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Cross Country - A Midseason Report
The Fork Union Cross Country season started at a decided disadvantage when compared to other schools. While other schools typically start practice in early August the Blue Devils do not get to start until school starts in early September. Despite the one month deficit the Cross Country team is quickly making up for lost time. The beginning of the season saw only one Blue Devil penetrate Collegiate School's top eight, last week the team managed to get three in Collegiate's top five. Collegiate School is currently the number one ranked team in the State.
Leading the team is senior Andrew Rademaker. Rademaker is currently the number three- ranked runner in central Virginia. Last week at the prestigious William and Mary Invitational Rademaker gave chase to the defending VIS Champion Ryan Woodlee of Episcopal. Rademaker lost to Woodlee by just four seconds as the two were both in the top thirty of the A division. Giving the Blue Devils a strong top three are senior Mike Nowakowski and sophmore David Johnson. Currently a very young but talented group of runners is working to fill out the top seven for the state meet to be held on November 5th.
FUMA started the competitive season at the Ragged Mountain Cup where they finished in the top 15. FUMA then hosted 26 schools at the Fork Union Invitational. The team finished 14th and was led by Rademaker's top 10 finish. FUMA rounded out the month with meets at Saint Christopher's, VES and Woodberry Forest.
Practice has been very intense the past two weeks and the team is making drastic improvements. Expectations are that the Blue Devils may be a sleeper team in the last two weeks of the season.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Thursday, October 7, 2004 12:52 PM
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