TJHSST Cross Country Newsletter #1 2008

TJ 2009 Cross Country Newsletter #3

TJHSST Cross Country 2010 Newsletter - #3 Updated as of Sept. 12, 2010 ======CONTACTS Head Coach: Jeff James ([email protected]) Assistant Coaches: Gary Grimsley, Todd Withington, Kim Grabarz XC & TNF Website: http://colonialathletics.org/ TJHSST Activities Hotline: 703.827.6002 TJHSST Activities Office: Shawn DeRose, Director of Student Activities (DSA); 703.750.8330; Rusty Hodges, Assistant Director of Student Activities Athletic Trainers: Heather Murphy; 703.750.8387; [email protected] Kristin Lillis; 703.750.8387; [email protected] Parent Liaison: Randy Schnepf ([email protected]) Note: Please call the HOTLINE if you have any questions regarding cancellation or rescheduling of school activities. It is updated when changes are made. ======Contents of this Newsletter

1. CALENDAR OF TJ SPORTS & SCHOOL EVENTS

2. SCHOOL-YEAR TJXC PRACTICE SCHEDULE

3. MONROE PARKER INVITATIONAL RESULTS

4. TABLE – TJ XC RESULTS FROM MONROE PARKER INVITIATIONAL, SEPT. 11, 2011 ======1. Calendar of TJ Sports & School Events Sept. 16 Fri Back-to-School Bash @ TJHSST @ 4:30-7:00 p.m. & Home football game Sept. 22 Wed Inter-District Meet with Langley, Madison, Marshall @ Nottaway Park Sept. 25 Sat Oatlands Invitational in Leesburg, VA Sept. 29 Wed Inter-District Meet with Stone Bridge, Marshall, South Lakes @ Lake Fairfax

2. School-Year TJXC Practice Schedule Starting with Tuesday, September 7, 2009, XC practices will follow a regular school day schedule starting shortly after school and lasting for a couple of hours.

SEP 7 — OCT 26 MON — FRI 4:10 — 6:15 p.m. @ TJ’s TRACK

Sept. 12, 2010 Page 1 TJ 2009 Cross Country Newsletter #3

3. Monroe Parker Invitational Results The TJ Cross Country season got off to a great start on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the first meet of the season—the Monroe Parker Invitational at Burke Lake Park in Burke, VA—where the TJ teams were competing against 32 other schools from the Northern Virginia High School Athletic Region. Full results are available on Milestat.com at: Full Results and photos. The conditions were slightly on the warm side, but otherwise nearly perfect for spectators. The kids ran their hearts out. Lots of TJ runners (boys and girls) placed in the top 15 in their respective races and received medals for their accomplishments. In addition three of the four teams (Girls Varsity, Girls JV, and Boys JV) brought home winning team trophies. (See pictures below.) Although they didn’t win, the boys varsity team placed a very respectable 4th which gives strong hopes of the team’s returning to Great Meadows in November to compete in the Virginia State AAA XC Championship race. TJ Girls Varsity Cross Country Team Rises to the Top of N. Virginia The pre-season polls (Milestat.com and Washington Post) had the TJ Varsity girls’ team ranked 2nd in the state of Virginia and 1st in the N. Virginia Athletic Region coming into the Monroe Parker Invite. The pressure was on and WOW did the girls ever come through placing their top 5 runners in the first 16 finishers and scoring a very low 44 points, well ahead of 2nd place West Potomac’s 86 points. The race was very competitive with 23 teams and 182 runners participating. There was a lot of pushing and shoving during the first quarter mile. As a matter of fact, the race judge had to declare a false start on the first attempt to get the race underway because a couple of girls went down amidst the general starting line chaos. One of the fallen runners had to be assisted off of the course and out of the race. Now you realize why the girls still practice sprinting and do lots of pushups… it’s to survive the first half mile of a XC race. Four TJ runners took home individual medals—Lisa Junta (3), Sarah Stites (4), Stephanie Marzen (7), and Rekha Schnepf (14) —while the team collected the championship trophy. TJ Girls JV Dominates the Competition With 17 Point Victory Total TJ’s JV girls team thoroughly dominated their section of the Monroe Parker Invite with a remarkably low point total of 17. The team placed 10 runners in the top 16 finishers!! Way to go ladies!! I overheard some spectators from other area schools muttering something about TJ putting its varsity team in the JV race, but truth be told… TJ’s team is loaded with talent. TJ’s top seven JV runners took home medals: Elizabeth Ellor (1), Kate Sanders (2), Margaret Coad (3), Charlotte Sheridan (5), Nalini Singh (6), Katie Bailey (7), and Ciara Prencipe (9). TJ Girls Freshmen Team Introduced to Cross Country TJ had five freshmen girls participate in the Monroe Parker freshmen girls race in what was a very competitive introduction to N. Virginia cross country. The freshmen girls placed 11th out of 14 teams. TJ Boys Varsity Place 4th Among N. Virginia’s Elite XC Teams TJ’s Varsity boys cross country team garnered an impressive fourth place out of 30 of the top schools in N. Virginia as 255 runners vied for bragging rights and hoped to show the extent of their summer training. The hot, dry weather took its toll on a couple of TJ runners with dehydration and cramps, but the boys still managed to eke out 4th place and leave their supporters with the impression that better things lie ahead. The varsity boys were led by Jonathan Phillips who placed 12th and earned a top-15 individual medal. TJ Boys JV Score Impressive Victory With 27 Point Total TJ’s JV boys cross country team nearly duplicated the TJ JV girls performance by placing 8 runners in the top 16 finishers!! The boys dominated their section of the Monroe Parker Invite easily outpacing second place South Lakes’ 46 point total. The top seven TJ JV runners took home medals: Ned Danyliw (2), Greg Anderson (4), Sam Girvin (5), Matt Baron (7), Gordon Hart (9), Michael Kim (10), and Stephen Weischedel (11). TJ Boys Freshmen Team 6th Out of 22 Schools TJ had thirteen freshmen boys participate in the Monroe Parker freshmen boys race. The freshmen boys placed 6th out of 22 teams. The boys were led by Luke Kuprenas who placed 11th to break into the top 15.

