Konyar places second to pace James Wood at Oatlands

LEESBURG — James Wood’s Kate Konyar placed second overall to lead area runners competing in the annual Oatlands Invitational cross country meet on Saturday.

Konyar’s performance helped the Colonels (135 points) place third overall among 31 teams in the Girls’ Varsity A field. Blacksburg (123) took the team title, while Tuscarora (132) was second. Clarke County (473) placed 16th and Sherando (693) was 28th. Handley elected to have its team run in the Varsity B Division.

Konyar coverered the 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes, 21 seconds. Albemarle’s Madelyn Gypson won in 19:07.

In the boys’ meet, Handley’s Will Pardue placed fifth and James Wood’s Ethan Pratt-Perez was sixth to pace local finishers. Pardue, one of two Judges to participate in the A Division, ran 16:09, while Pratt-Perez was just a second behind him in 16:10. James Partlow of Gov. Thomas Johnson High won in 15:59.

Blacksburg (101) won the 40-team boys’ meet by 40 points over St. Albans. Sherando (549) was the top local finisher in 22nd, while James Wood (703) was 29th and Clarke County (747) was 30th.

Other James Wood girls’ scorers: 21. Ruby Ostrander 20:40; 22 Alina Kieffer 21:21; 34. Katelyn Palmer 21:11; 71. Sarah Moss 22:08.

Clarke County girls’ scorers:19. Teya Starley 20:32; 85. Molly Husted 22:33; 132. Abigail Cochran 23:16; 145. Aubrey Wagner 23:24; 155. Saniyah Campbell 23:40.

Sherando girls’ scorers: 79. Addy Wallin 22:18; 97. Mia Adams 22:40; 203. Olivia Lee 25:23; 216. Ariela Rivera 26:05; 220. Ella Carpenter 26:50.

Sherando boys’ scorers: 12. Dylan McGraw 16:40; 90. Brock Smith 18:22; 115. Jed Bell 18:22; 116. Ryan Maki 18:23; 268. Sebastian Berrios 20:07.

Other James Wood boys’ scorers: 75. Thomas Newman 17:55; 212. Zachary Harrington 19:21; 233. Will Simko 19:34; 241. Carrick Amarine 19:41.

Clarke County scorers: 105. Landon Horton 18:16; 147: Aidan Kreeb 18:37; 148. Matthew Lisk 18:37; 186. James Casey 19:03; 211. Matthew Stroot 19:20.

Other Handley boys’ finisher: 31. Will Thomas 17:13.