NTN Southeast Region Review 9/12/06
Midlothian VA survives opening meet scares; Episcopal FL girls score perfect 15
week ending 9/9/06 Southeast Region
by Brandon Miles, Southeast Region editor
HIGHLIGHTSSE #1 Midlothian VA boys squeak out 2 pt win over tough challenge from SE #6 Brentsville, SE #7 Hermitage distant 3rd SE #3 Clarke County VA boys beaten in a convincing upset from unranked John Handley VA, missing #3 with broken leg SE #5 Thomas Jefferson VA boys roll to 35 pt win over SE #7 West Springfield in opener SE #10 Chapel Hill NC boys win big in low profile meet Chiles FL boys win big against some of Georgia's best, but Parkview missing #2 and #3 at Carrolton Fork Union VA boys win big second time in one week over tough Western Albemarle VA squad Three NC boys teams Broughton, Pinecrest, and Enloe wage war at Wilmington, tough challengers for Chapel Hill Hoover AL boys look strong before Great American, tough front 2, #3 drops out SE #3 Midlothian VA girls have two drop outs at Great Meadows, but still win by 65 over SE #6 Brentsville VA with addition of Lautzenheiser twins, SE #8 Morgantown WV finishes third SE #4 Episcopal FL girls perfect 15 score at Katie Caples, well ahead of pace on 2005 NTN team SE #10 Scottsboro AL girls run SO #7 Tupelo MS girls tough with 10 pt loss Lake Braddock VA girls open strong with nearly 4 under 19 on 2.98mi course Morristown West TN girls are team to beat in Tennessee BOYSOFF WEEK: SE #2 - Trinity KY
SE #4 - Smiths Station AL
SE #9 - Walton GA Great Meadows InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Great Meadows - 5K
The Plains, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36819 (Courtesy of MileStat.com/va.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #1 - Midlothian VA
SE #6 - Brentsville VA
SE #7 - Hermitage VA
SE Bubble team - Oakton VA The Nike Team Nationals Southeast #1 ranked squad in Midlothian ran well as shown by their low team total of 55 points in the competitive meet, but the NTN SE #6 ranked and two-time defending AA state champions Brentsville proved to be just as good as they finished two points shy of them in second place with 57 points. Midlothian junior Jason Witt took the individual title in a time of 16:03.15. Saturday was one of many challenges that the Midlothian boys will be facing this season as they come in as the preseason #1 ranked team in Virginia and the Southeast Region for Nike Team Nationals. Their first challenger on Saturday in Brentsville, will be facing them on three more occassions this season. There will be three more close and exciting team battles between two talented teams if Great Meadows was a sign of things to come. The Trojans of Midlothian were led by one of the state's top returning cross country runners in junior Jason Witt as Witt picked up a big early season victory at Great Meadows in a time of 16:03.15 as he won by 11 seconds. Witt was challenged by Marylander Chris Barnard of Sherwood High School early on, but Barnard fell off pace to end up taking third overall in 16:18.13. Another pre-race individual favorite in Mountain View sophomore Thomas Porter, had an off-day in finishing fifth overall in a time of 16:25.34. While Midlothian had the front runner in Witt, Brentsville had the front pack in Adam Henken and Henry Melius. Brentsville senior Henken finished as the race runner-up to Witt in a solid time of 16:14.64. Meanwhile, Melius was not too far behind fourth place with a time of 16:24.24 to finish just ahead of Mountain View's Porter. Midlothian had the next two finishers in junior Mark Merritt (7th, 16:46.09) and senior Jonathan Mellis (16:59.84). Mellis, working his way back into his 2005 AAA All-State shape after missing the entire track season due to injury, ran number three for Midlothian and finished just in front of Brentsville's third runner in Ray Delgado (11th, 17:00.89). Tommy Reese looked to be Midlothian's most improved runner over the summer as he finished two places and five seconds behind Brentsville's Delgado with a 13th place finishing time of 17:05.50. Brentsville sophomore Grant Burress and senior Andrew Johnson deserve the same award from their team as their improvements into the number four and five places have been key in making up any foreseen gap between the two teams in the preseason. Burress, who broke 10:20 for 3200 meters as a freshmen last spring, finished 17th in a time of 17:16. Johnson, a former baseball player, cracked the top 25 with his 23rd place run of 17:23.06 to round out Coach Rob Dulin's top five. If Midlothian junior Thomas Cole finished three more places back and and three seconds slower, Brentsville would have pulled off the upset to open the season. However, Cole finished right off of Brentsville's five man Johnson in 24th place in a time of 17:23.56. Looking at the numbers more, the teams appear to be even closer. Midlothian's team average for the day as 16:51.58, while Brentsville had an average of 16:51.77. These teams will face off again next weekend on Brentsville's home course in a fun 4x2500 meter relay format at the Brentsville Relays and once again on the following weekend at Great American. The teams will be making an over half day bus ride together from Virginia down to Hoover. Lets hope these two teams that will be going to war against one another