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pier — Christ School's 2022 state-championship team.

RECORD BOOK

TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2021 and 2022.

TEAM STATE RUNNERS-UP: 1977, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1988.

TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

TEAM BUNCOMBE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2019.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS AWARDS BANQUET: Division II Male Team in an Olympic Sport (2023).

ocean — Christ School's 2021 state-championship team.

INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS: Colley Bell '78 (1977); Matt Shepherd '84 (1982); Andy Taylor '87 (1986), Rett English '08 (2006 & 2007), Andrew Hammel '20 (2019), and Rocky Hansen '23 (2021 and 2022).

CHAMPS SPORTS SOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPION: Rocky Hansen '23.

CHAMPS SPORTS ALL-AMERICAN: Rocky Hansen '23.

GATORADE STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rocky Hansen '23 (2022).

HIGHSCHOOLOT.COM STATE RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Rocky Hansen '23 (2022).

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS AWARD BANQUET: 2023 Division II Male Athlete of the Year (Rocky Hansen '23).

COACHING RECORDS: Reed Finlay '58 was responsible for reviving the Christ School program in the early 1970s and coached the Greenies from 1973-1991 with a record of 847-348. Randy Ashley coached Christ School to back-to-back NCISAA 4-A state championships in 2021 and 2022.

ALL-TIME BEST PERFORMANCES (5 KILOMETERS, 3.1 MILES)

Athlete	Time	Race
Rocky Hansen '23	14:20.90*	2022 Alexander/ASICS Invitational
Rocky Hansen '23	14:40.06	2022 Champs Sports South Regional
Rocky Hansen '23	14:44.90	2022 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Rocky Hansen '23	14:45.00	2022 adidas XC Challenge
Rocky Hansen '23	14:46.59	2022 Hagan-Stone Classic
Rocky Hansen '23	14:57.60	2022 Eye-Opener Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:03.23	2022 Alexander/ASICS Invitational
Rocky Hansen '23	15:06.30	2022 CAA Championship Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:06.90	2023 CAA Championship Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:16.60	2023 adidas XC Challenge
Dawson Reeves '24	15:18.99	2023 CAA Home Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:20.30	2022 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Rocky Hansen '23	15:21.80	2021 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Rocky Hansen '23	15:22.00	2022 Champs Sports National Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:26.00	2023 CISAA Invitational
Rocky Hansen '23	15:28.00	2021 Great American Festival
Rocky Hansen '23	15:31.10	2021 CAA Championship Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:31.10	2021 CAA Championship Meet
Andrew Hammel '20	15:31.80	2019 Great American Festival
Rocky Hansen '23	15:32.40	2021 adidas XC Challenge
Dawson Reeves '24	15:34.90	2022 CAA Championship Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:36.70	2023 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Andrew Hammel '20	15:37.00	2019 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:37.92	2022 Hagan-Stone Classic
Joseph Visconti '20	15:39.80	2019 Great American Festival
Rocky Hansen '23	15:42.10	2021 ACA Invitational
Andrew Hammel '20	15:45.00	2019 Hare and Hounds Invitational
Dawson Reeves '24	15:46.40	2022 adidas XC Challenge
Eyob Gill '24	15:46.80	2023 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:47.10	2021 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Eyob Gill '24	15:48.03	2022 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:48.80	2021 Great American Festival
Eyob Gill '24	15:49.00	2023 CAA Championship Meet
Andrew Hammel '20	15:49.00	2018 Eye-Opener Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:49.30	2022 Eye-Opener Meet
Eyob Gill '24	15:49.78	2023 CAA Home Meet
Andrew Hammel '20	15:51.30	2019 Eye-Opener Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	15:51.40	2023 Eye-Opener Meet
Eyob Gill '24	15:52.30	2023 Eye-Opener Meet
Eyob Gill '24	15:53.20	2023 CISAA Invitational
Rett English '08	15:55.00	2007 Foot Locker South Regional Meet
Joseph Visconti '20	15:55.90	2019 Nike Race of Champions
Joseph Visconti '20	15:57.90	2019 Hare and Hounds Invitational
Eyob Gill '24	16:03.80	2023 adidas XC Challenge
Rocky Hansen '23	16:03.84	2021 CAA Meet at ACA
Joseph Visconti '20	16:05.60	2019 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Jackson Burch '22	16:05.90	2021 adidas XC Challenge
Kahzi Sealey '23	16:07.40	2022 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Jackson Burch '22	16:07.90	2021 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Jackson Burch '22	16:08.60	2021 CAA Championship Meet
Rett English '08	16:13.00	2007 NCISAA 3-A State Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	16:13.20	2021 adidas XC Challenge
Dawson Reeves '24	16:16.66	2021 ACA Invitational
Kahzi Sealey '23	16:16.70	2022 Hagan-Stone Classic
Andrew Hammel '20	16:18.58	2019 Buncombe County Meet
Rocky Hansen '23	16:19.00	2019 Great American Festival
Dawson Reeves '24	16:19.10	2021 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Kahzi Sealey '23	16:19.10	2022 adidas XC Challenge
Rocky Hansen '23	16:20.10	2022 CAA Home Meet
Dawson Reeves '24	16:20.40	2022 CAA Home Meet
Kahzi Sealey '23	16:25.50	2022 Eye-Opener Meet
Kahzi Sealey '23	16:26.90	2022 CAA Championship Meet
Jack Cross '22	16:27.90	2021 NCISAA 4-A State Meet
Eyob Gill '24	16:30.80	2022 CAA Championship Meet

