Articles Archive

  • 1/31 St. Christophers MAD Clash Performance List Update

    1/31 high school performance list update for the 2007 St. Christopher\'s Mid-Atlantic Track Clash to be held Saturday, February 3rd.

    Brandon Miles - January 31, 2007 - 2 Comments
  • Liberty District Meet Preview

    Preview by Pearl Watts for the 2007 Liberty District Indoor Track & Field Championships to be held February 1st and February 8th at the Prince George County Sports & Learning Center in Landover, Maryland.

    Pearl Watts - January 31, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA 2A State & Regional Girls Rankings

    Event leaders as of January 30th among VHSL Group AA boys as well as within three of the four AA regions in Region I, II, and III. Due to the lack of schools with indoor track programs in Region IV, there is no Region IV list. Subscription is required to view rankings past event leaders.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA 2A State & Regional Boys Rankings

    Event leaders as of January 30th among VHSL Group AA boys as well as within three of the four AA regions in Region I, II, and III. Due to the lack of schools with indoor track programs in Region IV, there is no Region IV list. Subscription is required to view rankings past event leaders.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA 3A State & Regional Girls Rankings

    Event leaders as of January 30th among VHSL Group AAA girls as well as within the four AAA regions in the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Northwest. Subscription is required to view rankings past event leaders.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA 3A State & Regional Boys Rankings

    Event leaders as of January 30th among VHSL Group AAA boys as well as within the four AAA regions in the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Northwest. Subscription is required to view rankings past event leaders.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/30 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 30, 2007 - Comment
  • Virginia Tech Invitational Video Clips

    Video clips from Virginia Tech will be viewable to non-subscribers until Thursday. Subscribe today to help support MileStat.com and enjoy the entire site all the time!

    Brandon Miles - January 29, 2007 - 2 Comments
  • VA Indoor Week #7 Coverage: Holston US #9 all-time 300

    Plenty of great performances to recap from this weekend as Virginia Tech Invitational was a spring board meet for US #1\'s and US all-time performances, while the St. Christopher\'s Invite held its own as well in the first major invitational ever held at the private school\'s one year old 200 meter indoor track facility.

    Brandon Miles - January 28, 2007 - Comment
  • Virginia Tech Invitational - Distance Highlights

    Highlights and photos by Brandon Miles of the distance events from the 2007 Virginia Tech Invitational held at the Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia on Friday & Saturday, January 26th & 27th.

    Brandon Miles - January 28, 2007 - Comment
  • Virginia Tech Invitational - Sprints Highlights

    Highlights and photos by Brandon Miles of the sprint events from the 2007 Virginia Tech Invitational held at the Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia on Friday & Saturday, January 26th & 27th.

    Brandon Miles - January 28, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christophers Invitational Meet Summary

    The first annual St. Christopher\'s Indoor Invitational in Richmond had nothing but rave reviews whether it was regards to the facility itself or how well the meet was run. The performances this past weekend certainly indicated that Richmond\'s newest indoor track facility will produce to many future great meets, times, and marks.

    Brandon Miles - January 28, 2007 - 2 Comments
  • White comes up with BIG race in Reebok BIG mile

    Despite being snubbed for the second year in a row in having an invitation extended to her for the Millrose Games high school mile, Northside senior Catherine White took advantage of the opportunity to race against some of the Millrose invitees this past Saturday at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Center. White beat two of the Millrose invitees (Brittany Sheffey NY and Colleen Weatherbee MA) to finish fifth in an elite field of 14 athletes with an indoor personal best time of 4:55.38. Her US #5 performance in Boston was only two seconds off of her outdoor mile best of 4:53 in an All-American showing at Nike Outdoor Nationals.

    Brandon Miles - January 28, 2007 - Comment
  • MileStat.com Track-Vision

    MileStat.com will be archiving a majority of its old video clips into one area to make it easier to view past MileStat.com videos. Please be patient as we backtrack through old clips.

    Brandon Miles - January 25, 2007 - Comment
  • Asics Invitational Audio Interviews

    Audio interviews by Brandon Miles from the 2007 Asics Invitational with Blacksburg\'s Peter Dorrell, Bethel\'s Shakia Forbes, and homeschooled Aurora Scott.

