James Wood boys take second at Oatlands

LEESBURG — The James Wood boys placed second out of 54 scoring teams at Oatlands Invitational on Saturday.

The Colonels scored 151 points to finish only behind state power Loudoun Valley (110). James Wood finished 70 points in front of third-place Winston Churchill (221). Millbrook placed seventh with 320 points and Sherando was 46th with 1,062.

McLean senior Xavier Jemison won the 3.1-mile race by four seconds in 16:01. James Wood senior Nathaniel Woshner was the top local boy (sixth out of 361 runners in 16:29).

Mount De Sales Academy senior Juliette Whittaker edged Battlefield sophomore Sailor Whitman for the girls’ title. Each recorded a time of 17:58. The top local girl was Millbrook junior Madison Murphy (11th in 19:41 in the field of 301 runners).

Other James Wood boys’ scorers: 9. Ethan Pratt-Perez 16:36; 23. Liam McDonald 17:06; 50. Jacob Oliver 17:37; 64. Landon Burdock 17:50.

Millbrook scorers: 11. Nick Hayden 16:37; 40. Kai Johnson 17:25; 53. Carter Johnson 17:39; 94. Peyton Comins 18:16; 124. Trevor Lloyd 18:35.

Sherando scorers: 118. Dylan McGraw 18:32; 182. Camden Palmer 19:04; 219. Justin Dante 19:27; 247. Ryan Toomey 19:43; 315: Connor Sanders 20:38.

James Wood girls’ scorers: 18. Lauren Beatty 19:56; 51. Isabella Newman 20:59; 54. Elena Farinholt 21:03; 82. Jocelyn Kluge 21:49; 93. Hallie Lescalleet 21:58.

Other Millbrook scorers: 47. Lina Guerrero 20:53; 79. Angela Dojcak 21:47; 115. Becca Edlich 22:26; 218: Anna Bowman 24:33.

Other Sherando scorers: 40. Emma Ahrens 20:38; 91. Eva Winston 21:56; 153. Cassidy Crittenden 23:06; 182. Addy Wallin 23:41; 188. Ryleigh Combs 23:48.