SEPTEMBER CLOSES WITH A BANG The month of September showed some brilliant performances, the best of which came on the very last weekend. MoCo was spread out across three states and brought home many trophies and plaques. The most noteable team performances came from the Quince Orchard boys winning the Paul Short Invitational, the Good Counsel girls winning the Mercersburg Academy Invitational, the Gaithersburg boys winning the Bull Run elite race, and the Richard Montgomery boys and girls winng the Bull Run large races. Amazing individual performances included Halsey Sinclair (Blair) placing 2nd in the Bull Run elite race in a time of 19:25, Nora McCall (GC, 19:08) and Nick Bax (St. Albans, 15:54) setting course records at Mercersburg, Kyle Gaffney (Blake) winning the Bull Run large race in 16:39, Chris Moen (WJ) winning the McDonalds XC Festival unseeded section in 16:24, Morgane Gay (Whit) placing third in the Oatlands 'A' race in 19:08, Chris Barnard (Sher, 16:19) and Will Palmer (Whit, 16:23) placing 2nd and 3rd at the Oatlands 'A' race, Cara Harrison (QO, 18:33), Emma Eckerstrom (NW, 18:35), Kathy Aherne (NW, 18:47), and Louise Hanallah (Church, 18:54) all running under 19:00 at Paul Short, and Quince Orchard boys putting 5 guys under 17:00, Neal Darmody (16:14), Greg Bove (16:16), David Laratta (16:23), Josh Joson (16:31), Artem Panasenkov (16:57). All pictures were sent in by volunteers. Thank you to Scott Silverstein for Paul Short pictures, Dave Brandt for Mercersburg pictures, Craig Amoss of RunningMaryland.com for Bull Run individual pictures, Zach Tracer for Richard Montgomery at Bull Run phtotos, and Steve Korn for Oatlands photos.
Cara Harrison, QO 18:33 4th @ Paul Short		Emma Eckerstrom, NW 18:35 5th @ Paul Short		Louise Hannallah, Churchill 18:54 11th @ Paul Short
Nora McCall, Good Counsel 19:08 1st @ Mercersburg Course Record		Nick Bax, St. Albans 15:54 1st @ Mercersburg Course Record		Joe Peterson, St. Andrews 16:39 6th at Mercersburg
Halsey Sinclair, Blair 19:25 2nd @ Bull Run Elite 2nd Fastest Overall		Ashlyn Sinclair, Blair 20:10 8th @ Bull Run Elite 10th Fastest Overall		Veronica Salcido, Wootton 20:17 2nd @ Bull Run Large 14th Fastest Overall
Kyle Gaffney, Blake 16:39 1st @ Bull Run Large 5th Fastest Overall		Elias Tousley, B-CC 16:41 5th @ Bull Run Elite Chris Bowie, B-CC 16:42 6th @ BR Elite 6th, 7th Fastest Overall		Mickey Stepek, Gaithersburg 17:41 20th @ Bull Run Elite 3rd of 6 GB runners under 18
Paul Riggio, Gaithersburg 17:47 24th at Bull Run Elite 4th of 6 GB runners under 18		Mike Limongelli, Gaithersburg 17:51 27th at Bull Run Elite 6th of 6 GB runners under 18		Laura McCary, Magruder 21:14 20th at Bull Run Elite
Sarah Britton, Luyang Liu, RM 21:12 9th/10th at Bull Run Large		Monica Delizo, RM 14th 21:32 at Bull Run Large Tara Weiss, Gaithersburg 20:59 7th at Bull Run Large		Maryam Fikri, Churchill '10 19:48 38th at Paul Short
Sean King, Churchill 17:09 87th Robby Linnoila, Churchill 16:55 60th at Paul Short		Tarik Aougab, UPenn 26:21 61st at Paul Short		Dave Warren, Superman TC 31:11 433rd at Paul Short
Chris Barnard, Sherwood 16:19 2nd Will Palmer, Whitman 16:23 3rd at Oatlands Invitational Andrew Palmer, Whitman 16:44 9th Sam Epstein, Whitman 16:45 10th Tommy Mullings, Sherwood 16:51, 15th
Quince Orchard Boys Team 1st Place at Paul Short Invitational 16:28 Top 5 Average Time
Congratulations Richard Montgomery Boys and Girls 1st Place at Bull Run Invitational - Large Men top left to right: Brian Sickles, Jeremy Blair, Travis Kroeker, Ben Hoyt, Tom Hoyt, Nathan Terhaar Women left to right: Julie Pernikowski, Sarah Britton, Amanda Pinzon, Monica Delizo, Luyang Liu, Alana Moore, Eva Rodezno Front: Pedro Arieta Photo by Zach Tracer: wzictrace@aol.com