Horizon High boys cross country win fifth consecutive team meet

Hawks cross country remains undefeated in the 2024 season, junior Jacob Finch topped Horizon runner with third place finish.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 9:30 a.m. September 26, 2024

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The Horizon Hawks boys cross-country team has continued its phenomenal run to start the 2024 season by winning the SSG Hammond Invitational and making it a perfect five out of five team wins — while also setting a new course record with a combined team time of 89:03.11.

Junior Jacob Finch ran a personal-best course time and school course record of 17:13.30 and finished in third. Maleik Lewis finished fourth, Girmay Buck finished eighth, Mason Paulsberg finished 10th and Andrew Hurm rounded out the scoring runners in 13th.

The Hawks will be back in action Sept. 28 at the Weeki Wachee XC Invitational at the Sand Hill Boys Scout Camp in Brooksville.

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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.