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-The CTC Baby Boomers, who ran an excellent team race in the 60+ age group at the USA National Club XC Team Championships in Lehigh! -Rick Kwiatkowski and his hearty crew of trail runners, who ran the entire 20+ mile RTF loop in the cold rain last Saturday morning! -A great big congrats to the 2019 All Central Virginia Cross Country Squad! What a truly wonderful group of hardworking and talented athletes. We’re so very proud of you.
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Ragged Mountain Runners of the Week:
-Daniel Cutright and Jennifer Flack, who were the overall champs at the Monticello Holiday Classic 5K! -the Western Albemarle Boys team, who finished fifth in the nation at the National XC Team Championships in Portland, Oregon. -Charlie Hurt (2:18) and Ann Mazur (2:44), who qualified for the Olympic Trials at the California International Marathon! -Thomas Adam (in photo with Charlie Hurt), who ran a sweet 2:26 at the CIM! Ragged Mountain Runners of the Week: the Western Albemarle Boys XC squad, who qualified for the Nike National Team Championships in Portland, Oregon by finishing second at the regional meet in NC last Saturday!  -Jason Brown (2:44 and 17 minute p.r.) and Ali and Shawn Kelly (2:50 debuts), who all had fantastic races at the Philadelphia Marathon! -Katie Thomas, who ran a sweet 3:27 (BQ) at the Philly Marathon! -All the students, who wisely chose to run the Fourth Year 5K! -The Albemarle Boys XC team, who won the 5A State Championships! -The UVa Men’s XC squad, who won the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships! -Penelope Tingley(10th grade CHS), who finished 3rd overall I’m 18:51 at the 3A State XC Championships! -Jane Jackson (3:52 and 4th in age group) and Sarah Wymer (3:52), who ran huge p.r.’s at the Richmond Marathon! -Gabriella Karas, who after a long lay-off from injury, surged her way to first place for the UVa women at the NCAA Regional Championships! -Jamie Morris, who ran a huge 3:22 p.r. at the Richmond Marathon! -The Western Albemarle boys XC team, who won the 3A State Championships! -Lee Nunn, who scored a big 3:54 p.r. at the Richmond Marathon! -Vicki Turtora who ran a sweet 1:56 at the Richmond Half Marathon! -Leah Connor, who ran a speedy 1:50 at the Richmond Half Marathon! -Emily Voss (2:16 Half) and Steve Light (3:33 full), who scored huge p.r.’s at the Richmond races! -John Moody, who lost 65 pounds before debuting with a 4:29 at the Richmond Marathon! -Gaby Gorman, who was 5th in her age group with a 3:20 at Richmond.               -Josh Thomas (4th overall) and Patrick (11th), who had excellent races over the challenging Mountain Masochist 50 Miler! -Attila Szabo, who broke 5 hours for the first time and scored a huge 4:54 p.r. at the Savanah Marathon! -Corey Feist and Liza Borches who ran right at 4 hours in their NYC Marathon debut! -Tristan Jones, who ran a huge p.r. of 2:53 at the Baltimore Half Marathon, his first sub 3 half! -Rachel Letteri, who marathon debuted with a sweat 3:56 at the Yonkers Marathon! -The Smith family who all ran super races at the MDI Half Marathon in Maine! Mary Claire (2:04) and Emily (1:42) won their age groups, while Scott took third in 1:46! - Natalie Krovetz, Pam Balcke, Wendy Golden, and Ancolirn Tate, who all finished first in their respective age groups at The Chessie Trail Half Marathon! Leslie Bergin and Diddy Morris scored impressive times too!     -the Albemarle and Western Albemarle boys cross country squads who finished 2nd and 3rd behind mighty Loudon Valley (#3 team in the country), with an amazing 16:04 average time, at the Albemarle Invitational! -Micheal Guthrie, who after suffering a long term and potentially deadly illness, worked his way back to fitness with a super finish at the Community Bridges 5k! -Deb Gilbert, who broke 30 minutes for 5K for the first time ever (at the Community Bridges)! -Christy Leitzel, who ran a fast 4:02 in her marathon debut at Chicago! -Carter Norbo, who ran a huge 2:45:38 p.r. at the Chicago Marathon! -Sophie Lambert, who shattered her previous p.r. with a 3:18 at Chicago! -Courtney Duckworth (14544) who ran a sweet 3:25 p.r. at the Chicago Marathon! -Anders Grorud (#1286) who ran a sweet 3:15 in his marathon debut at the Twin Cities Marathon -Henry Reeves, who qualified for the Boston Marathon in the 80-84 division with a speedy 4:48! -Jenny Goswami, who qualified for the US Olympic Trials with a nifty 2:43:00 at The Twin Cities Marathon!    UVA: Third year Rohann Asfaw, who led the Hoos (ranked #20 nationally) to a win in their home opener with a 24:25 victory on Panorama Farms' brand new 8K course. High School Boys: Junior Branden Wood, who is quietly having the best cross season a Louisa boy has had since legendary harrier Danny Kane way back in the early 2000s. Wood, who finished third on Saturday's Cavalier Classic at Panorama Farms in 16:01, also ran 10:00 for two miles at the season opening Ragged Mountain Cup. Both times he has finished behind only the double headed Western Albemarle juggernaut of Hawkes & Eliason. High School Girls: Louisa senior Cierra Caicedo, whose 19:30 runner-up finish at the Cavalier Classic on Saturday reaffirmed her as one of the best runners in all of Virginia 4A (18th at the State XC meet in 2018).    |
About Runners of the WeekRunners of the Week has been a Ragged Mountain family tradition since 1982. Each week we select a few individuals (although sometimes we will actually spotlight all of the members of a relay team, like we did when the Western Albemarle Boys DMR indoor squad won the National title in 2008 or an entire team, as we did when the UVa Women won the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships way back in the Winter of 1982) as our “Runners of the Week". Archives
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