Positively Gidey! Teferra Finishes Third at Albemarle

Cross country sponsored by potomac river running

By: Dan Sousa

Charlottesville (Oct. 16, 2006) – Stone Bridge High School cross country runner Gidey Teferra continued his excellent season as he took third at the Albemarle Invitational Saturday with a 16.18.20 on the 5K Panorama Farms course.

The Heritage boys and girls teams each got Top 10 finishes with the Pride boys sixth and the girls fifth. The 37-team field was loaded with Region II foes and the Heritage teams got some mixed signals – while the boys sixth was an excellent finish, four of the five teams ahead of them will likely be at the Region II meet; the girls were fifth but finished ahead of the other Region II teams.

One of the teams just ahead of the Heritage girls was Stone Bridge in fourth. The Bulldogs continue to show their depth with Stephanie Paradis (20:25.84) and Casey Henderson (20.29.38) leading the way in 23rd and 25th place overall. Stone Bridge also got scoring from Cara Fossum (21:14.39), Monica DuPree (21:25.80) and Emily King (21:28.00). Heritage was led by Hannah McLaughlin (21:55.54) and Jayde James (21:06.63), in 30th and 37th overall. The Pride also got scoring from Bini Kronenberg (21:17.49), Ellyn Moulton (21:30.33) and Kellly Geyer (21:35.37).

The Heritage boys were led by the 1-2 punch of Nick McLaughlin (16:59.48) and Jesse Saldana (17:08.19), finishing 23rd and 25th overall. Supporting them were Jeff Waters (17:31.32), Dominick Kroupa (17:42.61), John Donohoe (17:51.34) and Jake Flanagan (17:53.91).

Mike Pandish of Stone Bridge came in 26th at 17:09.74. The Bulldog boys were 12th overall with Ryan McPoland at 17:48.87. Cory Fuller had the highest Broad Run finish at 17:31.61. The Spartans were 30th overall in the boys race and 26th in the girls event.

Team Scores

Boys

1, Fork Union 81; 2, Western Albemarle 111; 3, Sherando 129; 4, Louisa County 194; 5, Handley 205; 6, Heritage 220; 7, E.C. Glass 229; 8, Albemarle 324; 9, Millbrook 345; 10, Colonial Forge 349; 11, James Wood 358; 12, Stone Bridge 368; 13, Douglas Freeman 368; 14, Maggie Walker 393; 15, Covenant School 435; 16, Woodbridge 463; 17, Fort Defiance 479; 18, Harrisonburg 516; 19, Turner Ashby 524; 20, Fauquier 532; 21, Miller School 563; 22, Mountain View 609; 23, Osbourn 565; 24, North Stafford 660; 25, Fluvanna 690; 26, Charlottesville 747; 27, Warren County 768; 28, Brooke Point 769; 29, Buffalo Gap 775; 30, Broad Run 778; 31, Broadway 778; 32, Nelson County 779; 33, Stuarts Draft 812; 34, Gar-Field 814; 35, Norfolk Christian 834; 36, Monticello 879; 37, St. Anne’s Belfield 1062.

Girls

1, Douglas Freeman 83; 2, Maggie Walker 134; 3, Colonial Forge 147; 4, Stone Bridge 192; 5, Heritage 226; 6, Monticello 232; 7, James Wood 245; 8, Brooke Point 254; 9, Milbrook 272; 10, Albemarle 312; 11, Broadway 407; 12, Warren County 417; 13, Fort Defiance 422; 14, Western Albemarle 424; 15, Harrisonburg 434; 16, North Stafford 450; 17, E.C. Glass 453; 18, Handley 478; 19, Sherando 498; 20, Louisa County 527; 21, Fauquier 518; 22, Covenant School 557; 23, Turner Ashby 560; 24, Mountain View 628; 25, Woodbridge 629; 26, Broad Run 648; 27, Buffalo Gap 660; 28, Norfolk Christian 664; 29, Charlottesville 701; 30, Fluvanna 706; 31, Osbourn 820; 32, Stuarts Draft 884; 33, St. Anne’s Belfield 917.