Cedar Ridge Track and Field

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior pole vaulter Ender Buchanan. This season, Buchanan qualified for the NCHSAA 5A State Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Buchanan won the 3A State Championship in the pole vault in 2025 inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Last month, Buchanan…

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman track & field athlete Michelle Pringley. It was a busy freshman season for Pringley, who won the Big 7 Conference Championship in the shot put with a throw of 34-feet, 7-inches. Pringley also finished second in the discus with a throw of 101-feet. At…

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior runner Henry Alexander. On May 15, Alexander ended his running career competing in the 3,200 meters at the 5A State Track & Field Championships inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Alexander placed All-Big 7 Conference for the Red Wolves….

It was the final track and field meet for Cedar Ridge senior John Ngunjiri on Friday. At the 5A State Track & Field Championships inside Truist Stadium at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, Ngunjiri finished 10th in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:26.69. In the men’s 4×800 relay race, Cedar Ridge finished…

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Wee is senior runner John Ngunjiri Jr. Last fall, Ngunjiri helped Cedar Ridge win the Big 7 Men’s Cross Country championships, upsetting the defending 3A State Champions Orange at Forest Hills Park in Durham. Nungjiri finished fourth overall in the individual standings at 17:05.70 to pace the…

At the start of her senior year in 2024, Cedar Ridge cross country runner Naomi Dyreng didn’t have individual goals. Instead, she said she wanted to spread her love of cross country and spread it to more people that would benefit the team for the future. Dyreng graduated in June, but her goal has continued…

With the Big 7 Conference championship meet on the horizon, the Cedar Ridge men’s cross country team delivered a solid performance during one of the biggest meets in North Carolina. The Red Wolves men’s team won the Red Race at the Great American Cross Country Festival at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary last Saturday. The…

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is junior runner Payton Castro. It was a full year for Castro for the Cedar Ridge indoor & outdoor track and field teams. Castro was consistently one of Cedar Ridge’s top sprinters during the indoor season, where she competed in numerous polar bear events at East…