** For up-to-date results this cross country season on all Virginia state invitationals and championship races, go to: http://www.digitalsports.com/article/type/organization/typeid/1/id/37364.aspx
By Brad Jaeger
DigitalSports.com
Concorde District
Oakton last year won the Concorde District and this year should be a repeat. The Cougars have Brian and Heal Hendricks coming back along with Chris Weil and Patrick Fulghum. On top of that they get Fairfax transfer Dante Morales, and will be hard to beat this season.
The Robinson boys were second last year to Oakton in the Concorde District, finishing 35 points behind, and this year they are expected to repeat that second-place finish. They have two strong runners in Stuart Steen and Jared Berman, but will need to find three others to fill out their squad if they expect to close the gap to Oakton.
Other runners from the Concorde Division that could challenge for a Top 10 position is Chantilly’s Chris Foley (fourth last year in the district meet), Westfield’s Jack Canatsey, Kevin Halsey and Matthew Anderson, Centreville’s Yazid Zouaimia and Mattson Heiner and Fairfax’s Kevin Dowd and Luke Tonia.
Westfield, Fairfax and Chantilly will battle it out for third with Herndon, which brings back much of its varsity team from last year, working its way into the hunt.
Patriot District
West Potomac captured last year’s Patriot District by four points over Lake Braddock, but will have to work hard this year to repeat that finish. The Wolverines have the depth, but will have to overcome the Bruins’ top three in order to pull out the win. West Potomac returns Khoki Bernier, Derwin Kinston, Peter Coffey, Thomas Hammond, Alex Triplett and another eight runners than ran under 18:10 last year.
Lake Braddock, with its top three runners of John Cruz, Alex Clark and Daniel Tobin, will be hard to beat. Their next runner is way back behind West Potomac’s top seven and will have to break up their pack. Luke Shol, Matt Klein, Madison Singer-Riske and Darren Sokvary will all be working to keep the title at Lake Braddock.
South County can not be counted out of the mix with Brett Mandeville, Matt Karwel, Thomas Keefe, Marcus Jones and David Schmidt all in the Top 15 returners from the Patriot District.
Other runners who will be in the mix in the district race this season will be West Springfield’s Daniel Tobin and John Locke, Annandale’s Scott Plunkett and Charles Simpson and T.C. Williams’ Spencer Beasley and Daniel Ackerman.
National District
Edison wiped up on the district last year, taking 1-2-4-5-7 to win with 19 points. Four of those five runners are back with Leoule and Tihut Degfae leading the team. The twins have been seen frequently in summer road races, so their fitness level should make them ready for a state title run. Joining them are Spencer Rodriguez and Jonathan Iredell from last year’s top five. David Bulir, Paul Riehl and Robert Grooms will lend credible enough support to keep the Eagles at the top of the pack.
Washington-Lee finished third last year, but looks to move up a notch this year. The Generals return Luke Malley, Brian McGrail, Steve San Miguel, John Shehan and Marc Patton from last year’s team and should have enough to move into second.
Yorktown was second last year, but lost much to graduation. The Patriots’ top returner is John Papvizas but they also have Dylan McGowan and Carl Hurtado to lead the team.
Other runners who could break into the Top 10 are Stuart’s Sam Carolus-Hager, Falls Church’s Alex Howe and Wakefield’s Tim Cossey.
Liberty District
Thomas Jefferson is the defending Virginia AAA state champion, and last year scored a perfect 15 at the Liberty District meet. They lost four of their top runners to graduation or transfer, but still have the troops to get them back to the state meet. Joey Jachowski, Tim Galvin, Max Dreo, Alex Witko and Colin Maloney are the runners whose chore it is to bring the Colonials back to the awards stand in November.
W.T. Woodson placed second last year in the district and also advanced to the state championships, but lost a number of runners to graduation. The Cavaliers return Ethan Katz, Alex Miller, Joshua Chartier, Cameron Key and Mike Davis, all of whom ran sub 18:00 last year. But Woodson will have to find some much-needed depth in order to keep the team in the hunt for the distirct title this year.
