Jim Holdren, a legendary high school track coach in Virginia, currently at Maggie Walker Governor's School and previously at Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, suffered a mild stroke on Wednesday evening after hosting the CVTF Clinic Invitational and while hosting a Christmas party after the meet for his past athletes which he has coached at Magger Walker and TJ. Coach Holdren is recovering at a Richmond area hospital and expects to be released early next week. Holdren is one of the state's most accomplished and respected coaches as the VHSL rules interpreter and president of the Virginia USATF. MileStat.com hopes and prays for a speedy recovery for Coach Holdren!

  A total of five US #1's, numerous US top 10 performances, and several flat track US #1's were produced at the two-day Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational on Wednesday and Thursday in Hampton. In the rarely contested event in Virginia of the 60 meter dash, Christal Peterson of Phoebus and Walter Mitchell of Salem took advantage of the opportunity to run the nation's fastest times with 7.47 clocking for defending Nike Indoor Nationals 60 dash champ Peterson and a performance of  6.95 for Mitchell who will be seeking his first state title this year to add to his two AAU age group national titles.     Mitchell was a close runner-up in the 200 meter dash in day one events with a US #2 time of 22.58 and clocked a season best time of 6.47 to win the 55 meter dash, which ranks him 2nd fastest in Virginia this season. Mitchell defeated Beach district rival Justin Burke in the 55 dash finals, which the defending outdoor 400 meter dash champion Burke from First Colonial later clocked the fastest flat track performance nationally and US #9 overall with his state leading time of 35.49.      The Western Branch girls may not have the nation's fastest time in the 4x200 meter relay after Medgar Evers ran 1:39.28 on the fast banked track at the New York Armory this week, but Western Branch showed they could likely match or beat that national leading time if given the opportunity to race on a banked track after their US #2 1:40.83 performance on a flat 200 meter track. In the first day of events on Wednesday, the invitational 200 meter dash event produced US leaders for both boys and girls with one of Group AA's finest in Kiara Porter winning the girls' race in 25.48. Monica Williams, the 500 meter dash national leader from the 2009-2010 indoor season from Green Run High School, opened up her 2010-2011 season with a US #2 performance of 1:16.70. Phoebus junior Jazmine Vaughan ran a state leading time of 8.37 in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles as a runner-up to a national leading performance of 7.97 by Danielle Davis from Southeast Raleigh in North Carolina.      More to come from the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational including race videos, interviews, and photos!   Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational Complete Results   Race Videos - More videos being added on Friday.

Much more to come including photos, race videos, and interviews from both days of events to be uploaded Thursday night into Friday.     Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational Day 1 Results    

Photo by John Herzog    An excellent pole vault competition at the CVTF Clinic Invitational on Tuesday at the Arthur Ashe Center with Atlee's Chris Pillow increasing his all-time best by three inches with a successful clearance at the height of 15'6", while three girls were over 11 feet in Atlee's Cameron Overstreet (12'0"), Henrico's Stephanie Oleson (11'6"), and Menchville's Melissa Wilson (11'0"). Complete meet summary to come.   CVTF Clinic Invitational Results

Photo by Ryan Kelly   MileStat.com will be providing on-site coverage (videos, interviews, and photos) the next two days at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational in Hampton. Today's events include several field events, prelims of the 55 dash and hurdles, 1000 run, 500 run, 200 dash, DMR, and SMR. The girls' 500 will feature the season debut of one of the nation's top returning performers from last year in the 500 and 300 dash in Monica Williams of Green Run.   Meet Page Performance List

Photo by Andrew Kicinski   Top performances from Tuesday's Friends of Indoor Track Invitational at the PG Sports & Learning Center included a 11:11 3200 opener from Foot Locker finalist Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock and the South County girls posting the 3rd fastest 4x200 in the state behind only Eastern Region powerhouses Phoebus and Western Branch with a 1:45.35 victory. More to come from the 2010 Friends of Indoor Track Invitational including meet summary. Complete results and photo gallery posted below.   Photo by Andrew Kicinski F.I.T. Invitational Results: Boys Results - Girls Results Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski - Over 2,750 photos.

Group AAA team rankings as of December 28th. 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.

Group AA team rankings as of December 28th. 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.

 Private school team rankings as of December 28th. 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.

 Performance list for the 2010 Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational to be held December 29th and 30th at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton.

 The Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational will run as scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. Also, the meet online registration has been re-opened and the entry deadline has been extended to noon on Tuesday.

