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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Ian Harrison

Distance Runner
PANTHER CREEK HS
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
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Peak Performance

1st - 15:25.58

NCHSAA Class 4A State Championship

4th - 15:05.90

NXN Southeast Regional

83rd - 16:08.80

NXN Final

9th

Great American XC Festival
“Ian is the most dedicated distance runner I have ever coached. He is a high-mileage athlete who really bought in to everything we do and led the push among our boys team to keep each other accountable in dietary and sleeping habits. He has achieved great things as a runner due to hard work and perseverance.”
Paul Scruggs
Head Coach Head coach at Panther Creek High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 150-pound senior distance talent won the NCHSAA Class 4A state title this past season, breaking the tape in 15:25.58 and leading the Catamounts to a fifth-place finish as a team. A two-time All-State selection and the Tri-8 XC Runner of the Year, Harrison clocked a personal-best 15:05.90 to finish fourth at the NXN Southeast Regional championship to qualify for the national NXN Final, where he crossed the line 83rd with a time of 16:08.80. He also took ninth in the prestigious Great American XC Festival Race of Champions in addition to setting a Carolina Horse Park record (15:55.96) to win the NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regional Meet.

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Academic Achievement

Harrison has maintained a weighted 4.27 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at North Carolina State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Catamount LEAD club, Harrison has volunteered locally on behalf of the American Tobacco Trail Clean-up initiative and has donated his time to the American Tobacco Trail marathon.