~ PVN staff report
LURAY, Oct. 30 — Luray High School’s Brylee Painter continues to set the pace for runners across the region. On Oct. 21, the sophomore won the girls division at the Bull Run District Cross Country Championships held at Fairview Park in Woodstock — 37 seconds ahead of second place. Seven days later, Painter finished as the runner-up at the Region 1B Cross Country Championships in Altavista on Wednesday. She will be competing at the state cross country meet in Salem on Nov. 7.
At the district meet last week in Woodstock, Painter’s win (19:07) lead the Bulldogs to a third-place finish as a team. Luray posted two finishers among the top four in a field of 44 total competitors. Senior Isabela Rizek came in fourth (19:51). Page County High School freshman Layah Heiston finished eighth (20:41).
In the boys division at the Bull Run championships, Page County senior Jaxon Staples was the top local finisher in 13th place (17:08) among 51 competitors. Sophomore Ryan Patterson was the top finisher for Luray at 23rd (18:24).
On Wednesday in Altavista, Painter lead Luray to a sixth-place finish as a team at the Region 1B championships. The sophomore won second place among 35 runners with a time of 21:00.2. Rizak finished a close third in 21:15.5. Three other Bulldogs finished inside the top 20 — senior Maya Jenkins (14th – 25:25.9); sophomore Amaya Sours (16th – 26:23.8); and sophomore Chloe Catron (19th – 26:43.6).
Patterson was Luray’s top finisher at region in the boys division. The sophomore earned ninth place among 51 runners with a time of 18:28.5.
At the Region 2B championships held at Woodstock’s Fairview Park on Wednesday, Heiston was Page County’s top runner with a sixth place finish in the girls division (20:08.9) among 46 runners. Staples was the Panthers’ top runner in the boys division with a 15th place finish among 41 runners in 17:08.8.
Both Class 1 and Class 2 state cross country championships will be held at Green Hiil Park in Salem on Nov. 7.
In early September, Painter finished 28th at the Knights Crossing XC Invitational held Sept. 12 at Salem’s Green Hill Park. There were 340 female competitors at the prestigious event. Painter finished the 5,000 meter run in 19:25.80. The event in Salem featured a long list of Class 2 and Class 3 schools.
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