Photo by Eric Cassel
Johns Ross (pictured above) of Potomac School evened the score with Ben Dejarnette of Atlee as the two battled for the second week in a row at the Georgetown Prep Classic in Maryland. Ross had finished third at Glory Days last weekend with a PR time of 15:19, while Dejarnette was ten seconds better in second place at a 15:09. It was Ross with the better day this weekend as Virginia's top ranked private school runner was able to pull away from a solid field which included Dejarnette and Nick Bax of St. Alban's for a decisive 15:34 win on Saturday. Dejarnette came in 17 seconds later as runner-up in 15:51 as the two runners pushed one another well under 16 minutes on a course which is tough to dip under the time.
Dejarnette's Atlee boys were also second with 108 points behind St. Albans of DC (69 pts). Both Atlee and Hermitage (6th, 144 pts) were two Central Region squads at Georgetown Prep who are aiming to make it out of the regional meet two Saturdays from now.
Potomac School, one of the top ranked private school teams in the state, had the best front three in the meet with race champion Ross, Campbell Ross (7th, 16:28), and Stephen Serene (9th, 16:37), but still need to close their gaps after their third runner as they finished fifth with 136 points.
Photo by Ted Plunkett
Other top individual finishers from Virginia included J.E.B. Stuart's Abiy Mohammed (5th, 16:26) and Hermitage's Nathan Puckett (6th, 16:27) breaking 16:30 and into the top six. Another race champion at Georgetown Prep from Virginia was found in the unseeded boys varsity division as Annandale junior Scott Plunkett (pictured above), son of MileStat.com photographer Ted Plunkett, claimed the win by 10 seconds over Flint Hill's Colby Miller (2nd, 16:53) with a final time of 16:43.
Photo by Ted Plunkett
Frances Dowd of Fairfax was the top female from Virginia in the meet as the 2:12 half miler placed ninth in the seeded girls race in a time of 19:35. However, Yorktown sophomore Lindsey Hunt (pictured above) picked up her first major invitational victory in the unseeded division as she went just under 20 minutes at 19:57. Hermitage's Mariah Smith trailed in only six seconds later in second at 20:03 to lead her team to a third place finish. McLean was the top finishing team from Virginia in the division though with 122 points for second. A top 10 finish by Sam Audet (9th, 20:41) paced the McLean girls.
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