 Performance list for the 2010 Friends of Indoor Track Invitational to be held Tuesday, December 28th at the Prince George County Sports & Learning Center in Landover, MD.

Tuesday's Peninsula District Clinic Invitational to be held at Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton has been canceled due to this past weekend's winter storm, which hit the Peninsula and Tidewater area hard with significant snowfall making transportation difficult and dangerous in that area. There are no current plans to make this meet up. If you paid an entry fee, you will be refunded by meet management.

Award winners for the 2010 All-MileStat.com XC Team with selections announced for this past fall season's Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, and Most Improved Runner of the Year.

It is Christmas Eve and many of you may be out scrambling for last second holiday gifts for your loved ones and friends. Well if you are out of ideas, a subscription to MileStat.com for your son, daughter, father, mother, relative, coach, teammate, or friend could be a great last second gift! Below for an annual subscription rate of $36, you can purchase a subscription for someone as a holiday gift. Make sure you include the email address of the person you want to give the subscription to in the below form. If you are especially in the giving spirit, you can also donate to MileStat.com at the Donate Button found on the top right corner of every page. We will be very grateful for any donations as we gear up for our 2011 coverage as will your loved ones, family, and friends if you purchase them a subscription to MileStat.com! Happy Holidays!     Email of Gift Recipient  

  A list of the top 8 girls performers in each event this indoor season thru December 23rd. Western Branch senior Keilah Tyson (pictured above by John Herzog) is the leader in more events than any other athlete in the state of Virginia. She has clocked the fastest times in the 55 (7.01) and 300 meter dash (39.77), while also is the state's top performer in the high jump (5'6") and long jump (19'0.75"). Not to mention, she ran on the state leading 4x400 for Western Branch and second fastest 4x200 in Virginia.

A list of the top 8 boys performers in each event this indoor season thru December 23rd. Oscar Smith currently has two boys on the top of the leaderboard with Joel Coleman as a co-leader with Atlee's Trevor Elie in the 55 meter dash at 6.48, while Brandon Ruffin (pictured above by John Herzog) threw for a state best mark of 54'5'50" on a December 9th meet at Boo Williams Sportsplex. Ruffin showed himself to be one of the top throwers returning in the state after finishing third in both the shot and discus at the state outdoor championships last spring.

MileSplit has added the ability to tag an athlete in a video, just like you can in a photo or article.  The public can do this.  Currently this is only available when you are viewing the video in the context of a meet page, but we'll be extending the functionality.   Once the athlete is tagged it not only shows it the tagged athlete under the video, but the video also shows up on the athlete page. See an example as we tagged all race and interview videos of Foot Locker finalist Mattie Webb of Western Albemarle from this past cross country season to her athlete profile.   Speaking of which, if you didn't notice... we have been updating the look and feel of the athlete profile pages and am going to continue to tweak those. So more to come.

MileStat.com is doing a bunch of self-assigned history projects during the winter break, especially this week with no meets to cover until next Tuesday. We are currently adding plenty of past state meet results from cross country, indoor, and outdoor state meets during this time as well as other meets from the pre-MileStat.com and internet age. It is a very time consuming task, but rewarding once completed.   These results will also be added to our database and rankings, so some of the all-time greats and current high school coaches will be represented in the site's database rankings and have their own athlete profiles. Also will be updating our VA High School Top 25 Indoor All-Time List and start work on a similar all-time list of outdoor track. Over the past week, we have added results and performances to the site of all place finishers from all Group AAA State Indoor Championships from 2000 to 1975. We will be adding results from earlier years and also looking to add historical results from Group AA and the outdoor state championships. The added history will benefit the site staff in better knowledge and insight into the past great athletes for potential featured articles on them as well as educate today's athletes on the names and performances from the past.   Group AAA State Meet History:  1975  1976 1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 - No meet held 1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999 2000   

MileStat.com proudly announces the first, second, and third team members of the 2010 All-MileStat.com Cross Country Team. 21 boys and 21 girls receive All-MileStat.com designation from the past cross country season. Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, etc. award winners will be announced later this week.   All-MileStat.com XC Boys Selections: 1st Team - 2nd Team - 3rd Team     All-MileStat.com XC Girls Selections: 1st Team - 2nd Team - 3rd Team  

Scrambling for last second Holiday gift ideas for your track son or daughter? Or looking to get a gift for a relative such as a grand parent who may live out-of-state but wants to follow your son or daughter's running career? Buy them a subscription to MileStat.com! Through Christmas Day, we are offering a 6 month subscriptions for $15 or you can purchase one year of subscription access at the regular $36 rate. Email us immediately after sending online payment thru paypal or include a note if you send a check in the mail that you would like to wait until Christmas morning for the subscription to be applied.   Another gift idea is to buy a 10 Signs You Might Be A MileStat.com Addict long sleeve t-shirt, which are $20 each (with $3 S&H cost). If you purchase by Tuesday and possibly Wednesday, your shirt should be received before Christmas Day. Both holiday gifts in a MileStat.com subscription and/or long sleeve t-shirt also directly support the site and its continued coverage of high school track & field.