* - North Carolina all-time record for private and public schools.

ALL-STATE

2023: Dawson Reeves '24 and Eyob Gill '24.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, Eyob Gill '24, and Kahzi Sealey '23.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, Jackson Burch '22, and Jack Cross '22.
2020: Dawson Reeves '24 and Jackson Burch '22.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2016: None.
2015: None.
2014: None.
2013: None.
2012: None.
2011: None.
2010: None.
2009: None.
2008: None.
2007: Rett English '08.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: Rett English '08.
2004: None.
2003: None.
2002: None.
2001: Brandon Galloway '04 and Hamud Abdish-Shahid '03.
2000: None.
1999: None.
1998: None.
1997: None.
1996: None.
1995: None.
1994: None.
1993: None.
1992: None.
1991: None.
1990: None.
1989: Thomas Lovelace '90.
1988: Danny Jordan and Zac Berg '89.
1987: Bob Vande Weghe '88, Zac Berg '89, and Hayward Edmunds '89.
1986: Andy Taylor '87, Robert Gruber '87, and Bob Vande Weghe '88.
1985: Andy Taylor '87.
1984: Kevin O'Keefe '85.
1983: Jay Curwen '84.
1982: Matt Shepherd '84.
1981: Matt Shepherd '84 and Dusty Dial '82.
1980 Scott Sylvester '81.
1979: Scott Sylvester '81.
1978: Shannon Allison '79.
1977: Colley Bell '78 and Shannon Allison '79.
1976: Colley Bell '78.
1974: Robert Poston '76 and Charles Worth '76.

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ALL-CONFERENCE

2023: Dawson Reeves '24, Eyob Gill '24, Luke Parrish '24, and Dallas Reeves '27.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, Kahzi Sealey '23, Eyob Gill '24, Dallas Reeves '27, Luke Parrish '24, and Will Peeler '23.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, Jackson Burch '22, Jack Cross '22, Eyob Gill '24, Luke Parrish '24, and Kahzi Sealey '23.
2020: Dawson Reeves '24 and Jackson Burch '22.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20, Joseph Visconti '20, and Rocky Hammel '23.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2016: Morgan McDonald '17.
2015: None.
2014: None.
2012: None.
2011: Kyle Husslein '14.
2010: Kyle Husslein '14.
2009: None.
2008: None.
2007: Rett English '08.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: Rett English '08.
2004: None.
2003: Brandon Galloway '04.
2002: Brandon Galloway '04.
2001: Hamud Abdush-Shahid '03 and Brandon Galloway '04.
2000: Brandon Galloway '04.
1999: Kelly Burkett '01 and Peter Gartrell '01.
1998: Kelly Burkett '01.
1997: None.
1996: Wesley Turner, Jeremy Walters '97, and John Heinitsch.
1995: Natt Hall '96.
1994: Jeremy Walters '97.
1993: Drew Hyche '94.
1992: Nathan Croom '94.
1990: Johannes Steegman '92, Ben Pickens '91, and Jesse Romo-Pimentel '91.
1986: Andy Taylor '87, Bobby Vande Weghe '88, and Robert Gruber '87.
1985: Andy Taylor '87.
1983: Matt Shepherd '84, Jay Curwen '84, Michael Bowles '85, Kevin O'Keefe '85, and Craig Dominey.
1982: Matt Shepherd '84.
1981: Matt Shepherd '84.
1979: Scott Sylvester '81 and Thomas Curtis '81.
1978: Shannon Allison '79 and Tut Brown.
1976: Colley Bell '78, Alec Adams '77, George Plater '79, and David Allen.

CONFERENCE RUNNER OF THE YEAR

2023: Dawson Reeves '24.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23.
2020: Dawson Reeves '24.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: Rett English '08.
1996: Wesley Turner.
1986: Andy Taylor '87.
1985: Andy Taylor '87.
1983: Matt Shepherd '84.
1982: Matt Shepherd '84.
1981: Matt Shepherd '84.
1978: Shannon Allison '79.

