Green Hope's girls were 2nd overall at Maymont with 74 points. The #20 ranked team in the US lost to Tatnall (DE) who totaled just 48 points. Tatnall is ranked #10 in the US. There were 4 top 25 ranked US teams in the event, so Green Hope proved they deserve the ranking. Blacksburg (VA) was 3rd with 98 points.
Invitational Girls 5000 Meter Run Team Scores
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Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7)
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1 Tatnall 48 2 5 9 14 18 32 34
2 Green Hope 74 10 12 13 15 24 25 62
3 Blacksburg 98 6 8 23 30 31 51 94
The Green Hope girls kept it relatively close with their scoring 5 which is their strength, as they don't have one single stud up front. 1-4 were just 18 seconds apart and then #5 and #6 ran together at just over 20:00, about 30 seconds off of #1.
10 Erica Amatori 11 Green Hope 19:27.00 10 11 Jordan Humphrey 11 North Gwinnett 19:29.00 11 12 Sarah Alexander 11 Green Hope 19:35.00 12 13 Jessica Rossabi 11 Green Hope 19:40.00 13 14 Kate Hastings 8 Tatnall 19:43.00 14 15 Maura McDonnell 10 Green Hope 19:45.00 15 16 Killian O'Connell 12 Western Albemarle 19:45.00 16 17 Hannah Jumper 12 Baylor School 19:46.00 17 18 Julie Williams 10 Tatnall 19:47.00 18 19 Grace Carr 11 Georgetown Visitation 19:48.00 19 20 Bonny Turnage 10 Lee-Davis 19:52.00 20 21 Erica Dobbs 12 Deep Run 19:52.00 -- 22 Rose Howell 12 North Gwinnett 19:58.00 21 23 Rebecca Chandler 12 Bolles Hs 20:00.00 22 24 Tamzin Kaiser 12 Blacksburg 20:05.00 23 25 Olivia Enright 12 Green Hope 20:07.00 24 26 Lauren Colberg 11 Green Hope 20:08.00 25
One scary piece for the rest of NC and possibly the rest of the nation is that 5 of the top 6 return next year!
Here's a look at Green Hope's top 7 from Maymont. (not in order of finish!)
Photos courtesy of John Herzog of VaMilesplit and Frank Locascio.