Charlotte, N.C. – Jacob Holcombe finished 20^th overall to lead North Greenville at the Queen City Invitational. The Crusaders finished with a time of 2:13:46 for a team total and were second among Conference Carolinas teams. 
 
The Crusaders finished ahead of a region favorite in Georgia College. 
 
Holcombe clocked in 25:46 as the top time for North Greenville while Hayden Goode finished six spots back at 26^th. Goode  finished the 8K race with a time of 26:08. It is the third consecutive week the duo finished as the top two finishers for NGU.
 
Victor Shellhammer finished with a time of 26:42 while Jaxon Beebe clocked in at 27:27. Thaddaeus Bertoni charted a time of 27:41 while Solomon Canup qualified with a time of 27:57. 
 
From Coach Stober 

"We were really looking forward to today. We backed things off a little bit this week with our training to allow us to go into today's race a little more fresh. We knew that this course is one of the faster ones that we will race all season. And we had GREAT conditions today. The temperature wasn't too hot, and the course was in good condition. 

Both teams ran well. On the women's side Juliana Gonzalez ran a big lifetime PB. We had lots of girls close to their lifetime PB's. Avery is now #3 all-time on the women's 5K list for NGU women. Juliana is 7th on that list. For the men, Solomon Canup had an awesome race and went on to run a big PB. Jacob Holcombe put his nose in there with the big boys and had a top 20 finish. 

Both teams finished as the #2 team for Conference Carolinas at today's race, and the men actually beat a top 10 team in our region, Georgia College. 

I'm proud of our team and I look forward to seeing what we can do throughout the remainder of the season."
 
Next Up 
The Crusaders will be back in Charlotte on October 7^th for the Royals Cross Country Challenge.