Symbolism on point: 24 college sports recruits from Christ School’s Class of 2024. 

Following an extended assembly Friday, boys taking part in Spring Signing Day were joined by their family and Greenie brothers for a ceremony in Mebane Field House. 

The streak continues!

Dawson Reeves ’24 has been named the Western North Carolina Runner of the Year for the 2023 cross country season by the Asheville Citizen-Times. It is the third straight year that a boy from Christ School has won the award and the sixth time in the past seven years.

Everyone with a vested interest sees nothing but upside for the athletic future of Eyob Gill ’24.

Which would mean his college career will look very much like high school.

As of Friday, there are now 10 seniors from Christ School’s Class of 2024 who have committed to play college sports.

CARY - Unseasonably hot weather and a half-hour delay were bad omens.

Even in ideal circumstances though, Christ School cross country had no margin for error at Friday’s NCISAA 4-A state meet.

SWANNANOA – Dawson Reeves ’24 had some intent in his eyes Wednesday, surging into the lead from the very beginning of the Carolinas Athletic Association Championship cross country meet.

Dawson won the conference meet four years ago as a freshman and never gave anyone else a chance as a senior.

KERNERSVILLE – Christ School was the third-place team in the NCRunners Elite Cross Country Invitational held Saturday morning at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex.

Back-to-back championships in NCISAA 4-A and the Carolinas Athletic Association are a legacy still in the making for Christ School cross country.  

Seven seniors went out as winners in the 2023 season’s only home meet Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE - Christ School cross country sized up some of its stiffest competition for a possible three-peat Tuesday, less than a month out from the NCISAA 4-A state meet.

The Greenies have something positive to build on, from a team and individual perspective.

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.

This is the year for Dawson Reeves ’24.

The senior from Canton, N.C., has solidified it by announcing his verbal commitment to run cross country and track for Duke University.

The Christ School Athletic Department will hold three Senior Night ceremonies for Fall Sports athletes next month.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Saturday was an encouraging start to the season for Christ School’s top runners at the Eye-Opener Cross Country Festival.

The Greenies (241 points) placed third out of 38 teams in the International Boys race behind two South Carolina schools – Greer Middle College Charter (129) and Fort Mill (191).

Two-time defending state champion Christ School won Tuesday’s Brevard 2-Mile scrimmage cross country meet as a team, with seniors Dawson Reeves ’24 and Eyob Gill ’24 going 1-2 individually.

Collectively, the cross country and track programs at Christ School have the rest of the state playing catch-up.

Milesplit North Carolina announced its year-end awards Friday at NCRunners.com with the Greenies (state program of the year) and Rocky Hansen ’23 (state MVP) winning the two biggest prizes on the boys side.

A new tradition served as the unofficial start to Christ School's 123rd Commencement Weekend on Thursday night.

Athletic success is not some new phenomenon at Christ School. Nevertheless, stop and appreciate the rare air that the Greenies are in right now.

A golden anniversary, indeed.

The sport of cross country was first introduced at Christ School in 1972 by hall of fame coach Reed Finlay ’58, or “Big R” as he was known to his runners.

Over the years, the program has had a modicum of individual success at the statewide level with a half-dozen individual champions. But from a team perspective, Christ School cross country is at its apex right now.  

Rocky Hansen ’23 has an innate ability to tune out the noise on race days.

Times, rankings, and outside expectations are just inanimate things for others to concern themselves with as Rocky sticks to a dogged personal philosophy of “race hard, run hard.”

The words might sound simple, but the execution is not. And no one has done it better in state history than the Christ School senior.

Winners on the field, winners off it.

Continued excellence across the board for Christ School athletics is being reflected in recruiting. For the third time in five years, a senior class will include 20 or more boys who have committed or signed to play college sports.