Gay No. 5 sophomore in state

The Davie cross country team closed out another successful season this past Saturday at the state championship meet held at Kernersville’s Ivey Redmond Park. With two individual boys and the full girls’ team surviving a competitive West Regional meet the previous week, the War Eagle harriers were primed for the early morning showdown. The first race of the day was the 7A boys’ race featuring Davie sophomore Jaxon Gay and senior teammate Jason Steelman. The Davie duo got out fast in a field of 145 finishers. Gay charged across the line in 19th place with an outstanding time of 16:01, his fastest time on the Ivey Redmond course by over 30 seconds. That mark was also the fifth fastest sophomore time among all eight classifications. Steelman cruised across the line in 51st place with a time of 16:43. Topsail senior Grayson Dill took the individual title in 15:17 to easily outdistance Cardinal Gibbons senior James Elliott (15:29).

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