No top seven in attendance? No problem for Loudoun Valley! Led by Carlos Shultz the Vikings of Loudoun Valley won both the individual and team title Saturday at the Great Meadow Invitational. Their boys team, without their top seven, managed to score 86 points to win.
Behind Valley was Patriot with 95 and then Fauquier with 154. Hortonville (Wi) finished fourth with 160 points.
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The race itself for the guys was quite fast. Mason LaCava and Carlos Shultz took the lead early and pushed the pace. Behind them was Zach Nowak and Omar Aougab.
It wasn't until around the second loop that Shultz pulled away and widened his lead. He ultimately pulled away big to cross the line in 15:55. That time ranks #14 all-time for the meet. It is also just a little off his 15:21 sophomore best from last year when he ran for Phoenixville Area (PA). This was a very good race for an athlete who had never even seen the Great Meadow course before.
Following behind him was a strong group of guys finishing close together. Crossing the line in second was Nowak in 16:35, Nick Matthews of Fauquier was third in 16:42, Aougab crossed the line next in 16:50, and fifth place was Justin Sriver of Patriot in 16:52
Top 20 Results (Complete Results )
BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS | ||||||||
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PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||||
1 | Carlos Shultz | 11 | Loudoun Valley | 15:56.00 | 1 | |||
2 | Zach Nowak | 12 | Osbourn | 16:36.00 | 0 | |||
3 | Nick Matthews | 12 | Fauquier | 16:43.00 | 2 | |||
4 | Omar Aougab | 12 | Dominion | 16:50.00 | 3 | |||
5 | Justin Sriver | 12 | Patriot High School | 16:52.00 | 4 | |||
6 | Ryan Hamacher | 12 | Patriot High School | 16:53.00 | 5 | |||
7 | Paul Sepulveda | 12 | Stafford High School | 16:56.00 | 6 | |||
8 | Jake Krause | 11 | Hortonville | 16:57.00 | 7 | |||
9 | Luke Miller | 11 | Dominion | 17:05.00 | 8 | |||
10 | Christian Arellano | 12 | Loudoun Valley | 17:11.00 | 9 | |||
11 | John Paccassi | 11 | Fauquier | 17:11.00 | 10 | |||
12 | Nathan Notgrass | 11 | Stafford High School | 17:16.00 | 11 | |||
13 | Robin Khatri | 11 | Centreville | 17:17.00 | 12 | |||
14 | Mason LaCava | 12 | Stonewall Jackson (Manassas) | 17:17.00 | 13 | |||
15 | William Blackwell | 11 | George C. Marshall | 17:18.00 | 14 | |||
16 | Clayton Rath | 12 | Hortonville | 17:18.00 | 15 | |||
17 | Jake Gunessever | 11 | Heritage (Leesburg) | 17:20.00 | 16 | |||
18 | Ian Gray* | 12 | Midlothian High School | 17:21.00 | 17 | |||
19 | Jacob Hamacher | 11 | Patriot High School | 17:22.00 | 18 | |||
20 | Clark Smith | 11 | Freedom (South Riding) | 17:22.00 | 19 |