    Brandon Miles - January 24, 2007 - Comment
  • St Christophers Mid-Atlantic Track Clash Accepted High School Entries

    Accepted high school entries for the first annual St. Christopher\'s Mid-Atlantic Track Clash to be held Saturday, February 3rd at St. Christopher\'s School in Richmond, Virginia. The events are one section only finals.

    Brandon Miles - January 24, 2007 - Comment
  • Expect a Tech weekend full of US #1's and possible national record attempts!

    Last year\'s Virginia Tech High School Invitational saw a national record for 300 meters from Bethel VA\'s Francena McCorory as well as a slew of US #1 and US top 5 performances. The 2007 Virginia Tech Invite with meet director Dan Ward under the helm for the second year in a row as the coordinator of traditionally one of the nation\'s top high school invitational promises to be just as strong if not the best ever at Rector Fieldhouse.

    Brandon Miles - January 24, 2007 - Comment
  • MileStat.com Track-Vision Video Submissions

    Below are video submissions by MileStat.com site visitors. Want to upload your video to MileStat.com Track-Vision?! Well go to the following link to learn how to! http://www.milesplit.com/article/12150

    Brandon Miles - January 24, 2007 - 1 Comments
  • 1/18 UPDATED Virginia Tech Performance List

    Another revision to the performance list of the 2007 Virginia Tech Invitational. Updated as of January 18th.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/23 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/23 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/23 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/23 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christophers Invitational FINAL Time Schedule

    Final schedule for this weekend\'s St. Christopher\'s Invitational to be held in Richmond, Virginia, can be downloaded from the following PDF file.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christophers Invitational Performance List - Girls

    Performance list for the girls for this weekend\'s St. Christopher\'s Invitational to be held at St. Christopher\'s School in Richmond, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, January 26th and 27th.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christophers Invitational Performance List - Boys

    Performance list for the boys for this weekend\'s first annual St. Christopher\'s Invitational to be held Friday and Saturday, January 26th and 27th at St. Christopher\'s School in Richmond, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 23, 2007 - Comment
  • Asics Invitational Video Clips

    Video clips by Brandon Miles from the 2007 Asics Invitational held at Liberty University\'s Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, January 19th and 20th. More clips to be added over the next few days.

    Brandon Miles - January 22, 2007 - Comment
  • FUMA boys roll in distance races at Friday night St. Chris meet

    The Fork Union boys showed a glimmer of the performances they are capable of on a fast track on Friday night at a quad meet hosted at St. Christopher\'s School in Richmond. Their top four distance runners each won a race with Axel Mostrag in the 3200 meter run, Szymon Rola in the 1600 meter run, Jamie Reichlen in the 1000 meter run, and Jeremy Haney in the 1000 meter run.

    Brandon Miles - January 21, 2007 - Comment
  • VA Indoor Week #6 Coverage: Attack of the sub 11 girls!

    It was an attack of the sub 11 two milers from the Virginia girls this weekend with three runners dipping well under the 11 minutes this weekend. Homeschooled junior star Aurora Scott ran a US #1 time of 10:29.12 at the Asics Invitational in Lynchburg, while Deep Run senior Courtlin LaReau challenged her through a 5:12 first mile and held on for a US #3 time of 10:45.86. Incredibly both were newbies to the event indoors with this weekend being Scott\'s first indoor meet. Meanwhile, Chantilly sophomore Lia DiValentin clocked a US #5 time of 10:49.11 on Friday evening at UNC\'s Eastern Challenge.

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Asics Invitational Meet Summary

    Footlocker South champion Aurora Scott was competing in her first indoor meet ever, while Deep Run senior Courtlin LaReau was racing for the first time at 3200 meters on the track. The outcome was a US #1 from Scott and US #3 from LaReau proving talent can override inexperience.

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Eastern Challenge Meet Summary

    The state of Virginia was well represented at the Eastern Challenge held at the University of North Carolina\'s Eddie Smith Fieldhouse in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. While conceding the sprint and hurdle events to North Carolina athletes, Virginians swept the distance events with winners and many top finishers in the 1000, 1600, and 3200 meter races for both and girls as well as the 4x800 meter relay. In field events action, Virginia had several meet champions beating some strong competition.

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • East Coast Invitational Meet Summary

    Not too many surprises at the East Coast Invitational as teams and individuals already established as some of the best in the Central Region did not disappoint with their performances this weekend at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond. The Midlothian girls ruled the distance races and the Manchester boys dominated the sprints and relays. Meanwhile, the Matoaca pair of Shanneka Claiborne and Aramis Massenburg showed just why they are state leaders in their respective events.

