Robbinsville- Wednesday, October 12th showed to be a promising chilly day for Swain's cross country teams. Although races were delayed due to a longer than estimated first race, Swain was more prepared than ever. The quick flat course at Robbinsville High School proved to be the perfect PR (personal record) meet for all teams present. With the … [Read more...]
Swain Represents at Cherokee XC Meet
Cherokee- With no school that morning, Swain woke up preparing for their preview conference race in Cherokee last Wednesday, October 5th which would show what the conference meet in two weeks will be like. The afternoon weather was cooler than most leveling out at 80 degrees. The middle school XC race had a few runners who had trouble … [Read more...]
Swain Defeats Carney Classic Course
Hayesville- The Carney Classic of Hayesville is located at the Hiwassee Dam featuring a gruesome run straight up to the top of the dam itself. With the weather nice and cool, our Swain runners did quite well at this race despite the horrific hill they had to run up. Even though a couple of our girls were missing from this race, our Lady Devils … [Read more...]
Swain Rambles by the River at Asheville Meet
Asheville- Saturday, September 24th started out chilly with clear skies for our cross country teams this past weekend for their race at Asheville Christian Academy. With the first race to start at 930AM, our Maroon Devils started to do their warm-up run and dynamic stretches before lining up against 13 bigger teams with 111 runners in all. After … [Read more...]
Swain XC Teams Excel at Fast WCU Meet
Sylva- The sky was clear and the sun was out when our cross country teams traveled to Western Carolina University last Saturday, September 17th to race in the Great Smoky Mountain Crossfest. This was an invitational meet with several large schools in attendance. With the temperature averaging in the low 80s, the race conditions were as good as it … [Read more...]