Woshner places second at Octoberfest Invitational

THE PLAINS — James Wood senior Nathaniel Woshner placed second out of 405 boys’ runners on Saturday at the Octoberfest Invitational held on the non-state course at Great Meadow.

Woshner recorded a time of 15 minutes and 57 seconds over 3.1 miles to finish only behind Langley’s Boden Gentile, who recorded a time of 15:55.

In the team competitions, the James Wood boys placed 11th out of 50 teams with 381 points and the Colonel girls took sixth out of 44 teams with 321 points. Blacksburg (174) and W.T. Woodson (186) grabbed the top two spots on the boys’ side and Deep Run (192) and West Springfield (217) were the top two finishers on the girls’ side.

Richard Montgomery’s Grace Finnegan (17:59) won by 15 seconds over Herndon’s Gillian Bushee in the 352-person girls’ race.

James Wood girls’ scorers: 17. Lauren Beatty 19:12; 45. Izzy Newman 19:53; 55. Elena Farinholt 20:16; 107. Jocelyn Kluge 21:16; 116. Quetzali Angel-Perez 21:20.

Other James Wood boys’ scorers: 34. Liam McDonald 16:41; 70. Jacob Oliver 17:13; 136: Danilo Rincon 17:53; 144: Landon Burdock 17:56.