Warm-up
The Midlo girls Christian Selander, Jessica Oakley, and Christine Blackburn getting relaxed with a few laughs before the start.
The Lake Braddock girls mean business during their warmup as they begin to focus before the race.
The Midlothian boys have a solemn looks of determination on their face.
Girls' Race
Lake Braddock senior Kelsey Snowden leads the field through the first mile in 6:11 as Midlothian senior Amanda Patterson sits in third place.
Going uphill around 1.5 miles, Patterson moves into second place, while Snowden still is in the lead pack in fifth place.
Hitting 2 miles in 12:48, Patterson paces off Hawaiian native Ho as the runners fight a sudden dust wind.
Patterson looking strong with a mile left in the race.
With 100 meters to go, it has come down to two runners with Patterson and Ho fighting it out.
Ho pulls just ahead of Patterson at the end to take the victory. Patterson takes runner-up honors in a time of 20:01.
Snowden finishes up a strong race to take sixth overall in a time of 20:49.
Sophomore Erin Klein is the second Lake Braddock runner to cross the line in a time of 21:12 for 9th place.
Lake Braddock senior Kelly Sherrard finishing 13th overall in a time of 21:35.
Heather Mella is Midlothian's #2 runner behind Patterson with a 16th place finishing time of 21:39.
Lake Braddock's fourth runner, Becca Hoogland coming across the line in a time of 21:47 for a 19th place finish.
Michelle Presley finishes right behind teammate Hoogland in 20th place with a time of 21:50 to round out Lake Braddock's five scoring runners.
Boys' Race
The start of the boys' race with the front of the Midlothian pack to the right.
Another shot of the start.
Running in the top three at the mile marke is Lake Braddock senior Brad Clark.
Lake Braddock's Ted Voss running high up in the field early on at the mile marker.
A poised Brad Clark running at 1.5 miles.
At two miles, Clark still finds himself in third place position.
Closing out an exceptional individual race, Clark finishes in third place with a time of 17:25.
Voss of Lake Braddock has a solid run as well to finish 22nd overall.
Girls Post-Race
The Lake Braddock girls come away with second place hardware after an exceptional team performance.
Virginia schools took two of the top three team awards in the girls' race as the Midlothian girls finished third in the team standings.
An exhausted, but estatic Lake Braddock girls team after their great races.
Another team shot of the Lake Braddock girls.
The Lake Braddock girls with coaches and family.
Race runner-up Amanda Patterson fro Midlothian with her mom, Mary.
The Lake Braddock boys posing with their third place team plaque.
The Midlothian boys with Mr. Witt, father of current team members Kurt and Jason and 2004 graduate Ryan.
The Midlothian boys and girls teams together for a picture.
Midlothian's Mike Waite with mom, Pam.