An epicly fast Northern Region Cross Country Championships was only fitting for the final Northern Region Cross Country Championships. The meet had individual race winners in Sean McGorty (14:18) of Chantilly and Sophie Chase (16:42) of Lake Braddock who threw down times which now rank them among the second (McGorty) and third (Chase) fastest ever on the historic Burke Lake 2.98 mile course in Fairfax County. Regional team champions in the Chantilly boys and Lake Braddock girls also showed themselves as being two of the better teams ever produced in the region's history with the Chantilly boys inserting four among the top 10 and nearly four 15:30 or faster, while Lake Braddock had three girls among the top six with Chase, Hannah Christen (3rd, 17:08), and Katie Roche (6th, 17:33) in one of the fastest regional races in meet history with 11 girls under 18 minutes. The Oakton boys (2nd, 85 pts) and Chantilly girls (3rd, 109 pts) showed great resiliency to come back from subpar district races to grab state meet berths. More to come..
Top 4 Boys Team Qualifiers
1. Chantilly - 39 pts (15:21 average)
2. Oakton - 85 pts (15:53 average)
3. James Robinson - 87 pts (15:53 average)
4. Lake Braddock - 124 pts (15:53 average)
Top 15 Boys Individual Qualifiers
1. Sean McGorty (Chantilly) 14:19
2. Nick Tuck (Lake Braddock) 15:03
3. Logan Miller (Chantilly) 15:23
4. Louis Colson (Thomas Edison) 15:27
5. Jack Stoney (Oakton) 15:29
6. Matthew Calemb (James Madison) 15:30
7. John Tolbert (James Robinson) 15:30
8. Faris Skallah (Chantilly) 15:30
9. Brady Guertin (Stone Bridge) 15:31
10. Ryan McGorty (Chantilly) 15:34
11. Bradley Heur (Herndon) 15:39
12. Alec Jones (South County) 15:42
13. Alex Corbett (Lake Braddock) 15:43
14. MacKenzie Haight (George C. Marshall) 15:44
15. Haileye Demsie (Washington-Lee) 15:46
Top 4 Girls Team Qualifiers
1. Lake Braddock - 38 pts (17:36 average)
2. Oakton - 92 pts (18:22 average)
3. Chantilly - 109 pts (18:31 average)
4. West Springfield - 116 pts (18:20 average)
Top 15 Girls Individual Qualifiers
1. Sophie Chase (Lake Braddock) 16:42
2. Caroline Alcorta (West Springfield) 16:58
3. Hannah Christen (Lake Braddock) 17:08
4. Allie Klimkiewicz (Oakton) 17:16
5. Macey Schweikert (James Robinson) 17:27
6. Katie Roche (Lake Braddock) 17:33
7. Kendall Cowne (Chantilly) 17:33
8. Lauren Berman (James Robinson) 17:44
9. Maddie Wittich (West Springfield) 17:45
10. Bailey Kolonich (Robert E. Lee) 17:49
11. Sarah Angell (Washington-Lee) 17:55
12. Jennifer Flack (Thomas Edison) 18:02
13. Katy Kunc (Lake Braddock) 18:08
14. Katie Genuario (West Potomac) 18:15
15. Sara Freix (Westfield) 18:19
Meet summary to come!
Northern Region XC Championships Complete Results: Boys Results - Girls Results
Northern Region XC Championships Photo Gallery by Steven Pham - 1,152 photos total