this season can call a truce at least for that long haul. While only two points separated the #1 and #6 ranked teams in NTN Southeast Region in Midlothian and Brentsville, a much larger gap existed between SE #6 Brentsville and SE #7 Hermitage with Hermitage finishing in a distance third with 109 points and one point ahead of defending AAA state champions Oakton (110 points). Not as close of a finish as Coach Joe Pardue would like from his Panthers, but then again it is still early September. Hermitage was led by senior John Vial with a ninth place finishing time of 16:58.24. Hermitage was well packed as only a 38 second spread existed among their top fifth as finishing behind Vial were Nathan Puckett (20th, 17:18.88), Ben Hendrick (21st, 17:20.20), Walter Kidd (28th, 17:31.26), and Kieran Lee (31st, 17:36.89). If Hermitage's pack can stay intact and tight while moving up in future races, they will be a very tough squad to beat. Oakton is definitely a team on the rise and refusing to let 2006 be a rebuilding year for them as shown by nearly taking down the #7 ranked team in the Southeast Region. Coach Phil Tiller's squad was led by Joe Lorusso with an eight place finish 16:55.34. Rounding out their top five were Matt Saunders (18th, 17:17.78), Alex Nissen (22nd, 17:22.08), Tony Smith (30th, 17:36.27), and Scott Maxfield (32nd, 17:39.16). Oakton will be racing with Brentsville and Midlothian at Great American in the Nike Race of champions in two weeks. Event 4 Boys 5k Run CC Varsity A
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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1 #416 Witt, Jason Midlo 5:10.0 16:03.15 1
7 #409 Merritt, Mark Midlo 5:23.9 16:46.09 7
10 #403 Mellis, Jonathan Midlo 5:28.3 16:59.84 10
13 #408 Reese, Tommy Midlo 5:30.0 17:05.25 13
24 #391 Cole, Thomas Midlo 5:35.9 17:23.53 24
34 #398 Hammond, Michael Midlo 5:41.9 17:42.01 34
69 #414 Waite, Mike Midlo 5:54.8 18:22.26 67
2 #15 Henken, Adam Brentsville High 5:13.7 16:14.64 2
4 #20 Melius, Henry Brentsville High 5:16.8 16:24.24 4
11 #13 Delgado, Ray Brentsville High 5:28.6 17:00.89 11
17 #10 Burress, Grant Brentsville High 5:33.5 17:16.00 17
23 #17 Johnson, Andrew Brentsville High 5:35.8 17:23.06 23
42 #29 Watts, Luke Brentsville High 5:43.4 17:46.88 42
59 #11 Comer, Kaleb Brentsville High 5:50.0 18:07.30 58
9 #230 Vial, John Hermitage High S 5:27.8 16:58.24 9
20 #224 Puckett, Nathan Hermitage High S 5:34.4 17:18.88 20
21 #217 Hendrick, Ben Hermitage High S 5:34.8 17:20.20 21
28 #219 Kidd, Walter Hermitage High S 5:38.4 17:31.26 28
31 #221 Lee, Kieran Hermitage High S 5:40.2 17:36.89 31
54 #216 Cooke, Roger Hermitage High S 5:47.8 18:00.38 53
72 #222 Moorefield, Bryan Hermitage High S 5:56.9 18:28.84 70
8 #541 LoRusso, Joe Oakton High School 5:26.8 16:55.24 8
18 #547 Saunders, Matt Oakton High School 5:34.1 17:17.78 18
22 #544 Nissen, Alex Oakton High School 5:35.5 17:22.08 22
30 #548 Smith, Tony Oakton High School 5:40.0 17:36.27 30
32 #542 Maxfield, Scott Oakton High School 5:41.0 17:39.16 32
33 #537 Hendericks, Brian Oakton High School 5:41.6 17:41.03 33
37 #535 Fielding, Russel Oakton High School 5:42.8 17:44.77 37
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Midlothian High School 55 1 7 10 13 24 34 67
Total Time: 1:24:17.86
Average: 16:51.58
2 Brentsville High School 57 2 4 11 17 23 42 58
Total Time: 1:24:18.83
Average: 16:51.77
3 Hermitage High School 109 9 20 21 28 31 53 70
Total Time: 1:26:45.47
Average: 17:21.10
4 Oakton High School 110 8 18 22 30 32 33 37
Total Time: 1:26:50.53
Average: 17:22.11 James Wood InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
James Wood HS - 5K
Winchester, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36925 FEATURED TEAMS: SE #3 - Clarke County VA While missing one of their top returnees in Daniel Callan, Clarke County still would not have had a chance to be John Handley with their team's probable #3 runner in the lineup as the Judges manhandled Clarke in a small opening meet at James Wood Invitational. John Handley placed three runners ahead of Clarke County's #2 Ben Veilleux (5th, 17:52) with Clint Schiavone (2nd, 17:30), Erin McWhorter (3rd, 17:37), and Daniel Carlton. To add further insult to injury, John Handley's Cameron Crowell (7th, 17:57) and Austin Cote (13th, 18:16) crossed the line ahead of Clarke County's #4 in Joe Racer (18th, 18:24) as their team's #4 and #5 runners to give Handley (29 pts) a 26 point margin of victory over the #3 ranked team in the region Clarke (55 pts). While it is still early in the year, Clarke may have completely dashed any NTN hopes with the opening season upset. Clarke's #3 Callan suffered a broken fibula during the summer and is expected to be back at the earliest in three weeks, if not by October. They will have to make a big turnaround to redeem themselves at Maymont in three weekends. Event 2 Boys 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Finals Points
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2 Schiavone, Clint SR John Handley HS 17:30.00 2
3 McWhorter, Erin SR John Handley HS 17:37.00 3
4 Carlton, Daniel SR John Handley HS 17:44.00 4
7 Crowell, Cameron SR John Handley HS 17:57.00 7
13 Cote, Austin JR John Handley HS 18:16.00 13
1 Biddle-Snead, Simon SR Clarke County 17:13.00 1
5 Veilleux, Ben SO Clarke County 17:52.00 5
