Maggie Graham

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Maggie Graham (pictured right by Scott Rigler) makes running seem fun, rather than a tiring chore. So when the Marion senior crossed the finish line as the Abingdon Invitational’s overall girls’ victor, the five to six cool-down strides that followed her three-mile trek were normal indeed. But while most individual champs are more concerned with personal-best times and the post-run chats with friends, Graham was quickly hustling in the opposite direction to watch the remaining runners.Make that the next runner. Teammate Melanie Rice was just 33 seconds behind Graham’s winning time of 19:17 during unusually mild temperatures Thursday at Sugar Hollow Park. Read full story... 

Griff Graves (pictured right by John Herzog) stuck around for a while. Made a race of it. Then Graves dug in, recharged, and left everyone behind him in the dust. Using a long kick, a senior’s experience, and a drive-it-home mental approach, Graves took first place on Thursday afternoon in the 35th annual Trailblazer Invitational at Daniel Boone High School, finishing the 5k race in 15 minutes, 55.74 seconds. "I tried to turn it on going down the hill," the Abingdon senior said. "When I got to the two-mile point, I surged again." With the win, Graves became the first-ever three-time winner of the Trailblazer Invitational.Read full story... 

Abingdon's Griff Graves will be back at the Blue Demon Invitational on Saturday looking to improve upon his course record time of 15:47 in 2006. His competition early in the season may be himself in comparision to his 2006 times as he was ahead of schedule last week at Run Fer Da Hills in Bristol, Tennessee with a winning time which was 15 seconds faster than the previous year. However, the Blue Demon Invite will have two top harriers to make it an honest race for Graves with Cave Spring's Tim Smith and Radford's Nathan Brame battling for a second week in a row. Smith picked up a opening win at the Eagle Invite last weekend over Brame. Eagle Invite girls champion Jessica Alley will also be competing as well as Run Fer Da Hills runner-up Maggie Graham of Marion. Jefferson Forest boys are in position to start the year with a second straight invite team title, while the Jefferson Forest girls could make it a team sweep for Coach Loy at Blue Demon.Blue Demon Invite Team List 

Predictability is a word that serves Group AA girls well this fall with the Brentsville girls returning a full squad from a team that simply dominated at the state meet last year and two-time individual state champion Catherine White looking fitter than ever heading into this season. Behind Brentsville and White, there are plenty of great teams and individuals filling out what should be a strong fall for Group AA.