VHSL Group AA State Championships Coverage

2009 VHSL Group AA State Indoor T&F Boys Champions - Louisa County

2009 VHSL Group AA State Indoor T&F Girls Champions - Blacksburg

Photos by Tom Hoerner

The Blacksburg girls crushed the competition at the Group AA state indoor meet as they amassed a team score of 97 points to double up the amount of points of the second place team from Courtland (42 pts). On the track, the Blacksburg girls had four individual champions ranging from the 500 meter dash to 3200 meter run with Hannah Brown in the 500 (1:17.68), Kathleen Stevens in the 1000 (2:57.56), Joanna Stevens in the 1600 (4:58.28), and Allison Homer in the 3200 (11:20.62). The Blacksburg girls nearly broke the meet record in the 4x800 (9:34.53) and dominated the 1600 meter run with four of the top five finishers.

The Louisa County boys really stepped up to defeat slight favorites Jamestown by a decent margin of 26 points. The Region II team champions had one lone individual champion with Corrin Harris taking the long jump title with his mark of 22'0.50", but Louisa had plenty of individuals placing high and scoring throughout the meet as well as their 4x200 meter relay securing 10 points with their 1:32.71 victory.

The Blacksburg boys 4x800 broke the only meet record of the day with their 8:00.76 as they were pressed by Western Albemarle who was also under the old meet record in 8:02.71. Western Albemarle swept the individual titles in the boys distance races with Tyler Stutzman pulling off a strong double in the 1600 (4:16.49) and 1000 (2:30.12), while teammate Kyle Satterwhite won his second indoor 3200 title in three years with a time of 9:24.42.

There were several individuals who repeated as champions including Sherelle White of York and Kenara Hurt of Liberty in the girls sprints who had to defend their state indoor titles against one another with White winning the 55 meter dash again in a 7.21 clocking, while Hurt was the 300 winner with a time of 40.61.

The meet also saw many surprises and upsets. Few called Mandy Kauffman of Harrisonburg in the girls 55 meter hurdles, Sam Johnson of Courtland in the boys shot put, Josh Drablos of Jefferson Forest in the boys pole vault, and D'Angelo Scales of Lafayette in the boys 55 meter hurdles.

More to come from the AA State Indoor Championships including photos, some video, and interviews with many of the state champions.

Complete Results

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

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