ALL-BUNCOMBE COUNTY

Note: The meet was discontinued following the 2019 season.

2019: Andrew Hammel '20, Joseph Visconti '20, Rocky Hansen '23, and Dawson Reeves '24.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2016: None.
2015: None.
2014: None.
2013: None.
2012: None.
2011: Kyle Husslein '14.
2010: None.
2008: None.
2007: None.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: None.
2004: None.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY CHAMPION

2019: Andrew Hammel '20.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.

ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES ALL-WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

2023: Dawson Reeves '24 and Eyob Gill '24.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, Kahzi Sealey '23, Eyob Gill '24, and Luke Parrish '24.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23, Dawson Reeves '24, and Jackson Burch '22.
2020: Dawson Reeves '24 and Jackson Burch '22.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2016: None.
2015: None.
2014: None.
2013: None.
2012: None.
2011: None.
2010: None.
2009: None.
2008: None.
2007: Rett English '08.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: None.
2004: None.
2003: None.
2002: None.
2001: None.
2000: None.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RUNNER OF THE YEAR

2023: Dawson Reeves '24.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20
2018: Andrew Hammel '20
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COACH OF THE YEAR

2022: Randy Ashley.
2021: Randy Ashley.
2019: Randy Ashley.

ARMY RESERVE NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

1986: Andy Taylor '87.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS AWARD BANQUET

2023: Blue Ridge Division of EmergeOrtho Division I Male Team in an Olympic Sport and Young Transportation Division II Male Athlete of the Year: Rocky Hansen '23.

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MOST VALUABLE RUNNER

2023: Rocky Hansen '23.
2022: Rocky Hansen '23.
2021: Rocky Hansen '23.
2020: Dawson Reeves '24.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20.
2018: Andrew Hammel '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2016: Morgan MacDonald '17.
2015: Vance Stiles '17.
2014: Liam Pulsifer '17.
2013: Michael Bidencope '16.
2012: Kyle Husslein '14.
2011: Kyle Husslein '14.
2010: Kyle Husslein '14.
2009: Hagood Grantham '11 and Austin Coward '11.
2008: Hagood Grantham '08.
2007: Rett English '08.
2006: Rett English '08.
2005: Rett English '08.
2004: Kevin Codd '05.
2003: Brandon Galloway '04.
2002: Brandon Galloway '04.
2001: Ben Rowland '02.
2000: Peter Gartrell '01.
1998: Micah Lannom '98.
1997: Wesley Turner '98.
1996: Jeremy Walters '97.
1995: Jeremy Walters '97.
1994: Drew Hyche '94.
1993: Nathan Croom '94.
1992: Denny Richardson '92.
1991: Ben Pickens '91.
1990: Thomas Lovelace '90.
1989: Danny Jordan.
1988: Bobby Vande Weghe '88.
1987: Andy Taylor '87.
1986: Andy Taylor '87.
1985: Kevin O'Keefe '85.
1984: Matt Shepherd '84.
1983: Matt Shepherd '84.
1982: Matt Shepherd '84.
1981: Scott Sylvester '81.
1980: Scott Sylvester '81.
1979: Shannon Allison '79.
1978: Colley Bell '78.
1977: Colley Bell '78.
1976: Alec Adams '77.
1975: Alex Woollcott '76.
1974: Robert Posten.
1973: Stewart Walker.

MOST IMPROVED RUNNER

2023: Eyob Gill '24.
2022: Matthew Luke '22.
2021: Matthew Luke '22.
2020: A.J. Hesselson '22.
2019: Jack Cross '22.
2018: Joseph Visconti '20.
2017: Cade Rodriguez '21.
2016: Logan Easler '19 and Hank Van Ness '20.
2015: Henry Hawthorne '17.
2014: Harris Smoots '16.
2013: Tony Sun '16.
2012: Russel Chen
2011: Vince Chen '12.
2010: Charles Dickey '12.
2009: Kyle Husslein '14
2008: Jon Meidl '11.
2007: Frost Parker '11 and Hagood Grangtham '11.
2006: Matt Shackett '08.
2005: Barry Daniels '09.
2004: Rett English '08.
2003: Eddie Miller '07.
2002: James Matthews '05.
2001: Allan Smith '02.
2000: Rob Blanchard '03.
1999: John Heinitsh '00.
1998: Kelly Burkett '01.
1997: John Heinitsh '00.
1996: Thomas Blankenhagel '98.
1995: Micah Lannom '98.
1994: Jeremy Walters '97.
1993: Charlie Bell
1992: Charlie Bell
1991: Andrew King '94.
1990: Ben Pickens '91.
1989: Dave Varn '89.
1988: Mike Coxhead.
1987: Evan Redmon '87.
1986: Brand McCarley '86.
1985: Josh Wells '88.
1984: Kevin O'Keefe '85.
1983: Jay Curwen '84.
1982: James Beeler '84.
1981: Art Burnet '83.
1980: Tom Curtis '81.
1979: Tut Brown.
1978: Shaun McCarthy.

