2025 North Carolina
Boys State 8A Qualifier (5th Place)
Girls
Girls
State Champs
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Boys
State Champs
2010, 2017, 2022
Quad 7 Conference Championship
Monday October 19th marked the culmination of the 2026 season for most of the GHXCers. It was the annual Conference Championship, but only the 2nd-ever Quad City 7 Conference Championship. This is always an exciting day for the team, as it is the only day of the year that every runner competes on the same day.
The 1st race of the day was the boy’s championship. Coming into the season the boys hoped to contend for the conference title, but Apex Friendship set the standard for the conference throughout the year so it was going to be a battle for 2nd place from several teams including the Falcons. It was really an unknown, but the Falcons fought hard over the 2nd half of the race and pulled out a convincing runner-up finish. Junior Nathan Vo led a strong front pack up the hill the first time and ultimately finished as conference runner-up (to a Duke commit) with a time of 15:48. He was followed by Rafa Dlott (career PR of 16:17), Justin Herrick (PR of 16:33), Patrick Dolle (PR of 16:39), and Ryan Skibbe (16:46) to complete the team scoring.
The 2nd race of the day was the girl’s championship. The team has been making progress each year for the past couple of years and hoped to improve on their 4th place finish last year. While on this day they once again managed a 4th place finish, the team believes it can compete with the 2nd and 3rd place teams at the conference meet. The story of the day was freshman Riley Reeves running right to the front and dominating the meet start to finish to win and earn the Conference Runner of the Year Award (17:58). Other scorers were Juliette Diaz (19:15), Isabel Short (19:24), Kali Hansen (20:05), and Anushri Rajani.
The 3rd race of the day was the boys JV race which has historically been a race Green Hope has dominated, having won the past 24 JV “conference championships.” On this day it was sure to be a close fight, though, as the boys knew other conference teams had been gaining on them. At the halfway point, Panther Creek had the clear team lead so it didn’t look great for the team title, but as the Falcons climbed the final hill, it was clear they had fought hard over the last half of the race and they pulled out the 25th straight JV unofficial conference championship (25-41 over PC). Sophomore Easton Thacker (17:53) outkicked sophomore Logan Call (17:55) for the individual title. Sophomore Matthew Leary (PR 18:01), Senior Brian Ji (18:06), and senior Amare Wakefield (18:11) led the Falcons, while 22 boys ran career PRs in the race
The final race of the day was the girls JV race. The team was not sure how they would fare, but hoped they could run some great times and land the squad at the top of the team standings. Senior Hannah Boughton (4th, career PR of 21:59) led the girls and was joined by Amruta Mayadeo (22:06), Eva Rodrgiguez (22:12), Catherine Boughton (22:21), and Katherine Petrov (career PR of 22:39) as scorers helping the team to a runner-up finish.
It was a successful finish to the season for many of the Falcons. The top 7 runners now look forward to competing in the East Regional Race at Wake Med Soccer Park on Saturday October 31st.