Patriot District XC Championship 2009

The Lake Braddock boys have not raced often against their top regional competition this season, so today's Patriot District Championships should be a nice measure up for a squad which is looking to advance onto the state meet next week. The defending Patriot District champions are led by Alex Clark (pictured by Rick Andrews for flrunners.com), who will be competing for the individual district crown along with Glory Days champion Natnael Mesert of Robert E. Lee. Few districts are going to find as quality of a third best team in the district as will be the case for the Patriot District girls with top 10 ranked state squads Lake Braddock, West Potomac, and West Springfield. Lake Braddock's Liana Epstein has already been under 18 minutes twice at Burke Lake this season and will try to drop even further below the barrier in her district race.