After those two teams, the chore is to find teams that can put a fourth and fifth runner near the middle of the pack to score enough points to put them on the awards stand. McLean and South Lakes look to be the teams with the best chance.
Runners to watch in the Liberty District this year to challenge for a Top 10 spot include Lucas Rooney of Marshall, Sam Radele and Joe Thompson of McLean and Will Sickenberger of South Lakes.
2007 Northern Region Cross Country Results — Top 100
Event 1 Boys 2.98 Mile Run Cross Country
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Name School Avg Mile Finals
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1 #2584 LoRusso, Joe Oakton 5:06 15:10
2 #2610 Landry, Brian Thomas Jefferson 5:06 15:12
3 #2602 Kenimer, Brad T.C. Williams 5:08 15:18
4 #2583 Hendricks, Neal Oakton 5:09 15:19
5 #2607 Heflin, Evan Thomas Jefferson 5:10 15:22
6 #2582 Hendricks, Brian Oakton 5:12 15:28
7 #2603 Bernstein, Aaron Thomas Jefferson 5:14 15:36
8 #2520 Degfae, Leoule Edison 5:15 15:39
9 #2590 Mohammed, Abiy Stuart 5:15 15:39
10 #2532 Lofton, Corey Madison 5:16 15:39
11 #2512 Foley, Christopher Chantilly 5:16 15:40
12 #2545 Edgell, Devin Lake Braddock 5:16 15:41
13 #2604 Davenport, Brian Thomas Jefferson 5:16 15:42
14 #2521 Degfae, Tihut Edison 5:17 15:43
15 #2533 Berman, Jared Robinson 5:17 15:44
16 #2648 Martins, Nate W.T. Woodson 5:19 15:50
17 #2632 Tobin, Daniel West Springfield 5:20 15:51
18 #2652 Waltrip, Charlie W.T. Woodson 5:20 15:53
19 #2627 Devar, Paul West Potomac 5:20 15:54
20 #2516 Palmer, Eric Chantilly 5:21 15:55
21 #2540 Steen, Stuart Robinson 5:22 15:57
22 #2612 Witko, Alex Thomas Jefferson 5:22 15:58
23 #2650 Miller, Jay W.T. Woodson 5:22 15:58
24 #2529 Haugh, William Marshall 5:22 16:00
25 #2541 Wester, Martin Robinson 5:23 16:01
26 #2643 Barron, Patrick W.T. Woodson 5:24 16:03
27 #2628 Gray, Corey West Potomac 5:25 16:07
28 #2505 Plunkett, Scott Annandale 5:25 16:08
29 #2544 Cruz, John Lake Braddock 5:25 16:08
30 #2633 Anderson, Matthew Westfield 5:26 16:11
31 #2608 Jachowski, Joey Thomas Jefferson 5:26 16:11
32 #2634 Canatsey, Jack Westfield 5:27 16:12
33 #2624 Carmichael, Kelly West Potomac 5:27 16:13
34 #2596 Mandeville, Brett South County 5:27 16:14
35 #2543 Clark, Alex Lake Braddock 5:28 16:16
36 #2606 Galvin, Timmy Thomas Jefferson 5:28 16:16
37 #2581 Fulghum, Patrick Oakton 5:28 16:16
38 #2646 Katz, Ethan W.T. Woodson 5:28 16:17
39 #2531 Van Luling, Todd Herndon 5:28 16:17
40 #2558 McCaffrey, Conor Langley 5:29 16:19
41 #2536 Flanagan, Eric Robinson 5:29 16:20
42 #2585 Maxfield, Scott Oakton 5:30 16:22
43 #2542 Wittig, Benjamin Robinson 5:32 16:27
