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When the
Battlefield boys cross country team won their first Cedar Run District title last year, the goal was to earn that first trophy. On Tuesday afternoon at Culpeper County High School, that goal changed into maintaining a tradition of winning.
“We are trying to build a tradition. We feel like we are establishing something,” said Battlefield coach Joe Huddle (full interview).
Behind top five finishes from Darren Driscoll and Kyle Beach, the Bobcats (38 points) did just that, winning their second consecutive Cedar Run District title by edging out second-place Osbourn Park (56 points) and third-place Fauquier (83 points).
Driscoll finished the race with a time of 17 minutes, 2 seconds, right behind front-runners Talbot Armstrong (1st, 16:45) of Fauquier and Nolan Compton (2nd, 16:50) of Osbourn Park. The Bobcats’ Beach (5th, 17:11), Garrick Clemente (6th, 17:26) and Mattheww Shaughnessy (7th, 17:28) all posted top-seven times to help secure the Bobcats’ victory.
“It was certainly one of the better performances that I have seen [Darren] have,” said Huddle of Driscoll. “He was up in the front about halfway through the race and faded just a little bit, but if you fade and come in third, you’ve had a pretty good day.”
For Battlefield, the tradition of winning doesn’t stop at the district level.
“They want to take it one step more. Hopefully we can qualify for states. That has been more of their goal than a district title, to qualify for the next level,” said Huddle.
Fauquier’s Armstrong took home the individual title with Compton coming in five seconds behind (video). Compton’s teammate, Richard Arena rounded out the top five with a time of 17:06.
2008 Cedar Run District Meet — Boys Team Rankings
1. Battlefield High School, 38 points
2. Osbourn Park High School, 56 points
3. Fauquier High School, 83 points
4. Loudoun Valley High School, 85
5. Liberty High School, 104 points
6. Culpeper County High School, 167 points
7. Osbourn Senior High School, 188 points
2008 Cedar Run District Meet — Boys Individual Rankings
1. Talbot Armstrong, Fauquier High School, 16:45
2. Nolan Compton, Osbourn Park High School, 16:50
3. Darren Driscoll, Battlefield High School, 17:02
4. Richard Arena, Osbourn Park High School, 17:06
5. Kyle Beach, Battlefield High School, 17:11
6. Garrick Clemente, Battlefield High School, 17:26
7. Matthew Shaughnessy, Battlefield High School, 17:28
8. Robert Ashby, Liberty High School, 17:29
9. Jason Lloyd, Liberty High School, 17:30
10. Casey Grimes, Fauquier High School, 17:30
11. Roy Gilb, Fauquier High School, 17:31
12. Ben Walker, Loudoun Valley High School, 17:35
13. Matt Person, Loudoun Valley High School, 17:38
14. Chris Weeks, Loudoun Valley High School, 17:41
15. Alex Hoak, Osbourn Park High School, 17:45
16. Daniel Rimkus, Osbourn Park High School, 17:46
17. David Miles, Battlefield High School, 17:47
18. Kyle Molleer, Battlefield High School, 17:49
19. Richard Brezina, Osbourn Park High School, 17:57
20. Joel Martinez, Loudoun Valley High School, 18:00
21. James Chrisman, Battlefield High School, 18:03
22. Dean Naldrett, Osbourn Park High School, 18:05
23. Travis Grammo, Fauquier High School, 18:09
24. Chenaniah Towner, Osbourn Senior High School, 18:12
25. Daniel Peyton, Liberty High School, 18:12
26. Ricky Cockrill, Loudoun Valley High School, 18:14
27. Colton Elliot, Culpeper County High School, 18:15
28. Thomas MacGregor, Osbourn Park High School, 18:16
29. Josh Mitchell, Liberty High School, 18:17
30. Daniel Austin, Culpeper County High School, 18:25
31. Kyle Lombardi, Culpeper County High School, 18:28
32. Ryan Page, Loudoun Valley High School, 18:39
33. Mike Loy, Liberty High School, 18:44
34. Brett Williamson, Liberty High School, 18:44
35. Andrew Schloe, Liberty High School, 18:45
36. Marcus Perez, Osbourn Senior High School, 18:48
37. Danile Bryne, Osbourn Senior High School, 18:50
38. William Green, Fauquier High School, 18:53
39. Alex Wyman, Culpeper County High School, 19:31
40. Christian Erichsen, Stonewall Jackson High School, 19:08
41. Tommy Steimel, Culpeper County High School, 19:31
42. Enzo Giambanco, Fauquier High School, 19:32
43. Jacob Aber, Culpeper County High School, 19:38
44. Robert Gamache, Culpeper County High School, 19:42
45. Erick Smith, Stonewall Jackson High School, 19:53
46. Mark Dutch, Osbourn Senior High School, 19:54
47. Eric Gillward, Osbourn Senior High School, 20:13
48. Carson Corbit, Stonewall Jackson High School, 20:21
49. Brian Sabat, Stonewall Jackson High School, 20:25
50. Luke George, Fauquier High School, 20:27
51. Jose Aramayo, Osbourn Senior High School, 20:42
52. Jeffrey Hill, Osbourn Senior High School, 20:45
53. Samuel Keeler, Osbourn Senior High School, 20:51