MileStat.com is on-site covering the first indoor track meet of the season at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton, Virginia with the Peninsula District Ice Breaker.

  After just barely making it to the state meet with a 14th place finish in the Northern Region Championships, George C. Marshall junior Mackenzie Haight did not just barely make it on the podium in his second state meet appearance. Haight became his school's first All-State cross country finisher in many years with his 10th place time of 15:52 in the Group AAA race at Great Meadow.

Out of a small Group A school, Julia Wood of Rappannock County has proven herself over in a little over a month to be a big distance running star in the making from the small town of Warsaw, Virginia. Wood may have only been the seventh fastest freshmen on the day at the state meet compared to the Group AAA and Group AA freshmen who raced later on in the day with much more competition around them, but showed last weekend at Foot Locker South how she matches up against the other top freshmen in the state when racing head-to-head. Competing in the freshmen race which featured many of the state's fastest freshmen, Wood saved her best of the season for her last with a 5K personal best time of 18:41 to win the race by five seconds.

  The two-time Northwest Region cross country individual champion Nicole Carter of Battlefield finally earned her first All-State honor in Group AAA with a season best time of 18:33 for 13th place at Great Meadow. Carter broke 19 minutes for 5K in four races this fall including twice at Panorama Farms. She had high finishes in several major invitationals this fall including a pair of third place finishes at the Oatlands Invitational and Albemarle Invitational.

    An unfortunate illness the week of the state meet and then an early race fall at Foot Locker South prevented Nathaniel Hall of Atlee of having the close which he had hoped for after a consistently solid cross country season of race performances prior to his final two. The two-time Central Region champ Hall won three major invitationals during the season at Fork Union, Woodberry Forest, and Georgetown Prep while placing well in the top 10 at super competitive meets.

  Loudoun County senior Patrick Joseph nearly got a nice consolation prize for coming up just short of winning the Group AA state title earlier this month in his race last Saturday at the Foot Locker South Regional. The Group AA state cross country runner-up Joseph ran a stellar race down in Charlotte to clock a 5K personal best of 15:11 and two spots away from a Foot Locker Nationals berth in 15:11

  Maggie Walker senior Rachel Galton became a three-time All-State cross country finisher in Group AAA with her 14th place finish at Great Meadow (18:33), which is an incredibly difficult feat as each year new underclassmen stars come into the picture to contend for the 15 state podium individual spots. The Central Region runner-up this fall, Galton has continued to race well in the post-season after the state meet.

Sophie Chase became a rare three-time Foot Locker finalist last weekend in winning the Foot Locker South Regional, while Oakton sophomore Allie Klimkiewicz has set herself up to have a shot at achieving the same feat as Chase. Klimkiewicz earned her first trip to San Diego for the Foot Locker Nationals with a ninth place finish and a 5K personal best run of 17:29. 

After just missing a state meet appearance last spring with a 7th place and 9:42 performance in the 3200 meter run at the Northern Region Meet, Herndon senior Bradley Heuer made sure that he put in the work over the summer to insure that he would get a chance to not only compete at the VHSL State Meet in cross country, but finish high in the field in a debut appearance. 

  Osbourn Park junior Nick Causey really emerged in the last half of the cross country season as a front runner for his squad, which they sorely lacked. The Osbourn Park boys went onto win the Northwest Region title and finish fifth in the Group AAA state race with Causey earning his first All-State individual honor with an 8th place finish and first sub 16 minute 5K and PR of 15:51. 

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The first ever MileStat.com All-Freshmen XC Team has been released. The All-Freshmen Team includes 21 boys and 21 girls from the class of 2016 being selected and comprising of 7 runners each for a first, second, and third team as well as the top freshmen in the state from this past cross country season being recognized as MileStat.com's XC Freshmen of the Year. Cox's Jonathan Lomogda had one of more impressive freshmen cross country seasons in recent memory as his 15:58 5K performance at Great Meadow nearly got him on the podium with a 17th place finish in the Group AAA state race earlier this month.

  Group AAA girls virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). One of the best track rivalries to look forward to in the 2012-2013 indoor track season is between Eastern Region hurdlers Chantel Ray of Hampton and Leah Lott of Landstown. Both are ranked #14 all-time in Virginia high school history with their 7.99 personal bests in the 55 meter hurdles,

  Group AAA boys virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Forest Park junior Mustaqeem Williams won two state titles last year as a 10th grader with a swift 6.37 clocking for the Group AAA 55 meter dash state title, while taking the 100 meter dash title in the spring. The 7th fastest returnee in the 55 meter dash nationally, Williams will attempt to lower that 6.37 personal best into VA top 25 all-time territory this winter, which has a current cut-off at 6.33.