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Spooner finishes 6th in New Balance Games Mile

    West Springfield senior Mike Spooner found himself stuck in a strategic and kicker\'s race in the elite high school mile at New Balance Games halfway through the race. He decided to go for it and shoot to the lead on the back stretch of the banked 200 meter track found at the New York Armory with less than a half mile left in the race. However, Spooner\'s leading duties were short lived as he was over taken a pack of runners on the next lap. He was still able to hold onto a sixth place finish and run an indoor personal best time of 4:20.45 for a full mile (converts to a 4:18.85 1600 meter time).

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Val's gals fly high at PV Summit in Reno

    Val\'s pole vault gals had exceptional showings at the Pole Vault Summit held in Reno, Nevada this past weekend. Val Osipenko is one of the best pole vault coaches in the state and works as a club coach to three of the state\'s best vaulters with Mills Godwin\'s Anne Marie Gordon, Westfield\'s Betsy Alter, and St. Catherine\'s Carrie Wortham. All three vaulters competed in the pole vault extravaganza held out west. Both Gordon and Alter were high school section winners at the Summit, while Alter and Wortham cleared personal bests of 11\'6\" and 10\'10\" respectively. State leader Gordon was not far off her 11\'9\" all-time best with a clearance of 11\'7\" to win section two.

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Lap-By-Lap Breakdown of Aurora Scott's US #1 10:29 3200

    Lap by lap photo breakdown with splits of Aurora Scott\'s US #1 10:29.12 3200 meter performance at the Asics Invitational held at Liberty University\'s Tolsma Track Center in Lynhburg, Virginia on Saturday, January 20th. Second place finisher Courtlin LaReau of Deep Run also posted a US #3 time of 10:45.86 in her debut at 3200 meters. Audio interview with Scott and video of the race to come soon!

    Brandon Miles - January 20, 2007 - Comment
  • Gordon vaulting in "The Biggest Little City in the World" this weekend

    Mills Godwin senior Anne Marie Gordon is in \"The Biggest Little City in the World\" in Reno, Nevada this weekend to compete in the Pole Vault Summit. The Summit gathers some of the nation\'s best high school, collegiate, and professional vaulters to compete in a festive and competitive event for the unique field event. Gordon is Virginia\'s best in the event by a foot and three inches with her 11\'9\" this best.

    Brandon Miles - January 19, 2007 - Comment
  • East Coast Invitational Preview

    The East Coast Invitational continues to be one of the longest standing high school indoor invitationals in the state of Virginia as well as the country and continues to bring in some of the state\'s best talent. The first East Coast Invitational was held in 1960 and this year\'s meet will be the 48th annual. The meet use to be hosted inside the Richmond Coliseum on a wooden banked track before moving over to the Arthur Ashe Center in 1983. The 2007 edition of the East Coast Invitational will feature Shanneka Claiborne, Aramis Massenburg, Rachel Butler, and Anthony Chesson as some of the state\'s top athletes in the meet with the Manchester boys and Midlothian girls as the top teams attending.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • Catherine White invited to compete at Reebok Boston Indoor Games

    Northside senior Catherine White has been invited to compete in an elite high school mile field at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games to be held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on Saturday, January 28th

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • Asics Invitational Preview

    This weekend\'s Asics Invitational will be hosted at Liberty University\'s Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg and will be hosted over two days on Friday and Saturday. The meet will feature four individual state leaders including the likes of Bethel\'s Shakia Forbes and Harrisonburg\'s Tim Beierle as well as the state\'s fastest 4x400 meter relay in the Osbourn Park girls. Events will start at 4:30 PM on Friday and resume again on Saturday at 9:00 AM.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/18 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/18 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/18 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/18 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 18, 2007 - Comment
  • CNU Showcase Video Clips - Saturday

    Video clips by Brandon Miles from Saturday\'ss events at the 2007 CNU Showcase held at the Freeman Center in Newport News, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, January 12th and 13th.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - 1 Comments
  • Spooner to compete in Millrose qualifier mile Saturday at the Armory

