This year's Georgetown Prep Classic will be a cross country meet like you have never experienced before. The good folks at New Balance and Pacers Running Stores will be providing a "College Football Gameday style" atmosphere.
Meet amenities include:
A radio production announced live during the meet with interviews and commentary. All radio audio will be recorded as podcasts and made available for download afterwards. Professional radio broadcaster Johnny "Cakes" Auville from the Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan will lead the broadcast crew along with Pacers staff members Chris Farley and Frank DeVar and MoCoRunning's Kevin Milsted.
Former Footlocker XC finalist Marc Davis as DJ/MC
Pacers XC Tour t-shirts and Georgetown Prep Classic t-shirts that you can customize with a hot press
Free goofy sunglasses
Photobooth which will upload photos directly to your facebook account
Karaoke
Dance contest with prizes
New Balance sales area
Varsity Race Team Lists
Note: Teams not necessarily complete
Boys Seeded
Annandale
Bishop O'Connell
Bowie
Dulaney
Dunbar
Eleanor Roosevelt
Falls Church
George C Marshall
Georgetown Day
Gov. Thomas Johnson
Hammond
Hereford
Herndon
John Carroll
Loyola Blakefield
Manchester
McKinley Technology
Potomac Falls
St Albans For Boys
Thomas A Edison
Thomas S Wootton
Tuscarora
W T Woodson
Walt Whitman
Walter Johnson
West Potomac
Winston Churchill
Boys Unseeded
Annandale
Archbishop Carroll
Archbishop Spalding
Bishop Ireton
Bishop McNamara
Bullis
Calvert
Centennial
CES Jewish Day
Covenant Life
Damascus
DeMatha Catholic
Dulaney
Dunbar
Edmund Burke
Frederick
Georgetown Prep
Gilman
Glenelg Country
Landon
Leonardtown
Maret
McDonogh
McKinley Technology
Poolesville Sr
Potomac School
Richard Montgomery
Riverdale Baptist
Sandy Spring Friends
School Without Walls
Seneca Valley
Sherwood
Sidwell Friends
St Anselm's Abbey
St John's College
St Stephens St Agnes
St. Andrew's Episcopal
St. Christopher's
St. Mary's Ryken
The Calverton School
The Field School
The Heights
Thomas A Edison
Trinity at Meadow View
Wakefield
West Potomac
Western Reserve
Woodrow Wilson Senior
Yorktown
Girls Seeded
Archbishop Spalding
Bishop O'Connell
Bowie
CES Jewish Day
Dulaney
Eleanor Roosevelt
Falls Church
George C Marshall
Governor Thomas Johnson
Hammond
Hereford
John Carroll
Linganore
Manchester
National Cathedral
Potomac Falls
Riverdale Baptist
School Without Walls
St Stephens St Agnes
Thomas S Wootton
Urbana
W T Woodson
Walt Whitman
Walter Johnson
West Potomac
Winston Churchill
Girls Unseeded
Academy Holy Cross
Annandale
Archbishop Carroll
Bishop Ireton
Bishop McNamara
Bishop O'Connell
Bullis
Calvert
Centennial
Covenant Life
Damascus
Dulaney
Dunbar
Edmund Burke
Elizabeth Seton
Frederick
Georgetown Day
Georgetown Visitation
Glenelg Country
Herndon
Holton-Arms
Leonardtown
Lower Merion
Madeira
Maret
McDonogh
McKinley Technology
Poolesville Sr
Potomac School
Richard Montgomery
Riverdale Baptist
Sandy Spring Friends
School Without Walls
Seneca Valley
Sherwood
Sidwell Friends
St John's College
St. Andrew's Episcopal
St. Mary's Ryken
Stone Ridge Sac. Heart
The Calverton School
The Field School
The Seton Keough
Thomas A Edison
Trinity At Meadow View
Urbana
Walter Johnson
Washington Waldorf
West Potomac
Western Reserve
Woodrow Wilson
Yorktown
When you look at the teams in the seeded girls race at the Georgetown Prep Classic, it has to remind you of the annual "Battle of the Potomac" race. What we have here is a "Battle of the Counties." The best girls team in Montgomery County (Whitman), the best girls team in Fairfax County (West Potomac), the best girls team in Arlington County (Bishop O'Connell), and the best girls team in Frederick County (Urbana). Severna Park will not be at Georgetown Prep this year, but Archbishop Spalding will be there to represent Anne Arundel County and Hereford will be in the race to represent Baltimore County.
Okay, some may object and say that Lake Braddock is the best girls team in Fairfax County, but West Potomac beat them at Monroe-Parker, so let's just go with it. Truly, the team battle at the Georgetown Prep Classic should come down to Whitman versus West Potomac.
The Whitman girls have won the Peter Geraghty Invitational and the Oatlands Invitational in dominant fashion. Whitman also placed second at the Paul Short Invitational with five girls under 20:00. West Potomac has three equally impressive wins at Monroe-Parker, Glory Days, and William and Mary.
Whitman and West Potomac each have a strong duo leading the team (Ryba and Guiot vs. Underwood and Lescher) with a tight pack that is usually under a 1:20 spread for the top five runners.
This one is looking like a toss-up, but hey, this is mocorunning, so I am going to go with Whitman.
