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.
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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.
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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.
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Top 3 individuals - 1. Sara Freix (Westfield) 12:38, 2. Monica Lannen (South Lakes) 12:45, 3. Sonya Butseva (Lake Braddock) 12:56.
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Top 3 individuals - 1. Ben Fogg (Lake Braddock) 10:54, 2. Cav McGaw (Lake Braddock) 11:10, 3. Austin Thompason (Lake Braddock) 11:15.
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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
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Top 3 individuals: 1. Louis Colson (Thomas Edison) 9:57, 2. Mackenzie Haight (George C. Marshall) 10:11, 3. Bobby Dunn (Centreville) 10:18.
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Interview with sophomore boys race winner Ben Fogg of Lake Braddock.
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Interview with sophomore girls race winner Sara Freix of Westfield.
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Interview with freshmen girls race winner Isabell Baltimore of Bishop O'Connell.
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Interview with junior/senior girls race winner Katy Kunc of Lake Braddock.
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Interview with junior/senior boys race winner Louis Colson of Thomas Edison.