Running Shorts – Nov. 20

The Christopher Newport team, including locals JJ LaPointe (from Bishop O’Connell, left end) , Billy Rabil (West Springfield, second from left) and Cavanaugh McGaw (Lake Braddock, right end)

Heritage alumna Weini Kelati led locally-connected collegiate runners at the NCAA Championships with a seventh place finish in the Division I meet, where she helped the New Mexico team to the championship. Georgetown individual qualifier Jonathan Green finished 10th. Clarksburg’s Lucie Noall finished 75, running for Queens and George Marshall’s Jenna Robbins finished 201st with her Shippensburg team in Division II. I have very little research on Division II rosters, so please comment if I’m missing anyone. Christopher Newport finished third in the Division III men’s race, and JJ LaPointe‘s (Bishop O’Connell) 14th place finish went a long way to making that happen. Abigail Levine, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase alumna running for Carnegie Mellon, finish 108th.

Division I

7. Weini Kelati – New Mexico (Heritage)
41. Katy Kunc – Kentucky (Lake Braddock)
54. Bethlehem Taye – N.C. State (Paint Branch)
142. Hannah Christen – Mississippi (Lake Braddock)
163. Alexandra Lucki – Maryland
168. Martha MacDonald – Georgetown
204. Rachel McArthur – Villanova (Patriot)

10. Jonathan Green – Georgetown
83. Tai Dinger –  Stanford (St. Albans)
101. Chase Weaverling – Virginia (Poolesville)
197. Alex Corbett – Virginia (Lake Braddock)
202. Diego Zarate – Virginia Tech (Northwest)
237. Johnny Pace – Virginia (Westfield)

Division II

75. Lucie Noall – Queens (Clarksburg)
201. Jenna Robbins – Shippensburg (George Marshall)

Division III

14. JJ LaPointe – Christopher Newport (Bishop O’Connell)
103. Otto Kingstedt – RIT (formerly Gallaudet)
144. Jeff Gibson – Mary Washington (Thomas Edison)
152. Liam Walsh – Carnegie Mellon (Quince Orchard)
162. Cavanaugh McGaw – Christopher Newport (Lake Braddock)
183. Billy Rabil – Christopher Newport (West Springfield)
239. Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe – Haverford (St. Albans)

108. Abigail Levine – Carnegie Mellon (Bethesda-Chevy Chase)

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