Carson's Kara Crotts sprints for the finish line

All-Rowan County girls cross country

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

CHINA GROVE — Her first day of Carson cross country practice in 2023, the last thing on Kara Crotts’ mind was breaking records. She was just hoping to live through it.

Things change with time and hard work still pays off.

Crotts, the Rowan County Runner of the Year, has made a sensational jump as a runner in the last two years. She is the fastest female Carson cross country ever has produced in the 20 years of the program. She ran 19:48 to break the school record by less than a second in the recent 5A State Championships in Kernersville. She edged Taylor Wiggins’ Carson mark that was set in state-level competition in 2016.

“It was definitely an important goal, so I’m g

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