Horizon boys cross country set new records, win fourth consecutive meet

The Hawks boys cross country team adds to its stellar start by winning the Hawks on the Hill Invitational at Lake Minneola High School, junior Jacob Finch sets new school record.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 3:00 p.m. September 20, 2024

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Not only did the Horizon boys cross country win the Hawks on the Hill Invitational at Lake Minneola High School Sept. 14, the Hawks also broke a handful of school and personal records.

Horizon as a team finished with a combined scorers (top five finishers) time of 86:46.06, which tops its previous team best from the Class 3A state meet last season by one minute.

Hawks junior Jacob Finch finished first at the meet and broke the school individual record, which he also set at the 2023 state meet, with a time of 16:19.23, while freshman Maleik Lewis finished third and the other three Hawks scoring runner all finished in the top 12 — Girmay Buck (eighth), Mason Paulsberg (11th) and Andrew Hurm (12th).

Horizon will try to make it five consecutive team wins at the SSG Hammond Cross Country Invitational Sept. 21 at East Ridge High.

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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.