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GA Sports: Boys XC Stays Perfect with Win over Episcopal

Sam Ritz breaks course record.

The Germantown Academy boys cross country team (4-0, 3-0 Inter-Ac) stayed perfect on the young season with a 23-32 win over Episcopal Academy on Monday.

The Patriots were led by a 1-2 finish from Sam Ritz and Max Huang-Hobbs. Ritz broke his older brother's previous course record by three seconds, finishing in 16:20. Huang-Hobbs also set a personal best at 16:29. Germantown Academy's top five was rounded out by Joe DiBello, Josh Herman, and Devin Cody.

The Patriots will now prepare for the highly competitive Lehigh University "Brown Race" at the Paul Short Invitational this Friday.

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