44 #2546 Hoogland, Matt Lake Braddock 5:32 16:28
45 #2527 Rodriguez, Spencer Edison High School 5:32 16:30
46 #2557 Kuhnsman, Grant Langley 5:33 16:32
47 #2601 Beasley, Spencer T.C. Williams 5:34 16:33
48 #2537 Gonzales, Jared Robinson 5:34 16:34
49 #2510 Brueneman, Peter Chantilly 5:34 16:35
50 #2621 Sebhat, Daniel Washington-Lee 5:34 16:35
51 #2595 Keefe, Thomas South County 5:34 16:35
52 #2530 Jasper, Jack Herndon 5:36 16:39
53 #2501 Ashford, Matt Annandale 5:36 16:41
54 #2515 Mufti, Waleed Chantilly 5:36 16:41
55 #2535 Bryson, Zackary Robinson 5:37 16:42
56 #2631 Walters, Fletcher West Potomac 5:37 16:43
57 #2587 Mohammadi, Abdulla Oakton 5:37 16:43
58 #2615 Malley, Luke Washington-Lee 5:37 16:44
59 #2600 Shea, Hayden South County 5:38 16:46
60 #2638 Halsey, Kevin Westfield 5:38 16:46
61 #2563 Davis, James McLean 5:38 16:47
62 #2552 Villiva, Alec Lake Braddock 5:38 16:47
63 #2626 Coffey, Peter West Potomac 5:38 16:47
64 #2594 Karwel, Matt South County 5:39 16:48
65 #2524 Hicks, Shaeban Edison 5:39 16:48
66 #2569 Radelet, Samuel McLean 5:40 16:52
67 #2555 Claude, Nickolas Langley 5:40 16:53
68 #2645 Chartier, Josh W.T. Woodson 5:40 16:53
69 #2553 Bohlen, Hunter Langley 5:41 16:54
70 #2623 Bernier, Khoki West Potomac 5:41 16:54
71 #2592 Jones, Marcus South County 5:43 17:00
72 #2525 Iredell, Jonathan Edison 5:43 17:01
73 #2599 Scott, Adam South County 5:43 17:02
74 #2554 Bylund, Tommy Langley 5:44 17:04
75 #2636 DeRobertis, Nick Westfield 5:44 17:04
76 #2630 Kolle, Graham West Potomac 5:44 17:05
77 #2635 Cimino, Curt Westfield 5:44 17:05
78 #2593 Junta, David South County 5:46 17:10
79 #2617 McGrail, Brian Washington-Lee 5:46 17:10
80 #2517 Zulick, Andrew Chantilly HS 5:47 17:12
81 #2547 Howick, Ryan Lake Braddock 5:47 17:13
82 #2571 Thompson, Joseph McLean 5:47 17:14
83 #2578 Wendelin, Henry Mount Vernon 5:48 17:17
84 #2565 Goldman, Brian McLean 5:49 17:18
85 #2653 Belay, Melaku Yorktown 5:49 17:18
86 #2660 Papavizas, John Yorktown 5:49 17:19
87 #2562 Baker, John McLean 5:49 17:20
88 #2559 Petersen, Teddy Langley 5:50 17:21
89 #2560 Price, Dylan Langley 5:50 17:21
90 #2550 Smedley, Erik Lake Braddock 5:50 17:22
91 #2589 Carolus-Hager, Sam Stuart 5:52 17:29
92 #2528 Howe, Alex Falls Church 5:52 17:29
93 #2641 Phung, Douglas Westfield 5:53 17:29
94 #2642 White, Josh Westfield 5:53 17:32
95 #2659 McGowan, Dylan Yorktown 5:54 17:33
96 #2649 Miller, Alex W.T. Woodson 5:55 17:37
97 #2526 Riehl, Paul Edison 5:55 17:38
98 #2506 Simpson, Charles Annandale 5:56 17:39
99 #2514 Harsh, David Chantilly 5:56 17:41
100 #2622 Sheahan, John Washington-Lee 5:56 17:41
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