When and why did you start running? My brother thought I would be good and told me to run with his high school friends. Occupation: Retail and Events with Runabout Sports Hometown: I was born in Gainesville, Florida, but I grew up in Blacksburg, where I live currently.
Peter Dorrell (right) with Josh Norris after coaching Josh at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle. Peter also coaches Blacksburg runner Josh Norris and will travel with him next month to the Special Olympics World games. He’s brought a new sense of energy and camaraderie to the store’s weekly pub runs and always makes sure to recognize any newcomers to the group. He also ran a 14:35 5K at the Penn Relays.Īs the events manager and retail associate at Runabout Sports in Blacksburg, Peter now uses his expertise to help shape our running community and keep us motivated and moving. Peter ran for William and Mary where he was named the Colonial Athletic Association cross country rookie of the year in 2008 and competed for the Tribe at the NCAA Championships. It was a finish so close that the winner was tough to determine even after watching a replay from the finish line, according to coverage on .Īll total, Peter won nine AA state championship titles (during a time when there were only A, AA, AAA classifications in Virginia) and was awarded the Gatorade Athlete of the Year. “I closed the gap and out-leaned him to seal the distance triple crown.” “I had a race to the wire,” Peter recalled. Just when he thought he was running out of real estate on the home stretch, Peter found a way to surge.
Peter stepped to the starting line having already won the two-mile (3200 meter) state crown the night before and the one-mile (1600 meter) that morning.Ī win in the 800 would make him the first male runner in Virginia history to win the 3200, 1600, and 800 races all in the same state meet.Ĭoming down the backstretch of the final 400 meters, Peter fell behind when two of his competitors with “fresh legs” started to kick. His most memorable race, though, was the 800-meter final at the 2007 outdoor state track meet during his junior year. The 2008 Blacksburg High graduate still holds the fastest 5K time (15:13) in the history of Blacksburg’s outstanding cross country program. Peter Dorrell has won a lot of races and he’s posted plenty of fast times as a distance runner. “First in Virginia history to win distance triple crown at a single state meet,” it reads. Runabout Sports Events Manager Peter Dorrell poses next to a photo of himself that store owner and former Blacksburg High Coach James Demarco has on display in the back of the running store.
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