Horizon boys cross country repeats as Class 3A, District 3 champions

Hawks advance to Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 11 thanks to top 10 finishes from Girmay Buck (fifth) and Jacob Finch (eighth).

By Sam Albuquerque
| 9:31 a.m. November 4, 2023

The Hawks scored 79 points to top second place New Smyrna Beach High School, 89 points, and third place Winter Springs High School, 117 points.

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For the second consecutive year, Horizon boys cross country has won the Class 3A, District 3 championship.

The Hawks scored 79 points to top second place New Smyrna Beach High School, 89 points, and third place Winter Springs High School, 117 points.

With a time of 17:12.70, junior Grimy Buck finished in fifth place and was Horizon’s top runner at the meet, while sophomore Jacob Finch finished in eighth place with a time of 17:32.20.

Mason Paulsberg (11th, 17:39.20), Brenden Ketelsen (26th, 18:14.90) and Christian Mitchell ( 31st, 18:38.40) were Horizon’s other three scoring runners.

The Hawks advance to the Class 3A, Region 2 championships, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Austin Tindall Sports Complex in Kissimmee.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.