TJ Girls Varsity Cross Country Team wins first place at the Monroe Parker Invitational on Sept. 11, 2010, at Burke Lake Park in Burke, VA. Team members are (from left): Ronit Malka, Rachel Kuprenas, Stephanie Marzen, Sarah Stites, Rekha Schnepf, Laura Handley, Taylor Reffett, Kelly Rogers, Lisa Junta, and Sarah Nielsen.

TJ Girls JV Cross Country Team wins first place at the Monroe Parker Invitational on Sept. 11, 2010, at Burke Lake Park in Burke, VA. Team members are (from left): Margaret Coad, Elizabeth Ellor, Ciara Prencipe, Kate Sanders, Katie Bailey, Jamie Kim, Nalini Singh, Kelley Ivens-O’Keefe, Amanda Hicks. Not pictured: Charlotte Sheridan, Holly Jachowski, Emily Barret, Carolyn Carrithers, Crystal Calderon, and Sydney Ulrich-Dogonniuk.

TJ Boys JV Cross Country Team wins first place at the Monroe Parker Invitational on Sept. 11, 2010, at Burke Lake Park in Burke, VA. Team members are (from left): Michael Kim, Gordon Hart, Ned Danyliw, Sam Girvin, and Matt Baron. Not pictured: Greg Anderson, Stephen Weischedel, Kyler Blodgett, Nick Haliday, Zach Brunt, Sebastion Lerner, Ryan Anderson, James Graham, Alex Chen, and Connor Hann.

The Washington Post’s Sunday Paper (9/12/10) featured an article on the Monroe Parker Invitational that mentioned the TJ Girl’s victory and highlights Lisa Junta’s tremendous 3rd place effort to lead the TJ girls. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091103636.html

*************************************************************************************

Note to newsletter readers… See accompanying table for full TJ individual and team results.

I apologize if the table contains misspellings and misidentifications of grade, etc. I have pulled this information directly from Milestat.com with only minimal editing.

