She has been use to flying through the grass and mud every fall since she was a young kid, but while riding on a four legged animal called a horse. Hickory junior Teresa Williamson, a still active equestrian rider throughout the year, has found this fall that she does not need the assistance necessarily of a horse to go fast. Williamson made a huge leap in performance and emerged as an Eastern Region contender following her 18:38 5K performance at the MileStat.com Invite. She re-affirmed that the quick time at Pocahontas State Park was no on-time fluke race by winning the Southeastern District title last week despite losing one of her shoes early in the race. Prior to this fall of 2010, Williamson had only season of cross country and one season of indoor track under her belt in terms of any running, so her curve of improvement is still going strong. The night before she races with the Tidewater's fastest cross country runners at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake for the Eastern Region Championships, Williamson answered a series of interview questions from MileStat.com...
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Cosby's Megan Moye 17:42 (Course Record) READ GIRLS MEET SUMMARY Douglas Freeman's Silas Frantz 15:25 Smooth Lookin' Win Photos by John Herzog READ BOYS MEET SUMMARY Thanks to all who attended this year's MileStat.com Cross Country Invitational as athletes, coaches, and spectators. Special thanks to the Clover Hill High school parents and athletes, meet officials, and Pocahontas State Park for making this meet possible. Complete results posted below. More coverage including photo gallery from John Herzog, race videos, and meet summary to be posted later this weekend. 2010 MileStat.com Invitational Meet Results Varsity A Boys Varsity A Girls Varsity B Boys Varsity B Girls JV Boys #1 JV Boys #2 JV Girls Middle School Boys Middle School Girls Meet Summary: Girls Race - Boys Race Photo Gallery by John Herzog - 2,196 photos total. Race Videos - To be posted on Sunday. MileSplit US National Elites (83 total)
Who will earn some serious hardware (pictured below) by winning the varsity A division's individual and team titles at Saturday's MileStat.com Cross Country Invitational to be held at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, Virginia? Last year's meet and course record performances by Ariel Karabinus (17:52) and Grant Pollock (15:20) are in serious jeopardy with good weather conditions expected again for a field which boasts many of the state's best including Group AA state champ Kyle King racing against the Central Region's elite of Silas Frantz, Andrew Catanese, Cody Snyder, and Evan Niciphor. The girls' field is equally as star studded with arguably three of the state's top four runners this season (missing Mattie Webb) in Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock, Megan Moye of Cosby, and Hannah Lowery of Stafford. Throw in local Central Region talent in Erica Dobbs, Bonny Turnage, Anna Spiers, Molly Breidenbaugh, and Kaila Blackburn to setup for a fast cutoff time to break into the top 10 finishers. Find out more information on the meet page. MileStat.com XC Invitational Polls: Boys Individual Title Girls Individual Title Boys Team Title Girls Team Title
Video course tour of the Pocahontas State Park 5K course being used for the MileStat.com Invitational. Video from 2 mile mark to 5K finish.
Preview of the 5K course to be used at the MileStat.com Invitational at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, VA. Video from the start to the 1 mile mark.
Video course tour of the Pocahontas State Park 5K course being used for the MileStat.com Invitational. Video from 1 mile mark to 2 mile mark.