  Central Region virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Megan Moye may have graduated and moved onto NC State, but don't expect the Cosby girls to fade away as the prominent team in the Central Region. Alexandria Moseley figures to assume the star role and biggest individual point contributor for the Cosby girls as the Central Region's top returnee in the 55 (7.39), 500 (1:16.31) and 300 (40.93) meter dashes as well as ranked second best in the long jump (18'2.50"). 

  Eastern Region virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). The state's finest region for track & field should stay that way for 2013 with a hoard of talented individuals coming back led by US indoor high school junior class 400 meter record holder Michael Cherry of Oscar Smith.

Northern Region virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). South County's Felecia Majors won quite a few state title last year as a junior (5 total-3 outdoor & 2 indoor). The state's most versatile athlete is back to see if she can double her state title count this year.

  Northwest Region virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Patrick Henry's David Prince is not only the Northwest Region's top returning jumper, but one of the best back in the entire state of Virginia with bests of 24'0.25" in the long jump and 45'10.75" in the triple jump.   

  A list of the top 50 boys' 5K times in Virginia from the 2012 cross country season. Getting under 15:20 for 5K for the first time this past weekend were Patrick Joseph (15:11) of Loudoun County, Nick Tuck (15:15) of Lake Braddock, and Logan Miller (15:19) of Chantilly, Joseph and Tuck fell just short of top 10 national berths after valiant runs in Charlotte at Foot Locker South, while Miller's personal best performance was good enough for second at the NXN Southeast Regional.

  A list of the top 50 girls' 5K times in Virginia from the 2012 cross country season is listed below. The top four fastest were all from the Northern Region in Lake Braddock's Sophie Chase (17:05), West Springfield's Caroline Alcorta (17:19), Lake Braddock's Hannah Christen (17:25), and Oakton's Allie Klimkiewicz (17:29).  All four are headed to the West Coast for national meets over the next two week.

Results and coverage of the Virginians at the 2012 Nike Cross Southeast Regional.

More coverage from the Virginians at Foot Locker South.  

Skyline's Thomas Madden along with Chantilly's Sean McGorty will attempt to successfully qualify for a second straight Foot Locker Nationals on Saturday at the South Regional in Charlotte. Madden is especially eager to race again to make up for a disappointing 7th place finish in the Group AA state race and get back to his sub 15 minute 5K form from earlier in the season at Great American.

Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock has the opportunity on Saturday to become a three-time Foot Locker Nationals qualifier and potentially win the Foot Locker South Regional title (only two Virginia girls have won since 1999). Can any other girls from Virginia join her to be San Diego bound for the first time?

Can any of these Virginia boys make it to Oregon individually as one of the first five finishers from a non-advancing team at the Nike Cross Southeast Regional on Saturday in Cary, North Carolina? Find out more in the Virginia meet preview for NXN Southeast.

  Private school girls virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Liberty Christian Academy's Micah Brickhill won three individual state titles (500 meters indoors, 400 & 800 meters outdoors) last year as a junior and was a state runner-up in another event (1000 meters indoors). 

  Private school boys virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Hurdler Clyde Gross will lead the Fork Union boys as the team favorites in the VISAA. Gross was a state champion last spring in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles after finishing fifth indoors in the 55 meter hurdles.

  MileStat.com has compiled a list of the top 50 fastest performers from the state of Virginia in the 34 year history of the Foot Locker South Regional Qualifier held always at McAlpine Greenway Park in the Charlotte, North Carolina.

  Group AA girls virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Fluvanna County's Hannah Meador is one of the best pole vaulters that the state has seen, especially entering a junior year. 

  A Group AA boys virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Brunswick's Donmanique Hardy (pictured above by Andrew Kicinski) was a Group AA state champion in both indoors and outdoors last year a junior in the long jump with a personal best of 22'11".

  Currently 322 runners (listed below) are registed for the 2012 Foot Locker South Regional from the state of Virginia. Runners can still register and find more race information at http://www.footlockercc.com/south/

Results and coverage from the 2012 Battle of the Potomac, a border war post-season race between top high school runners from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and DC.