9 York, Chris SO Clarke County 18:10.00 9
18 Racer, Joe Clarke County 18:24.00 18
22 Broy, Bryan SR Clarke County 18:40.00 22
1 John Handley HS 29 2 3 4 7 13 40 53
Total Time: 1:29:04.00
Average: 17:48.80
2 Clarke County 55 1 5 9 18 22 30 51
Total Time: 1:30:19.00
Average: 18:03.80
Monroe Parker InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Burke Lake Park - 2.98mi
Burke, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36916 (Courtesy of MileStat.com/va.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #5 - Thomas Jefferson S&T VA
SE #8 - West Springfield VA The season opener for Northern Region schools in Virginia pitted against two NTN Southeast ranked squads in SE #5 Thomas Jefferson Science & Tech and SE #8 West Springfield. There was no surprise in Thomas Jefferson coming out as the winner by a 35 point margin of victory as their superior depth was shown by placing seven runners ahead of West Springfield's #5. Thomas Jefferson, who expect to have top runner Brian Landry back in time for mid-season competition, looked dominant at the Monroe Parker Invitational as they nearly put three runners under 16 minutes on the 2.98 mile Burke Lake course with Paul Norland (4th, 15:33), Richard Prevost (5th, 15:51), and James Komen (8th, 16:00). Coach Matt Ryan's #4 was solid as well as Aiden McHugh (15th) finished in the top 15 with his time of 16:20. Ben Treweek finishing 43rd with a time of 16:57 is a little further back than they would like their fifth runner to be, but if Landry comes back that will not matter for Thomas Jefferson. The team has several runners that are in position to step up in the number five spot until then with Treweek, Timmy Galvin (48th, 17:01), and Kevin Brown (54th, 17:07).Thomas Jefferson's depth was also showcased in other races on the day with JV race winner Alex Witko and JV race top 10 finishers Will Clark (4th, 17:23) and Kyle Lamson (6th, 17:28) running faster times than West Springfield's fifth runner. The Spartans of West Springfield matched up pretty well with Thomas Jefferson through four runners at 32 to 36 in favor of TJ as they were led by race winner and Foot Locker hopeful Mike Spooner in a time of 14:58. Alex Martis (9th, 16:07) and Leo Walker (10th, 16:08) also had strong individual races to finish in the top 10 in the competitive meet, while Loring Ross (16th, 16:22) has definitely stepped it up for Springfield in the #4 spot. However, the #5 man woes were very glaring for them with Anthony Trueheart finishing a distance 75th place in a time of 17:32. Both teams will be at the Brentsville Relays next week along with SE #1 Midlothian and SE #6 Brentsville in the 4x2500 meter relay event. Event 6 Boys 2.98 Mile Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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4 #684 Norland, Paul Thomas Jefferson 5:13 15:33 4
5 #697 Prevost, Richard Thomas Jefferson 5:19 15:51 5
8 #666 Komen, James Thomas Jefferson 5:22 16:00 8
15 #681 McHugh, Aiden Thomas Jefferson 5:29 16:20 15
43 #706 Treweek, Ben Thomas Jefferson 5:42 16:57 42
48 #656 Galvin, Timmy Thomas Jefferson 5:43 17:01 47
54 #640 Brown, Kevin Thomas Jefferson 5:45 17:07 53
1 #902 Spooner, Mike West Springfield 5:02 14:58 1
9 #891 Martis, Alex West Springfield 5:25 16:07 9
10 #910 Walker, Leo West Springfield 5:25 16:08 10
16 #896 Ross, Loring West Springfield 5:30 16:22 16
75 #909 Trueheart, Anthony West Springfield 5:53 17:32 73
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Thomas Jefferson 74 4 5 8 15 42 47 53
Total Time: 1:20:41.00
Average: 16:08.20
2 West Springfield High Sch 109 1 9 10 16 73 84 85
Total Time: 1:21:07.00
Average: 16:13.40 Durham Academy InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Durham Academy - 5K
Durham, NC RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36831 (Courtesy of NCRunners.com/nc.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #10 - Chapel Hill NC Coach Ron Olsen's crew dedided to compete in a lower profile meet in North Carolina and their dominance showed with seven runners in the top 15 places and a low team score of 24 points. It was the 19th year in a row that Chapel Hill has attended that meet that is a fairly challenging course with the boys course record at 16:11. Chapel Hill was led by race champion and sophomore Taylor Gilland, who posted one of the faster course times ever in 16:22 and teammate Miles Rampel was not far behind as race runner-up in 16:40. Rounding out the top five for Chapel Hill were Jack Marshall (5th, 17:05), Peter Anderson (7th, 17:11), and Kent Pecora (9th, 17:22). Chapel Hill competes next on the course that helped lift them to Nike Team Nationals last fall at the former venue of Great American at SAS Park in Cary, North Carolina for the adidas Invitational. Boys Varsity:
Chapel Hill - 24
1-Taylor Gilland - 16:22
2- Miles Rampel - 16:40
5- Jack Marshall - 17:05
7- Peter anderson - 17:11
9- Kent Pecora - 17:22
14- Taylor Muir - 17:56
15- Wes Sutter - 18:13 Carrolton InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Georgia State Meet Course - 5K
Carollton, GA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36945 FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Chiles FL
