Peninsula District Championship Meet History

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I'll say up front that a good deal of this information comes from the information packet that Coach Al Dorner (former XC coach at Denbigh, current AD at Woodside) gives out during the coaches' meeting at the District meet. Since there isn't a meet program for the meet, most athletes, parents, and other spectators aren't aware of the history of the PD meet. I thought I'd go through and summarize some of the information for the people who care.

Boys
The boys' statistics date from 1965 and total 45 meets. Since then, there has only been one 4-time individual champion: Ryan Neuhart of Denbigh from 1996-1999. Ferguson holds the record for most consecutive District team titles, winning 6 from 1965-1970. There was a stretch from 1978-1992 that Denbigh won 13 of 15 titles. In 1968, Ferguson and Warwick shared the team title.
The team titles totals are:
13 Denbigh
11 Menchville
7 Ferguson
Gloucester
3 Warwick
2 Kecoughtan
1 Bethel
Lafayette
Tabb

The individual titles totals are:
14 Denbigh
6 Warwick
4 Ferguson
Menchville
3 Kecoughtan
Lafayette
Woodside
2 Gloucester
Bethel
1 Hampton
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Phoebus
Tabb

Girls
The girls' statistics date from 1978 and total 31 meets. There have been 2 4-time individual title winners: Emily Webb of Gloucester from 2003-2006 and Rebecca Cline from 1990-1993 (Cline earned her first 2 titles while running for Menchville and the last 2 running for Ferguson). With their win this year, the Gloucester Dukes have won 6 consecutive team PD titles and 7 of the past 10.
The team titles totals are:
7 Gloucester
5 Menchville
Warwick
4 Bethel
Denbigh
3 Lafayette
2 Tabb
1 Hampton

The individual titles totals are:
12 Menchville
5 Gloucester
3 Ferguson
Lafayette
2 Denbigh
Hampton
Tabb
1 Kecoughtan
Warwick