Districts

Thursday, the AAA Commonwealth District Championships were held at Willowmere Park in Stafford. Five of the top ten teams in VA were vying for four slots to advance to Regionals. AHS was picked to finish fifth, but put together a great effort and finished third. Ryan placed 15th, earning All-District honors, with a 17:13.6. He was the #3 AHS runner to cross the finish line. Next up is Regionals, next Thursday at Panorama Farms.
The past two weeks, with most runners off and preparing for the championship season, Ryan maintained his #7 slot in the Ragged Mountain Poll.

10/14 Ragged Mountain Poll

Today, Ryan has the distinct honor of making the Poll twice, at #7 and at #13. Don't ask me how. His results from the AHS Invite are what landed him in the top 10, although they list his school as Woodberry Forest. His #13 ranking has him at AHS, but time listed is for the VMI meet. Anyway, congrats to Ryan. He is off from competition until the District meet at Willowmere Oct. 28.

Albemarle Invitational

The AHS varsity took the Invitational top team trophy Saturday. Ryan finished 22nd, out of 224 runners, and was #4 Albemarle finisher, with a 5K time of 17:03. Last Thursday, Ryan moved up to #12 in the latest Ragged Mountain Poll.

VMI Invitational

Saturday, Oct. 2, Ryan placed 8th in the varsity race in Lexington at the VMI Invitational, with a 5K time of 16:49 (PR). The team took third behind Blacksburg (#24 in the nation) and Jefferson Forest.
Thursday, Ryan retained his ranking of 14 in the weekly Ragged Mountain Poll.

Maymont Invitational

Ryan placed first in the Freshman Championship Race at Maymont. 2,200 Runners from 16 states competed in this premier East Coast cross country meet. Ryan's time of 18:12, over a tough 5K course, was 20 seconds better than the second place finisher from Delaware. The AHS freshman team took first place for the third consecutive year.

9/23 Ragged Mountain Poll

In this morning's Progress, Ryan moved up a slot to 14 despite not competing last week, and still the only freshman on the boys list. Ryan runs Saturday at the Maymont Invitational in Richmond. On a side note, his JV football team moved to 4-0, with victory over North Stafford last night.

9/16/10 Ragged Mountain Poll

Ryan is ranked 15th in the Ragged Mountain Central Virginia Cross Country Poll in today's Daily Progress. It is compiled of votes from area XC coaches. Pretty cool, since Ryan plays JV football full time, and does not practice with the XC team.