SE Bubble - Parkview GA Florida definitely has a NTN caliber squad in Chiles as shown by their victory at the Carrolton Invitational as they went up against some of the better teams in Georgia on the same course used for the state meet. Chiles (75 pts) won by 20 point margin over Lassiter of Georgia (95), while possibly Georgia's top team in Parkview finished a distance third with 136 points, but was missing their #2 and #3 runners on Saturday. Chiles got it done without a true front runner, but with an amazingly tight pack with only 28 seconds separating first finisher Calvin Vannoy (9th, 16:38.67) from #5 Chris Renneker (25th, 17:06.74). Chiles was also missing one of their probable top five runners in Kevin Lane, who will start back up running again this week after four weeks in the pool. Chiles's team average of 16:49 was five seconds faster than their team performance in 2005 when they had a front runner in Jonathan Blocker (15:56) to bring down the average. The competition would have definitely been a lot closer and interesting if Parkview was racing at full strength as they opened the season on a roll with a victory over SE #9 Walton GA in a two mile stage race and came one point shy of knocking off SE #4 Smiths Station AL. However, with #2 runner Marcelis Lynch and #3 runner Josh Pinson sitting out of the meet, Parkview was stuck at a major disadvantage being a squad that is not incredibly deep outside of their regular top five. Michael Winston led the team with a fourth place finishing run of 16:04.14. #4 man Brett Richardson finished 10th overall and right behind Chiles #1 Vannoy. Insert Lynch and Pinson in front of Richardson in their usual place order, Parkview would appear to have the advantage having four in before one. Both teams will face off again at Great American in two weeks in which Coach Tigue at Parkview will hope that resting his two runners this weekend will pay off that weekend. Chiles is clearly the deeper squad past five as shown with seven runners ahead of Parkview's #5 on Saturday, but Parkview's front runner in Winston and getting Lynch and Pinson back will make them tough to beat. Lassiter also had a solid meet taking second behind Chiles with a strong front runner in Zack Flickinger (5th, 16:04.51). Both Drew Jones (12th, 16:43.36) and Thomas Anderson (17th, 16:54.41) dipped under 17 minutes on the day, while Joe Fulton (28th, 17:10.86) and Chris Perry (33rd, 17:21.39) rounded out the top five. 9 CALVIN VANNOY CHILES 16:38.67 9
11 CHRIS LAKE CHILES 16:41.66 11
14 STAN REECY CHILES 16:50.01 14
16 DANIEL MILETICH CHILES 16:52.43 16
25 CHRIS RENNEKER CHILES 17:06.74 25
38 BRYAN MILETICH CHILES 17:24.71 38
39 ZACK ANDREWS CHILES 17:25.41 39
5 ZACK FLICKINGER LASSITER 16:04.51 5
12 DREW JONES LASSITER 16:43.36 12
17 THOMAS ANDERSON LASSITER 16:54.41 17
28 JOE FULTON LASSITER 17:10.86 28
33 CHRIS PERRY LASSITER 17:21.39 33
50 BRIAN EASLEY LASSITER 17:39.47 49
55 CHRISTIAN ERDMAN LASSITER 17:44.15 54
4 MICHAEL WINSTON PARKVIEW 16:04.14 4
10 BRETT RICHARDSON PARKVIEW 16:39.84 10
30 BRIAN DETWEILER PARKVIEW 17:17.17 30
32 JJ VAN TONDER PARKVIEW 17:20.44 32
61 NICK WILLIAMS PARKVIEW 17:48.19 60
86 CODY ALLEN PARKVIEW 18:14.00 84
89 MARCUS LOSTRACCO PARKVIEW 18:17.35 87
1 CHILES 75 9 11 14 16 25 38 39
Total Time: 1:24:09.51
Average: 16:49.91
2 LASSITER 95 5 12 17 28 33 49 54
Total Time: 1:24:14.53
Average: 16:50.91
3 PARKVIEW 136 4 10 30 32 60 84 87
Total Time: 1:25:09.78
Average: 17:01.96 Fork Union InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Hardy National Course - 3mi
Fork Union, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36814 FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Fork Union VA
SE Bubble - Western Albemarle VA Fork Union boys won their second big invite of the week over one of AA's top programs in Western Albemarle at the Fork Union Invitational. Coach Winston Brown's squad awarded him with an early 41 year old birthday present (turns 41 on Sunday) with their Fork Union Invite championship ever. The Blue Devils were led by race winner Axel Mostrag, who covered the Hardy National 3 mile course in 15:39 as he held off a strong challenge to the end from Manchester's Andrew Duty (15:40). Fork Union had four more finishers in the top 22 places with Szymon Rola (5th, 15:49), Jeremy Haney (9th, 16:00), David Johnson (12th, 16:14), and Jamie Reichlen (22nd, 16:47) to finish with a team score of 49 points as Western Albemarle took second with 77 points and gave FUMA a stronger challenge the second time around, especially in the early and mid-stages of the race. Western Albemarle looked to have the advantage over Fork Union early on in front of the Fork Union runners and the teams looked to be very close as the runners emerged from the wooded trail with less than a mile left in the race. However, Fork Union had several runners move up places on the final loop as Rola ended up passing Western Albemarle's top finisher Kyle Satterwhite (6th, 15:50.30) to put two runners ahead of their Central Virginia rival's front runner. However, it was fourth and fifth runners David Johnson and Jamie Reichlen that made the biggest difference and helped to create a larger gap of victory as Johnson passed two Warriors in the final loop in Will Massie (14th, 16:19.37) and James Howard-Smith (16th, 16:26.23). After Johnson's strong finish, Western Albemarle was stuck in a tough bind with four FUMA runners ahead of their