2010-2011 Cross Country Schedule

PK Kick-Off Relays

The 2010 cross country season for Centreville High School was off to a fast start at the PR Kick–Off Relays held at Burke Lake Park on Thursday, September 2nd.  Excessive hot weather forced the meet to a new format to protect the athletes.  Typically athletes run a 2-mile relay successively, but due to the hot weather all athletes in a particular group ran together, providing a better assessment of where each team will be relative to other teams.

In the freshman races, Centreville had top ten finishers in both the boys’ and girls’ races. Nick Dziminowicz came in ninth with a time of 12:12 and Fernando Muzo came in tenth with a time of 12:26. In the freshman girls’ race, Kylie Cuomo came in seventh with a time of 14:22. In the varsity event Centreville’s girls came in third, establishing themselves as the leader in the Concorde District.  Senior Julie Cuomo was Cville’s top finisher coming in at 12:24, placing seventh overall. The Centreville varsity boys also showed their strength leading all Concorde District entries in this meet. Junior Chris Jones, coming in at 11th in 10:20, was the boys’ top finisher.

Cross Country Team Performs at Monroe Parker Invitational

Centreville’s Cross Country team enjoyed some impressive results on Saturday, September 11th at the Monroe Parker Invitational, held on Burke Lake’s 2.98 mile course. Competition was fierce with 31 teams from across Northern Virginia participating in the race.  The Boys’ Varsity team tied for 9th place, with senior Bobby Kelly finishing 15th out of 255 competitors.  Junior Chris Jones and sophomore Chan Lee, both new to cross-country, had great debuts, finishing 18th and 32nd, respectively.  Sophomore Kip Talman and junior Gabriel Rushin also made their first XC starts and posted excellent times of 17:45 and 17:52, respectively. Sophomore Jon Clark, coming back from breaking a leg as a JV member last year, not only raced as a varsity member but was Centreville’s 6th best finisher. 

The Girls’ Varsity team came in 7th of the 31 teams, with senior Juliana Cuomo placing 19th of 182 competitors with a time of 19:14.  Rounding out the top CVHS girls finishers were senior Brynna Heflin (35th), senior Rachel Brown (53rd), and sophomore Elizabeth Ellis, who posted a new personal best of 20:46.

Newcomer junior Emily McLenigan was the strongest CVHS runner in the girls’ JV race, posting a time of 22:57 and placing 43rd out of 221 JV girls runners.  In the boys’ JV race, junior Chris Zempolich and sophomore Michael McKain each dropped over three minutes from the times they posted at last year’s Invitational. The boys’ freshman team came in 7th in their race, while the four freshman girls that competed – Kylie Cuomo, Leilani Braun, Alexa Bueno and Emily Shaeffer -- also had strong showings, all finishing well above the median of all freshmen girls runners.

Girls X-Country Powers Past Herndon and Robinson
The Girls Varsity Cross Country Team finished first on September 15  at Lake Fairfax, beating teams from Herndon HS and Robinson HS. Leading the girls team was sophomore Joanna Ahn, followed closely by freshmen Kylie Cuomo and Leilani Boren, and senior Kristy McKain.

The Boys Team finished 3rd. Nick Dziminowicz led the Wildcats with a 15th place finish.

Girls Finish 6th, Boys 18th at Glory Days Invitational
The Girls Varsity Cross Country Team finished 6th out of 32 teams at the Glory Days Invitational on October 9th. The team was led by Isabella Medina's 26th place finish. Juliana Cuomo finished 35th while Rebecca Vinter finished 65th. Rachel Brown and Joanna Ahn rounded out the scoring with 75th and 100th place finishes respectively.

The Boys Team finished 18th out of 32 teams. Bobby Kelly finished in 23rd place overall to lead Centreville. Sean Tasker (77th), Chan Young Lee (81st), Gabriel Rushin (119th), and Daniel Molina (166th) also scored for the Wildcats.

Girls Finish 3rd at Districts, Advance to Regionals, Boys Finish 5th

Girls All Concorde District

5th place: Isabela Medina

10th place: Rebecca Vinter

13th place: Rachel Brown

Other Scorers

16th: Juli Cuomo

20th: Joanna Ahn

Boys All Concorde District
6th place Bobby Kelly

11th Chris Jones

Girls Finish 8th at Northern Region Meet
29th place: Isabela Medina
45th: Juli Cuomo
46th place: Rachel Brown
57th: Joanna Ahn

60th place: Kylie Cuomo