A record race field of 515 registered runners from Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland is set to do battle on the rolling hills of Smokey Glen Farm in the 7th running of the Battle of the Potomac XC 7 Championships.   3-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein will be our Special Guest Starter and recipient of the 1st Annual "GEOFF HOLLISTER YOUTH INSPIRATION" Honor.

Virtual meet preview for the new 6A classification next fall's cross country season. The Lake Braddock girls look to be slight favorites to be state champions again (after winning Group AAA this fall), while Northern Regional rival Oakton and Eastern Region champs Ocean Lakes will be right on their heels. The Osbourn Park boys were fifth at Great Meadow and their top runner Nick Causey who placed 8th (15:51) in AAA race last weekend, will be in great position next fall to go after state titles in the new 6A classification

  There will be a big three of distance running stars coming back for the new 5A classification next fall between Thomas Edison's Louis Colson, Albemarle's Ryan Thomas, and Atlee's Nathaniel Hall who all have run in the 15:30's this season for 5K. Both Thomas and Hall were regional champions, while Colson was the highest finisher among the three in the Group AAA state race with a fourth place PR run of 15:36.

  In 4A next year, the Jefferson Forest girls will no longer have to deal with the Blacksburg girls standing in their way for a state cross country title, but will have compete with another traditional powerhouse in Midlothian in their new classification. Both Jefferson Forest and Midlothian were third place state meet podium teams last week.

  The Blacksburg boys had one of the most dominant wins in state meet history with their team score under 20 points in the Group AA race at Great Meadow last Saturday. The Bruins will still be in the running for a fifth straight title, but it will be in a new classification in the new 3A and the margin of victory might be significantly more narrow between them and this year's AA state runner-up Lafayette.

  Before coach Jim Holdren retires (if he ever does), he may enjoy a nice close to a long and successful coaching career with a late boost in state team and individual champions with his Maggie Walker Governor's School cross country program moving down to the 2A classification in the new 6 class system next fall.

  The 1A classification will get a lot smaller next fall as some of the larger Group A schools in the current six class system will move up to the 2A class next fall in the new 6 class re-alignment. One of the top individual returning stars for 1A will be Rural Retreat's Matthew Farmer, who has a 5K best of 16:08 from this past season and finished fourth last weekend in the Group A race with a time of 16:35 at Great Meadow.

It has been a great fall for Blacksburg coach James DeMarco. He got married last month and this month his boys and girls' cross country squads became Group AA state cross country champions again. The Blacksburg boys had one of the more dominant wins in state meet history with five runners among the top 14 for a ridiculously low team score of 19 points to gain their fourth consecutive state title. 

The Bishop O'Connell girls won their sixth straight Virginia Independent Schools Division 1 state cross country title last Friday at Woodberry Forest, which keeps them as the longest active streak of consecutive state titles. This season may have been O'Connell head coach Cindy Walls' best coaching job during the last six years as the team had several questions entering the season who who would step up and fill out their top 7 seven behind 2011 individual state champion Devin Nihill, while the St. Catherine's girls returned a formidable lineup and then the Trinity Episcopal girls came on strong at season's end as well. Those questions and challenges were answered in a resounding way last Friday as It ended up being a runaway sixth state title for the O'Connell girls by a margin of 54 points.

  The Radford boys were able to leap over Region B's best on Saturday at Great Meadow to claim their second Group A state cross country title under coach Mike Carrow with their first title coming back in 2007. Both state champion Radford teams were led by an individual champion as Walker Mogen repeated as the individual state champion for the Bobcats. Their team came on strong at season's end with #2 runner Matt Turk coming back from illness that set him back earlier in the fall.

Despite being a school size under 300 students for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade and their cross country program only being a few years old, coach Christian Cuthbert has built something great out of something small at Veritas School in Richmond. At last Friday's VIS State Cross Country Championships, the boys' squad not only repeated but completely dominated the Division 2 boys race by a huge winning margin of 101 points.

  After last year winning Peninsula Catholic's first girls state team championship in any sport (the school opened in 1903), coach Susan Bender's cross country team did not wait another century to bring home a second state team title in holding off a challenge from TCIS rival Walsingham for the Virginia Independent Schools Division 2 cross country team championship. 

