Mark Lorenzoni is Awesome

Mark has contributed so much to the Charlottesville running community. Here is his take on the State Meet:

On Saturday morning at The Great Meadows steeplechase course outside Warrenton, Lindy Bain’s Western squad and Buz Male’s Albemarle boys both finished runner-up in their respective divisions at the VHSL State Championships. It was the highest finish in school history for the Patriots as their front runners had one awesome showing. Amazingly they actually placed their first three guys (Adam Visokay third, Ben Deal ninth and Ryan Thomas 10th) ahead of Stafford’s first runner but, alas, the beauty of cross country is that all five count. So by the time all of their runners were in, Albemarle was a mere 20 points down. It was both heartbreaking and incredibly impressive at the same time for Male and his mighty squad. They’ve had a season for the ages as they were led by the talented, steady and ever modest Visokay at every single meet. They only lost to one Virginia school, that being Stafford, all season long and they finished standing on the highest Group AAA tier ever at the State podium! Male’s legacy is simply amazing as he has left an indelible mark at every school he’s coached over the past 35 years and this group of really great guys is most certainly one of his finest squads. These young harriers have so much to be proud.

Here is the link to the full post:
Daily Run Blog
And here is Mark's podcast covering the same race (worth a listen, as always):
11/17 Runcast