Derek Armstrong

Here are the best performances ever from the Dogwood Track Classic

Here are the all-time rankings on the boys side for 5K

Here are the boys top 100 all-time performances at Dogwood.

Here are the top 100 boys all-time performances from Dogwood Track Classic.

Group AA followers have been well familiar with the Western Albemarle boys who have almost on an annual basis been in the hunt competing for state titles every November at Great Meadow. It was huge news in the one year which the Warriors from Crozet failed to qualify for the state meet out of the always competitive Region II Meet. The runners and faces have changed, but the one constant has been head coach Lindy Bain.

List of accepted athletes for the 2011 Southern Track Classic to be held Friday, May 13th at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond.

After running laps and laps around the shorter track indoor facilities throughout the winter, many of the teams and athletes competing at this past Saturday's Gus Lacy Track Classic were given an unexpected return back to indoor racing with meet management opting to move the meet into the Fork Union's Estes Athletic Center due to the severe storms which rolled through Virginia. Some adjustments had to be made to the events offered since some of events such as the 4x100, 100/110 hurdles, and 300 hurdles cannot be run on a 160 meter indoor track facility. With athletes more fit and faster in the spring, the Estes Center produced some great performances than normally seen during the winter. Western Albemarle senior Derek Armstrong punctuated this in running one of the fastest 3200 meter time ever at the facility with a 9:19.56. In the last ten years, only Kippy Keino of Fork Union at 9:20 had run as fast in the Estes Center.   Gus Lacy Track Classic Complete Results

First, second, and third team selections for the 2011 All-MileStat.com Indoor Track Boys Team.

  Annie LeHardy was selected as MileStat.com's cross country runner of the year this past fall and is also considered by the site to be the top distance recruit of the 2011 class. A sub 5 minute miler last spring, the Hidden Valley senior is competing in her first indoor season this winter which she already produced an early season sub 3 minute performance in the 1000 meter run. (Photo by Ryan Kelly)   In high school football, basketball and many other high school sports, college coaches and recruiters regularly check out various media publications and media websites which attempt to rank the top prospects in the country or within a state. These recruit rankings give the athletes more exposure and make it easier for college coaches and recruits to find who are some of the top high school athletes to try and attract to their school. Why not attempt something similar for track & field in Virginia? MileStat.com will be releasing their own top 10 rankings lists (possible expansion to larger lists) of the most prized recruits within the state of Virginia for each discipline of the sport (sprints, distance, hurdles, jumps, throws, pole vault). We will attempt to update our lists periodically throughout the year based on season performances and put together a class of 2012 rankings later this year. 

Award winners for the 2010 All-MileStat.com XC Team with selections announced for this past fall season's Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, and Most Improved Runner of the Year.

MileStat.com proudly announces the first, second, and third team members of the 2010 All-MileStat.com Cross Country Team. 21 boys and 21 girls receive All-MileStat.com designation from the past cross country season. Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, etc. award winners will be announced later this week.   All-MileStat.com XC Boys Selections: 1st Team - 2nd Team - 3rd Team     All-MileStat.com XC Girls Selections: 1st Team - 2nd Team - 3rd Team  

The Midlothian boys won the Nike Cross Southeast Regionals, while the Hidden Valley girls will be sending a pair of individuals in Annie LeHardy and Haley Cutright to nationals with second and fourth place finishes respectively. Two Virginia schools finished among the top four in the championship girls' team standings, but outside of the top two automatic places with Hidden Valley taking third and Midlothian placing fourth. Western Albemarle's Derek Armstrong just missed becoming one of the five individual qualifiers as the seventh place finisher overall. Read Full Meet Summary...     NXN Southeast Regional Meet Page w/ Complete Results, Photos, & Videos Photo Gallery by Frank Locascio - 815 photos total. Photo Gallery by Brandon Miles - More photos to be added later on Sunday. Race Videos: Championships Boys - Championship Girls - Open Boys - Open Girls Video Interviews: Midlothian Boys - Annie LeHardy/Haley Cutright - Derek Armstrong

New cream of the crop rankings following state championship weekend with the top 15 teams and top 25 individuals for all classifications combined.