    A former Trinity Episcopal School cross country runner himself, Marcus Jones came back to the school he graduated from to coach and elevate the program to become of the private school's best as shown with his boys' team winning their third straight Virginia Independent Schools Division 1 state cross country team title last Friday at Woodberry Forest School.

  Wilson Memorial had never experienced the joy of being the last team called up on the podium to receive a state champion trophy until a special group of senior girls under the direction of coach with nearly 30 years of experience in Gary Kessler were able to put together a stellar season's finish to be the last team standing at Great Meadow for the Group A girls' awards.

Chantilly head coach Matt Gilchrist has coached and developed a handful of individuals who became state champions, All-Americans, and Foot Locker finalists during his time as the helm for the Chargers, but this fall was breakthrough season for himself as a coach and his Chantilly program on producing a team at that elite level. 

On Saturday at Great Meadow, Lake Braddock coach Mike Mangan guided his girls' squad to a fourth Group AAA state cross country team title since he took over the program in 2000 and added a 10th overall title to the storied progam's total count. 

Results and coverage from the 2012 VHSL State Cross Country Championships held on Saturday, November 10th at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. Much more coverage on the way!

Results and coverage from the 2012 Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships held Friday, November 9th at Woodberry Forest School in Orange County.

  Updated private school rankings prior to Friday's Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships at Woodberry Forest School.

Interview with junior Adam Huff, #5 runner on the Northern Region boys cross country champion Chantilly squad.

Interview with senior Ethan Pacifico, #5 runner on the Dulles District boys cross country champion Potomac Falls squad.

  Lebanon sophomore Mary Easton has been the queen of distance running in Southwest Virginia this fall, which the keys of power were peacefully transitioned from last year's ruler of the cross country courses in the far Southwest corner of the state in her former Lebanon teammate and 2011 Region D champ Tabitha Arwood. Running through the snow and mud last week at the Region D Championships last Friday, Easton was a superstorm herself winning by one minute and 37 seconds over Virginia High School's Meta Grayson (8th place finisher in the 2011 Group A state race). 

    After letting go of his first love sport of soccer, Kellam senior Billy Boros has really come on strong in his new love sport of running since last indoor track season when he placed 9th in the 1600 meter run as a first time individual state qualifier. The Eastern Region cross country champion last week in a 5K PR of 15:57, Boros should have no problem managing the hills at Great Meadow as shown with his strong finishes earlier in the season at the Maymont Festival and Albemarle Invitational as he aims for a top 10 finish in the Group AAA race on Saturday.

  Virtual meet preview for the Division 2 girls race at the 2012 Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships based on the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Third in last year's Division 1 race as an 8th grader, Madison Hunter of St. Anne's-Belfield School will be racing for her first of hopefully four state cross country titles. She will first have to dethrone the reigning champion in sophomore Martine Hunnicutt, who leads the favored defending state team champions from Peninsula Catholic

  Virtual meet preview for the Division 2 boys race at the 2012 Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships based on the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. The TCIS conference individual champion and VA Catholic Schools state meet runner-up Philip Harpen of Peninsula Catholic will be one of the top runners in Friday's Division 2 race at the Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships. 

  Virtual meet preview for the Division 1 girls race at the 2012 Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships based on the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. The transition for Molly Breidenbaugh from Hanover High School to Trinity Episcopal School has not only been smooth, but dominating. Breidenbaugh breezed through to the LIS conference title last week at Panorama Farms with a 18:43 performance.

  Virtual meet preview for the Division 1 boys race at the 2012 Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships based on the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. From his 15:49 8th place finish at the competitive and fast Glory Days Grill Invitational, Bishop O'Connell senior J.J. Lapointe has the fastest 5K time among all private school runners this fall. 

  James Wood senior Amber Hawkins will be racing in her first state cross country meet on Saturday. The recent Region II cross country champion missed out as a freshmen due to sitting out much of the year due to eligilibity transfer rules when she came to James Wood from Central High School in Woodstock, while last year mono and anemia forced her to shut her season down. Hawkins is currently ranked fourth in Group AA.

Interview with the Region B boys individual cross country champion Stephen Good of Wilson Memorial. Good won the Region B Championships at Panorama Farms last Tuesday with a personal best 5K performance of 16:48 at Panorama Farms, while also leading his Wilson Memorial squad to a two point victory over the defending Group A state cross country champions from George Mason. 

