Senior Connor Pearson
More than 4,900 runners converged on the Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg, Va., Saturday for the 2012 Oatlands Invitational, with Bishop Ireton’s varsity teams climbing several places from last year’s overall standings.
Ireton’s varsity girls placed 15th overall, led by captain Katie Necochea who ran the course in 21:16, 35 seconds faster than her time at Oatlands in 2011. Freshmen Maggie Lohrer finished in 21:40, with fellow freshman Isabelle Wilcox behind her at 23:32, cutting an entire minute off last week’s Woodberry Forest finish. Kaitlin Luzik and Alex Georgi rounded out BI’s varsity girls top five at 23:36 and 23:42.
The varsity boys team finished 17th overall, up from 19th in 2011, with Connor Pearson running the course in 18:31 and John Paul Ryan finishing at 18:53. Michael LoGrande cut 33 seconds from last year’s finish, coming in at 19:03, followed closely by Jack Leyden, 19:08, and Kyle Delaney, 19:29. Sean Pili, who finished 6th among Ireton’s varsity boys, lost a shoe within the first mile of the course and still crossed the finish in a swift 20:38.
Of the JV girls, Maria Manzek, Caroline Mea, and Marissa Calix cut more than a minute from their finishes at last week’s Woodberry Forest meet, with Jake Ferrara accomplishing the same for the JV boys.
Saturday, Sept. 29th, the team travels to the 2012 Landon Invitational at the Landon School in Bethesda, Md.
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