Three meets will be held this weekend, which is also the start of the winter break for high school athletes in Virginia with the =PR= Holiday Invitational at the PG Sports & Learning Center in Landover, the Liberty Elite Meet at Liberty University's Tolsma Track Center in Lynchburg, and the Green Dragon Relays at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond. MileStat.com will have on-site coverage at the =PR= Holiday Invite and Green Dragon Relays.   Boys Rankings - Girls Rankings   Photo by Andrew Kicinski   =PR= Holiday Invitational - Complete Results & Photo Gallery Posted. Race Videos and Interviews to be posted on Sunday! Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski (Over 2,400 photos) Interviews (14): Hannah Lowery - Shantell Bingham - Matthew Henton - Brandon Henton - Sarah Chandler - Joey Muzzio - Alston Johnson - Myah Hicks - John Jenkins - Tyler Oliver - Jake Brown - Sarah Jane Underwood - Jonathan Phillips - Sarah Nielsen Race Videos (31): Girls 4x800 Sec 1 - Girls 4x800 Sec 2 - Boys 4x800 Sec 1 - Boys 4x800 Sec 2 - Girls 55 Hurdles - Boys 55 Hurdles - Girls 55 Dash - Boys 55 Dash - Girls 4x200 Sec 1 - Girls 4x200 Unseeded - Boys 4x200 Sec 1 - Boys 4x200 Unseeded - Girls 1600 Sec 1 - Girls 1600 Unseeded - Boys 1600 Sec 1 - Boys 1600 Unseeded - Girls 500 Sec 1 - Girls 500 Unseeded - Boys 500 Sec 1 - Boys 500 Unseeded - Girls 1000 Sec 1 - Girls 1000 Sec 2-4 - Boys 1000 Sec 1 - Boys 1000 Sec 2-4 - Girls 300 - Boys 300 - Girls 3200 Sec 1 - Girls 3200 Sec 2 - Boys 3200 Sec 1 - Boys 3200 Sec 2 - Girls 4x400 Sec 1-2 - Boys 4x400 Sec 1    Photo by Andrew Kicinski   - State cross country champ Hannah Lowery returns to racing with a pair of victories in 1600/3200 (5:13/11:07) and automatic state qualifiers. - The Henton brothers (Matthew and Brendon)  from Oakton might be able to challenge at the Atkinson twins for top sprint twins in the state following a 1:08 500 from Brendon and 35.63 300 from Matthew. - Sarah Chandler (41.48 300) leads an strong South County girls squad as Northern Region favorites. - Robinson's Joey Muzzio wins a competitive high jump competition with three state qualifiers and breaks his own school record at 6'6" - Special heats due to Maryland sanction rules needed to be setup for Episcopal's Shantell Bingham, who proved to be special with fastest times in 55 hurdles (8.44) and 55 dash (7.31). - Oakton's Meghan Jean-Baptiste placed top two in all three jumping events including first in the high jump (5'2") and runner-up in the long jump (16'8.25)" and triple jump (36'0"). - Annandale boys' team could be a player for state team title later this season with expected big points in the middle distance events from Foot Locker All-American Ahmed Bile and now the emergence of hurdler John Jenkins, who clocked a 7.49 PR in the 55 hurdles on Saturday. - Stafford boys distance crew show well with state leading 8:09 state meet auto qualifier time, while relay members Tyler Oliver wins the 1600 and Jake Brown takes runner-up in the 1000.   Liberty Elite Meet - Complete Results Posted. - No experience necessary for Hidden Valley's Annie LeHardy and Haley Cutright to run fast in their first ever indoor track races. The two Nike Cross Nationals individual qualifiers from this past fall went 1-2 together in their indoor debut (and track debut indoor or outdoor for Cutright) in both the 1600 and 1000 meter races. LeHardy won both events as both were clocked at the state's top two fastest 1600 times at 5:06 each, while LeHardy ran the nation's second fastest time for 1000 meters at 2:58.36 and teammate Cutright in at a US #3 time of 3:01.37.   - Great field event action at the Tolsma Track Center with the current pole vault national leaders in Cameron Overstreet and Chris Pillow of Atlee picking up first place finishes, despite not being able to match their US #1 heights from earlier in the week at Fork Union. Christiansburg's Rochelle Evans nearly cracked 40 feet in the shot put with her state best mark of 39'11". Rustburg's Jamiecka Baker was the top finisher from Virginia in the girls' high jump (5'2") and triple jump (35'5.25").   - North Carolina dominated the sprints and jumps at Liberty for a second straight week as schools from the state south of Virginia seek an opportunity to race on a decent indoor track, which is lacking in their state. However, distance runners excelled from Virginia as individual winners including Cave Spring freshmen Katie Fortner who won the 3200 in dominant fashion with a time of 11:15. Jefferson Forest's Justin Resendes put down an all-time best performance of 2:36 in a first place effot in the boys 1000 meter run, while Blacksburg's George Carter was able to cruise in the 3200 meter run with his 9:37 performance.   - Blacksburg girls have a great talent in the sprints with Alyn Carr, who clocked a swift 7.24 in the finals of the 55 meter dash, to compliment to big point scoring distance squad which has won several team titles in past years.   Green Dragon Relays - Complete Results & Photo Gallery Posted. Race Videos coming! Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly (Over 1,000 photos) - Maggie Walker senior Anna Spiers wasted no time after the end of her long cross country season with an All-American finish at last weekend's USATF Junior Olympic Nationals to jump on the track and nearly run a state auto in the 1600 meter run on the Arthur Ashe's 145 meter spikeless surface with a 5:15 performance. - Highland Springs had an exceptional day in the jumps with girls' long jump winner ILissa Moore (16'10.50") and two of the top three boys in the triple jump with Matthew Ross (1st, 44'5.75") and George Moore (3rd, 43'7.75")   Bishop Loughlin Games - Complete results and full coverage on MileSplit affiliate, ArmoryTrack.com - Heritage senior Daniel McFadden may have went from being one of the state's top high hurdlers in the state to becoming one of the nation's best after his jaw dropping 7.37 clocking in the 55 meter hurdles in New York City for the Bishop Loughlin Games. McFadden won by 15 hundredths of a second, which is a considerable margin at the 55 distance especially against a quality field.   Dickinson College HS Meet #1 - Complete Results Posted. - Sherando's Krista DeCeault proved her sub 11 minute 3200 meter performance in a polar bear meet (against Millbrook's Crystal Nelson) was no fluke by recording a noteworthy double in Pennsylvania this weekend with her winning times of 5:14 and 11:11 in the 1600 and 3200 meter races respectively.