second runner in Massie. However, hope still existed with their depth as they had six ahead of Fork Union's fifth in Reichlen as they came out of the woods, but Reichlen ended up picking off a Western pair in Henry Loehr (23rd, 16:49.92) and John Conroy (24th, 16:51.42) to give FUMA a decisive win through positions one through five. After a clearer picture has been painted from the opening season results for the top Virginia schools, it appears that a group of four schools in Midlothian, Brentsville, Thomas Jefferson, and Fork Union have separated themselves from the rest. Three of the four will meet at Maymont in three weeks in Brentsville, Thomas Jefferson, and Fork Union and with all three being in difference classifications with 2A Brentsville, 3A Thomas Jefferson, and Independent Fork Union, the meet will have even larger NTN importance. Event 3 Men 4800 Meter Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Mostrag, Axel Fork Union 15:39.38 1
5 Rola, Szymon Fork Union 15:49.43 5
9 Haney, Jeremy Fork Union 16:00.05 9
12 Johnson, David Fork Union 16:14.92 12
22 Reichlen, Jamie Fork Union 16:47.42 22
7 Satterwhite, Kyle Western 15:50.30 7
14 Massie, Will Western 16:19.37 14
16 Howard-Smith, James Western 16:26.23 16
17 Post, Chris Western 16:32.41 17
23 Loehr, Henry Western 16:49.92 23
24 Conroy, John Western 16:51.42 24
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Fork Union Military Acade 49 1 5 9 12 22 55
Total Time: 1:20:31.20
Average: 16:06.24
2 Western Albemarle High Sc 77 7 14 16 17 23 24 100
Total Time: 1:21:58.23
Average: 16:23.65 Mobile Cross Country Challenge of ChampionsSaturday, September 9th
Langan Park - 5K
Mobile, AL RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/37071 (Courtesy of AlabamaRunners.com/al.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Hoover AL The Hoover boys had a great opener at the Mobile Cross country Challenge of Champions as they won with a team score of 42 points and were led to the line by the race's top two finishers in Timothy Landry (1st, 16:07.89) and Patrick McGregor (2nd, 16:17.87). While a minute gap existed after their second runner until #3 Joel Rogers finished in 13th with a time of 17:18.14, the rest of the team soon followed with Justin Rogers (16th, 17:22.91), Nick Perkins (18th, 17:27.89), and Alec Hamm (20th, 17:30.11). Hoover actually was a lot stronger up front during the race as their #3 in Ben Wills was running behind McGregor at two miles, but had to drop out due to a calf problem. Coach Devon Hind is going to give him extra rest to make sure he is ready in two weeks for the big one at Great American. SE #4 Smiths Station AL boys will be getting a tough test for state surpremacy at Great American in two weeks as the hometown team in Hoover will not only be looking to knock off Smiths Station, but many of the other teams in the region to dip deep into the regional rankings. Event 4 Boys 5k Run CC Invite
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Landry, Timothy SR Hoover 16:07.89 1
2 McGregor, Patric SO Hoover 16:17.87 2
13 Rogers, Joel JR Hoover 17:18.14 11
16 Rogers, Justin JR Hoover 17:22.91 13
18 Perkins, Nick SO Hoover 17:27.89 15
20 Hamm, Alec JR Hoover 17:30.11 17
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Hoover 42 1 2 11 13 15 17
Total Time: 1:24:34.70
Average: 16:54.94
2 St. Paul's Episcopal 69 4 9 10 19 27 34 36
Total Time: 1:26:35.43
Average: 17:19.09 UNCW Seahawk InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
UNC - Wilmington - 5K
Wilmington, NC RESULTS: http://www.uncw.edu/athletics/2006-07%20Cross%20Country/UNCW%20Championship%20-%20Boys.htm (Courtesy of UNCW Athletics) FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Broughton NC
SE Bubble - Pinecrest NC
SE Bubble - Enloe NC While Chapel Hill was competing in a fairly low key meet in Durham, many of the North Carolina's best teams and individuals gathered to compete at the Seahawk Invitational at UNC-Wilmington as a great team battle between Broughton, Pinecrest, and Enloe came out of it. Pinecrest last year's state runner-up to Chapel Hill, came out with an impressive opener last weekend at the Jungle Run and looked to be the favorite coming into this weekend's invite. However, Broughton had different plans as their team score of 99 points put them just ahead of Pinecrest (107 pts) and Enlone (109 pts). Broughton was led by two top five finishers on the fast and flat 5K course in Sam Mordecai (2nd, 15:53.53) and Logan Roberts (16:16.20). Finishing out the top five for them were Burk Stabu (22nd, 17:03.76), Cheyenne Hite (28th, 17:10.62), and Greg Randolph (42nd, 17:28.62). Pinecrest and the rest of the field was led to the line by race champion Andy Wacker as he posted a swift time of 15:21.98 to win by over 30 seconds. Brett Baggett (11th, 16:40.52) also finished in the top 15 for Pinecrest as the remaining top five for Pinecrest included Mark Moon (23rd, 17:04.66), Andrew Garrison (33rd, 17:17.75), and Blake Smith (39th, 17:25.29). Enloe also had a fine showing in third and two points behind Pinecrest with three runners in the top 15 in Nick Carter (8th, 16:38.26), Nick Graw (10th, 16:40.03), and Peter Kerkhof (15th, 16:56.87). Event 3 Boys 5k Run CC Championship
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Name Year School Finals Points
