Great Meadow Invitational was certainly one for the record books. Stealing the show this year was Kelsey Chmiel of Saratoga Springs (NY) who won in a course and meet record 16:44. That time shattered her own course record of 17:36.
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Annandale's Julia Ghiselli was second in a Great Meadow Invite #4 all-time performance of 18:15. That is also #12 all-time on the non-state course.
Finishing third was Ava Hassebrock (18:44), finishing fourth was Allison Fick (19:07), finishing fifth was Ellie Desmond (19:10), and sixth was Saratoga frosh Ella Kurto (19:11).
Team wise Saratoga won handedly with a score of 42. Colonial Forge was second with 75 and Tuscarora was third with 109 points. Saratoga had their entire top five inside the top 20 and Forge followed closely behind with five inside the top 26.
Top 20 Results (Complete Results )
GIRLS 5000 METER RUN FINALS | ||||||||
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PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||||
1 | Kelsey Chmiel | 12 | Saratoga Springs | 16:46.00 | 1 | |||
2 | Julia Ghiselli | 10 | Annandale | 18:16.00 | 0 | |||
3 | Ava Hassebrock | 12 | Tuscarora High School (VA) | 18:45.00 | 2 | |||
4 | Allison Fick | 12 | Colonial Forge | 19:08.00 | 3 | |||
5 | Ellie Desmond | 11 | Broad Run | 19:11.00 | 4 | |||
6 | Ella Kurto | 9 | Saratoga Springs | 19:12.00 | 5 | |||
7 | Jessica Cantrell | 12 | Broadway | 19:27.00 | 6 | |||
8 | Jenny Schilling | 10 | Heritage (Leesburg) | 19:27.00 | 7 | |||
9 | Ciara Knott | 12 | Saratoga Springs | 19:30.00 | 8 | |||
10 | Hannah Miller | 12 | Harrisonburg | 19:45.00 | 0 | |||
11 | Abigail Church | 10 | Freedom (South Riding) | 19:51.00 | 9 | |||
12 | Mckenzi Watkins | 12 | Colonial Forge | 19:55.00 | 10 | |||
13 | Emily Graves | 11 | Patriot High School | 19:56.00 | 11 | |||
14 | Hailey Yentz | 10 | Patriot High School | 20:01.00 | 12 | |||
15 | Skyler Knott | 8 | Saratoga Springs | 20:01.00 | 13 | |||
16 | Ava Gordon | 9 | Rock Ridge High School | 20:05.00 | 14 | |||
17 | Sophie Tesla | 12 | Saratoga Springs | 20:07.00 | 15 | |||
18 | Camilla McKinstry | 10 | Centreville | 20:14.00 | 16 | |||
19 | Annabel Schepker | 11 | Midlothian High School | 20:21.00 | 17 | |||
20 | Paityn Walker | 10 | Colonial Forge | 20:22.00 | 18 |