Individually, there is a pretty good chance that a freshman comes away with the win. Churchill's Lucy Srour and Urbana's Emily Mulhern were both very impressive at the Oatlands Invitational. Srour was seventh and Mulhern was eighth. Both girls beat the entire veteran Whitman squad that day.
1. Whitman
2. West Potomac
3. Bishop O'Connell
4. Urbana
5. Archbishop Spalding
Individuals to watch:
Lucy Srour, Churchill -
1st Bull Run Large, 1st Great American White, 7th Oatlands
Caroline Guiot, Whitman -
12th at Oatlands, 15th at Paul Short
Anna Ryba, Whitman -
4th at Peter Geraghty, 11th at Oatlands
Sarah Underwood, West Potomac -
2nd at W&M, 4th at Glory Days, 6th Monroe-Parker
Dale Lescher, West Potomac -
7th at Glory Days, 9th at William & Mary
Emily Mulhern, Urbana -
1st at Frank Keyser, 3rd at Peter Geraghty, 8th Oatlands
Isabel Griffith, Dulaney -
5th at Bull Run, 2nd at Barnhart
Sara Carter, Hereford -
5th at Barnhart, 6th at Bull Run
Erin Causey, Hereford -
4th at Barnhart, 11th at Bull Run
Charde Barnes, Bowie -
10th at Glory Days Invitational
Devin Nihill, Bishop O'Connell -
2nd in Arlington County, 10th at Oatlands
Sarah Dillistin, Potomac Falls -
1st at Landon Invitational, 6th at Glory Days
Unseeded Race:
Chelsie Pennello, Poolesville -
1st at Oakdale Invitational, 6th at Brunswick
Elena De La Paz, R. Montgomery -
3rd at Bull Run, 3rd at Oatlands B, 3rd Frank Keyser (Elena has a knee injury which may keep her out)
The Winston Churchill boys have something to prove after losing to Loyola Blakefield and Hereford at the Bull Run Invitational. Churchill's Zach Weinstein has been working his way back from a hip injury which forced him out at Bull Run. He dropped a 16:18 5k in his first race back and should be ready to go this weekend, but the outstanding freshman David Fitzgerald is nursing an injury and could possibly sit out which would certainly affect the team standings. Because of the uncertainty, I'm selecting Hereford as the favorite in the boys seeded race.
Walter Johnson has been packing it in and running well in the absence of #1 runner Josh Ellis. Ellis has been battling a groin injury and missed several races. His status is unknown.
1. Hereford
2. Churchill
3. Loyola Blakefield
4. Walter Johnson
5. West Potomac
Individuals to watch:
Ahmed Bile, Annandale -
Dominant wins at Monroe-Parker and Octoberfest Invitationals
Kevin Corbusier, Loyola Blakefield -
1st at Peter Geraghty Invitational, 3rd at Bull Run Invitational
Brady Corum, West Potomac -
1st at William and Mary, 6th at Glory Days Invitational
Louis Colson, Thomas Edison -
3rd at Maymont Classic
Hassan Omar, Thomas Johnson -
3rd at Peter Geraghty Invitational, 8th at Oatlands Invitational
Will Meadows, Gilman -
2nd at Peter Geraghty Invitational, 5th Barnhart Invitational
Cody Wellons, Manchester -
1st in White race at Great American XC Festival
Ben Pickett, John Carroll -
2nd in Small Race at Bull Run Invitational
Josh Ellis, Walter Johnson -
12th at Maymont, 1st at Wootton/WJ/WC Tri Meet
Joshua Trzeciak, Wootton -
4th at Bull Run Invitational
Will Conway, Churchill -
8th at Bull Run Invitational, 19th at Oatlands Invitational
Joey Chapin, Georgetown Prep -
1st in Oatlands Invitational B Race, 1st at Tidewater Classic (entered in unseeded race)
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pats fan
Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:51:24 PM
Go Josh T!!
Supe
Friday, October 14, 2011 07:18:18 PM
Get me on that radio broadcast
Runner dude
Saturday, October 15, 2011 02:09:31 PM
Wt Woodson boys are expected tone in the top 5 with their number 1 runner returning from injury.
if only..
Saturday, October 15, 2011 05:16:54 PM
Joey Chapin and GP should run in the seeded, it would be interesting to see where he and they stack up
When you look at the teams in the seeded girls race at the Georgetown Prep Classic, it has to remind you of the annual "Battle of the Potomac" race. What we have here is a "Battle of the Counties." The best girls team in Montgomery County (Whitman), the best girls team in Fairfax County (West Potomac), the best girls team in Arlington County (Bishop O'Connell), and the best girls team in Frederick County (Urbana). Severna Park will not be at Georgetown Prep this year, but Archbishop Spalding will be there to represent Anne Arundel County and Hereford will be in the race to represent Baltimore County. 
The Winston Churchill boys have something to prove after losing to Loyola Blakefield and Hereford at the Bull Run Invitational. Churchill's Zach Weinstein has been working his way back from a hip injury which forced him out at Bull Run. He dropped a 16:18 5k in his first race back and should be ready to go this weekend, but the outstanding freshman David Fitzgerald is nursing an injury and could possibly sit out which would certainly affect the team standings. Because of the uncertainty, I'm selecting Hereford as the favorite in the boys seeded race.