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2 Mordecai, Sam Broughton HS 15:53.53 2
5 Roberts, Logan Broughton HS 16:16.20 5
22 Staub, Burk Broughton HS 17:03.76 22
28 Hite, Cheyenne Broughton HS 17:10.62 28
42 randolph, Greg Broughton HS 17:28.62 42
59 Wheless, Jack Broughton HS 17:41.26 56
120 Fox, Matt Broughton HS 19:09.04 117
1 Wacker, Andy Pinecrest HS 15:21.98 1
11 Baggett, Brett Pinecrest HS 16:40.52 11
23 Moon, Mark Pinecrest HS 17:04.66 23
33 Garrison, Andrew Pinecrest HS 17:17.75 33
39 Smith, Blake Pinecrest HS 17:25.29 39
46 Gehrung, Billy Pinecrest HS 17:30.33 45
96 Pittard, Bryce Pinecrest HS 18:29.07 93
8 Carter, Nick Enloe HS 16:38.26 8
10 Graw, Nick Enloe HS 16:40.03 10
15 Kerkhof, Peter Enloe HS 16:56.87 15
36 Kitto, John Enloe HS 17:22.36 36
40 Kijewski, Tim Enloe HS 17:27.88 40
69 Capps, Chris Enloe HS 17:50.16 66
104 Jones, Stuart Enloe HS 18:40.35 101
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Broughton HS 99 2 5 22 28 42 56 117
Total Time: 1:23:52.73
Average: 16:46.55
2 Pinecrest HS 107 1 11 23 33 39 45 93
Total Time: 1:23:50.20
Average: 16:46.04
3 Enloe HS 109 8 10 15 36 40 66 101
Total Time: 1:25:05.40
Average: 17:01.08 GIRLSOFF WEEK: SE #1 - Eleanor Roosevelt MD
SE #2 - Tatnall DE
SE #6 - Collins Hill GA
SE #7 - Mountain Brook AL Great Meadows InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Great Meadows - 5K
The Plains, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36820 (Courtesy of MileStat.com/va.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #3 - Midlothian VA
SE #5 - Brentsville VA
SE #8 - Morgantown WV The SE #3 Midlothian VA girls had two of their seven runners drop out of the race including top returnee and 4:53 miler M.C. Miller yet their amazing depth and talent was showcased still in dominating the #2 ranked team in the state and #5 ranked team in the NTN Southeast region in Brentsville VA by a 65 point margin of victory. The Lady Trojans were led by the Lautzenheiser twins, Kathleen (1st, 19:20.92) and Leia (3rd, 19:46.59), as the freshmen pair finished first and third respectively. Many knew the Lautzenheiser twins were going to be good and key contributors to Midlothian's NTN run this fall, but how good was the big question. They certainly answered a lot in their first high school invitational race with Kathleen Lautzenheiser defeating a strong field with some of the state's better runners in a 19:20.92 on a hot and humid day, while twin sister Leia gave Midlothian two of the top three finishers with a third place time of 19:46.59. Their races turned out to be very critical as two of Midlothian's runners in senior M.C. Miller and junior Erin Stehle dropped out of the race midway, so all five remaining runners in the race for Midlothian needed to finish in order for the team to score. Big races were needed especially with Miller dropping out as she was projected as the team's number one runner heading into this season after running 4:53 for 1600 meters last spring as a AAA state runner-up Christine Selander certainly finished strong for Midlothian as none of the Lady Trojans' top three finishers on Saturday were members of the 2005 AAA state champion squad as the junior Selander missed the entire 2005 cross country season with a stress facture. Selander ended up finishing eighth overall in a time of 20:18.49. There were only two finishers for Midlothian from the state champion team in the "A" race with junior Sammy Dow (12th, 20:36.56) and sophomore Paige Johnston (22nd, 21:09.71) finishing fourth and fifth for the team to allow for a team score of 46 points. Neither returnee had the best of races as both are coming off minor summer training injuries, but will be working into top shape as the season progresses. Despite having two of their top runners drop out and have two other top returnees have subpar days, Midlothian still proved why they are one of the top ranked teams in the Southeast region and nation coming into this season as they defeated two Nike Team Nationals Southeast ranked squads in SE #5 Brentsville (2nd, 111 pts) and SE #8 Morgantown (3rd, 127 pts) of West Virginia by significant margins. Neither Brentsville nor Morgantown were racing at full strength though. Brentsville was missing two of their top four runners in Maggie Gentry and Amelia Emerson and certainly would have decreased Midlothian's margin of victory with them in the lineup. Brentsville was led by senior Becky Stewart as the early race leader settled for second behind Midlothian's Kathleen Lautzenheiser in a solid individual opening race of 19:24.45 to finish four seconds off the race winner. Teammate Lauren Bussian joined her in the top ten with a 10th place finishing time of 20:25.68. Coach Dulin's next three finishers came in a row with Stephanie Hutson (33rd, 21:21.79), Sam Woodard (34th, 21:22.55), and Sarah Earman (35th, 21:27.32). If Brentsville can get Gentry and Emerson back in time for Great American, their squad should fair very well there. Morgantown had been missing two of their top five runners heading into Great Meadows this season in Emma Berry and Cari Shaffer as the two had been healing from injuries. Morgantown was definitely improved with their additions, but Berry and Shaffer still are not fully back as they finished together in 46th (21:58.91) and 47th (22:05.36) respectively. Finishing in pairs was a theme for Morgantown as their strong front two in Allison Pettit and Monica Chase took fifth (19:57.25) and sixth (19:58.54) place to lead Coach John Patti's squad against the tough Virginia competition. Another Morgantown tandem in Ahna Lewis (36th, 21:29.85) and Aubrey Moskal (37th, 21:32.46) ran in the number three and four positions for the #8 ranked team in the Southeast. Event 3 Girls 5k Run CC Varsity A
