The Fork Union boys look stronger than ever and ready to defend their Virginia Independent Schools state cross country championship from a year ago at Woodberry Forest this fall. The Cadets look to be one of the stronger private school squads that the state has seen in years as they have four key returnees from last year\'s squad including 800 meter indoor national runner-up Axel Mostrag. The transfer of Jeremy Haney from nearby Fluvanna County High School has elevated the team from VIS champion favorites to a potential Nike Team Nationals Southeast region ranked squad this season.
Last year, Fork Union was a respectable squad and especially for a private school. Fork Union was the lone team from the state of Virginia to walk out with team championship hardware from Great American, one of the nation\'s largest and most competitive cross country invitationals, in the small schools\' division. It was indeed a banner year for Fork Union as they ended up finishing up their season...