Topic: DRHS 2005 Cross Country

Wildcat harriers recognized at Deep Run fall sports banquet

November 22, 2005 - Deep Run High School, Henrico County, VA

The Deep Run HS Cross Country athletes were recognized at Tuesday evening's annual fall sport banquet. Drew Spicer was singled out for all-district and all-region recognition, academic all-district and all-region honors, and for a 26th place finish in the AAA State Championship. David Lynch earned academic all-district honors. Erin Bragg and Kate Putney earned all-district and academic all-district honors.

Individual awards were presented by Coach Stockdreher.

Girls' award recipients

• Most Improved - Rebecca Kuzemchak
• Coach's Award - Katie Harrell
• Most Valuable - Erin Bragg

Boys' award recipients

• Most Improved - Booth Hornsby
• Coach's Award - Michael Buhrman
• Most Valuable - Drew Spicer

Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005 - Great Meadow, The Plains, VA

Drew Spicer finishes 26th at state meet

Drew Spicer capped an excellent 2005 cross country season with a strong showing at the Virginia AAA State Championship meet. His 26th place finish is the best achieved by a Deep Run athlete at the state meet.

Complete results available at Milestat.

Photos from the 2005 Cross Country season

Drew Spicer advances to Virginia AAA Championship meet with 12th place finish in Central Region meet

Saturday, November 5, 2005 - Pole Green Park, Hanover Country, VA

Drew Spicer kept coach Stockdreher's string of AAA State Championship meet appearances intact with a strong 12th place finish in Saturday's Central Region Championship. Drew stayed with the leaders from the start of the race. With under 1000 meters to run, Drew had dropped to about 16th, but passed several runners, including one in the final 50 meters to finish 12th.

The remaining Deep Run boys, denied the chance to run in the varsity meet after a 5th place finish in the District Meet, got revenge in the sub-varsity race. They took first, with David Lynch shaking off a pre-race auto accident to lead the race from nearly start to finish. Booth Hornsby(6th) and Matt Turner(8th) joined David in the top 15 finishers.

Deep Run girls' season ends with 9th place finsh

Kate Putney was the first Deep Run girl to cross the finish line the girls' varsity Central Region Championship. Erin Bragg finished next for Deep Run, followed by Rebecca Kuzemchak, Katie Harrell, Dominique Bennett, Stephanie Morton and Lindsey Jones.

It was a somewhat disappointing finish to a season that started with great promise at the Fork Union meet. The high level of competition in the Central Region will continue for years to come, as there were only 2 seniors among the top 15 finishers.

October 29, 2005 - Pole Green Park, Hanover County, VA

Deep Run girls claim 3rd place to advance to regional championship

Erin Bragg(5th) and Kate Putney(8th) posted top ten finishes to lead the Deep Run varsity girls to a best-ever third place finish in the Colonial District Cross Country Championship Meet. The next challenge for the girls is facing off against Godwin, Hanover, and Atlee in the regional championship. Atlee and Hanover placed 1st and 2nd in the Capital District and posted time that will require the Wildcat girls to perform at their best to move on.

Lindsey Jones returned to competition after nearly a month off and finished just 1 second off the varsity pace with a 10th in the sub-varsity girls race.

Boys miss regional qualifying by 2 points

Booth Hornsby and Matt Turner both set new personal records, cutting more than a minute off their previous bests, to give the Wildcats an unexpected shot at qualifying for the regional championship. Drew Spicer finished 4th in the varsity boys race, but the Godwin boys edged out the Wildcats for 4th place. Drew advances to the regional championship with a top 15 placement. Despite the disappointment of a 5th place finish, the Deep Run boys can look forward to returning every runner for the 2006 season. Twelve Deep Run boys ran their fastest race of the season, and two more (Spicer and Lynch) ran their fastest 5K.

Drew Carson(3rd) and Marshall Podgurski(8th) showed promise for things to come as they placed in the top ten in the sub-varsity boys race, bettering several varsity finishers.

October 12, 2005 - Deep Run HS, Henrico County, VA

Deep Run honored the senior members of the XC team at the final home meet of the 2005 cross country season.

Seniors on the girls' squad include:

• Katie Harrell
• Kristen Jackson
• Lindsey Jones
• Christine Meyer
• Kristina Mitchell
• Stephanie Morton
• Hayden Wayland

The sole senior boy on the 2005 team is Greg Banks.

In the competition, the Deep Run boys lost to Hermitage 16-43 and to Godwin 35-22. The girls, with several runners nursing injuries, fell to Godwin 36-24, but held on to defeat Hermitage 21-40.

DRHS 2005 cross country roster and results.

Deep Run girls go 1-1, boys 0-2 at J. R. Tucker

October 5, 2005 - J. R. Tucker HS, Henrico County, VA

Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 2:30 PM

Panorama Farms, Albemarle County, Virginia

Cancelled due to rain!

Deep Run's cross country teams finish well in Octoberfest Invitational

Saturday, October 1, 2005 - Great Meadows, Warrenton, VA

Coach Stockdreher called Deep Run's performance at Great Meadows "a very positive day for our total program." Deep Run girls continued to do a great job of racing together and finished 15th in the varsity "A" race. Erin Bragg and Kate Putney achieved top 100 finishes. The meet was an opporunity to see the Deep Run girls tackle district and regional foes, Maggie Walker and Godwin. The girls placed slightly behind Maggie Walker, but ahead of Godwin, illustrating that they truly are a contender for the State Championship.

Drew Spicer finished a strong 24th, steadily advancing through the field to a 16:42.68 finish. According to Coach Stockdreher, Michael Buhrman and David Lynch need "to put themselves closer to Drew, which they are capable of doing. The guys' success depends on somebody out of next group to make some big jumps as we start doing more high intensity work."

"Much is yet to be determined but I am confident we are going to line up the best 7 runners we have ever put on a line at the District meet."