Some of the top distance runners in Northern Virginia competed Wednesday at the Friends of Indoor Track Invitational producing some of the top times in the state, while the sprints and field events were predominantly dominated by athletes from the state of Maryland. Lake Braddock's Liana Epstein (pictured by Nicoll Knudsen)  won the 1600 meter run with a state best time of 5:07.

An exciting two days of competition as several out-of-state teams and indivdiuals certainly enhanced the fields at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational in Hampton. The Elizabeth Seton girls from Maryland and Wakefield boys from North Carolina won the team titles. More to come from the meet including photo gallery and meet summary. Complete results and all race videos posted.

Performance list for the 2009 Friends of Indoor Track Invitational to be held Wednesday, December 30th at the PG Sports & Learning Center in Landover, MD.

The first day of competition at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational on Monday got off to a flying and fast start including a boys 200 meter dash which saw the top 3 fastest times produced in the nation. Teiara Denmark of First Colonial had a great day in the two jumping events contested on day one with a 5'4" clearance win in the high jump, while leaping to the nation's best mark of the season in the triple jump at 37'9.50". More to come from Boo Williams throughout the two day meet including race videos, photos, and interviews.

Performance list for the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational to be held December 28th-29th at Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. MileStat.com will be on-site with coverage.

The Potomac River Running Holiday Invitational, hosted on its rescheduled snow date of December 26th, had two state leading performances produced by Stafford freshmen Hannah Lowery in the girls distance races and South Lakes senior senior Adrian Vaughn in the boys' sprints. 

Performance list for the 2009 East Coast Invitational to be held Saturday, January 2nd at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond.

  The Green Dragon Relays, rescheduled for Tuesday at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond featured several of the state's top athletes in the field events including new state leader and US #2 performer Stephanie Oleson of Henrico with her 11'6" clearance. Also competing in the meet were Highland Springs two field event stars in girls high jumper Sherhae Holloway and boys shot put thrower Sulaiman Fareed as both state leaders won their respective events without much competition.

A good portion of the state's top cross country runners have either already made verbal college commitments or close to making a decision prior to the February 3rd signing period including Virginia's top two female recruits in the Stevens twins of Blacksburg. Kathleen Stevens has verbally committed to the University of Virginia, while twin sister Joanna Stevens has opted to go a different path and attend Georgetown University.

Frequently asked questions about the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational to be held December 28th and 29th in Hampton.

The first edition of the Virginia high school indoor track team depth rankings. These rankings were scored 20 deep for individuals and 20 deep for relays. For example, for individuals 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place. The depth rankings favor teams with more than just a few individuals stars gaining a bulk of the points and a well balanced team competitive in multiple events than the power rankings.

The first edition of the Virginia high school indoor track team power rankings. These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. The power rankings favor teams with a few top tier individual stars who can score a bulk of the points than the depth rankings.

Updates on the status of several weekend meets which have been forced to postpone due to the incoming winter storm. The =PR= Holiday Invitational (new date - TBA), Green Dragon Relays (new date - Tues, Dec. 22nd), Bobcat Blizzard Invitational (new date - Sat, Jan. 16th) have all postponed their meets to later dates.

Performance list for the =PR= Holiday Invitational to be held Saturday, December 19th at Prince George County's Sports & Learning Center in Landover, Maryland.

The first MileStat.com Athlete of the Week honors for the 2009-2010 indoor track & field season. Monica Williams of Green Run was one of several athletes selected after her sub 40 second clocking this past weekend in the 300 meter dash at the Boo Williams Sportsplex, which ranks her #1 in the US currently in the early stages of the indoor season.. Athletes of the Week were selected for various discipline of events including sprints, distance, hurdles, relays, pole vault, jumps, and throws.

When the bid was given to Reno, Nevada to host the 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships, a snowtorm was certainly not the expected race day weather conditions. Snow flakes in the air and a white powder covering the course is exactly what a contingent of Maggie Walker runners led by their All-State runner Clarissa Schick experienced during their races this past weekend. Schick earned All-American honors once again in a USATF championship meet after achieving the distinction last December when the meet was held at Pole Green Park. Schick (pictured by Margie Swart) placed third in the young women's division 5K with a time of 19:23. Also earning All-American honors from Maggie Walker were Marc Breidenbaugh in the intermediate boys division (19th, 16:51) and Caroline Newcomb in the young women division (19th, 20:20). Meet Page w/ Results

The 2009 All-MileStat.com Cross Country Team has been announced with a total of 42 athletes being selected among the 7 member first, second, and third teams for both boys and girls. Awards winners also announced for Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, Most Improved Runner of the Year, and Comeback Runner of the Year. Congratulations to all selections for this fall's All-MileStat.com Team!

The CNU Winter Frolic this past weekend in Newport News saw quite a few of the state's top athletes open up their indoor season against solid competition on a quality 200 meter track. As a result, many early state leading performances (Boys - Girls) were produced as well as some times and marks to place on the national leaderboard (Boys - Girls). Notable performances included  a near 56 foot toss by Sulaiman Fareed of Highland Springs in the shot put, a swift 7.04 clocking by defending AAA state champion Keilah Tyson in the 55 meter dash, an automatic state qualifier 4x800 time of 9:37 by the West Potomac girls, an impressive 1:42 posted on a flat track by the Western Branch girls 4x200, and Dinwiddie's Quintaze Jackson reaching out to a nation's best 46'11.25" triple jump. More to come from CNU and indoor meets this past week and weekend.

