Not Making This Up: Former Wilde Lake Distance Runner David Eisenhauer Charged With Murder

MileSplit Staff

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"No freaking way!" The first reaction when saw a news story trending on social media of a 18 year old Virginia Tech freshmen named David Eisenhauer had been charged with murder of a 13 year old girl in Blacksburg, Virginia.

CNN Video Story

Eisenhauer, a former distance running standout who just graduated last spring at Wilde Lake High School right here in Maryland, has been arrested and being held in jail by police in Montgomery County, Virginia for his role in the abduction and killing of Nicole Madison Lovell.

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Eisenhauer was arguably one of the state's premier high school distance runners in Maryland last year running personal best times of 15:17 for 5K, 9:19 for 3200 meters, and 4:18 for 1600 meters. A state cross country runner-up last fall in 3A, Eisenhauer went onto win his first state title indoors in the 3200 meter run and had high finishes in post-season competition including a 11th place finish at the Nike Cross Southeast Regional in cross country and 10th place finish in the 5K at New Balance Nationals Indoor.

See rest of David Eisenahauer's high school running stats


He had transferred to Wilde Lake from the state of Washington after his sophomore year. He was attending Virginia Tech for his freshmen year of college and was a member of their cross country team in the fall as well as majoring in engineering. The news of Eisenhauer's alleged crime has dominated the national news cycle over the weekend. Another female accomplice has also been arrested and charged with Eisenhauer as well in having a role in the 13 year old's death.

Local ABC station's video feature on Eisenhauer last year as their student-athlete of the week 

Certainly more information will come out in the coming days, weeks, and months to shed light on what exactly happened for such a promising young distance runner in Eisenhauer for his life to take such a dramatic and dark path to allegedly commit such a horrific crime in the abduction and killing of a minor girl.

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