Whitefield’s varsity boys cross-country team headed to Cary, North Carolina over the weekend to compete in the 2013 Great American Cross-Country Festival. This meet draws several hundred teams, including some of the best in the country. Starting things off on Saturday morning, seven Whitefield boys competed in the Boys Blue Race, in a field of 145 runners. The boys performed extremely well, with six of the seven setting personal records (PRs). Kerry Martin (10th) and Jacob Fikse (11th) led the way for Whitefield, finishing 51st and 52nd, with times of 17:58 and 17:59, respectively (both PRs). Rounding out Whitefield’s performances were junior Bryce Belyeu – 20:38 (PR), sophomore Brooks Bynum – 21:02, freshman Brian Pickens – 21:33 (PR), sophomore JB Cantrell – 21:37 (PR) and junior Austin Hoover – 21:52 (PR).
Late that morning, with temperatures approaching 90 degrees, Robby Keough (11th) competed in the Boys Seeded Race, finishing 22nd in a field of 133 runners, with a time of 16:39.