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Mason freshman runs in Euro XC champs, Clarksburg alumna is top scholar-athlete and Arlington police officer finishes 50 state marathon quest.
Name: Laurel Holmquist
Self-described age group: 30-39
There was panic in the Jungle.
People felt it at home in Purcellville, at the Commonwealth Games, in a University of Virginia dorm and beamed it back to the Gleendover Golf Course in Portland, Ore.
New paved path in Arlington, Arlington resident Kieran O’Connor, Maryland alumnus Patrick Reaves, American alumnus Mark Leininger and Columbia native Brian Harvey qualify for Olympic Marathon Trials, Alexandria’s Bethany Sachtleben finishes sixth at U.S. marathon championships.
D.C.-area runners dominated the Nike Cross Southeast meet, putting four runners in the top eight and 15 in the top 50. Loudoun Valley easily qualified for the national meet that “Purcellville” won last year, with Sam Affolder and Jacob Hunter finishing second and third in 15:14. Right behind Hunter, Eldad Mulugeta finished fourth in 15:15 and his Northwood teammate Obsaa Feda finished eighth in 15:20. The course at WakeMed Park in Raleigh, N.C. was extremely muddy after days of rain, with more rain throughout the races.
Nov. 24, 2018
The Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile entry lottery runs Dec. 1-Dec. 12.
The Custis Trail in Rossyln, between North Fort Meyer Dr and Lynn Street, will narrow to six feet for 9-10 months starting Dec. 3
Heritage alumna Weini Kelati’s runner-up finish led local runners’ performances at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, a new interactive map shows D.C. area trails, =PR=’s Arlington store moves and more suspicious results from Marine Corps.
NCAA cross country finishers after the jump
Name: Scott Melchior
Self-described age group: 35-39
More than a dozen runners with local connections will be racing at NCAA cross country championships this weekend, suspicious finisher removed from Marine Corps top 10, voting ends Friday for Darrell General.
Three Virginia teams won their first state championships Saturday at Great Meadow, while two regulars kept their annual appointments on the podium.
Tuscarora girls and defending national champion Loudoun Valley boys repeated as team champions in 5A and 4A, respectively, but Loudoun Valley and West Springfield’s girls an W.T. Woodson’s boys (6A) were both new to hoisting a trophy. LV’s Sam Affolder repeated and his teammate Ricky Fetterolf won her first individual title. Three Northern Virginia runners finished in second: Broad Run’s Ellie Desmond in 5A, and West Springfield’s Chase Kappeler and Woodson’s Jack Leech in 6A.