This year's Green Dragon Relays will run as scheduled on Saturday at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond, VA.

  Greetings from sunny San Diego!  Well, I am actually home now, but I wish I could be back out West where it was 80 degrees and sunny!  I recently returned from the Footlocker Cross Country Championships, where I had the most incredible experience of my life.  Now, in my final Milestat journal entry, I am excited to share the experience with you.  I hope that everyone becomes inspired to work hard to qualify next year, as I can guarantee it is the best meet a high school runner can go to.

Atlee pole vaulters Chris Pillow and Cameron Overstreet both achieved personal best clearances on Wednesday night at the Fork Union Mini Invite. Atlee senior Pillow, a third place finisher in both the Group AAA indoor and outdoor state meet last year, cleared a US #1 height of 15'3" at the Estes Athletic Center late into the evening. Earlier in the meet, Overstreet set off her own crowd roars and ovation after clearing 12'7" on her very first attempt to also maintain and improve her position on the national leaderboard.      Tony Green was the indoor triple jump state champion at Patrick Henry last year, but a family move now has Green at Louisa County competing in the Group AA classification. Green could become Group AA's most dominant all-around track athlete this year as complimenting his specialty of triple jump is a new personal best mark of 22'7" in the long jump at FUMA and winning a competitive 55 meter hurdles race with Atlee's Marques Atkinson (7.88) with a 7.84 clocking. Atkinson posted a solid 500 meter dash time later on the 160 meter unbanked track with a 1:07.85 performance, which was faster than his 1:07.90 win on CNU's 200 meter track this past Saturday.     The Atlee boys are one of the early front runners for the Group AAA state team titles with a nucleus of individual stars including pole vaulter Pillow, multi-eventer Atkinson, and short sprinter Trevor Ellie. Ellie has won three straight 55 meter dash races to open his season with his latest at Fork Union in a season best clocking of 6.48. The time of 6.48 ties Ellie with Oscar Smith's Joel Coleman as a state leader in the event.     Louisa County sophomore Javanique Burruss is one of the state's top returning long jumpers after nearly eclipsing 19 feet as a freshmen last year with a best leap of 18'11.50". She underperformed in the long jump at Fork Union with an 8th place finish, but did show her best performance ever in the hurdles with a 9.09 personal best victory in the 55 meter hurdles. King George senior Brittany Kersey was a state runner-up in the Group AA State Outdoor Championships last June after clearing 5'3" and has maintained her form at the start of the indoor season with another 5'3" clearance to pick up first place at Fork Union.   More to come from Fork Union including race videos and photos.   Fork Union Mini Invite #2 Complete Results   Race Videos by Brandon Miles (22 total) 

