By Steven Gould (November 22, 2002)
 

	Even the cold drizzly rain and the muddy conditions couldn’t drown out the spirits of the boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams on Saturday at the State A Championships at Great Meadows. The boys’ team came in fourth place, and the girls in sixth against a field featuring 16 teams. Brentsville’s boys’ team came in first and Central Woodstock first for the girls.
Junior Andrew Montgomery came in second place with a time of of 16:55 in the state championship cross country meet last Saturday at Great Meadow. (Photo by Bob Snee)
Junior Andrew Montgomery (#95) came in second place overall with a strong time of 16:55. And senior Annie Maynard (#76) came in sixth place overall with a time of 21:17. These two runners competed against 111 other runners. Maynard felt that the times were influenced by the weather and the schedule. "The single A meets were run last, after both the AA and AAA meets and the course was really muddy and torn up," said Maynard whose best time of 19:30 for the 5K was turned in last year.
	Senior Annie Maynard heads down the home stretch last Saturday in the state cross country meet in which she came in sixth with a time of 21.17 for the 5K. (Photo by Bob Snee)

In the entire history of GM this is the first year in which both boys and girls cross-country teams made it to states. Also this year the cross-country teams had the most people join, giving them the biggest growth spurt ever.

In spite of the cold and the rain, the George Mason cross country teams did well at the state championships last Saturday. The boys came in fourth and the girls sixth. This was the first time in school history that both boys’ and girls’ teams made it to states. (Photo by Bob Snee)