Matthew Farmer

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Radford, VA - Maggie Walker, Brunswick, Auburn, and George Wythe all put together great teams and performances to walk away with first ever 1A & 2A State Championships. Complete recap of each competition including many of the winners can be read here. 

The headline says it all, over 15,000 photos over the course of 48 hours. MileStat's photo team was in championship mode as they took pictures of nearly every competitior competing this weekend. Check out highlights and samples, as well as links to the albums, here. 

Have you been wondering: How would my team have faired in the old three classifications? Who would have won the titles? Well this piece seeks to answer that question and recaps what would have been this year's "A" classification state indoor meet. 

Maggie Walker wins both team titles as standout stars Meredith Willis and DaJaun Seward each score over 40 points individually at the state meet! 

With a very exciting week of regional meets and coverage now behind us, it is now time to look forward to the meets that will decide it all, the state championships. The first of these championship meets, as part of the new six classifications, is the 1A/2A combined meet to be held Wednesday and Thursday in Lynchburg.

Matthew Farmer of Rural Retreat was just edged out for the win at last year's Giles Invitational by Bland County's Josh Goodman with both runners timed at 16:35. Farmer was not going to allow the same result happen this year back at Giles High School as he pulled away from strong challengers in Parry McCluer's Sam Armstrong (2nd, 16:43) and Auburn's Jared Downing (3rd, 16:44) for a 16:30 victory.

Pre-season cross country virtual meet previews for the two sectionals in the new Group 1A classification (East & West) based on season best 5K performances from last fall. The top 6 teams and top 10 individuals not on one of the top 6 advancing teams will move onto state competition from the sectional/regional championships.

  The 1A classification will get a lot smaller next fall as some of the larger Group A schools in the current six class system will move up to the 2A class next fall in the new 6 class re-alignment. One of the top individual returning stars for 1A will be Rural Retreat's Matthew Farmer, who has a 5K best of 16:08 from this past season and finished fourth last weekend in the Group A race with a time of 16:35 at Great Meadow.

Despite failing to win district and regional titles, can the George Mason girls become only the third team in VHSL State Cross Country Championships meet history to win 5 straight team titles?

    Virtual meet rankings for Group A teams and individuals as of October 3rd. The Radford boys led by defending Group A state champion Walker Mogen and his 15:45 5K season best are just ahead of Region C rivals Galax and Floyd County in the virtual meet rankings. Defending Group A state champion George Mason boys have raced in only one 5K invitational this season with that being a slower and challenging Oatlands course to have them currently 6th on this list based on their 5K season best times.

  Top 25 pre-season cross country individual rankings for Group A.