by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi
Despite not competing as a full team, Lancaster still captured some bling in the boys race of the Northern Neck District meet at home on Wednesday, October 21. Dae’Veon Washington paced the field of 30 as the individual medalist.
Washington, one of three running for LHS, won the 3.1-mile race in 19:39. He crossed the finish line nine seconds ahead of runner-up Chris Martinez of Northumberland with a time of 19:48. Martinez led Northumberland, which finished second in team scoring with 41 points.
Westmoreland won the district championship with a low 27 points and Essex was third with 61 points. Lancaster and Rappahannock did not field complete five-runner teams.
Diego Diaz was third in 20:47 and led Westmoreland, which had all five scoring runners finish in the top 10.
For NHS, Parker Shirilla placed fifth, 20:53, and teammate Daniel Hughes was sixth, 20:58. Also scoring for NHS were Robert Passages and Kavan Middleton…..
