Heather Holt

Lake Braddock girls win third straight title, Tuscarora’s third in four years

Published November 12, 2017 at 7:53AM | Updated November 26, 2017 at 3:54PM

Olivia Beckner leads Heather Holt and Julia Ghiselli in the second mile of the 6A championship. Photo: Bruce Buckley.

Lake Braddock girls won their third straight 6A title, once again beating Oakton, winner of the two state meets before the Bruins’ streak started.

After three years of winning team scores in the 40s, the Bruins nearly doubled that, scoring 86 to Oakton’s 92.

Three D.C.-area runners, four teams win Va. XC titles

By Charlie Ban

Published November 13, 2016 at 12:49AM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:44PM

Loudoun Valley boys and Lake Braddock girls dominated their races while defending their Virginia state titles, while the James Madison boys and George Marshall girls won their first-ever championships.

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Oakton girls defend Va. title, McArthur, Heather Holt win individual crowns

By Charlie Ban

Published November 16, 2014 at 2:29AM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:50PM

Oakton's Allie Klimkiewicz closes in on third place in the 6A race, and the start of another state championship for the Cougars. Photo: Charlie Ban

Oakton’s girls kept everyone guessing all season, including coach Alisa Byers. Into late October, she didn’t know where her defending 6A champion team stood.

“We never really got to race together,” she said. “People had college visits, people on holidays, so we didn’t have everyone racing until the conference meet.”