Billy Berlin

Here are the all-time rankings on the boys side for 5K

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

Video interview with Virginia Tech's Billy Berlin at the High Performance Distance Academy in Blacksburg. Berlin, a 2004 graduate of Midlothian High School, has had a remarkable progression as runner. As a high school sophomore, Berlin had bests of a 20:05 5K, 5:10 1600, and 2:11 800. This past outdoor track season at Virginia Tech, Berlin went sub 1:50 in the 800 as the ACC runner-up in the event and ran a NCAA Nationals qualifier of 3:41 (equivalent of a sub 4 mile) in the 1500 meter run.

A floodgates opened this past Friday across the state of Virginia as the state was drenched by a storm system that rolled through leaving many of the cross country courses for this past Saturday\'s invitationals in a muddy, sloppy, and slow mess.

With no returning individual state champions, the AAA state cross country race will be one of the most competitive races in recent years with many elite athletes vying for the male and female individual crowns. Meanwhile, the two defending state team champions, Thomas Jefferson boys of Alexandria and James River girls of Midlothian, took only small losses due to graduation and will once again be in the hunt to defend their titles.

The state of Virginia surely made it\'s presence felt at the fifth annual Nike Indoor Championships, held at the Prince George County\'s Sports and Learning Complex. Over the two day contested national meet, seven national titles and dozens of All-American medals were brought home by Virginians.