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10/26/00 at Burke Lake Park VA - 2.98 miles
Robinson sweeps Patriot district; Wakefield boys, Yorktown girls win big in National district
Northern Virginia district meets held 10/26 at Burke Lake Park on 2.98 mile course. The top four teams and top fifteen individuals in each district for both boys and girls automatically qualified for the Northern Region Championships to be held at Burke Lake on Thursday, November 2. Boys race is at 3:30 p.m. followed by the girls race at 4:15 p.m.
by Pearl Watts
The Wakefield boys team and the Yorktown girls team each put on dominating performances in successfully defending their National District team titles while Robinson swept both the boys and girls team titles in the always tough Patriot District Championships
The Wakefield boys swept the top four individual places in scoring just 20 points for the victory led by winner Abdi Dubed, who covered the 2.98 mile course in 15 minutes and 49 seconds.The Warriors also got their best race of the season from junior Javier Rios in second place at 15:56 followed by sophomore Peter Quinzio in third at 16:04 with Abdikadir Abi fourth (16:11).
The Yorktown girls almost matched the Wakefield boys team score on their side as they cruised to victory with 24 points. The Patriots swept the top three spots individually with freshman Meggy McGaffigan edging fellow freshmen Katie Read at the line with McGaffigan timed at 19:08 and Read at 19:09. Yorktown's Anna Rosen took the third spot at 19:19 with Stuart sophomore Pam Davis placing fourth at 19:55 and pacing the Raiders to second place with 65 points. In Patriot District action, Robinson survived a scare from Lake Braddock on both the boys and girls side. The Rams scored 42 points to successfully defend their title on the boys side with the Bruins a close second at 46 points while the Robinson girls won with 39 points to Lake Braddock's runnerup total of 48. L.A. Snead of Robinson grabbed an early lead and won the boys individual title for the second year in a row with his winning time of 15:19 this year two seconds better than last year's performance. Lake Braddock took the next two spots with Dave Vitto the runnerup at 15:31 and teammate Jimmy Judge was third at 15:36. West Springfield's James Feeney took fourth at 15:38 to lead the Spartans to third place with 60 points. On the girls side, Kelly Swain of Lake Braddock followed in her sister's footsteps as she won the girls individual title in 18:14 after her graduated sister Erin Swain had taken the 1999 crown. The Bruins were strong at the front with Heather McCarthy (2nd; 18:36) and Cheryl Carr (3rd; 18:45), leading a sweep of the top three spots for Lake Braddock. Robinson was not to be denied however, as they took seven of the next thirteen spots paced by Joanna Rodgers' fourth place finish at 18:48. The Rams were impressive in having just a 31 second split between their first and fifth scoring runners and just a 45 second spread among their entire top seven. Robinson coach Jeremy Workman said, "I figured it was going to be a close, tough battle going in on both sides. I was a little more worried on the girls side because of Lake Braddock's push up front. On the boys side, we ended up where we needed to be at the finish, but were not in the positions we needed to be in during the middle of the race with a couple of our runners".
National District
National Boys:
Team Results: 1. Wakefield 20; 2. Yorktown 60; 3. Edison 84; 4. Stuart 106; 5. Mount Vernon 135; 6. Falls Church 145; 7. Washington-Lee 170
Individual Results: 1. Abdi Dubed (WAK) 15 minutes, 49 seconds: 2. Javier Rios (WAK) 15:56; 3. Peter Quinzio (WAK) 16:04; 4. Abdikadir Abi (WAK) 16:11; 5. Alex Cano (ED) 16:11; 6. Randy Carroll (FC) 16:40; 7. Edward McGaffigan (YOR) 16:49; 8. Chris Broadway (YOR) 16:51; 9. Laurence Strauss (STU) 16:53; 10. Alem Hailemariam (WAK) 17:09; 11. Abdinur Abdi (WAK) 17:11; 12. Michael Belcher (YOR) 17:17; 13. Anthony Viviani (YOR) 17:22; 14. Griffin Biscone (ED) 17:26; 15. Bryan Kirby (ED) 17:26
National Girls:
Team Results: 1. Yorktown 24; 2. Stuart 65; 3. Washington-Lee 85; 4. Edison 106; 5. Mount Vernon 141; 6. Falls Church 146; 7. Wakefield 156
Individual Results: 1. Meggy McGaffigan (YOR) 19:08; 2. Katie Read (YOR) 19:09; 3. Anna Rosen (YOR) 19:19; 4. Pam Davis (STU) 19:55; 5. Lindsay Foelber (STU) 20:21; 6. Monique Boley (WL) 20:23; 7. Kym Jones (MV) 20:24; 8. Julia Webb (YOR) 20:56; 9. Kristina Rios (WAK) 20:57; 10. Stacey Rusnak (YOR) 21:10; 11. Kristen Mirick (YOR) 21:11; 12. Carolyn Menzie (STU) 21:12; 13. Natasha Golub (ED) 21:22; 14. Marie Claflin (WAK) 21:38; 15. Karen Dickerson (ED) 21:39
Patriot District
Patriot Boys:
Team Results: 1. Robinson 42; 2. Lake Braddock 46; 3. West Springfield 60; 4. Hayfield 79; 5. West Potomac 152; 6. Annandale 167; 7. T.C. Williams 179
Individual Results: 1. L.A. Snead (ROB) 15:19; 2. Dave Vitto (LB) 15:31; 3. Jimmy Judge (LB) 15:36; 4. James Feeney (WS) 15:38; 5. Brian Dumm (ROB) 15:42; 6. Steven Hoogland (LB) 15:49; 7. Kevin McHale (ROB) 15:52; 8. Peter Gamber (TC) 15:56; 9. Brian Crawford (ROB) 15:58; 10. Jeff Day (WS) 16:02; 11. Kevin Camp (HAY) 16:02; 12. Matt Roughton (HAY) 16:06; 13. Elgin Brown (HAY) 16:08; 14. Raf Stottlemyer (WS) 16:09; 15. Greg Gunn (WS) 16:10
Patriot Girls:
Team Results: 1. Robinson 39; 2. Lake Braddock 48; 3. Hayfield 81; 4. T.C. Williams 103; 5. West Potomac 104; 6. West Springfield 126; 7. Annandale 218
Individual Results: 1. Kelly Swain (LB) 18:14; 2. Heather McCarthy (LB) 18:36; 3. Cheryl Carr (LB) 18:45; 4. Joanna Rodgers (ROB) 18:48; 5. Jamie Manner (WP) 18:54; 6. Sam Ference (ROB) 18:58; 7. Lauren Houvland (ROB) 18:59; 8. Maureen Hagan (WS) 19:05; 9. Nicole Smith (HAY) 19:09; 10. Michelle Awtrey (ROB) 19:11; 11. Katie Coan (TC) 19:16; 12. Amy Wagner (ROB) 19:19; 13. Emerson Davis (TC) 19:25; 14. Carrie Bennett (HAY) 19:30; 15. Kelly Givens (ROB) 19:32
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