Orange County's Logan Collins and Western Albemarle's Kyle Satterwhite have remained atop the CVa Indoor Honor Roll all year long. Photos: Jim Copony

While most of the area’s athletes rested up after a long indoor track season, a few of the elite tracksters made the trek up to Maryland for the Nike Indoor National meet this past weekend.

Here is a quick recap of the action…

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Don't miss the 12th edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click GO LOW!

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Don't miss the 12th edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click STANDOUTS.

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We weren’t kidding when we titled a story “Western eyes immortality” in the Feb. 27 edition of CVaSports.com.

The Warriors captured a white-knuckle win in the Group AA indoor state championship this month, posting back-to-back indoor titles, while adding to Western’s running reputation across the Commonwealth.

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Albemarle High standout Liz Barclay has been around the block. While just a junior, Barclay is carrying the torch for was has been a long line of standout distance runners in Patriot Country.

We were fortunate to catch up with Barclay at CVaSports.com as she prepares to enter the outdoor track and field season.

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You say the name William Tillery in Crozet, even whisper it, and a tale of athletic conquest will likely follow.

A 1982 graduate of Western Albemarle High School, Tillery, or just plain “Till,” depending on whom you’re speaking with, earned All-State recognition in three sports – football, basketball and track and field – during a decorated prep career.

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Members of the Albemarle High running family compete at Panorama Farms. Photo: Jim Copony

Running enthusiasts and CVaSports.com INSIDER Alec Lorenzoni issues his Top Performance of the Week honors and offers some major props to a handful of other high schools, teams and student-athletes after a sensational indoor track and field season.

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Nick Ward bounces nervously in place, eagerly anticipating the baton that will be his in a matter of seconds. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.

Not today.

Not at the most important meet of the season.

Photo: Jim Copony

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Don't miss the 11th edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click MOVING.

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Don't miss the 11th edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click FUEGO.

Photo: CHS sports information

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With Orange County sensation Kevin Pearson back in action and racking up points, is he a lock for Running INSIDER Alec Lorenzoni's Top Performance of the Week recognition.

Will one of the many talented runners from Western Albemarle or even teammate Logan Collins claim the honor?

Only Lorenzoni knows now but you can too by clicking below.

Make sure to find out. ...

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There's an incredibly insightful post running now called "CVa's Best Athletes," which was posted by Man in Black.

MiB's post and the many that follow analyze the CVaSports.com Power Poll "Who is the best athlete in Central Virginia?"

Make sure to VOTE!

Here are some of the highlights: The Dream, Mike Graham, Alex Asher, Kyle Long and Jerry Miller.

Don't miss the 10th edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

Western Albemarle sophomore Tim Nguyen has posted a 10-foot, 6-inch mark in the pole vault. Photo: Jim Copony

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Don't miss the 10th edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click FAST AND FURIOUS.

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Much like their male counterparts, the Western Albemarle has a long tradition in stellar distance running.

The former back-to-back Group AA cross country champions a few years ago, the Warriors have also been able to translate that success to the track, most notably a trifecta of state indoor titles from 2003-2005.

Western Albemarle Head Coach William Tillery has had a tremendous impact on the Warrior track and field program. Photo: Jim Copony

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Orange County's Logan Collins and Western Albemarle's Kyle Satterwhite and Tyler Stutzman continued their string of consistent performances at the JD meet Monday. Photos: Jim Copony

For the first time ever, Western Albemarle captured both the boys and girls team titles at Monday’s weather-delayed Jefferson District meet.

Relying on their traditionally strong distance runners and pole vaulters, the Warriors were able to pick up enough points in the other events to narrowly defeat runner-up Louisa County on both sides.

Here is a recap of the action…

Photos: Jim Copony

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Don't miss the ninth edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click SPARKLING.

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Don't miss the ninth edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click IMPRESSIVE.

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Albemarle sophomore Jordan Hill and Fork Union senior Jeremy Haney have made a tremendous impact this season. Photos: Jim Copony

At first glance, the two track student-athletes couldn’t look any more different. From height, length and weight, the pair are as different as they are incredibly talented.

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Don't miss the eighth edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click IMPRESSIVE.

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Don't miss the eighth edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click SUPER QUICK.

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Since 1997, the Women In Sports organization annually recognizes outstanding female athletes from the local high schools – Albemarle, Charlottesville, Covenant, Monticello, St. Anne’s-Belfield and Western Albemarle.

You can find information on the WinS nominating procedure, including scholarship information, by reading this story.

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Members of the Albemarle High running family compete at Panorama Farms. Photo: Jim Copony

When Buz Male took over the Albemarle boys cross country program this fall, things weren’t looking all that bright for the long-time Miller School head coach in his return to the big leagues of Group AAA cross country.

If one were to forecast a prediction for the 2007 season, a trip back to the state meet to end a six-year drought seemed rather unlikely for Male and his Patriots.

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Charlottesville's Christen Rhodes and Albemarle's Liz Barclay sit atop two respective categories in the updated Central Virginia Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll. Photos: Rick Lilly (Rhodes), Jim Copony (Barclay)

Don't miss the seventh edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click STANDOUTS.

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Don't miss the fifth edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

Check out the CVa Boys Indoor T&F Honor Roll HERE.

