VIS State Championships 2007

More photos from the VHSL & VIS State Championships by Brandon Miles. Tag away to your athlete profiles!   State titles separated by less than a stride!   VHSL State Championships Photo Gallery - 1663 total photosVIS State Championships Photo Gallery - 1283 total photos

Combined state meet results have been compiled from this past weekend's VHSL State Championships (compiled by Brandon Miles) and VIS State Championships (compiled by George Winslow). See how your team stacks up when combined with AAA, AA, and A in the VHSl as well as Division I and Division II in the VIS.Combined VHSL State Meet Results: Boys - Girls Combined VIS State Meet Results: Boys - Girls 

MileStat.com will be providing extensive pre-meet and post-meet coverage of Virginia's two high school cross country championships with Friday's Virginia Independent Schools Championships at Woodberry Forest and Saturday's Virginia High School League Championships at Great Meadow. MileStat.com will also be providing live results of the VHSL State Cross Country Championships for the first time ever!Click here for state championship coverage with more to be added throughout the weekVIS State Championships Results: Division I Boys - Division I Girls - Division II Boys - Division II Girls VIS State Championships Race Videos: Division I Boys - Division I Girls - Division II Boys - Division II GirlsVideo Interviews: Johns Ross - Megan Fitzpatrick - Jane Gay VIS State Championships Photo Gallery by John Herzog - 1143 total photos available for purchase! VHSL State Championships Results: AAA Boys - AAA Girls - AA Boys - AA Girls - A Boys - A GirlsVHSL State Championships Race Videos: AAA Girls (Part 1 & Part 2) - AAA Boys - A Girls - A Boys - AA Girls - AA Boys VHSL State Championship Photo Galleries: Herzog Gallery (All Races) - 1584 total photos available for purchase!Plunkett Gallery (All Races) - 1071 total photos D'Amato Gallery (AAA) - 243 total photos Paisley Gallery (AAA) - 260 total photos

There were some amazing individual performances at the Virginia Independent Schools State Champions on Friday afternoon at Woodberry Forest School. On one of the state's most difficult commonly run courses, four individuals posted times which have rarely been seen much less a barrage of them in the same meet. With his 15:57 win in the Division I race, Potomac School senior Ross joined only three others to ever break 16 minutes at Woodberry as only Alan Webb (15:18) and Kippy Keino (15:51) have ran faster. Both happened to be Footlocker finalist, which should give Ross a great deal of confidence heading into Footlocker South later this month. Jeremy Haney was able to hang tough with Ross for close to two miles before Ross was able to break away as Haney's 16:11 runner-up performance was very helpful to Ross as well as the Fork Union boys in winning their third straight Division I title. It will be hard for any of the public school state championship races to live up to the drama of the Megan Fitzpatrick-Barbara Strehler (pictured left by John Herzog) battle on Friday in the Division I girls race as the private school's top two ranked harriers raced neck and neck the entire way. Strehler started to gap Fitzpatrick in the final mile, but Fitzpatrick was able to reel her in and look to be starting to pull away for the win. Strehler fought back in the final stretch to pull a slight advantage, but Fitzpatrick responded just in time to hold off for the win as both were timed at 18:46  to finish ahead of the old course record set by two-time AAA state champion Rachel Rose at 18:51. In the final race of the day and running out in front by herself, North Cross senior Jane Gay had an equally impressive performance to break 19 minutes in 18:57. The Covenant boys and girls swept the Division II team titles with senior Austin Ellis wrapping up his stellar high school cross country career with a fourth straight state championship. The Bishop O'Connell girls were dominant as expected in Division  I with a team victory.VIS State Championships Results: Division I Boys - Division I Girls - Division II Boys - Division II Girls VIS State Championships Race Videos: Division I Boys - Division I Girls - Division II Boys - Division II GirlsVideo Interviews: Johns Ross - Megan Fitzpatrick - Jane Gay VIS State Championships Photo Gallery by John Herzog - 1143 total photos available for purchase! 

Austin Ellis was already a household name for Central Virginia cross country fans. The Covenant runner came into the VIS championships riding a string of four consecutive first-place finishes. On Friday, Ellis delivered again, but joining him in celebration this time were his teammates, both boys and girls, as the Eagles swept the Division II team championships at Woodberry Forest. Read full story... 

 Race day instructions as well as course map (click on for large size) of the home course for the VIS State Cross Country Championships at Woodberry Forest School.

History of the varsity girls championships race from the Virginia Independent Schools Cross Country Championships. Dates back with top three individual and team finishers from the 1979 race.