    West Springfield senior Mike Spooner is set to compete in a high caliber field of some of the East Coast\'s best prep milers on Saturday at the 12th annual New Balance Games held at the Armory in New York City. Spooner ran 4:16 for 1600 meters and 4:17 for a full mile last spring as a junior. He is coming off a strong cross country season, which included a state championship and appearance at Footlocker Nationals in San Diego.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christophers Invitational: List of Teams

    List of teams that will be competing at next weekend\'s St. Christopher\'s Invitational to be held in Richmond, Virginia at St. Christopher\'s 200 meter indoor track facility. 40 teams each for both boys and girls will be competing at St. Christopher\'s.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/17 VISAA State Leaderboard

    State leaders in events among VISAA athletes and relays through performances entered in the MileStat.com database as of January 17th. Subscribers can click on events for full VISAA rankings in each event.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/17 VHSL Group AA State Leaderboard

    State leaders in events among VHSL Group AA athletes and relays through performances entered in the MileStat.com database as of January 17th. Subscribers can click on events for full AA rankings in each event.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/17 VHSL Group AAA State Leaderboard

    State leaders in events among VHSL Group AAA athletes and relays through performances entered in the MileStat.com database as of January 17th. Subscribers can click on events for full AAA rankings in each event.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • REVISED Virginia Tech Invitational Performance List

    Revised (and hopefully final) performance list for the 2007 Virginia Tech Invitational to be held Friday and Saturday, January 26th and 27th at the Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia. The entrants include a total of 18 current US top 5 performers.

    Brandon Miles - January 17, 2007 - Comment
  • Asics Invitational Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 Asics Invitational to be held Friday and Saturday, January 19th and 20th at Liberty University\'s Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 16, 2007 - Comment
  • McCorory sets new American & Junior Record in 300

    Francena McCorory returned to the same track that she set the national high school record in the 300 meter dash at Virginia as a collegiate freshmen at Hampton University to break the American and World Junior Indoor Record in the event.

    Brandon Miles - January 15, 2007 - Comment
  • East Coast Invitational Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 East Coast Invitational to be held Friday and Saturday, January 19th and 20th at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 15, 2007 - Comment
  • VA Indoor Week #5 Coverage: Holston 47.90 400 @ Montgomery, Mostrag 4:17 1600 @ FUMA

    Sean Holston did it again at the Prince George County Sports and Learning Complex with his third US#1 performance in his third different event with a personal best 47.90 clocking in the 400 meter dash at Saturday\'s Montgomery Invitational in Landover, Maryland. Holston already owns the US#1 times for 300 (33.99) and 500 (1:03.94) meters as all three nation\'s best times were posted on the same track at Prince George. However, his national leading time was short lived as Chris Ward of Florida (47.42) and Curtis Bilbrew of Alabama (47.68) posted faster times on a much faster and banked track found at the University of Arkansas on Saturday. Axel Mostrag\'s 4:17.76 1600 meter time at the FUMA Invite has to be the best 1600 or mile performance in nation disregarding times based on the fact that Mostrag ran his time on the 160 meter unbanked track at the Estes Athletic Center. His time broke the meet record of 4:19.96 held by a former great high school, collegiate, and post-collegiate miler in Sencca Lassiter. More to come from Montgomery, Fork Union, and CNU.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • FUMA Invitational Meet Summary

    Several of this past weekend\'s best performances in the state came from the 2007 FUMA Invitational at the Estes Athletic Center. Fork Union\'s Axel Mostrag breaking Seneca Lassiter\'s 1995 meet and facility record of 4:19.96 with one of the country\'s fastest times for 1600 meters at 4:17.76 obviously was the performance of the meet, but there were plenty of noteworthy performances on Saturday at FUMA. The meet featured four state leading performances including Mostrag\'s 4:17 1600.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • CNU Showcase Day 2 Meet Summary

    Saturday at the CNU Showcase held at the Freeman Center in Newport News had three state leading performances and more importantly gave some early indications of what to expect from top teams, relays, and athletes this season. Two teams who looked sharp after the completion of the meet in the Eastern Region were the Bethel girls and Western Branch boys.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • Mostrag breaks Lassiter's 12 year old record at FUMA

    The rest of the country better not be sleeping on Fork Union senior Axel Mostrag again. Last year at Nike Indoor Nationals, Mostrag showed those on the national scene how talented of a middle distance runner he is by nearly bringing his team\'s distance medley relay far from behind for a national championship and finishing up as a national runner-up for 800 meters. After his performance in the 1600 meter run at the Fork Union Indoor Invitational, anyone would be foolish to make the same mistake again to overlook the Polish national.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • Montgomery County Invitational Meet Summary

