The year of 2005 was a very significent year in the state of Virginia\'s high school and college running community with many big stories filling out the 12 months. From the terrible losses with an unusually high number of deaths by young student-athletes in the sport to the stories of championship glory, MileStat.com counts down the 10 biggest news stories of the year. While there were many important events throughout the year, these 10 come to mind as some of ones that really stood out among the rest as attention grabbers.
10. Early setting indoor and outdoor state pole vault marks - Western Albemarle\'s Ashley Early had a fantastic junior year in 2005 as she would go on to establish herself as the best girls\' pole vaulter this state has yet to see by setting state record marks in indoors (12-4) and outdoors (12-6.50) as well.
9. The emergence of Winston Brown\'s Track Talk radio show - Who would have thought six years ago that the state of Virginia would have a website de...