Herndon High’s 2025 cross country season re-cap

by Jason Polaha, HHS Cross Country

Herndon High's cross country boys finished 3rd and girls finished 6th at the Liberty District Championships. Photo contributed by HHS Cross Country

The Herndon High School boys and girls cross country team completed a successful season with the boys finishing 3rd and the girls finishing 6th at the Liberty District Championships. The boys team qualified for Regional Championships and Shire Bieber qualified individually for the Herndon Hornets girls team with a 15th place finish in 19:47.50.

Rounding out the top 7 finishers were Isabelle Davies 19th 19:53.6, Claire Blevins 42nd in 21:14.60, Grace Przybysz 49th 21:22.00, Molly Clist 53rd 22:34.70, Stella Albers 59th 24:51.50, Claire O'Connor 66th 24:51.50. The boys finished 3rd overall as a team with Baden Geary runner -up in 2nd place with a time of 15:49.90, Jensen Hoffman 8th 16:29.60, Thomas Dilli 11th 16:37.10, Ismail Ahmed 40th 17:43.20, Jamal Eyow 46th 17:57.40, Colin Bieber 48th 18:00.60 and Aaron Turgeon 52nd 18:11.40 rounding out the top 7.

The Herndon Hornet cross country boys qualified and competed at the Regional Championships with Baden Geary finishing 3rd place overall at the Northern Regional Cross Country Championships, and teammates Thomas Dilli 18th , Jensen Hoffman 32nd , Jamal Eyow 49th , Ismail Ahmed 51st , Colin Bieber 57th and Aaron Turgeon 61st.

Shire Bieber finished 37th place for the Hornet girls at regionals.

Baden Geary’s 3rd place finish qualified him for the VHSL Group 6 State Championships to be held November 8th at Oatlands Plantations.