Throwback Thursday: Carmen Alder Captures First State Title
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In 2018 Pinecrest s (NC) Carmen Alder captured her first-ever North Carolina state title as a sophomore. She ran 17:50.64 for one of the top time all-time times on the course since it was reconfigured. Now in her senior year, she will look to take home her third consecutive Class 4A title.
This year, the two-time XC State Champion again comes in as the favorite. Alder will look to make history as the eighth runner ever in North Carolina, and the fourth girl, to win three consecutive cross country state titles. She would be only the second girl to do it in the 4A classification.
Jenna Hutchins Breaks American U20 Outdoor 5K Record
Dec 11, 2020
The Tennessee native, 16, broke her third national record in less than six months, ushering in an exceptional performance in South Carolina for 5,000 meters
Photo Credit: Perry McLeod/SC Runners
Jenna Hutchins isn t finished breaking records.
The Johnson City Science Hill High School junior broke the American U20 outdoor 5,000 meter record on Friday at the Five & Dimes Athletics Meeting in Columbia, South Carolina, hitting a jaw-dropping time of 15:34.47 to win among a field of high school and professional women.
That mark is exceptional for a variety of reasons: Not only is it a new American U20 outdoor record, but it also sets a new overall high school national record, surpassing the previous mark of 15:37.12, which North Rockland graduate Katelyn Tuohy set indoors in 2018.