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With the course conditions and difficulty at this Great American Cross Country Festival held at the Ballatyne Resort in Charlotte, many runners faltered and had sub-par races dealing with the course. However, Lake Braddock senior Steve Hoogland had a far from sub-par race. He simply had one of his best cross country races ever as he finished 13th in the Seeded Invitational division with a time of 17:12. The time is very deceiving since most of the runners were running well over a minute slower and even over a minute and a half slower than their personal bests. Hoogland\'s time was the third fastest posted by a Virginian for the day as only John Crews (16:23) and Christo Landry (17:03) were better as he beat the times of the likes of Rasheed Thompson of Herndon (17:15), Alex Tatu of Thomas Dale (17:30), and Keith Bechtol of Thomas Jefferson (17:33). Hoogland\'s efforts at Great American earn him athlete of the week honors.
With the course conditions and difficulty at this Great American Cross Country Festival held at the Ballatyne Resort in Charlotte, many runners faltered and had sub-par races dealing with the course. However, Lake Braddock senior Steve Hoogland had a far from sub-par race. He simply had one of his best cross country races ever as he finished 13th in the Seeded Invitational division with a time of 17:12. The time is very deceiving since most of the runners were running well over a minute slower and even over a minute and a half slower than their personal bests. Hoogland\'s time was the third fastest posted by a Virginian for the day as only John Crews (16:23) and Christo Landry (17:03) were better as he beat the times of the likes of Rasheed Thompson of Herndon (17:15), Alex Tatu of Thomas Dale (17:30), and Keith Bechtol of Thomas Jefferson (17:33). Hoogland\'s efforts at Great American earn him athlete of the week honors.