Cross country sponsored by potomac River running
By: Dan Sousa
The Plains (Oct. 8, 2006) – For the second straight week the Heritage boys and Stone Bridge girls proved themselves against an elite field – and this time against the elements – as the Pride boys took sixth and Bulldog girls finished ninth in stormy conditions at the Octoberfest Invitational at Great Meadows Saturday.
Stone Bridge’s Gidey Teferra had the best finish 12th in the boys A race with a 17:38.80 time. Dominion’s Becky Misanin took 33rd on the girls side with a 21:08.90. Times for all runners in the six races held – A, B and C events in boys and girls – were slowed by a steady downpour on the course that sent two creeks overflowing and left long stretches of the course a muddy track of muck and mire.
The Pride boys, led by Nick McLaughlin’s 25th finish at 18:05.00, scored 327 to finish behind Quince Orchard (142), Thomas Jefferson (161), Mountain View (212), Forest Park (272) and Osbourn Park (321). The balanced Pride unit scored times from Jesse Saldana (18:2302), Dominick Kroupa (18:37.77), Jeff Water (18:51.30) and John Donohue (19:28.13).
The Bulldog girls were led by Stephanie Paradis (21:36.66), Cara Fossum (21:39.10), Casey Henderson (21:46.83), Monica DuPree (22:00.33) and Emily King (22:09.41).
The Stone Bridge boys finished 25th in the A race and Dominion, with Brian Gould 39th took 32nd at 18:17.47, took 32nd in the 49-team race.
The Stone Bridge girls were the only local team with a full squad in the A race but the Loudoun team made the most of their opportunity in the B race as Heritage (3rd), Loudoun Valley (4th), Loudoun County (6th) and Park View (9th) all finished in the top 10. Heritage’s Hannah McLaughlin posted a 21:28.97 to finish seventh and County’s Julie Strange was 10th at 21:39.72, Park View’s Kelly White took 12th at 21:44.69 and Valley’s Colleen Kramer was 18th at 21:57.31.
In the boys b race it as Loudoun County, led by Andrew Budiansky’s seventh and Matt Joseph’s 10th place finish, that finished fourth. Valley was 12th, Park View 16th and Dominion 28th.
In the girls c race, Briar Woods, led by Holly Dominguez who was third at 22:40.80, finished second, just ahead of Heritage. Stone Bridge was 10th and Dominion 13th.
In the boys c race, Heritage was sixth, Briar Woods ninth, Loudoun County 11th, Stone Bridge 19th and Park View 21st.
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