Returning Foot Locker All-American and VA #1 pre-season ranked runner Sean McGorty of Chantilly High School recalls his very first high school cross country race:
2012 Northern Region 3200 meter outdoor champion Sarah Angell of Washington-Lee High School recalls her very first high school race.
Defending Group AA state cross country champion and 2011 Nike Cross Nationals individual qualifier Carolyn Bethel of Hidden Valley High School recalls her very first high school cross country race.
4:49 minute miler and sub 18 minute 5K runner Katie Fortner of Cave Spring High School recalls her very first high school cross country race.
A 2:28 1000 meter runner and 4:13 miler as a sophomore, Ryan Thomas of Albemarle High School recalls his very first high school cross country race.
VA #5 pre-season ranked and sub 18 minute 5K runner Caroline Alcorta of West Springfield recalls her very first high school race.
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Defending Group AAA state indoor 1600 meter champion Logan Miller of Chantilly High School recalls his very first high school race.
Returning Foot Locker All-American and VHSL Group AAA state cross country champion Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock recalls her very first high school cross country race.
A 9:22 3200 All-State runner in the spring of his freshmen year and current VA #10 pre-season ranked Louis Colson of Thomas Edison High School recalls his very first high school cross country race.
Foot Locker All-South runner and three-time All-State runner as a freshmen, Allie Klimkiewicz of Oakton High School recalls her very first high school cross country race.
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Two-time Central Region 3200 meter state champion and Group AAA All-State runner Ronnie Calkins of Douglas Freeman recalls his very first high school cross country race.
Sub 18 minute 5K runner and VA #13 pre-season ranked Molly Breidenbaugh of Trinity Episcopal School (previously at Hanover High School) recalls her very first high school cross country race.
Group AA All-State distance runner and VA #14 pre-season ranked David Taylor of Western Albemarle High School recalls his very first high school cross country race.
2012 New Balance Indoor and Outdoor Nationals All-American two miler Hannah Christen of Lake Braddock High School recalls her very first high school race.
Northern Region 3200 meter outdoor runner-up (9:30 PR) and VA #19 pre-season ranked Ryan Hart of Yorktown High School ('13) recalls his very first high school cross country race.
Group AAA state cross country fourth place finisher and VA #17 pre-season ranked Rachel Galton of Maggie Walker recalls her very first high school cross country race.
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Defending Group AA state cross country champion and returning Foot Locker finalist Thomas Madden of Skyline ('13) recalls his very first high school cross country race.
VA #15 pre-season ranked and 15:45 5K runner Haben Zemichael of Battlefield High School ('14) recalls his very first high school cross country race.
Group AA All-State distance runner and VA #13 pre-season ranked David Cedillo of Brookville High School ('13) recalls his very first high school cross country race.
An 18:01 5K cross country runner and 2:13 half miler on the track, Macey Schweikert of James Robinson ('14) recalls her very first high school race:
A Group AAA All-State finisher in cross country, indoor, and outdoor track last year as a sophomore, Bailey Kolonich of Robert E. Lee High School ('14) recalls her very first high school cross country race.
2010 VHSL Group AAA state cross country champion and 10:37 3200 meter runner Hannah Lowery of Stafford High School ('13) recalls her very first high school cross country race.
VA #8 pre-season ranked runner and returning Central Region cross country individual champion Nathaniel Hall (Atlee '14) recalls his very first high school cross country race.