Chris Cantone

Check out the Virginia boys' all-time performances at McAlpine Park.

  The Trinity boys aim to better than they were last year with their entire top five returning from the 2010 VISAA Division 1 state cross country champions. Trinity runners continued to develop over the track season with four runners under 10 minutes for 3200 meters in Guy Shelby (9:40), Chris Cantone (9:51), Reider Strehler (9:56), and Mac Strehler (9:57). Also returning is the Division I individual state champion Scott Newton, who broke 16 minutes last fall at Foot Locker South. Outside of the Trinity top 4 and Collegiate's Newton, Avery Martin of Fork Union may be the next best individual in the private school ranks after running a 16:18 5K last fall as a member of Midlothian's cross country team then running 4:27 for 1600 meters and 9:53 for 3200 meters on the track at FUMA.

After finishing fourth at last year's Virginia Indepedent Schools state cross country championships and returning five key members from that team, the Trinity boys are looking to make a historical run this year if not next year with no seniors among their top seven. The last time that Trinity Episcopal won the Prep League title was back in 1981 and the school has never won the private school state cross country title.   Under the guidance of their young coach Marcus Jones, who ran at Trinity Episcopal (2000 graduate) and ran collegiately at Bucknell University, the school has definitely put its name on the map most notably by Barbara Strehler who won multiple state titles before taking her talents to the University of Virginia. Strehler's younger twin brothers, Mac and Reider, are part of a strong young core of Trinity runners including junior captains Guy Shelby and Chris Cantone, who expect to compete for a state cross country title over the next two years.     MileStat.com visited the Trinity boys on Tuesday morning in their first workout of the season as they ease their way off their summer base mileage with a 2x2 mile tempo workout at Bandy Field (former venue for the Central Region Championships) in the West End of Richmond. Video of their workout session and interviews with Coach Jones and captains Guy Shelby and Chris Cantone below!   Team Preview by MileStat.com The Warm-up The Work-out Post Work-out Interview w/ Coach Jones Post Work-out interview w/ Guy Shelby & Chris Cantone