Palmer and Rogers Earn All-American Honors at National Junior Olympic Championships in Texas

Results 

On Saturday (10-Dec), 41 athletes representing four (4) clubs from USATF North Carolina competed at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in College Station, Texas.  The event was held on the Texas A&M University Dale Watts Croups Country Course. A total of 2828 athletes and 226 teams from across the country competed in the championships.

Races were contested in 6 age divisions (8 & under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18) for boys and girls.  The top 25 finishers in each age division earned all-American status and the top 3 teams were presented with championship recognition. 

The storylines of the day for the North Carolina athletes were the all-American honors earned by Joshua Palmer (Fit 180 Athletics) and Emma Rogers (unattached).  

After finishing 162nd at last year's championships, Joshua Palmer finished seventh in the 11-12 Boys race to lead his team to a sixth place finish. He covered the 3 km course in 9:55 having passed three runners over the final 900m.  The other scoring members for the Fit 180 Athletics team were: Reagan Avery (49th), Camden Donlan (87th), Trevor Christensen (120th), and Patrick Riedinger (138th).

In the 11-12 Girls race Emma Rogers finished 19th running 11:07 on the 3 km course.  

In addition to the 11-12 Boys sixth place finish, Fit 180 Athletics teams finished 11th in the 13-14 Boys division and 20th in the 13-14 Girls division.

The complete North Carolina results scoreboard can be found here.

Next year's championship will be held in Lousiville, Kentucky on December 9.