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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1 #375 Lautzenheiser, Kath Midlo 6:13.7 19:20.92 1
3 #376 Lautzenheiser, Leia Midlo 6:22.0 19:46.59 3
8 #383 Selander, Christine Midlo 6:32.2 20:18.49 8
12 #369 Dow, Sammy Midlo 6:38.1 20:36.56 12
22 #373 Johnston, Paige Midlo 6:47.8 21:06.96 22
2 #9 Stewart, Becky Brentsville High 6:14.8 19:24.45 2
10 #1 Bussian, Lauren Brentsville High 6:34.5 20:25.68 10
33 #4 Hutson, Stephanie Brentsville High 6:52.6 21:21.79 32
34 #30 Woodard, Sam Brentsville High 6:52.9 21:22.55 33
35 #2 Earman, Sarah Brentsville High 6:54.4 21:27.32 34
35 #6 McGowan, Courtney Brentsville High 7:03.1 21:54.45 44
48 #5 Kulifay, Alex Brentsville High 7:07.0 22:06.56 47
5 #434 Pettit, Allison Mhsxc 6:25.4 19:57.25 5
6 #422 Chase, Monica Mhsxc 6:25.8 19:58.54 6
36 #429 Lewis, Ahna Mhsxc 6:55.2 21:29.85 35
37 #432 Moskal, Aubrey Mhsxc 6:56.0 21:32.46 36
46 #439 Shaffer, Cari Mhsxc 7:04.6 21:58.91 45
47 #421 Berry, Emma Mhsxc 7:06.6 22:05.36 46
60 #437 Radcliffe, Meagan Mhsxc 7:15.9 22:34.13 55
Event 5 Girls 5k Run CC Varisty B
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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2 #388 Witt, Amy Midlo 6:47.5 21:06.00 2
3 #385 Tenser, Anne Midlo 6:51.6 21:18.51 3
4 #387 Willard, Tierney Midlo 6:53.5 21:24.65 4
1 Midlothian High School 46 1 3 8 12 22
Total Time: 1:41:09.52
Average: 20:13.91
2 Brentsville High School 111 2 10 32 33 34 44 47
Total Time: 1:44:01.79
Average: 20:48.36
3 Morgantown High School 127 5 6 35 36 45 46 55
Total Time: 1:44:57.01
Average: 20:59.41 Katie Caples InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Bishop Kenny HS - 5K
Jacksonville, FL RESULTS: http://www.milesplit.com/meet/17694 (Courtesy of flrunners.com/fl.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #4 - Episcopal FL Coach Michelle Krueger's girls from Episcopal came out on their opening race at the Katie Caples Invitational with something to prove. After making it to Nike Team Nationals last year and returning everyone from a squad that fared well in Oregon with a 14th place finish, the Episcopal girls found themselves ranked fourth in the Southeast region this preseason behind two teams that did not make the trip to Portland last year in Tatnall of Delaware and Midlothian of Virginia. Many in Florida were outraged by the ranking, but the Episcopal girls let their feet do the talking for them at the Katie Caples Invitational. Running on a soggy course on a humid day, the girls from Jacksonville scored a perfect 15 in the meet as they beat some traditionally strong Florida programs in Lady of Lourdes (2nd, 106 pts) and Bolles (3rd, 111 pts) quite soundly with the perfect sweep. Episcopal was led by race champion and junior Laura Steel in a time of 19:09. The rest of her team was not too far behind in an impressive 12 second spread for their front five with junior Maggie Traylor (2nd, 19:10), freshmen Katie Traylor (3rd, 19:13), freshmen Leslie Blackshear (4th, 19:19), and senior Hadley Ferguson (5th, 19:21). Rounding out their top seven were seventh grader Christine Griggs (11th, 20:07) and sophomore Brooke Hardington (25th, 20:48). Their times were very impressive when you compare them to their 2005 team performance at Katie Caples when their top finisher and race winner Emily Ingham crossed the line in 19:21, which is a time their #5 ran in this year's race. Also brings up another scary fact in that Ingham is missing from their lineup currently as the senior missed the majority of the track season with injury. If Ingham is able to return and at top shape, Episcopal is going to be even tougher to beat. Considering one of the teams that moved ahead of Episcopal in the preseason in SE #3 Midlothian had nearly a minute gap in their opener race between their #1 and #3 runner, Episcopal right now looks like a Nike Team Nationals bound team once again. 2006 Katie Caples Results
1. Episcopal Girls
122 1 1 Laura Steel, 11* 19:09
120 2 2 Maggie Traylor, 11* 19:10
121 3 1 Katie Traylor, 9* 19:13
125 4 2 Leslie Blackshear, 9* 19:19
123 5 1 Hadley Ferguson, 12* 19:21
7 Finishers Time = 1:36:10 Places = 15
2005 Katie Caples Results
1. Episcopal Girls
885 2 Emily Ingham, 11* 19:21 6:14
886 4 Maggie Traylor, 10* 19:48 6:22
889 5 Leslie Blackshear, 8* 19:49 6:23
888 6 Laura Steel, 10* 19:52 6:24
887 8 Katie Traylor, 8* 19:59 6:26
7 Finishers Time = 1:38:48 Places = 25 Durham Academy InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Durham Academy - 5K
Durham, NC RESULtS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36831 (Courtesy of NCRunners.com/nc.milesplit.com) Similar outcome as their boys' team, the Chapel Hill girls were easy winners at the Durham Academy Invite by taking seven of the first nineplaces. Becky Johnson led the team with a runner-up team performance at 20:04, while teammates Kristina Witcher (3rd, 20:11), Beth Wollman (4th, 20:31), Adrienne Wollman (5th, 20:51), and Emily Hamilton (7th, 21:02) all finished within a minute behind her to round out Coach Olsen's top five. Their depth continued from their with four more runners within 13 seconds off #5 Hamilton and the top 11 places. Girls Varsity