Megan Goethals and Chelsey Sveinsson battle to the line, Lukas Verzbicas dominates front-to-back in the boys race.  Tons of coverage from our on-site team...

Fresh off their stellar Nike Cross National top 10 finishes last weekend in Portland, the Stevens twins of Blacksburg stepped up on the track to show off their peak cross country fitness by recording the nation's fastest 3200 meter times which might hold up as the fastest two in the country for quite a while this 2009-2010 indoor season. At the Liberty Elite Meet in Lynchburg, Kathleen Stevens and Joanna Stevens both recorded times of 10:26. Joanna led the majority of the race with sister Kathleen passing her for the slight win in the final stretch. (Photo by Tom Hoerner)

Fairfax senior Kevin Dowd had a very strong showing at the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego with an 18th place effort of 15:44 as the ninth place finisher from the South Regional was only two seconds away from an All-American top 15 finish. Virginia's other qualifier, West Springfield senior Paige Kvartunas, competed in her first national meet with a 38th place finish (18:58). Check out MileSplit US complete coverage of the 2009 Foot Locker Nationals

Photo by Margot Kelly, AZTrackXC.com

Performance list for the Liberty Elite Meet to be held December 12th at Liberty University's Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg. **Please check performance list, because some athletes who did not meet the minimum qualifying standard have been scratched from their events. Last updated Dec. 8 at 5:10 p.m.**

Only one runner stands alone among all the contenders in Virginia this fall with a final race to go this weekend in San Diego for the Foot Locker Nationals. Fairfax senior Kevin Dowd rose to the "Cream of the Crop" at the Foot Locker South Regional in the Charlotte as the only Virginian to qualify and finish in the top 10 in the seeded boys race. He will be joined in San Diego by another Northern Region runner in Paige Kvartunas of West Springfield, who finished ninth in the seeded girls race at the South Regional. After being bothered by an achilles injury mid-season and failing to win regional or state crowns, Dowd is hitting his peak in the post-season as shown with his sub 15 5K run at McAlpine and feeling confident about racing at his best this weekend as well in a field of the nation's 40 best from four regions.

Midlothian junior Brayden Burleigh competed this past weekend at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon. The top runner on likely one of the top returning teams for next fall is anxious to make a return trip back to NXN and potentially with his team. His race at Portland Meadows was not spectacular with a 74th place, but the fact that he qualified was an achievement in itself as Burleigh (pictured by Cheryl Treworgy of prettysporty.com) was certainly not on the short list of Virginia runners expected to compete in a national race this season. The former Nike Indoor freshmen mile champion had a breakthrough cross country race at the NXN Southeast Regional with a 15:24 fourth place finish to earn the trip to Portland.

Performance list for the CNU Winter Frolic to be held December 11th and 12th at CNU's Freeman Center in Newport News, Va.

MileStat.com was on-site for the first meet of the 2009-2010 indoor season this past weekend at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. It was a very strong opener for the Atlee boys and Western Branch girls as both teams had more than their share of event winners. Western Branch girls did not show its full cards on the opening weekend of the indoor season, but certainly showed a glimpse of what to expect from them this season as they swept the relays and had five individual winners. Coach Jim Triemplar appears to have one of his better squads in recent years at Atlee. At least based off their team showing at the Peninsula District Icebreaker, which saw the Raiders collect of seven wins. The Atkinson brothers had a large role in many of those wins.  More coverage from Peninsula District Icebreaker (photo gallery to be posted Monday)

Both Blacksburg girls and Hidden Valley girls exceeded expectations and national rankings to finish sixth and 13th respectively at the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday in Portland, Oregon. The sixth place finish for the Blacksburg girls is the highest finish by any Virginia team (boys or girls) in the meet's history and second highest ever by a Southeast region squad. Kathleen Stevens put her team and herself on the national map as she almost came up with the individual win against a field of All-Americans and state champions but was outkicked in the end by Katie Flood of Iowa to finish as a narrow runner-up in 17:48.   Nike Cross Nationals Results: Boys - Girls

With the Blacksburg and Hidden Valley girls making the trip today to Portland, Oregon to compete this weekend at the Nike Cross Nationals, MileStat.com releases a feature including the top 7 runners of each team filling out a questionnaire survey to get to know better each team and their team members.

Performance list for this weekend's Liberty Christmas Invitational to be held at the Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg, VA, which will be the largest meet this opening weekend of indoor track in Virginia.

Updated performance list for the =PR= Holiday Invitational, which is now scheduled for Saturday, December 26th.

Performance list for the Peninsula Ice Breaker, which will kick off many meets to be held this indoor season at the Boo Williams in Sportsplex on Friday and Saturday. Some of the top athletes in the meet include Manchester's 19+ ft long jumper Nikki Nunn and Bethel's great hurdling duo of Courtni Pannell and Samantha Scarlett. MileStat.com will have on-site coverage.

Adjusted time schedule for this weekend's Liberty High School Christmas Invitational in Lynchburg, Va.