Thomas McConnell

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

Private school boys indoor track rankings as of January 22nd with top 25 performances in each event. Roanoke Catholic's Thomas Connell (pictured right by Ted Plunkett) had a successful meet this weekend at the Asics Invitational held in Lynchburg as he posted the fastest private school boys 1000 meter time in Virginia at 2:37.2 as well as the second fastest 1600 meter time at 4:27.18. St. Christopher's has the most state leaders at five with Fork Union in second with a total of four.

 At the Virginia Catholic Schools State Cross Country Championship held Tuesday afternoon at Newport News Park in Newport News, the Paul VI boys and girls swept the team titles, while Thomas McConnell of Roanoke Catholic and Taryn Schrader of Bishop Sullivan repeated as Catholic Schools State Champions. McConnell led early and pulled away with a final time of 16:44 to win by 30 seconds. Bishop Ireton's Julianne Tela challenged defending champ Schrader halfway through before the Bishop Sullivan junior made her move to win a second straight title in 19:44 with Tela in second at 19:59.More to come from the Catholic Schools State Meet including results (hopefully)... 

   First of MileStat.com's VA Coaches Pre-season Cross Country Rankings to be released today (Wednesday, August 29th) with the top 10 teams and top 15 individuals among private school boys, which is voted on by coaches among the private school ranks. Two champions from last year are still ontop as pre-season #1's as the Fork Union boys are looking to make it a third straight Division I state title, while Covenant's Austin Ellis (pictured above leading the 2006 VIS Division II state race with #4 ranked Thomas McConnell and #2 ranked Johns Ross) is looking to make it a perfect sweep of state championships with a 4-peat in the smaller school Division II classification. Read on for the full rankings!

Welcome, everyone, to the inaugural edition of the Jois Report, the world\'s first attempt at regular, exclusive, and in-depth coverage of Virginia Independent Schools cross country and track. We will be kicking off with a recap of the 2005 cross country season for private schoolers. In the future, you can expect much more frequent, possibly weekly, coverage.