COMPLETE RESULTS with elite performances as combined state meet results are now posted. Many photos and videos already posted with more photos to come as well as a complete meet summary and interview articles to come!
Quick highlights: While Saturday\'s unseasonably warm and humid weather got the best of many runners including some of state\'s best and pre-race favorites, Albemarle senior Rachel Rose did not let the weather, course, or her mid-season stress fracture injury stop her from defending her AAA state championship in the day\'s fastest time at 18:53. It was a dramatic finish with Rose, James River\'s Kristen Wolfe, Deep Run\'s Courtlin LaReau, and Midlothian\'s Kathleen Lautzenheiser all together with just over 100 meters to go. Wolfe looked to be in good position for the win, but then collapsed due to exhaustion and dehydration as Rose took the win. Rose made her comeback and Wolfe certainly will do the same at Foot Locker South! Nationally ranked and SE #1 Midlothian boys and girls become the first AAA school since the 1997 Manchester squad to win both state titles in impressive fashion as the Midlo girls (47 pts) had four all-state finishers in Kathleen Lautzenheiser (3rd, 18:59), M.C. Miller (6th, 19:18), Sammy Dow (8th, 19:20), and Paige Johnston (13th, 19:32) to win by 41 points over Lake Braddock (88 pts). Meanwhile, The Midlothian boys (55 pts) were also 41 points winner over Oakton (96 pts) with nearly four individuals earning all-state honors in Jason Witt (2nd, 15:59), Jonathan Mellis (8th, 16:26), and Mark Merritt (10th, 16:36), and Tommy Reese (16th, 16:47). Who wants to go to Oregon?! Mike Spooner of West Springfield in AAA (15:53) and Griff Graves of Abingdon in AA (15:55) won as expected with nearly identical times, despite receiving challenges from Jason Witt of Midlothian and Adam Henken of Brentsville respectively. The Clarke County boys and girls became the second team to win three consecutive state championships together in VHSL history. The Brentsville boys won a competitive AA team race over Jamestown and Western Albemarle to win their third straight title, while the Blacksburg girls dethroned the defending champs from Brentsville. Radford\'s Nathan Brame fulfilled his freshmen year prophecy of a state championship as he stopped Clarke\'s Simon Biddle-Snead from winning his third state title in a row. Buffalo Gap\'s Mariah Hagadone made a late surge to outkick Sophia Holmes of Clarke County for the Group A state title. More to come from Great Meadows...
SATURDAY
On-site coverage at VHSL State Cross Country Championships at Great Meadows - Photos, videos, interviews, and stories from Brandon Miles and John Herzog
VHSL State Meet Race Summaries: AAA - AA - A - By Brandon Miles
VHSL State Championships Video Clips - Unedited w/o music or text. Edited versions will be made available later in the week for download.
VHSL State Championships Photo Galleries by John Herzog - AAA Awards - AAA Boys - AAA Girls - AA Boys - AA Girls - A Boys - A Girls
VHSL State Championships Photo Galleries by Ted Plunkett: AAA Races - AA Races - A Races
VHSL State Championships Audio Interviews by Brandon Miles - With AAA boys champ Mike Spooner and member of AAA state champion and NTN bound Midlothian team Jonathan Mellis
Q&A Interview Article w/ AAA girls champ Rachel Rose - Brandon Miles interviews the now 2-time state champion Rose after her amazing comeback from mid-season stress fracture injury is capped off with state meet\'s fastest of the day 18:53 win!
Q&A Interview Article w/ Midlo girls All-State #3 (of 4) Sammy Dow - Brandon Miles interviews one of the four Group AAA All-State individuals to make for one of the most dominant team showings in VHSL State Championships history by the Nike Team Nationals bound Midlothian girls in junior Samantha aka Sammy Dow.
Q&A Interview Article w/ Mariah Hagadone - MileStat.com\'s Brandon Miles interviews Buffalo Gap senior Mariah Hagadone after just coming off winning her first cross country state championship in the Group A girls race this past Saturday at Great Meadows for the VHSL State Cross Country Championships.
Q&A Interview Article w/ Nathan Brame - MileStat.com\'s Brandon Miles interviews Radford junior Nathan Brame and asks the tough questions circulating around the recent Group A state cross country champion in regards to his transformation from his freshmen year message board predictions, his rivalry with Clarke County and Simon Biddle-Snead, and discussing his breakthrough season of cross country.
FRIDAY
On-site coverage at Virginia Independent Schools State Meet at Woodberry Forest - Photos, videos, interviews, and stories from Brandon Miles and David Fleenor
VIS State Meet Race Pics by David Fleenor: Div I Boys - Div I Girls - Div II Girls
VIS State Meet Award Pics by David Fleenor: Div I Boys - Div I Girls - Div II Boys - Div II Girls - Race pics to come on Monday!
VIS State Meet Race Pics by Brandon Miles: Div I Boys - Race pics from the other 3 races to come on Sunday!
VIS State Meet Summary - By Brandon Miles
VIS State Meet Video Clips - By Brandon Miles
VIS State Meet Interviews - Brandon Miles interviews Division II individual champs Austin Ellis and Jane Gay
Final NTN Southeast Region Rankings heading into state meet
THURSDAY
VHSL Group AAA State Preview
VHSL Group AA State Preview
Top 15 Moments in VHSL XC State Championship history during the MileStat.com Era: Moments #3 thru #1
VHSL Group AAA Top 5K Times @ Teams List
VHSL Group AA Top 5K Times & Teams List
WEDNESDAY
11/7 MileStat.com/VA High School XC Coaches Rankings - AAA Boys - AAA Girls - AA Boys - AA Girls - A Boys - A Girls - Private Boys - Private Girls - Cream of the Crop Boys - Cream of the Crop Girls
VHSL Group A Top 5K Teams & Teams List
VHSL Group A State Preview
Top 15 Moments in VHSL XC State Championship history during the MileStat.com Era: Moments #7 thru #4 - By Ryan Call
TUESDAY
VIS Top 5K Times & Teams List
VIS State Meet Preview - By Brandon Miles
Top 15 Moments in VHSL XC State Championship history during the MileStat.com Era: Moments #11 thru #8 - By Ryan Call
MONDAY
Great Meadows Madness - Top 15 Moments in VHSL XC State Championship history during the MileStat.com Era: Intro Article - Moments #15 thru 12
2006 Cross Country 5K Bests & Team Rankings: Boys - Girls