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Fork Union's Jeremy Haney (left) and Western Albemarle's Nick Ward are both ranked in the CVa Indoor T&F Honor Roll. Photo: Jim Copony (Haney)

Don't miss the fifth edition of the CVa Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Boys Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

For the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll, please click HERE.

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Fork Union’s Axel Mostrag set the bar high in 2007 - really high.

With the Commonwealth’s fastest 1600 meter (4:14.65), 1000 meter (2:26.11) and 800 meter (1:51.63) times, Mostrag marched through the indoor season undefeated, capping his unblemished year with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the 800 meters at the indoor national meet.

Orange County's Logan Collins has posted a 1600 meter time of 4:16 and is nipping on former Fork Union star Axel Mostrag's mark of 4:14.65, the fastest time in the Commonwealth last season. Photo: Jim Copony (Collins), Fork Union (Mostrag, inside)

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Check out this photo of Tyler Stutzman, a.k.a. "Tex."

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For this week's IN FOCUS photographs of the day, click SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY.

Photos: Jim Copony and Fluvanna Sports Photography

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Don't miss the fourth edition of the CVa Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll courtesy of CVaSports.com. Special thanks go to Alec Lorenzoni for compiling the Girls Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll.

See where you stack up. Check out the numbers. Gauge your progress. Learn from the competition.

Check out the CVa Boys Indoor T&F Honor Roll HERE.

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Western Albemarle graduate Tasmin Fanning shattered a four-year Virginia Tech school record by smoking her competition at the Virginia Tech Indoor Track and Field Invitational in Blacksburg.

A one-time CVaSports.com Athlete of the Week, Fanning has without question etched her name firmly into the Virginia Tech record books.

Catch up with the Fanning sisters right here on CVaSports.com.

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Western Albemarle product Tasmin Fanning was honest when asked her expectations for the 2007 cross country season. Fanning, now a junior student-athlete at Virginia Tech, said “really, I wasn’t sure.”

“I didn’t know what to expect when the season started,” said Fanning, the fourth winner of the CVASPORTS.COM/Ragged Mountain Female Athlete of the Week. “I knew I got in a good summer of training. I felt ready to do something.”

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This is the seventh of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 31, 2007

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This is the seventh of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 31, 2007

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This is the seventh of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 31, 2007

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This is the seventh of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 31, 2007

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Fluvanna County's Melissa Messier (#784) on her way to Jefferson District championship performance.

PALMYRA - She’s bubbly. She’s loquacious. She’s intelligent. Meet Melissa Messier. She’s a freshman at Fluvanna County High School and the 2007 Jefferson District Cross Country champion!

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This is the sixth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 24, 2007

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This is the sixth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 24, 2007

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This is the sixth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 24, 2007

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This is the sixth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 24, 2007

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This is the fifth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 17, 2007

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This is the fifth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 17, 2007

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This is the fifth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 17, 2007

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This is the fifth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 17, 2007

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Head Coach Buz Male and the Albemarle boys cross country team placed five runners in the top 45 to capture the 2007 Albemarle Invitational. Photo: Jim Copony

PANORAMA FARMS - Head Coach Buz Male and the Albemarle boys cross country team rocked Central Virginia by capturing the 2007 Albemarle Invitational on Saturday at Panorama Farms.

The Patriots entered as the second ranked team in the Ragged Mountain/CVa Top 5 power ranking with five runners in the Top 20 and four in the Top 14. AHS had five runners register Top 45 times at the Albemarle Invitational and six who set personal bests!

Head Coach Buz Male, the boys cross country guru at Albemarle High School, chronicles the 2007 Maymont Invitational and looks ahead at Saturday's Albemarle Invitational for CVASPORTS.COM.

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Western Albemarle juniors Tyler Stutzman (left) and Kyle Satterwhite (right) are the top-ranked harriers in the Ragged Mountain/CVa Top 20. Photo: Jim Copony

Concerned with Andrew Fickley, who had an appendectomy early in the week, Head Coach Lindy Bain now must find a way to close the gap between his first three harriers and his next three if the Western Albemarle boys cross country team hopes to contend for a state championship this season.

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This is the fourth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 10, 2007

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This is the fourth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 10, 2007

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This is the fourth of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 10, 2007

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This is the fourth of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 10, 2007

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"I know Thomas Baker will make a tremendous college runner one day." Louisa County AD Doug Straley said.

Louisa County junior Thomas Baker has been a fixture in the Ragged Mountain Top 20. Baker, Lawrence Minor (pictured INSIDE), Daniel Cutright and a talented Lion pack have their eyes set on postseason hardware.

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This is the third of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 2, 2007

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This is the third of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 2, 2007

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This is the third of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 2, 2007

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This is the third of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Oct. 2, 2007

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This is the second of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 26, 2007

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This is the second of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 26, 2007

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This is the second of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 26, 2007

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This is the second of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 26, 2007

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This is the first of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of girls cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 19, 2007

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This is the first of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 19, 2007

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This is the first of a weekly TOP 5 ranking of cross country teams as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 19, 2007

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This is the first of a weekly TOP 20 ranking of cross country harriers as voted by the coaches in Central Virginia. It will be compiled by Mark Lorenzoni of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and posted on CVASPORTS.COM each week throughout the season.

Sept. 19, 2007

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