  A virtual meet preview of the Group AAA girls state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

  A virtual meet preview of the Group AAA boys state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

  A virtual meet preview of the Group AA girls state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

  A virtual meet preview of the Group AA boys state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

  A virtual meet preview of the Group A girls state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

  A virtual meet preview of the Group A boys state cross country race with all 16 team qualifiers and their runners. Team scores are generated based off the season best 5K times in the MileStat.com database. Individual qualifiers are not included in this virtual meet preview.

It is only fitting that in the last year of the existence of Group AAA as it currently exists before the six class system is implemented next year that arguably the most successful two girls’ cross country programs historically will be competing for the final Group AAA state cross country title (in the 3 class system). Lake Braddock was the team of the decade in the 1980s, while Midlothian was the team of the decade in the 2000s.

A shocking upset was seen at last Thursday’s Region II Championships with Loudoun County senior Patrick Joseph able to break away and defeat defending Group AA state champion and returning Foot Locker finalist Thomas Madden of Skyline. Joseph had beaten before, especially on the track with Joseph being the Group AA state champion at 1600 and 800 meters. However, anything above 1600 meters was Madden’s territory to own with personal bests of 14:59 for 5K and 8:59 for two miles.  Madden will undoubtedly be out for revenge against Joseph this weekend and should setup for a great individual battle.  

Despite failing to win district and regional titles, can the George Mason girls become only the third team in VHSL State Cross Country Championships meet history to win 5 straight team titles?

Kara Dickerson apparently does not need too many races to shake off any rust. After last year missing much of the cross country season due to a stress fracture, Dickerson came back to help her Midlothian squad to state team title with a sixth place state meet finish. This year, Dickerson had the early stages of a stress fracture with a stress reaction to start the season and caused her to sit out of all races until the Manhattan Invitational in mid October. In only her second race of the season, Dickerson won the Central Region title in a 5K PR time of 18:06.

An epic fast Northern Region Cross Country Championships was only fitting for the final Northern Region Cross Country Championships. The meet had individual race winners in Sean McGorty (14:18) of Chantilly and Sophie Chase (16:42) of Lake Braddock who threw down times which rank them among the second (McGorty) and third (Chase) fastest ever on the historic Burke Lake 2.98 mile course in Fairfax County. 

      Bay Rivers District ruled Region I once in its final year of existence with the Lafayette boys and Grafton girls claiming the team titles. Kurtis Steck of Lafayette successfully defended his individual title (16:21) with two of his teammates in Simon Watrous (2nd, 16:39) and Jason Menzies (4th, 16:47) as his some of his closest competition. Two-sport fall athlete Carley Shannon (cross country & field hockey) of Bruton started her season strong at Loriella Park back in August with a runner-up finish in the Chancellor Invitational and her second race at Loriella, Shannon became a regional champ in a time of 19:44.

Over 11 years ago, it was a Saunders girl from Jefferson Forest leading her team to a regional title and onto another state championship. Today it is Erin Saunders, the kid sister of 2001 Group AA state cross country champion Shannon Saunders, who is out in front leading the Jefferson Forest girls on a quest to enjoy the same success from their great squads over a decade ago. The Jefferson Forest sophomore Erin Saunders won the Region III title on Thursday by 25 seconds in a time of 19:34 to lead her squad to a team title as well.

The Brentsville boys and Tuscarora girls were the top ranked squads coming into the Region II Cross Country Championships in Leesburg on Thursday and walked out as the top teams with first place team trophies. While Amber Hawkins of James Wood won big as anticipated with a 29 second cushion on second place, defending Group AA state cross country champion Thomas Madden of Skyline was upset by returning Group AA 1600 and 800 meter outdoor state champ Patrick Joseph of Loudoun County.

At the 2012 Eastern Region Meet, 1-2 individual finishes were enjoyed by the Ocean Lakes girls with Nicole Park and Olivia Bethune as well as the Kellam boys with Billy Boros and David Gregory. The Hickory boys kept Ocean Lakes from sweeping the team titles for a third year in a row in the final Eastern Region Cross Country Championships.

The Colonial Forge girls and Battlefield's Nicole Carter repeated as Northwest Region cross country champions, while the Osbourn Park boys narrowly edged out Battlefield for the team title and Albemarle's Ryan Thomas needed a last straightaway kick to overtake Forest Park's Andrew Gaiser for the individual title.