Liana Epstein leads the Lake Braddock girls to the Ocean State Invite in Rhode Island this weekend against a large field of top teams in the Northeast and New York including NE #2 Glastonbury (CT). (Photo by Ted Plunkett)
While a large majority of Virginian high school cross country teams will be competing at Maymont on Saturday, there are also many other meets where teams will be racing at this weekend in-state and out-of-state.
Lake Braddock is traveling the furthest as the Bruins head to the New Balance Ocean State Invitational in Warwick, Rhode Island. The Lake Braddock girls, ranked #5 in Virginia, will be competing against some top teams in the Northeast region and from the state of New York including NE #2 Glastonbury of Connecticut.
Thomas Jefferson may have avoided direct competition last week at Oatlands having their "A" teams compete in the "B" division, but will not be avoiding top ranked squads this week at the Carlisle Invitational in Pennsylvania as the #3 ranked boys and girls team in Virginia will race against the top 6 ranked boys teams and top 5 ranked girls teams in Pennsylvania.
Thomas Porter and Kaitlyn Davis of Mountain View will look to invade Maryland on Saturday and seize first place finishes on the home course for Maryland State Championships at Hereford for the Bull Run Invite. Porter's likely top competition will be Graham Bazell of Altholton High School in Maryland, who was the only runner willing to attempt to challenge Andrew Colley last week at William & Mary. Davis was the top Virginia finisher at Oatlands and will look to pick up her second major invitational victory this season after starting the season with a first place finish at Chancellor.
Many teams in the Southwest portion of the state will be headed to Bristol Cross just across the state border in Tennessee. Almost the entire Eastern Region will be at the Chesapeake Invitational to get an opportunity to preview the regional championships course at Bells Mill Park.
9/27 Weekend Invitationals
| 09/26 - 09/27 |
 McDonalds X-Country Festival at Maymont
Richmond Sports Backers
|
Richmond, VA |
| 09/26 - 09/27 |
 New Balance Ocean State Invitational
|
Warwick, RI |
| 09/27 | 13th Mercersburg Academy Invitational
Mercersburg Academy
|
Mercersburg, PA |
| 09/27 |  17th Annual BRISTOL CROSS
King College
|
Bristol, TN |
| 09/27 | 25th Greensboro XC Invitational
Greensboro Pacesetters
|
Greensboro, NC |
| 09/27 | Bull Run Invitational
Hereford High School
|
Parkton, MD |
| 09/27 | Chesapeake Invitational
Deep Creek
|
Chesapeake, VA |
| 09/27 |  Stallion Stampede Cross Country Classic
South County
|
Lorton, VA |