McCallie athletes are on the move this weekend on land and water as they compete for major championships.
The cross-country team is in Nashville this weekend running for a state championship Saturday at the Steeplechase Course at Percy Warner Park in. The TSSAA Division II boys race begins at 2:15 pm ET.
Read MoreTopics: Athletics, Cross-Country, rowing
| McCallie's State champion soccer team |
A team state title, a national runner-up finish and several individual state titles highlighted McCallie’s spring sports season which wrapped up the last week of May.
The soccer program, which has gone 43-5-8 over the last three seasons under Head Coach Chris Cushenbery, captured the school’s first state soccer crown since 1999.
The Blue Tornado defeated Brentwood Academy 3-1 in overtime to advance to the state’s final four. At the TSSAA’s Spring Fling in the Murfreesboro area, McCallie’s state semifinal opponent was the 2016 state champions, Christian Brothers of Memphis. Senior Noah Cingilli snapped a scoreless tie with a rebound goal in the 48th minute which would stand for the 1-0 victory. The win set up a matchup with Montgomery Bell Academy which had eliminated McCallie from the state tournament each of the last four years.
Topics: Athletics, state champions, state runners-up, tennis, rowing, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, Track and Field
| National Silver Medalist Boys' Senior Four |
Highlighted by a second-place finish for the boy’s varsity four, a bronze medal in the girl’s junior four, and a fifth-place finish in the boy’s junior four, the McCallie and GPS rowing squads turned in a historic performance at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships. The SRAA Nationals had over 179 teams compete in32 different categories. Teams came from as far away as California, Arizona, Florida, New York and Canada, as well as other states. All of the competitors had to advance from regional qualifiers. The senior four field had 32 entries, the girls and
boys junior fours competed against 23 other teams.
Read MoreTopics: national achievement, Athletics, rowing
