Five years ago, Loudoun Valley may have been the first Super Team in high school cross country.
With a top five that consisted of Sam Affolder, Colton Bogucki, Jacob Hunter, Peter Morris and Kevin Carlson -- all five went on to compete at the NCAA Division I level for Power 5 schools -- the Vikings were arguably the most dominant high school team we had ever seen up until that point.
The Vikings began their season at PTXC, scoring 27 points, and then would go on to score victories at Oatlands (46), Great American (62), the Class 4A championships in Virginia with a perfect score (15), the Team Southeast Regional (72) and Team Nationals (89), securing the program's first national title.
That run all began at PTXC.
For this week's Throwback Thursday, check the video above for the team's performance, which included a 1-2-3-4 finish.
BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS
1 Sam Affolder 11 Loudoun Valley 15:49.50 1
2 Colton Bogucki 12 Loudoun Valley 15:54.46 2
3 Jacob Hunter 11 Loudoun Valley 15:54.65 3
4 Peter Morris 12 Loudoun Valley 15:55.05 4
5 Rusty Kujdych 12 Neshaminy 15:55.43 5
6 Tyler Wirth 11 Wallenpaupack 16:03.76 6
7 Avery Lederer 12 Penncrest 16:10.46 7
8 Morgan Cupp 12 Mechanicsburg Area High School 16:21.31 8
9 Jacob McKenna 12 Spring Ford 16:28.01 9
10 Alexander Ermold 11 Governor Mifflin 16:31.02 10
11 David Endres 11 Central Bucks East 16:34.26 11
12 Josh Endy 12 Boyertown 16:35.74 12
13 Owen Johnson 10 Calvert Hall College High School 16:35.97 13
14 Jack Stanley 11 Mendham HS 16:36.64 14
15 Justin Earley 12 Central Reg HS 16:36.93 15
16 Mitchell Rome 11 Dallas 16:38.42 16
17 Kevin Carlson 10 Loudoun Valley 16:40.58 17
18 Val Figueira 12 Mendham HS 16:41.48 18
19 Thomas Johnson 12 Wallenpaupack 16:44.98 19
20 Andrew Stanley 12 Unattached - PA 16:47.24 0
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Five years ago, Loudoun Valley may have been the first Super Team in high school cross country.
With a top five that consisted of Sam Affolder, Colton Bogucki, Jacob Hunter, Peter Morris and Kevin Carlson -- all five went on to compete at the NCAA Division I level for Power 5 schools -- the Vikings were arguably the most dominant high school team we had ever seen up until that point.
