10/26/00

By Pearl Watts

In Patriot District action, Robinson survived a scare from Lake Braddock on both the boys and girls side. The Rams scored 42 points to successfully defend their title on the boys side with the Bruins a close second at 46 points while the Robinson girls won with 39 points to Lake Braddock's runnerup total of 48. L.A. Snead of Robinson grabbed an early lead and won the boys individual title for the second year in a row with his winning time of 15:19 this year two seconds better than last year's performance. Lake Braddock took the next two spots with Dave Vitto the runnerup at 15:31 and teammate Jimmy Judge was third at 15:36. West Springfield's James Feeney took fourth at 15:38 to lead the Spartans to third place with 60 points. On the girls side, Kelly Swain of Lake Braddock followed in her sister's footsteps as she won the girls individual title in 18:14 after her graduated sister Erin Swain had taken the 1999 crown. The Bruins were strong at the front with Heather McCarthy (2nd; 18:36) and Cheryl Carr (3rd; 18:45), leading a sweep of the top three spots for Lake Braddock. Robinson was not to be denied however, as they took seven of the next thirteen spots paced by Joanna Rodgers' fourth place finish at 18:48. The Rams were impressive in having just a 31 second split between their first and fifth scoring runners and just a 45 second spread among their entire top seven. Robinson coach Jeremy Workman said, "I figured it was going to be a close, tough battle going in on both sides. I was a little more worried on the girls side because of Lake Braddock's push up front. On the boys side, we ended up where we needed to be at the finish, but were not in the positions we needed to be in during the middle of the race with a couple of our runners".

Boys:

Team Results: 1. Robinson 42; 2. Lake Braddock 46; 3. West Springfield 60; 4. Hayfield 79; 5. West Potomac 152; 6. Annandale 167; 7. T.C. Williams 179

Individual Results: 1. L.A. Snead (ROB) 15:19; 2. Dave Vitto (LB) 15:31; 3. Jimmy Judge (LB) 15:36; 4. James Feeney (WS) 15:38; 5. Brian Dumm (ROB) 15:42; 6. Steven Hoogland (LB) 15:49; 7. Kevin McHale (ROB) 15:52; 8. Peter Gamber (TC) 15:56; 9. Brian Crawford (ROB) 15:58; 10. Jeff Day (WS) 16:02; 11. Kevin Camp (HAY) 16:02; 12. Matt Roughton (HAY) 16:06; 13. Elgin Brown (HAY) 16:08; 14. Raf Stottlemyer (WS) 16:09; 15. Greg Gunn (WS) 16:10

Girls:

Team Results: 1. Robinson 39; 2. Lake Braddock 48; 3. Hayfield 81; 4. T.C. Williams 103; 5. West Potomac 104; 6. West Springfield 126; 7. Annandale 218

Individual Results: 1. Kelly Swain (LB) 18:14; 2. Heather McCarthy (LB) 18:36; 3. Cheryl Carr (LB) 18:45; 4. Joanna Rodgers (ROB) 18:48; 5. Jamie Manner (WP) 18:54; 6. Sam Ference (ROB) 18:58; 7. Lauren Houvland (ROB) 18:59; 8. Maureen Hagan (WS) 19:05; 9. Nicole Smith (HAY) 19:09; 10. Michelle Awtrey (ROB) 19:11; 11. Katie Coan (TC) 19:16; 12. Amy Wagner (ROB) 19:19; 13. Emerson Davis (TC) 19:25; 14. Carrie Bennett (HAY) 19:30; 15. Kelly Givens (ROB) 19:32