    Sean Holston did it again at the Prince George County Sports and Learning Complex with his third US#1 performance in his third different event with a personal best 47.90 clocking in the 400 meter dash at Saturday\'s Montgomery Invitational in Landover, Maryland. Holston already owns the US#1 times for 300 (33.99) and 500 (1:03.94) meters as all three nation\'s best times were posted on the same track at Prince George. However, his national leading time was short lived as Chris Ward of Florida (47.42) and Curtis Bilbrew of Alabama (47.68) posted faster times on a much faster and banked track found at the University of Arkansas later on Saturday.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • CNU Showcase Video Clips - Friday

    Video clips by Brandon Miles from Friday\'s events at the 2007 CNU Showcase held at the Freeman Center in Newport News, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, January 12th and 13th. Clips will continue to be added for both days.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - Comment
  • CNU Showcase Day 1 Meet Summary

    The meet was off to a flying start on Friday in the first day of events at the Christopher Newport University High School Showcase in Newport News. There were three US top five performances recorded during the event and several state leading performances also posted.

    Brandon Miles - January 13, 2007 - 2 Comments
  • CNU Showcase Preview

    Brandon Miles - January 12, 2007 - Comment
  • *UPDATED* CNU Showcase Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 CNU Showcase to be held Friday & Saturday, January 12th & 13th at Christopher Newport University\'s Freeman Center in Newport News, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 12, 2007 - Comment
  • FUMA Invitational Preview

    It will not be a packed house at the FUMA Invitational this year as some prior years with the track facility filled to max capacity, but it will be a quality house with room to breathe for some of the state\'s best athletes and teams that will be in attendance at the Estes Athletic Center on Saturday.

    Brandon Miles - January 11, 2007 - Comment
  • FUMA Invitational Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 FUMA Invitational to be held Saturday, January 13th at Fork Union Military Academy\'s Estes Athletic Center in Fork Union, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 11, 2007 - Comment
  • Montgomery Invitational Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 Montgomery Invitational to be held Saturday, January 13th at Prince George Sports and Learning Center in Landover, Maryland.

    Brandon Miles - January 11, 2007 - Comment
  • Montgomery Invitational Preview

    A large draw of Virginia athletes and teams will be competing at this weekend\'s Montgomery Invitational being hosted at the Prince George County Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. For some team Northern Virginia teams, this will be their third consecutive weekend racing at the facility that also hosts the Nike Indoor Nationals on a yearly basis.

    Brandon Miles - January 11, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/10 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/10 VA High School Boys Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/10 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Power Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 8-deep. 1st place received 8 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 8th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • 1/10 VA High School Girls Indoor Team Depth Rankings

    These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • MileStat.com Athletes of the Week: Predist Walker & Anne Marie Gordon

    MileStat.com Athletes of the Week winners for the week ending January 6th are Lakeland senior Predist Walker and Mills Godwin senior Annie Marie Gordon.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • CNU Showcase New Meet Info & Entry Restrictions

    Important new entry instructions for this weekend\'s CNU Showcase including to scratch down to two entries if they do not meet the standards.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • REVISED CNU Showcase Time Schedule

    Major revisions to the time schedule for this weekend\'s CNU Showcase. Due to a CNU basketball on Saturday evening, the meet is crunched for time and has been forced to move several events over to Friday evening including the 1600 meter run and 500 meter dash.

    Brandon Miles - January 10, 2007 - Comment
  • Past Virginia Indoor National Champions

    n 1984 Mike Byrnes, Jim Spier, and Tracy Sundlun started their National Scholastic Indoor Track and Field Championships. This became considered the high school national championships. It remained the \"high school national championship meet\" until 1999 when the split with the Metropolitan Athletic Congress caused a dual meet situation with the Nike Indoor Classic and the National Scholastic Championships thus ending a true national championship meet. In the years that the National Scholastic Championships were considered the national championships (1984 - 1998) Virginia Public Schools had 35 individual champions and 5 relays win championships.

