Staff report

CONCORD — South Rowan senior Eli Julian was the individual winner, but Carson’s boys took another team cross country championship on Thursday at Frank Liske Park.

The Cougars had a score of 33 and added the South Piedmont Conference banner to the Rowan County Championship they recently won at Dan Nicholas Park.

Jorge Clemente-Garcia (2nd, 16:34), Bricen Burleson (3rd, 16:39), James Anderson (6th, 17:27), Connor Price (8th, 17:47) and Eric Gillis (14th, 18:31) were the Carson scorers.

Julian ran 16:12 to win by 22 seconds. He led South Rowan to a second-place finish with a score of 48. The other scorers for the Raiders were Grayson Cromer (5th, 17:21), Ethan Overby (9th, 17:55), Brian Hickman (13th, 18:31) and Garrison Raper (20th, 19:15).

Lake Norman Charter finished third with a 71 score, while Robinson (80) took fourth place.

West Rowan finished fifth. Ethan Wilson (24th, 19:28) led the Falcons.

Gavin Rodgers (26th, 19:38) was the top runner for East Rowan. The Mustangs were seventh in the team scoring.

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Led by individual winner Lily Yampolsky, who ran 19:57, Lake Norman Charter won the girls championship with a score of 43.

Northwest Cabarrus’ Gatsby Goode ran 20:30 for second place.

The top Rowan individual was East’s Sadie Featherstone. She was third in 21:30.

South Rowan’s girls had a score of 64 and placed second. Madison Beaver (8th, 22:05) was the top individual for the Raiders. South’s other scorers were Gracie Hinson (10th, 22:11), Madalynn Gulledge (11th, 22:11), Blythe Elliott (12th, 22:30) and Lindsey Beaver (23rd, 23:36).

Carson was third with a score of 78. The Cougars had two of the top runners with Emily Landaverde (4th, 21:33) and Julia Burleson (7th, 21:58).

Northwest Cabarrus was fourth. East placed fifth.

West’s top runner was Ana Pacheco, who finished 36th.

Only six girls teams could post team scores.

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Salisbury’s boys placed third in the Central Carolina Conference Championships.

South Davidson was the winning team, and South Davidson’s Ethan Byerly was the individual winner in 16:52.

Abdul Eliwa (10th, 17:47), Samuel Fatovic (11th, 18:09), Finnagan Avery (15th, 18:57), David Shankle (22nd) and Jeremiah Davidson (23rd) were the scorers for the Hornets.