MileStat.com visited the Deep Run cross country team on Wednesday afternoon in the Short Pump area of Richmond for a team workout which included a 2 mile tempo on the roads, 1 mile tempo on the track, and 2x400 meter repeats to finish the workout of the day.
The Deep Run boys are considered one of the top squads in the new 5A classification with their formidable top 3 including Matthew Novak, Grayson Reid, and Alexander Varon. Novak was a near state champion this past spring at 1600 meters in Group AAA as a sophomore and looked in state champion caliber shape during our visit as he had a tremendous workout a 9:45 2 mile tempo on the roads followed by a 4:43 1600 tempo on the track and worked on his closing speed with a 60 second and a 56 second for two 400 meter repeats to wrap up his work day.
Grayson Reid was last year's William & Mary Invitational champion and team's #1 runner before suffering a stress fracture mid-season. He is being managed with a more ...