    John Crute - January 09, 2007 - Comment
  • JMU BOARD of VISITORS URGED TO RECONSIDER ATHLETIC PROGRAM CUTS AT 1/12/07 MEETING

    The James Madison University ( Harrisonburg , VA ) Board of Visitors will hear presentations from students who believe that their recent decision to eliminate ten athletic programs was made with flawed information and data. Student representatives of the Coalition to Save JMU Sports will ask the Board of Visitors to let the student-athletes from the ten teams proposed for elimination play out their eligibility through 2010. They will also ask the board to establish an Athletics Task Force to study alternatives to the cuts. The Board of Visitors meeting will be held at 1:00 PM at the Leeolou Alumni Center on the campus of James Madison University . The Coalition to Save JMU Sports will also hold a rally outside of the Leeolou Alumni Center at 12:00 PM.

    - January 09, 2007 - Comment
  • Virginia Tech Invitational Preliminary Performance List

    Preliminary performance list for the 2007 Virginia Tech Invitational to be held Friday and Saturday, January 26th and 27th at Virginia Tech\'s Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia. Questions or concerns can be directed towards meet director Dan Ward at (757) 923-5240 or danielward@spsk12.net.

    Brandon Miles - January 07, 2007 - Comment
  • Eastern Challenge Performance List

    Performance list for the 2007 Eastern Challenge to be held at the University of North Carolina\'s Eddie Smith Fieldhouse in Durham, North Carolina has now been released at the Durham Strides website at the following PDF file link: http://www.durhamstriders.com/2007%20Eastern%20HS%20Challenge%20Performance%20List.pdf.

    Brandon Miles - January 07, 2007 - Comment
  • Keydet Invite Video Clips

    Video clips from the 2007 Keydet Invitational held at the VMI Fieldhouse in Lexington, Virginia on Saturday, January 6th. Expect all video clips to be posted by the latest Monday if not all by Sunday.

    Brandon Miles - January 07, 2007 - Comment
  • VA Indoor Week #4 Coverage

    Week 4 of indoor track in Virginia included another US #1 performance from Sean Holston in the 300 meter dash with a 33.99 clocking at the Southern Maryland Mega Meet after posting a US #1 for 500 meters only week earlier. Other top performances included a personal best clearance from Anne Marie Gordon (pictured left) in the pole vault with a winning height of 11\'9\" at VMI\'s Keydet Invitational. Complete results, elites, and meet summaries are all posted from this past weekend\'s invites as well as video clips and photos (more to be added) from VMI.

    Brandon Miles - January 06, 2007 - Comment
  • Keydet Invitational Meet Summary

    Mills Godwin senior Anne Marie Gordon likes drama apparently. Not only is she in theatre at school, but seems to like to wait till the final attempt when clearing personal best heights in the pole vault. At last March\'s National Scholastic Indoor Championships, Gordon cleared 11\'7.25\" on her third attempt at the height. On Saturday at the Keydet Invitational, Gordon cleared a best height of 11\'9\" in similar dramatic fashion on her final attempt at the height.

    Brandon Miles - January 06, 2007 - Comment
  • Southern Maryland Mega Meet Summary

    On the same track that Sean Holston ran a US #1 500 meter dash time of 1:03.93 at last weekend\'s F.I.T. Invitational, he did it again with another national leading time in the event he considers his specialty in the 300 meter dash. At the Southern Maryland Mega Meet held at Prince George County\'s Sports and Learning Complex, the Robert E. Lee senior put his name on the national leaderboard once again on an unbanked track with a 33.99 clocking in the event.

    Brandon Miles - January 06, 2007 - Comment
  • UMES Coach O Invitational Meet Summary

    T.C. Williams senior Samella Koroma continued to impress this season in the shot put as the state leader in the event improved upon her top mark at Friday night\'s UMES Coach O Invitational in Princess Anne, Maryland. Fresh off her win at the F.I.T. Invitational with a personal best throw in a MileStat.com Athlete of the Week performance, Koroma did it again with another state best throw at UMES with a winning mark of 41\'9.50\" on Friday evening.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • Hispanic Games Meet Summary

    Virginia was well represented on the first day of the Hispanic Games by the small delegation from two teams in the state in Herndon and St. Catherine\'s. In particular, the Virginia girls had a handful of top six finishes in various events one of the country\'s finest indoor track facilities at the New York Armory.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • A total of 10 VA schools competing in Friday night's UMES Invite

