CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - That didn’t take long.
Rocky Hansen ’23 was the top finisher for Wake Forest cross country in his first college meet Saturday, coming in fifth overall (23:30.90) at the Virginia College and Open Invitational.
Every runner who finished in front of Rocky was either a junior or senior. Six of the top-10 teams in the country were in the field, including last year’s national champion – Northern Arizona.
Saturday morning’s race was 8 kilometers (5 miles) and took place in the same city where Rocky ran his first sub 4-minute mile last April. Rocky graduated one month later as a 10-time state champion with nine all-time North Carolina high school records in cross country and track.