Last year things got exciting in the boys 800 that featured three superstars chasing history. This year the stakes have been raised and Brandon McGorty, Waleed Suliman, a dozen other guys will be chasing the sub-four barrier.
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Boys Mile Entries (Top section full Mile)
Event 25 Boys 1600 M (174)
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Meet: 4:03.88 2015 Andrew Hunter, Loudoun Vall
Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Waleed Suliman* 12 Douglas Freeman 4:04.11
2 Brandon McGorty 12 Chantilly 4:07.14
3 Bashir Mosavel-Lo* 12 Deep Run 4:13.26
4 Jacob McLeod 11 Trinity Christia 4:14.00
5 Saurav Velleleth 12 Thomas Jefferson 4:16.25
6 Colton Bogucki 11 Loudoun Valley 4:17.00
7 David Scherrer 12 Cox 4:17.36
8 Ahmed M Hassan 11 Oakton 4:17.56
9 Alec Schrank 12 Millbrook 4:19.64
10 Peter Smith 11 Oscar Smith 4:19.94
11 Andrew Delvecchio 11 Lake Braddock 4:20.10
12 Brent Bailey 11 Ocean Lakes 4:21.21 The real guys to watch in this race will be superstars Waleed Suliman and Brandon McGorty who will combine for the perfect matchup of speed and endurance for this Mile race. Waleed has run 4:04 already this season but it is yet to be seen what he can while pushing the pace the entire way.
Brandon McGorty on the other hand is more of a front runner who will push the pace. This should make for an epic showdown for both of these guys and all the other state champions and all-American athletes in this final seeded section.
You better be watching this weekend for what could be the first ever sub-4 mile run by a high schooler in the state of Virginia proper.