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September 2,
2006 – Fredericksburg, VA. - In the opening cross country
meet of the 2006 season, teams from the Northwestern District were
introduced to Tropical Storm Ernesto’s aftermath. Athletes from
Millbrook, Central, James Wood and Liberty High School walked onto a
soggy, muddy, gloomy, and humid cross country opener at Loriella
Park near Fredericksburg, VA. Regardless of the undesirable
conditions, athletes stepped to the line and preformed as they had
been trained.
In the girl’s
race, Millbrook’s Jillian Pollack cranked out a 20:40.19 which
sealed up a 7th place finish for her. Following close
behind was teammate Sullivan Parkes who crossed the line in 20:58.09
for 11th place. Rounding out the top 25 for the girls
were Lauryl Andrus from James Wood High School (19th)
with a 21:40.00, and Liberty High School’s Deanna Andrews (22nd)
with a 21:48.52.
The Millbrook girls
placed 5th overall with 224 points, Liberty High School
was 10th with 230 points, James Wood grabbed the 11th
spot and Central rounded out the Northwestern District (20th
position) with 554 points. |
Photo by Hal Burba |
Photo by Hal Burba |
In the boy’s
race, Millbrook High School put their top three guys across the
finish line in the top twenty-five. Millbrook’s Stephen Lassiter
opened the season with a 7th place finish, with a time of
17:21:90, and teammate Patrick Connelly (11th) followed
close behind with a time of 17:27:86. James Wood’s Josh Wilson
broke up Millbrook’s top three placing 14th with a time
of 17:36:90 and close behind was Millbrook’s Bobby Vance (17th)
with a time of 17:49:62. James Wood’s Tyler Beach placed 19th
with a 17:53:61 and rounding out the top 25 for the District was
teammate Darin Longerbeam (24th) with an 18:00:51.
Millbrook’s boys
team grabbed 3rd place with a score of 117, James Wood
placed 7th with a total of 229 points, Liberty High
School took 13th place with 392 points and rounding out
the Northwestern District was Central High School (26th)
with 698 points.♦
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