4. Table – TJ XC Results from Monroe Parker Invitiational, Sept. 11, 2011

Overall Pace Scoring Place ID# Name Grade - School per mile Time Place TJ Girls Varsity Results below: Full Girls Varsity Results 3 #1318 Junta, Lisa SR Jefferson Tech 6:07 18:12 3 4 #1333 Stites, Sarah JR Jefferson Tech 6:11 18:26 4 7 #1323 Marzen, Stephanie SR Jefferson Tech 6:22 18:58 7 14 #1330 Schnepf, Rekha JR Jefferson Tech 6:25 19:07 14 16 #1328 Rogers, Kelly SR Jefferson Tech 6:26 19:08 16 23 #1327 Reffet, Taylor JR Jefferson Tech 6:31 19:23 23 30 #1325 Neilsen, Sarah JR Jefferson Tech 6:37 19:43 29 31 #1320 Kuprenas, Rachel SR Jefferson Tech 6:40 19:50 36 #1310 Handley, Laura SR Jefferson Tech 6:45 20:05 63 #1322 Malka, Ronit SR Jefferson Tech 6:59 20:47 1st out of 23 schools 182 runners TJ XC 44 =sum: 3 4 7 14 16 23 29 TJ Boys Varsity Results below: Full Boys Varsity Results 12 #1364 Phillips, Jon SR Jefferson Tech 5:23 16:02 12 27 #1362 O'Shea, Andrew JR Jefferson Tech 5:31 16:26 27 43 #1361 Matson, Dan SO Jefferson Tech 5:39 16:50 43 44 #1365 Reiter, JB SR Jefferson Tech 5:39 16:50 44 49 #1377 Zucker, Jake JR Jefferson Tech 5:40 16:53 49 55 #1366 Rom, Chris JR Jefferson Tech 5:42 16:57 55 63 #1372 Tapen, Tom JR Jefferson Tech 5:44 17:04 63 84 #1375 Wattendorf, Mike JR Jefferson Tech 5:50 17:23 99 #1368 Simon, Elliot JR Jefferson Tech 5:54 17:35 4th out of 30 schools 255 runners TJ XC 175 =sum: 12 27 43 44 49 55 63 TJ Girls JV Results below: Full Girls JV Results 1 #1309 Ellor, Elizabeth JR Jefferson Tech 7:00 20:50 1 2 #1329 Sanders, Kate JR Jefferson Tech 7:03 20:59 2 3 #1308 Coad, Margaret SR Jefferson Tech 7:05 21:06 3 5 #1331 Sheridan, Charlotte SO Jefferson Tech 7:16 21:37 5 6 #1332 Singh, Nalini SO Jefferson Tech 7:16 21:39 6 7 #1303 Bailey, Katie SR Jefferson Tech 7:23 21:59 7 9 #1326 Prencipe, Ciara SR Jefferson Tech 7:32 22:25 9 10 #1316 Jachowski, Holly SR Jefferson Tech 7:33 22:29 11 #1315 Ivens-O'keefe, Kelley SR Jefferson Tech 7:35 22:34 16 #1319 Kim, Jamie SR Jefferson Tech 7:43 22:58 22 #1304 Barret, Emily SO Jefferson Tech 7:53 23:30 23 #1311 Hicks, Amanda SO Jefferson Tech 7:58 23:42 41 #1306 Carrithers, Caroly SO Jefferson Tech 8:20 24:50 47 #1305 Calderon, Crystal SO Jefferson Tech 8:29 25:17 48 #1335 Ulrich-Dogonniuk, Sydney JR Jefferson Tech 8:30 25:18 1st out of 11 schools 94 runners TJ XC 17 =sum: 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 TJ Boys JV Results below: Full Boys JV Results 2 #1346 Danyliw, Ned JR Jefferson Tech 5:52 17:28 2 4 #1337 Anderson, Greg SO Jefferson Tech 5:55 17:36 4 5 #1348 Girvin, Sam SR Jefferson Tech 5:56 17:40 5 7 #1339 Baron, Matt JR Jefferson Tech 5:57 17:44 7 9 #1352 Hart, Gordon SO Jefferson Tech 5:59 17:48 9 10 #1358 Kim, Michael SO Jefferson Tech 6:01 17:56 10 11 #1376 Weischedel, Stephen JR Jefferson Tech 6:02 17:58 11 16 #1341 Blodgett, Kyler SO Jefferson Tech 6:05 18:07 18 #1350 Haliday, Nick SO Jefferson Tech 6:06 18:11 21 #1343 Brunt, Zach SR Jefferson Tech 6:09 18:19

25 #1360 Lerner, Sebastion SO Jefferson Tech 6:13 18:30 27 #1338 Anderson, Ryan JR Jefferson Tech 6:16 18:39 36 #1349 Graham, James JR Jefferson Tech 6:24 19:04 38 #1345 Chen, Alex JR Jefferson Tech 6:26 19:09 55 #1351 Hann, Connor JR Jefferson Tech 6:37 19:42 1st out of 16 schools 159 runners TJ XC 27 =sum: 2 4 5 7 9 10 11 TJ Girls Freshmen Results below: Full Girls Freshmen Results 25 #1324 Mayuga, Christine FR Jefferson Tech 7:20 21:51 17 84 #1312 Hoang, Stephanie FR Jefferson Tech 8:08 24:12 57 104 #1334 Sur, Aparjita FR Jefferson Tech 8:33 25:28 62 120 #1317 JU, Tina FR Jefferson Tech 8:48 26:13 69 131 #1313 Hume, Shayna FR Jefferson Tech 9:14 27:30 76 139 #1321 Lay, Linda FR Jefferson Tech 9:31 28:21 80 11th out of 14 schools 154 runners TJ XC 281 =sum: 17 57 62 69 76 80 TJ Boys Freshmen Results below: Full Boys Freshmen Results 11 #1359 Kuprenas, Luke FR Jefferson Tech 6:04 18:04 8 21 #1370 Singh, Chandan FR Jefferson Tech 6:16 18:39 18 71 #1336 Ahlers, Zartosht Jefferson Tech 6:43 20:01 62 75 #1374 Wattendorf, Matt FR Jefferson Tech 6:46 20:09 63 88 #1355 Kang, Abraham FR Jefferson Tech 6:54 20:34 75 91 #1344 Carballa, Daniel FR Jefferson Tech 6:58 20:44 78 101 #1342 Bradbury, Will FR Jefferson Tech 7:02 20:57 87 105 #1363 Phillips, Connor FR Jefferson Tech 7:03 21:01 131 #1373 Wang, Patrick Jefferson Tech 7:12 21:27 175 #1353 Iyer, Arjun FR Jefferson Tech 7:32 22:25 181 #1340 Belin, Daniel FR Jefferson Tech 7:33 22:30 184 #1347 Engle, Dealand FR Jefferson Tech 7:36 22:37 204 #1371 Talisani, Vishal FR Jefferson Tech 8:10 24:20 6th out of 22 schools 221 runners TJ XC 226 = sum: 8 18 62 63 75 78 87

Sept. 12, 2010 Page 6