    A total of ten Virginia high schools will be competing in Friday night\'s UMES Coach O Invitational held in Princess Anne, Maryland. The meet starts at 5 PM and is projected to end approximately at 10 PM.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • Herndon & St. Catherine's athletes competing at the NY Armory today

    Athletes from Herndon High School and St. Catherine\'s School will be competing in day one of the Hispanic Games today held at the New York Armory in New York City.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • MileStat.com Athlete of the Week: Sean Holston & Samella Koroma

    MileStat.com Athlete of the Week winners for the week ending December 29th are Robert E. Lee senior Sean Holston and T.C. Williams senior Samella Koroma.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • Keydet Invitational Preview

    The 2006 Keydet Invitational will be hosted on Saturday at the Virginia Military Institute\'s fieldhouse, commonly known as \"The Pit\". Starting at 9:15 in the morning, the Keydet Invite will have a total of 45 teams in attendance on three lane 200 meter banked track. MileStat.com will be on-site with coverage from Brandon Miles with photos, video clips, interviews, and stories. Meet preview is posted and meet performance list can be found here. Both pole vault competitions for the girls and boys will feature the state\'s top vaulters with Annie Marie Gordon of Mills Godwin and Tim Beierle of Harrisonburg (pictured left). Beierle on Wednesday cleared a personal best height of 15\'3\" at the Spotswood Invite.

    Brandon Miles - January 05, 2007 - Comment
  • Keydet Invitational Performance List

    Performance list for the 2006 Keydet Invitational to be held Saturday, January 7th at the VMI Fieldhouse aka \"The Pit\" in Lexington, Virginia.

    Brandon Miles - January 04, 2007 - Comment
  • Catching up with...Esther Erb

    High school senior girls still mulling over their college decisions should take a good look at MileStat.com\'s interview article with Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) junior Esther Erb, who has qualified for NCAA Division III National Championships in cross country twice and two times in track as well. Erb picked up her first collegiate All-American honors with a 34th place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships in November. Ironically, Erb was not a high profile high school runner at all. In fact, the 2004 graduate of Maggie Walker Governor\'s School in Richmond did not participate in the sport until her senior year of indoor track and ran only modest high school times of 2:28 for 800 meters and 3:12 for 1000 meters. MileStat.com\'s Brandon Miles interviews Erb about her transformation as a runner from high school into college and discusses the opportunities and competition level found at the Division III level for females.

    Brandon Miles - January 03, 2007 - Comment
  • St. Christopher's Mid-Atlantic Track Clash is one month away!

    Only one month away from today, the first annual St. Christopher\'s Mid-Atlantic Track Clash will be hosted on Saturday, February 3rd in Richmond, Virginia. This exciting new event will bring together elite open and college competition as well as elite high school competition in a finals only format. MileStat.com is supporting the event along with the Richmond Sports Backers, the University of Richmond, and St. Christopher\'s School.

    Brandon Miles - January 03, 2007 - Comment
  • FIT Invitational Video Clips

    Video clips by Brandon Miles of the 2006 FIT Invitational held at PG County Sports and Learning Center in Landover, Maryland on Friday, December 29th.

    Brandon Miles - January 03, 2007 - Comment
  • CVTF Winter Clinic Invitational Video Clips

    Video clips by Brandon Miles from the 2006 CVTF Winter Clinic Invitational held at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond, Virginia on Thursday, December 28th.

    Brandon Miles - January 01, 2007 - Comment
  • Indoor Week #3 Coverage

    A total of six state bests performances were recorded over the Holiday week with two major meets being hosted at Thursday\'s CVTF Winter Clinic Invite at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond, Virginia and Friday\'s F.I.T. Invitational at the Prince George County Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. Top performance of the week belonged to Sean Holston of Robert E. Lee as the defending AAA 300 meter state champion at F.I.T. ran a US #1 500 meter time of 1:03.93 in his debut in the event.

    Brandon Miles - January 01, 2007 - Comment
  • F.I.T. Invitational Meet Summary

    Robert E. Lee senior Sean Holston made a splashing debut in the 500 meter dash in Friday\'s F.I.T. Invitational held at Prince George Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. The defending 300 meter state champion posted the fastest time in the country this season and 17th fastest 500 meter time in U.S. prep history with a 1:03.93 clocking.

    Brandon Miles - January 01, 2007 - Comment