Running Shorts

Heritage High School alumna Weini Kelati, racing for New Mexico, won the NCAA Division I cross country championship Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. She ran 19:47 over 6k for a nearly 10-second margin of victory over Wisconsin’s Alicia Monson.

• Behind her (and please contact charlie @ runwashington.com with any ommissions, especially for Divisions II and III) :
  • 48. Paige Hofstad (UNC, but ran two years at Georgetown) 20:55
    85. Rachel McArthur (Colorado, Patriot High School) 21:10
    91. Sara Freix (Virginia Tech, Westfield High School) 21:12
    93.Madeline Perez (Georgetown) 21:13
    125.Taylor Knibb (Cornell, Sidwell Friends School) 21:25
    142.Sami Corman (Georgetown) 21:34
    205.Suzanne Dannheim (George Washington) 22:07
    206.Natalie Morris (Cornell, Loudoun Valley High School) 22:07
• On the men’s side, Lake Braddock alumnus Alex Corbett, now running for Virginia, edged Tuscarora alumnus Fistum Seyoum of Virginia Tech to be the top local finisher, both running 31:34 for 57th and 58th place. Iowa State’s Edwin Kurgat won the race in 30:32. Langley High School alumnus Alex Gibby’s Harvard team finished 15th and Georgetown finished 28th.
  • 62.Nick Wareham (Georgetown) 31:36
    64.Peter Morris (Virginia, Loudoun Valley High School) 31:36
    105.Diego Zarate (Virginia Tech, Northwest High School) 32:00 (The USATFCCCA also found that Zarate’s 36-plce push in the last 2k was the largest gain of anyone in the Division I race)
    157.Price Owens (Georgetown) 32:24
    176.Jack Van Scoter (Georgetown) 32:40
    205.Spencer Brown (Georgetown) 33:08
    211.Shea Weilbaker (Georgetown) 33:27
    215.Rusty Kujdych (Georgetown) 33:31
    221.Matthew Bouthillette (Georgetown) 33:38
    236.Jack Joyce (Virginia Tech, Briar Woods High School) 34:15
    242.Yared Mekonnen (N.C. State, Edison High School) 34:51
• Brentsville District High School alumnus Jacob Willis finished 119th at the Division II Championships in Sacramento, running 31:43 for 10k behind Northwest High School alumnus Branson Oduor ran 32:39 for 197th place. Both run for the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.
• At the Division III Championships in Louisville, our neighbors up the road in Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins women’s team won its sixth team title.
  • 92.Abigail Levine (Carnegie Mellon, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School) 22:49
    205.Ana Morris (Emory, Chantilly High School) 23:38
    251.Didi Pace (Washington and Lee, Westfield High School) 24:21
• On the men’s side Stevenson’s Patrick Watson won the individual title in 24:13.
  • 57.Tristan Colaizzi (Williams, Georgetown Day School) 25:10
    121.Liam Walsh (Carnegie Mellon, Quince Orchard High School)  25:35
    123.Jeff Gibson (Mary Washington, Edison High School) 25:35
• UnderArmour will hold a free running clinic 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Dec. 8 at the University of Maryland. See more information here.
• The Arlington County Board has signed off for NOVA Parks to apply for a $5.6 million grant that would widen a portion of the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, ARLNow reported. If approved, the project will widen two miles of the W&OD Trail between N. Roosevelt Street and N. Carlin Springs Road by eight feet. In addition, the trail will incorporate a “dual path” to divide walkers and cyclists.
• Prince George’s County Parks is seeking volunteers to help with trail maintenance at Patuxent River Park- Jug Bay Natural Area the following days from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 14, April 11. Contact Shelby.Cross@pgparks.com for more information.