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Article: Stone Bridge Tries to Adapt To New Region
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- The Washington Post
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- September 22, 2005
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As Stone Bridge adjusts to life in the AAA Northern Region,
perhaps no team will have a bigger adjustment than cross-country.
The Bulldogs, last year's AA Dulles District girls' champions and
boys' runner-up, are suddenly thrust into a Liberty District that
features nationally ranked Jefferson and a region that annually
churns out some of the best teams in the state.
"It's definitely a different world," Coach Jen Oblas said. "But
we're looking at this as an exciting challenge. Obviously there's an
intimidation factor, but our attitude is that this is the best region
in the state, and we're going to train our runners to compete with
the best."
Making that adjustment is a girls' team that's ...