FOREST, VA -- Juniors Mike Spooner of West Springfield and Catherine White of Northside set new course record marks at the Runnin\' With The Wolves Invitational held at Wolf Branch Farm. Spooner knocked one second off the old record with his 16:25 clocking as he beat a field that included some of the state\'s best in Group AA #2 ranked John Horst (2nd, 16:44), Group A #1 ranked Simon Biddle-Snead (3rd, 16:54), Group AA #1 ranked Zac Edwards (4th, 16:58), and Group AAA #4 ranked Patterson Wilhelm (5th, 17:15). White destroyed her own course record by one minute and four seconds with her 18:47 clocking. She won by even a larger margin with Jefferson Forest\'s Lisa MacPherson (20:12) taking runner-up honors on her home course. The Blacksburg girls continued their winning ways that has them posed as a strong threat to Nike Team Nationals ranked Brentsville this season with 38 points. Blacksburg put their entire top five in the top 15 places with Allison Homer (4th, 20:47), Ariel Burbey (5th, 21:02), Laurel MacMillian (6th, 21:06), Cate Berenato (12th, 21:36), and Hannah Barrow (13th, 21:59).
The Jamestown boys (73 pts) scored a huge upset over the Nike Team Nationals Southeast Region #9 ranked West Springfield boys (77 pts). A 38 second time gap between the Eagles top five runners helped lead them to victory with Thomas Horley (8th, 17:31), Andrew Mearns (14th, 17:49), Raymond Hutchinson (18th, 18:00), Kirk Aldridge (20th, 18:04), and John Holt (23rd, 18:09).