News & Info 2023
Oct
28
Mideast Regional
Saturday October 28th was the Mideast Regional Championship. The regional meets are used to qualify teams for the state meet the following weekend. 25% of the teams who race that day will continue on to the state meet. The Falcons have had a lot of success in the meet historically with the girls winning 10 titles along with 4 runner-up finishes over a 16 year stretch and the boys ...
Oct
20
Mideast Regional
The top 5-6 teams in the Mideast Regional will advance to the state championship in early November. Green Hope will race at Wake Med on Saturday October 28th at 9:00am (boys) and 9:30am (girls) for a chance to advance. ...
Oct
18
Conference Championship
Wednesday October 18th was a very important day for the Green Hope Cross Country team as it was the SWAC Conference Championship. Wake Med Soccer Park was a busy place on this day as every runner for every team in the conference gets a chance to run with 2 varsity races followed by 2 JV races all beginning at 4:00pm. As only the top 7 boys and top 7 girls will race in the regional meet the f ...
Oct
07
Great American
The final invitational of the season was held on the first weekend in October and for the first time in 4 years the Falcons would be racing in the Great American Cross Country Festival. This is considered to be one of the top races in the country each year and it would have its biggest field of runners ever in 2023. The race brings in some of the top teams from the Eastern United State ...
Sep
23
Hare and Hound Invitational
The 2nd and final overnight trip of the year was a return trip to Charlotte’s McAlpine Park. Close to one month after the Providence Invitational the Falcons were back to race in the Hare and Hound Invitational. It was the 3rd time the team had entered this event and was also the 3rd straight weekend of racing for many of the runners. The race has become one of the larger meets ...
Sep
16
Adidas Invitational
After a couple weeks of very hot weather area XC teams were excited for the cooler temps (54 at race time for the boys JV) at Wake Med Soccer Park on September 16th for the Adidas Invitational. This race always brings in a strong field of teams and can produce fast times—especially in the first few races of the morning. Kicking things off at 8:00am was the JV Boys Race. Th ...
Sep
09
Friday Night Lights
The Falcons boarded the bus Friday afternoon for the drive west to Ivey Redmon Park and the Friday Night Lights Festival. This is one of the top invitationals every year in North Carolina and a large, fun event. The last week or so had been very difficult start to the school year for the Falcons though. Last Monday school was released early due to the air conditioning going out in the school ...
Aug
26
Providence Invitational
On Saturday August 26th the Falcons woke up early from their hotel in Matthews and headed to McAlpine Park for the annual trip to run in the Providence Invitational. This marks the beginning of the competitive Invitational season for the harriers. The heat index was projected to reach 110 degrees and it was a very humid start to the morning as the boys championship race was scheduled t ...
Aug
18
Early Bird 5K
Many GHXCers will hit the trail at Wake Med Soccer Park to run in the 1st 5K of the season Saturday August 19th. The boys race at 8:00am and the girls at 8:40am. ...
Aug
11
Kickoff Classic
Schedule for Saturday's 3K Kickoff Classic at Wake Med:Girls 9/10 Race: 8:00Boys 9/10 Race: 8:30Girls 11/12 Race: 9:00Boys 11/12 Race: 9:30 ...
Jul
19
2023 Season!
Hello GHXC! Welcome to the 2023 Season. Optional workouts will restart on Monday July 24th, but all runners should begin to show up then if in town. The start of mandatory practices begin on August 1st as we will continue to meet at Bond Park 7-8:30am (near fields 1 & 2) Monday through Friday with Saturday morning runs at Umstead until the school year begins. Be sure al ...