2- Becky Johnson - 20:04
3- Kristina Witcher - 20:11
4- Beth Wollman - 20:31
5- Adrienne Wollman -20:51
7- Emily Hamilton - 21:02
8- Madison Stark - 21:09
9- Anna Adams- 21:12
10- Lindsay Clendaniel - 21:13
11 - Meg Duffy - 21:15 Chickasaw TrailsSaturday, September 9th
Oakville Indian Mounds - 5K
Oakville, AL RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36879 (Courtesy of AlabamaRunners.com/al.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE #10 - Scottsboro AL
SO #7 - Tupelo MS The SE #10 Scottsboro AL girls raced tough against the SE #7 Tupelo MS girls at the Chickasaw Trails, but came up just short in pulling off their second upset in as many weeks after defeating in-state rival and SE #7 Mountain Brook AL last weekend. Tupelo (47 pts) finished ten points ahead of Scottsboro (57 pts) as they overcame strong front running from the Scottsboro duo of Emily Thompson (3rd, 18:59.18) and Lacey Wright (5th, 19:16.97) with a tighter pack to come out of Alabama with the win. Tupelo put five runners in the top 12 places with Maggie McFerrin (7th, 19:34.87), Emily Crow (8th, 19:37.51), Katherine Steinman (9th, 19:39.93), Jana Mason (11th, 19:48.45), and Natalie Holland (12th, 19:58.86) as only 24 seconds separated them. Rounding out the top five for Scottsboro were Hannah Thompson (10th, 19:47.58), Haley Hancock (17th, 20:20.90), and Lauren Williams (22nd, 20:40.78). Event 1 Girls 5k Run CC 5-6A
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Name Year School Finals Points
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7 McFerrin, Maggie 10 Tupelo 19:34.87 7
8 Crow, Emily 12 Tupelo 19:37.51 8
9 Steinman, Katherine 8 Tupelo 19:39.93 9
11 Mason, Jana 12 Tupelo 19:48.45 11
12 Holland, Natalie 12 Tupelo 19:58.86 12
27 Holland, Maria 10 Tupelo 20:48.67 27
32 Billingsley, Mary Page 11 Tupelo 21:16.17 32
3 Thompson, Emily 11 Scottsboro 18:59.18 3
5 Wright, Lacey 12 Scottsboro 19:16.97 5
10 Thompson, Hannah 10 Scottsboro 19:47.58 10
17 Hancock, Haley 10 Scottsboro 20:28.90 17
22 Williams, Lauren 12 Scottsboro 20:40.78 22
43 Smith, Amber 09 Scottsboro 21:50.38 42
45 Pierce, Allyson 10 Scottsboro 22:01.04 44
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Tupelo 47 7 8 9 11 12 27 32
Total Time: 1:38:39.62
Average: 19:43.93
2 Scottsboro 57 3 5 10 17 22 42 44
Total Time: 1:39:13.41
Average: 19:50.69 Monroe Parker InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Burke Lake Park - 2.98mi
Burke, VA RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/results/36919 (Courtesy of MileStat.com/va.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Lake Braddock VA The Lake Braddock VA girls started off their 2006 season in impressive fashion at the Mornoe Parker Invite as they won by a 45 point margin over Westfield VA with four runners in the top 14 places. Coach Mike Mangan's girls were led by Christine Moore as she dipped under 19 minutes on the Burke Lake 2.98 mile course in a time of 18:54 to finish fifth overall. Returning AAA All-State cross country runner Michelle Presley finished eighth in 19:01 and was closely followed to the line by teammates Anna Corrigan (10th, 19:04) and Erin Landy (11th, 19:06). Hayley Sullivan finished out Lake Braddock's top five with a 24th place run of 19:31. Event 5 Girls 2.98 Mile Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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5 #211 Moore, Christine Lake Braddock 6:21 18:54 5
8 #218 Presley, Michelle Lake Braddock 6:23 19:01 8
10 #193 Corrigan, Anna Lake Braddock 6:24 19:04 10
11 #206 Landy, Erin Lake Braddock 6:25 19:06 11
24 #225 Sullivan, Hayley Lake Braddock 6:33 19:31 24
46 #229 Vu, Amy Lake Braddock 6:49 20:19 45
65 #207 Luria, Lindsey Lake Braddock 6:56 20:38 61
67 #198 Fleming, Lauren Lake Braddock 6:56 20:39
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Lake Braddock 58 5 8 10 11 24 45 61
Total Time: 1:35:36.00
Average: 19:07.20
2 Westfield HS 103 4 15 18 28 38 46 47
Total Time: 1:37:06.00
Average: 19:25.20 UTC High School InvitationalSaturday, September 9th
Moccasin Bend - 5K
Chattanooga, TN RESULTS: http://mirror.milesplit.com/meet/14790 (Courtesy of TennesseeRunner.com/tn.milesplit.com) FEATURED TEAMS: SE Bubble - Morristown West TN The girls from Morristown West TN looked quite strong in a team championship at the UTC High School Invitational in Chattanooga, Tennessee as they placed their entire top five in the top 14 places to win with a team score of 35 points. Morristown West was led by race winner Haley Moody, who covered the 5K course in a time of 18:57. Their front two was very tough with teammate Tara Gietema finishing third in the race with a time of 19:14. Their next three were decent, but need to close up the gap a little with over two minutes existing between Moody and #4 Terra Haggard (13th, 21:07) and #5 Emily Parker (14th, 21:07) on Saturday as Tesha Haggard ran #3 in seventh place at 20:23. POWERADE INVITATIONAL
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