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May 27, 2016

Kate Murphy Anchors Lake Braddock To Nation-Leading 4x800m!

The Penn Relays DMR champions in Lake Braddock High School proved they can run a nasty 4x800m relay on Friday night, as they clocked a new U.S. No. 1 time of 8:57.61 to win the Virginia Group 6A North Region Championship.

The Bruins took the lead at the first exchange and never looked back, even with defending champions (and 2015 Penn Relays DMR champions!) Patriot breathing down their backs. Kate Murphy, who split 4:37 for the 1600m anchor at Penn, anchored the Bruins home with a 2:06 split. Lake Braddock's time is the second-fastest in Virginia state history, behind only Western Branch's 8:52.38 to win New Balance Nationals Outdoor in 2014.

Rachel McArthur split 2:08 on the anchor leg for Patriot, who would finish runners-up in 9:05.84, the seventh-fastest time in the nation this year.

Watch the race video below:

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
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 1 Section  - 1,2,3,4 and 5 will be in the outside alley
        Meet: ! 9:03.04  5/28/2015   Patriot High School, Patriot High         
                         C Garcia, C Jones, S Biber, R McArthur            
    6A State: S 9:40.90                                                        
   6A Region: R 9:53.30                                                        
    School                                               Finals 
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Finals
  1 Lake Braddock  'A'                                  8:57.61! 
  2 Patriot High School  'A'                            9:05.94S 
  3 Westfield  'A'                                      9:17.51S 
  4 South Lakes  'A'                                    9:20.81S 
  5 West Springfield  'A'                               9:21.96S 
  6 South County High School  'A'                       9:27.11S 
  7 McLean  'A'                                         9:32.69S 
  8 West Potomac  'A'                                   9:33.50S 
  9 James W. Robinson  'A'                              9:42.20R 
 10 Hayfield Secondary School  'A'                      9:45.06R 
 11 Oakton  'A'                                         9:45.86R 
 12 James Madison  'A'                                 10:06.84  
 13 Chantilly  'A'                                     10:09.91  
 14 Osbourn Park  'A'                                  10:10.00  
 15 Battlefield  'A'                                   10:36.52

Murphy and McArthur would have another head-to-head battle in the 1600m, which Murphy won, 4:48.22 to 4:48.81.

GIRLS 1,600 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Kate Murphy	11	Lake Braddock	4:48.22		2
2	Rachel McArthur	11	Patriot High School	4:48.81		2
3	Sara Freix	12	Westfield	5:04.24		2
4	Shannon Browning	11	Lake Braddock	5:05.00		2
5	Kyla Carte	12	Battlefield	5:07.31		2
6	Sonya Butseva	12	Lake Braddock	5:09.49		2
7	Caroline Augelli	12	James W. Robinson	5:09.50		2
8	Chloe Tran	10	Fairfax	5:13.63		1
9	Louisa McPherson	11	South County High School	5:14.39		1
10	Riley Specht	9	South County High School	5:20.75		1
11	Lindsay Yentz	10	Patriot High School	5:20.78		1
12	Caroline Howley	9	McLean	5:21.77		1
13	Nicole Re	9	Chantilly	5:22.49		1
14	Abigail Wied	11	Patriot High School	5:23.51		2
15	Rachel Green	10	Oakton	5:23.91		1
16	Megan Howard	12	Patriot High School	5:35.85		1
17	Waverly Schnetzler	10	Osbourn Park	5:41.76		1

Murphy also won the 800m over Reagan Bustamante, 2:10.08 to 2:10.2.

GIRLS 800 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	WIND	H#
1	Kate Murphy	11	Lake Braddock	2:10.08		3
2	Reagan Bustamante	12	West Springfield	2:10.20		3
3	Samantha Schwers	10	Lake Braddock	2:13.06		3
4	Ameena Benselloum	11	Westfield	2:14.22		2
5	Golden Kumi-Darfour	12	South Lakes	2:14.23		2
6	Michaela Purdy	12	Langley	2:14.46		3
7	Olivia Beckner	10	South Lakes	2:15.44		3
8	Sierra Biber	11	Patriot High School	2:15.80		3
9	Brooke Hagen	11	James W. Robinson	2:16.54		2
10	Kira Buttrey	10	Oakton	2:16.90		3
11	Kyla Carte	12	Battlefield	2:17.47		3
12	Emily McArthur	9	Patriot High School	2:17.84		3
13	Lia Hanus	11	James W. Robinson	2:18.57		1
14	Olivia Duston	10	Herndon	2:19.03		2
15	Chase Kappeler	9	Hayfield Secondary School	2:19.06		1
16	Grace Okoroafor	12	Westfield	2:19.25		2
17	Emma Ager	11	Lake Braddock	2:20.88		2
18	Madison Tippet	11	Lake Braddock	2:20.90		2
19	Ashley Campbell	12	Hayfield Secondary School	2:21.10		1
20	Shannon Browning	11	Lake Braddock	2:21.10		2
21	Madeline McAvoy	10	Lake Braddock	2:22.23		1
22	Myah Bassett	12	Patriot High School	2:25.57		1
23	Bowman Shaughnessy	9	West Potomac	2:27.14		2
24	Ella Weaver	9	Patriot High School	2:28.20		1

Kate Murphy Anchors Lake Braddock To Nation-Leading 4x800m!

Full results and coverage from Virginia Group 6A North Region Championship