The Cary Navy JROTC recently competed in a field of 16 Navy and Marine Corps Junior ROTC units from North and South Carolina and finished in second place, just three points behind Cape Fear High School. The Cary cadets won more events than any team at the meet with first-place finishes in Armed Regulation Platoon led by Assir Abushouk, Unarmed Exhibition Platoon led by Jeanette Theora, Unarmed Exhibition Squad led by Ian Coleman and First Year Unarmed Squad led by Austin Hurlock.

The Cary team had second-place finishes in Unarmed Regulation Squad led by Grace Earley, along with three third-place finishes, two led by Dominic Arnone in Armed Exhibition Squad and Unarmed Regulation Platoon and one in Armed Exhibition Squad. Ross Smith led the Armed Exhibition Platoon to a third-place finish as well. In the individual competition Jessica Waters won the Unarmed Knockout Drill competition and freshman Nick Jones finished sixth in a field of 110 competitors.

The Cary Academic team also finished second-place in their competition.

This was Cary’s last drill meet of the fall season. The next drill meet will be at Hoggard High School in Wilmington on Jan. 24.