The Langley High School boys were the highest finishing local team from the GazetteLeader’s coverage areas in Fairfax County with a third at the Monroe Parker Invitational meet Sept. 7 at Burke Lake Park. The two-time defending Division I state private-school champion Potomac School Panthers were next highest in sixth.
Langley’s top finishers were Gavin Silva in 23rd (16:27), Zain Rasheed 30th (26:39), Aiden Raoufinia 38th (16:45) and Carlos Janada 41st (16:50).
For Potomac School, Eli Levine was 33rd (16:41), Luke Carter 35th (16:44), Noah Altschuler 37th (16:44) and Trip Moser 48th (16:57).
In the girls varsity race on the same course the same day, Langley placed fourth, Madison sixth and Marshall 10th.
For Langley, Lila Pesavento was 13th (18:40) and Madeleine Spaner 15th (18:48).
Madison was led by Kiki Van Der Weide in fourth (18:03) and Lydia Mikhin in fifth (18:07). Samantha Dabich was 19th (19:01) for Marshall.
In a later meet at the Wolverine XC Invitational on the 5,000-meter course at Woodgrove High School in Purlverville, the Langley girls finished second and the boys third.
Pesavento was the top runner for the Langley girls in eighth (18:45), Hazel Calway 15th (19:17), Adeline Middleton 18th (19:33), Corinne Jaggard 19th (19:46) and Paige Poulos 26th (20:01). Also, Raina Wittrock was 27th (20:05), Sanika Meka 31st (20:19), Sadie Waters 37th (20:35), Emmy Lookabil 45th (20:50) and Dimitroula Kouretas 54th (21:08).
For the Langley boys, Raoufinia was 19th (16:24), Rasheed 24th (16:31), Silva 27th (16:36), Dylan Thomas 47th (17:04) and Janada 52nd (17:08).