MileStat.com's final individual rankings (top 25 deep) for Group AAA, Group AA, and Group A as well as Cream of the Crop (All-Class) before this Saturday's VHSL State Championships at Great Meadow.

  Hello everyone and welcome back to the fifth entry of my MileStat.com blog. It has been awhile since my last entry and Mattie has officially lapped me with her sixth entry to use running terminology. For the sake of saving you from reading a ridiculously long blog entry, I’ll start by talking about how districts went and then end with what our team’s last workout before regionals was...  

Journal entry #4 from Western Albemarle senior Derek Armstrong.

  In his third entry, Derek Armstrong of Western Albemarle discusses his training leading up the Albemarle High School Invitational and reflections on the race itself.

In his second entry for journal entry for MileStat.com, Western Albemarle senior Derek Armstrong enjoyed an off week from training last week after his win at Maymont to prepare for the Albemarle Invitational this week. Armstrong reveals the new design to his team's jerseys for post-season meets this fall in this week's entry.

Skyline sophomore Thomas Madden was not at Oatlands or Maymont this past weekend, but Western Albemarle's Derek Armstrong defeating previous Group AA #1 ranked Kyle King of Graton and Madden beating Armstrong two weeks earlier at the Judges Classic moved Madden as a result to the top ranking this week. However, Madden was not idle this past weekend as the talented sophomore won another invite decisively in a time of 16:00 up in Pennsylvania leading his Skyline squad to a team title at the AJ Everhart Invite. Group AA cross country rankings as of September 15th with the top 10 teams and top 25 individuals as well as top 5 teams and top 15 individuals in each region.

Fresh off his huge upset victory at the Maymont Festival, Western Albemarle senior Derek Armstrong joins MileStat.com's group of elite high school runners contributing weekly journals of their life in running. Armstrong, a Canadian born and bred hockey player, has found a new love of the sport in running since moving "South of the Border". Despite having to overcome numerous stress fractures as a junior, Armstrong (pictured above by Brandon Miles) has been able to smartly train this fall to remain healthy and as Maymont showed, his full potential as a runner leading an emerging Group AA state title contender in the Western Albemarle boys. In his introductory journal entry, Armstrong goes in detail about his running background and why it has taken him till his senior year to finally arrive as a runner.

The Western Albemarle boys and girls swept the varsity 4x2 mile relay races at the Ragged Mountain Cup on Tuesday afternoon at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville.   The Western Albemarle boys, ranked #4 in the state of Virginia, won by a total of 1 minute and 40 seconds over cross town rival and #9 ranked Albemarle. Coach Lindy Bain had six boys break 11 minutes led by "A" team anchor Derek Armstrong who ran the fastest split at 10:08. VA #1 ranked Kevin Bennert of Woodberry Forest was unchallenged on the first leg with a 10:16 split, while Monticello senior Nathaniel Hermsmeier looked strong as the fourth leg with the second fastest split of the day at 10:13.   The VA #2 ranked Western Albemarle girls ran without two of their top six runners in Emily Moffett and Peri Bowser, but still dominated the relay race for girls as their "A" team crossed the line with a time of 51:51 and 75 seconds ahead of the runners-up from Albemarle (53:06). Group AA state title contender Mattie Webb made it a no contest for the Western girls from the start with her 11:33 opening leg split, which was only a few seconds off the course record still held by two-time Group AAA state cross country champion Rachel Rose of Albemarle. Webb's split was nearly a full minute faster than the next fastest split at the Cup, which helped give her team enough breathing room on the Albemarle girls having three of the next four fastest splits in sophomore Allison Huschke (12:31), freshmen Olivia Lewis (13:04), and senior Elizabeth Sinclair (13:11).     Ragged Mountain Cup Results: Individual - Team Race Videos: Varsity Relay Race (Part 1) - Varsity Relay Race (Part 2) - Open Race Interviews: Mattie Webb - Derek Armstrong Photo gallery to be posted on Wednesday