No. 13 ranked Brodey Hasty reflects after setting Great American XC Festival meet record in photo finish with #4 D.J. Principe.
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#13 Brodey Hasty over #4 D.J. Principe, unranked Taylor Vroon over #23 Connor Lane at Great American (NC)
Brodey Hasty looks like a killer again this fall, one year after recording a surprise seventh-place NXN finish as a sophomore. It took a new course record to defeat D.J. Principe, as both boys ran through the tape in 14:32 with Hasty gaining the slight edge. Hasty's teammate, senior Taylor Vroon, recorded his first sub-15 run to take third in 14:57 over No. 23 ranked Connor Lane of Cardinal Gibbons, N.C., whose 14:59 was also a career first sub-15.
In the team standings, Brentwood's 1-3 finish was not enough to win the team title, as unranked St. Xavier of Louisville, Kentucky packed together an impressive 15-second spread to garner 111 points just ahead of the #17 ranked Tennessee team (119).
#7 Cooper Teare over #5 Michael Vernau at Stanford Invitational (CA)
There are four Californians ranked within the nation's top 25 and three of them raced at Stanford on Saturday. #7 Cooper Teare proved dominant over #5 Michael Vernau, 14:38 to 14:47 over 5K, in their first matchup of the season. #17 ranked Callum Bolger was third in 14:54.
Cooper Teare talks after defeating Michael Vernau at Stanford:
#12 Palmer Ridge over #10 Mountain Vista at Metro State Roadrunner (CO)
Three weeks after Mountain Vista bested Palmer Ridge at the Woodbridge XC Sweepstakes in California, the Colorado squads reversed results in their home state. Palmer Ridge took advantage of a 20-second spread to score just 50 points for the win, ahead of Mountain Vista's 69 points.
Unranked El Paso Eastwood, Brophy College Prep over #24 Desert Vista at Desert Twilight (AZ)
Daniel Bernal set a course record 14:45.6 for the win in Casa Grande, Arizona, and his El Paso Eastwood High School, Texas squad placed all five scorers within the top 33 to score 109 points for the team title. Brophy College Prep of Arizona was second with 136 points while Desert Vista, fourth at the Woodbridge Sweepstakes, was third with 163 points.
Watch the Desert Twilight boys sweepstakes race: