Orange Track and Field
Need for Speed; Orange’s Fearrington wins 100 meter dash at Orange County Track Championships; Jermyn takes 1,600 & 3,200 meters
Photo by Phil Stapleton Orange junior Kaleeya Fearrington now has the title of the fastest woman in Orange County. At the Orange County Track & Field Championships, Fearrington had a near photo finish at Culton-Peerman Stadium inside Chapel Hill High School on Saturday. In the end, Fearrington beat out East Chapel Hill’s Elia Toledo by…
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Orange Panther of the Week: Grant Schmid
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior runner Grant Schmid. The Schmid name is one that has dominated running in central North Carolina over the past four years. Schmid’s older brother, Gabriel, won two 3A State Cross Country championships for Orange. Last month, Schmid finished fourth in the 1,600 meters at the 5A…
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Orange Panther of the Week: Adelyn Alvis
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior runner Adelyn Alvis. Last month, Alvis became the first female runner in Orange High history to win an indoor State Track & Field Championship. On February 18, Alvis raced from behind and beat out Ella Myers of North Lincoln to win the 500 meter state championship…
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Two of a Kind; Alvis, Fowlkes become 1st female Orange Indoor Track & Field State Champions
For the past four years, Adelyn Alvis has been knocking on the verge of a state championship. On Wednesday, she and Clara Fowlkes joined an exclusive club–their own. At the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem Alvis and Fowlkes became the first women in Orange High history to win state championships in Indoor Track and Field….
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California Dreaming: Orange’s Jermyn qualifies for Brooks National Cross Country Championships
Myles Jermyn will graduate from Orange High in June with a list of running accomplishments that almost goes unmatched locally. He was the leader of Orange’s 2024 3A State Championship cross county team, the first in school history. He helped Orange win three Central Conference championships and three Mideast Regional championships. Jermyn came in second…
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Orange Panther of the Week: Reilly Jermyn
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is sophomore runner Reilly Jermyn. In just her second year at the varsity level, Jermyn won the 2025 5A Central Regional championship. Last month, Jermyn finished nearly 70 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor at the Ivey Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville, registering a time of 18:42.59. Jermyn…
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The Last Dash: Jermyn finishes 2nd as Orange men’s cross country finishes runner-up in 5A State Championships; Van Mater, Ngunjiri make All-State team
A pair of Orange seniors finished their careers among the top three runners at the 5A State Men’s Cross Country Championships. In his final cross country run for the Panthers, Myles Jermyn finished runner-up in a field of 145 competitors at the State Championship at the Ivey Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville last Saturday. It…
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Orange’s Jermyn wins Central Regional Women’s Cross Country championship; Panther men finish runner-up
Not even two years into her Orange career, Reilly Jermyn has claimed a regional cross country championship. And it wasn’t even close. Jermyn outran the field by 70 seconds to win the 5A Central Regional championship at the Ivey Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville. Jermyn, the Big 7 Conference champion, finished at 18:42. As was…
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Orange Panther of the Week: Myles Jermyn
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior cross country runner Myles Jermyn. A leader for Orange’s 2024 3A State Championship team, Jermyn competed against some of the top runners from the Mid-Atlantic region during the Great American Cross Country Festival at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary last week. Jermyn won the 2024 Central…
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