Charlotte, N.C. – Women's Cross country finished second among Conference Carolinas teams on Friday night at the Queens Cross Country Invite with a total time of 1:41.21 against some of the top competition in the Southeast. 
 
Avery Shope was North Greenville's top finisher for the third time this season. Shoppe finished 33^rd overall with a time of 19:19. Shoppe's time is now the third fastest time in school history for women's 5K qualifiers. 
 
Juliana Gonzalez also found her name in the school record books this week with final result. Gonzalez was clocked at 19:43 seconds which puts her at 7^th all time for the 5K in program history. Riley Nicholson finished with a time of 20:38. 
 
Other finishers for North Greenville include Zoie Justice with a time of 20:43 and Rebekah Haddad who finished with a time of 20:58. Emma Bright wrapped up the weekend with a time of 21:06. 

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.