for Charles B. Aycock, which finished in sixth with 153 points. New Bern's Marcellous White was the overall winner in 17:26 and D.H. Conley won the team portion with 51 points.

New Bern followed in second with 54 points followed by South Central at 62. J.H. Rose rounded out the finishers with 184 points.

On the girls' side, Sarah Gregory finished 13th overall for C.B. Aycock with a 24:33. Aycock finished fifth with 151 points.

D.H. Conley took first in team scores with 36 points, followed by South Central (53), New Bern (64) and J.H. Rose at 108.

Eastern Wayne and Southern Wayne rounded out the teams with 160 and 171 points, respectively.