NBHS Cross country team hunts titles


By Matt Tate Senior cross country captain


Jessa Vogel said they call it “head-hunting.” It’s where a runner goes out,


spots the people in front of them and then passes as many as they can. Her team is taking a similar


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approach by running down and passing many of the opposing teams. North Buncombe’s cross


country and track program is continuing its ascension among the state’s elite. The girls’ cross country team, currently ranked seventh in the state, is getting back to 100 percent healthy in time for the Mountain Athlet- ic Conference championships Tuesday (Oct. 19) at Erwin. Vogel and Audrey Garrett are


both recovering from non-run- ning related injuries and hope to be back to full strength for the stretch run that will include a regional meet Oct. 30 and the state meet Nov. 6. Last year’s girls’ track team finished fifth in the state, and


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Jessa Vogel is a leader on this year’s team.


this year’s team returns a ton of talent. Coach Dean Duncan said Madison Emory has a very good shot at making all-state, and sophomore Katarina Rheul, whom Vogel has taken under her wing, has helped offset the loss of the graduated Justine Stocks. Vogel, who has participated


in three state championships, said the team as a whole is get- ting faster. Helping with the team’s


emergence as a state contender was a training model Duncan implemented several years ago that develops training methods geared to the athletes rather than making athletes fit a par- ticular style.


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