One of the largest meets in the country, the Woodbridge Invite, is held at Irving’s Great Park. This meet fills up quickly from teams all over the country. It’s relatively flat, fast, and runs at night.

With over 400 schools and over 1500 runners over two nights, things were a bit crowded, both on the course and especially at the finish line, with shoulder-to-shoulder parents, coaches, and teammates cheering on the finishers. The largest races had over 500 runners, but most were in the 200-300 range. All races were three miles long.

The top boy finisher for us was Vincent Russo in the Varsity White division, with a time of 15:58. He was followed by Nathan Ayan (16:19, a nine-second PR), Andrew Buck , and Anton Youngblood . Both finished with times of 17:39. This was about a nine-

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