Monica Chase

Running in the Footlocker Seeded race, Levi Grandt, a junior, from Doddridge County placed 35th overall in 15:44 on the 5K McAlpine Course in Charlotte, N.C. Grandt bettered his time from last year\'s trip by 19 seconds. Amber Riley, a senior, from University High finished as the top West Virginia runner placing 48th in the Seeded race with a time of 18:39. Chelsea Clark, Cory Hampshire and Monica Chase earn All-South honors. There is lots of coverage with articles and pictures under the Footlocker South results link

The state\'s top ranked boys and girls teams from Midlothian both survived scares at the Great Meadows Invitational in their opening races. The Nike Team Nationals Southeast #1 ranked squad in Midlothian ran well as shown by their low team total of 55 points in the competitive meet, but the NTN SE #6 ranked and two-time defending AA state champions Brentsville proved to be just as good as they finished two points shy of them in second place with 57 points. Midlothian junior Jason Witt took the individual title in a time of 16:03.15. Meanwhile, the Midlothian girls had two of their seven runners drop out of the race including top returnee and 4:53 miler M.C. Miller yet their amazing depth and talent was showcased still in dominating the #2 ranked team in the state and #5 ranked team in the NTN Southeast region in Brentsville by a 65 point margin of victory. The Lady Trojans were led by the Lautzenheiser twins, Kathleen (1st, 19:20.92) and Leia (3rd, 19:46.59), as the freshmen pair finished first and third respectively. More to come from Great Meadows...