The state's top two ranked runners in Thomas Edison's Louis Colson and George C. Marshall's Mackenzie Haight found each other quickly 200 meters into the junior/senior boys' race at Potomac River Running Kick Off Invitational on Thursday at Bull Run Regional Park. Colson and Haight ran stride for stride on the 2 mile course after a conservative first mile split of 5:06 until the final downhill stretch when Colson shifted gears to pull away for a 14 second victory in 9:57
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Preview for today's =PR= Kick Off Invitational to be held at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville, Virginia. An opening meet for dozen Northern Virginia schools as they run a series of 2 mile races separated by grade levels (freshmen, sophomore, and junior/senior races), which will likely spread out several team's varsity seven that might include underclassmen. The junior/senior boys' race will be the most anticipated in an early matchup between VA #1 pre-season ranked Louis Colson of Thomas Edison and VA #2 ranked Mackenzie Haight of George C. Marshall.
Top 3 individuals - 1. Isabell Baltimore (Bishop O'Connell) 12:58, 2. Abagail Shoemaker (Thomas Jefferson S&T) 13:04, 3. Emily Schiesl (Lake Braddock) 13:53.
Top 3 individuals - 1. Saurav Valeteth (Thomas Jefferson S&T) 11:32, 2. Evan Chase (Lake Braddock) 11:33, 3. Matthew Frame (West Potomac) 11:36.
Top 3 individuals - 1. Sara Freix (Westfield) 12:38, 2. Monica Lannen (South Lakes) 12:45, 3. Sonya Butseva (Lake Braddock) 12:56.
Top 3 individuals - 1. Ben Fogg (Lake Braddock) 10:54, 2. Cav McGaw (Lake Braddock) 11:10, 3. Austin Thompason (Lake Braddock) 11:15.
Top 3 individuals - 1. Katy Kunc (Lake Braddock) 11:53, 2. Katie Genuario (West Potomac) 11:57, 3. Olivia Martin (George C. Marshall) 12:40
Top 3 individuals: 1. Louis Colson (Thomas Edison) 9:57, 2. Mackenzie Haight (George C. Marshall) 10:11, 3. Bobby Dunn (Centreville) 10:18.
Interview with sophomore boys race winner Ben Fogg of Lake Braddock.
Interview with sophomore girls race winner Sara Freix of Westfield.
Interview with freshmen girls race winner Isabell Baltimore of Bishop O'Connell.
Interview with junior/senior girls race winner Katy Kunc of Lake Braddock.
Interview with junior/senior boys race winner Louis Colson of Thomas Edison.