CAPTAINS

2021: Jackson Burch '22, Jack Cross '22, and Rocky Hansen '23.
2020: Cade Rodriguez '21, Rocky Hansen '23, and Jackson Burch 22.
2019: Andrew Hammel '20 and Joseph Visconti '20.
2018: Doug Bland '19, Andrew Hammel '20, and Joseph Visconti '20.
2017: Andrew Hammel '20.
2016: Morgan MacDonald '17 and Vance Stiles '17.
2003: Rob Blanchard '03 and Brandon Galloway '04.
1998: Chad Bennett '99.
1995: Natt Hall '96.
1987: Bobby Vande Weghe '88.
1986: Andy Taylor '87.
1984: Kevin O'Keefe.
1980: Scott Sylvester '81.
1978: Shannon Allison '79 and Fitz Ross '79.
1977: Bruce Howerton '78 and Steve Hearing '78.
1964: Lyston Peebles '65.

visconti — Joseph Visconti '20 and the Greenies won the 2019 Buncombe County meet in Fletcher, N.C.

SEASON RESULTS

Season	Results	Coach
2023	NCISAA 4-A Third Place	Randy Ashley
2022	NCISAA 4-A State Champions	Randy Ashley
2021	NCISAA 4-A State Champions	Randy Ashley
2020	NCISAA 4-A Sixth Place	Randy Ashley
2019	NCISAA 4-A Third Place	Randy Ashley
2018	NCISAA 4-A Fifth Place	Randy Ashley
2017	NCISAA 3-A 12th Place	Randy Ashley
2016	NCISAA 3-A 11th Place	Randy Ashley
2015	NCISAA 3-A 17th Place	Doug Embler
2014	NCISAA 3-A 19th Place	Doug Embler
2013	NCISAA 3-A 21st Place	Doug Embler
2012	NCISAA 3-A 17th Place	Doug Embler
2011	NCISAA 3-A 17th Place	Doug Embler
2010	NCISAA 3-A 16th Place	Doug Embler
2009	NCISAA 3-A 12th Place	Doug Embler
2008	NCISAA 3-A 15th Place	Doug Embler
2007	NCISAA 3-A 14th Place	Donna Wheeler
2006	NCISAA 3-A 12th Place	Donna Wheeler
2005	NCISAA 3-A 12th Place	Donna Wheeler
2004	NCISAA 3-A 14th Place	Burt Siders
2003	NCISAA 3-A 15th Place	Burt Siders
2002	NCISAA 3-A 12th Place	Robert VanCleve
2001	NCISAA 3-A Sixth Place	Robert VanCleve
2000	NCISAA 3-A Eighth Place	Robert VanCleve
1999	NCISAA 3-A Eighth Place	Drew Noga
1998	NCISAA 2-A 15th Place	John Palmer
1997	NCISAA 2-A 15th Place	John Palmer
1996	NCISAA 2-A 10th Place	Bob Walters
1995	NCISAA 10th Place	Bob Walters
1994	NCISAA 13th Place	Bob Walters
1993	NCISAA Ninth Place	Bob Walters
1992	NCISAA Eighth Place	Reed Finlay
1991	NCISAA 12th Place	Reed Finlay
1990	NCISAA Fourth Place	Reed Finlay
1989	NCISAA Third Place	Reed Finlay
1988	NCISAA State Runner-Up	Reed Finlay
1987	NCISAA State Runner-Up	Reed Finlay
1986	NCISAA State Runner-Up	Reed Finlay
1985	NCISAA Fifth Place	Reed Finlay
1984	NCISAA State Runner-Up	Reed Finlay
1983	NCISAA Sixth Place	Reed Finlay
1982	NCISAA Fourth Place	Reed Finlay
1981	NCISAA Fourth Place	Reed Finlay
1980	NCISAA Third Place	Reed Finlay
1979	N.C. Independent Schools Fifth Place	Reed Finlay
1978	N.C. Independent Schools Fifth Place	Reed Finlay
1977	N.C. Independent Schools State Runner-Up	Reed Finlay
1976	N.C. Independent Schools Third Place	Reed Finlay
1975	N.C. Independent Schools Third Place	Reed Finlay
1974	N.C. Independent Schools Fourth Place	Reed Finlay
1973	Cross Country is reintroduced as a sport after six years of dormancy	Reed Finlay
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963	First season of Cross Country at Christ School