FAITH CHRISTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Faith Christian School, a Christian classical K-12 school located in Roanoke County, is pleased to announce that its Middle School Boys’ Cross Country Team placed first in the Virginia Association of Christian Athletics state competition, held on Saturday in Harrisonburg, VA. It’s Boys’ Varsity Team placed second in the state event.

Out of twenty-eight runners Middle School male runners, FCS took several of the top spots including the following who placed:

Timothy Grider, 1st place (12:20), Crawford Enyart, 3rd place (12:57), Casey Pruess, 4th place (13:36), John Garst, 6th place, Nathan Disbrow, 7th place, and Andrew Caywood, Parker Minnix, Johnny Weber, David McCurdy, and Jonathon Stanley.

Middle School Girls’ had nineteen runners, with the following FCS students who placed:

Karlee Lanum, 4th place (14:29), Sarah Beth Newton, 6th place (15:20), Cate Denekas, 14th place, and Abby Hall, 19th place.

Boys’ Varsity teams boasted thirty-five runners, with the following FCS runners placing:

Colby Schemm, 9th place (20:07), Andy Waldo, 10th place (20:08), Ritter Minnix, 12th place, Jesse Clinton, 15th place, Andrew Grider, 17th place, Connor Clinton, 19th place, Sam Riebel, 25th place, and Adam Hall, 34th place.

Varsity Girls’ showed thirty runners overall, with the following FCS runners placing:

Emily Maynard, 7th place (25:13), Morgan Bryant, 13th place (27:51), Jaina Lanum, 16th place, and Ashmine Minnix, 28th place.

For more information, visit Faith Christian School on the web at www.faithchristian-school.com

Submitted by Susan Childs, Marketing and PR Director, Faith Christian School