The Oakton boys and girls swept the team titles at the Real Deal Track Classic. The distance runners led the girls to team title over the 2010 Group AAA state outdoor track and field team runners-up from Phoebus. Oakton girls swept the top 3 places in the 1600 meter run, while Briana Stewart picked up 10 points with a first place 3:13 performance in the 1000 meter run for Oakton. Phoebus girls had many national caliber performances from their athletes and relays. Christal Peterson ran just off her 40.09 personal best in the 300 meter dash with a 40.20 victory and also competed on the victorious 1:45.02 4x200 meter relay, which is currently the state leading time.   All photos by Ryan Kelly   Phoebus girls cleaned up in other events as well including a 1-2 win in the 55 meter hurdles with Jasmine Vaughan (8.41) and Trena Shelton (8.62) while outdoor 300 meter hurdles state champ Vamonie Boddie finished fourth in the finals. Shelton was runner-up to teammate Kaydianne Mckenzie (35'7.25" in the triple jump. Mckenzie was a foot behind Oakton's Meghan Jean-Baptiste in the long jump as Jean-Baptiste (35'3" for 4th in the triple jump)  figures to be one of the top jumpers in the Northern Region this indoor season and scored key points in the jumping events to help her team to the title at the Real Deal High School Classic.     Oakton boys had a mix of individual winners in the distance as expected against the Eastern Region and Tidewater distance runners, but more surprising first places in the sprints from Matthew Henton showing his range with wins in the 500 meter dash (1:07.30) and 55 meter dash (6.54). Oakton boys won the 4x800 meter relay, while having at least 3 scorers in the 1600, 1000, and 3200 meter races.      Jaquan Demiel of Lakeland is one of the state's top returning hurdlers after winning the Group AAA 300 meter hurdles title as well as taking state runner-up in the 110 meter hurdles last June at Sportsbackers Stadium. Without much competition, Demiel clocked a 7.65 easy win in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles at Boo Williams Sportsplex on Saturday.   The boys' 300 meter dash was a very competitively close event with five sprinters in the 36 second range led by event winner Kempton Moore from a slower section with his 36.24 performance bettering Indian River senior Darius Vaughan's 36.35 performance from the fast section.      Top performances at the meet from the field events included a personal best 6'4" clearance by Clark Thornhill of Douglas Freeman in the boys' high jump and Gloucester's Jazmine Banks winning by nearly five feet in the girls' shot put with a mark of 36'6.75". Thornhill finished 10th at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships last year, while Banks placed fourth in the state outdoor meet when she threw for an all-time best of 38'7".   Real Deal High School Classic Complete Results Real Deal High School Classic Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly 

All photos by Andrew Kicinski   Distance runners led the Virginia performances from the Liberty Christmas Invitational while athletes from North Carolina schools dominated the sprints, hurdles, field events, and sprint relays. Blacksburg senior George Carter won the 1600 meter run on Friday in a solid season opener of 4:22.72 while doubling back for another first place finish on Saturday in the 3200 meter run by a 15 second margin with his 9:30 performance. A state runner-up last June at the Group AA State Outdoor Championships, Carter is seeking his first state individual title during his senior year of track after leading Blacksburg to two consecutive state cross country team titles.     Bassett's Michelle Church kept Blacksburg senior Sarah Dorrell from achieving a distance double wins herself as Church finished a half second ahead of Dorrell in 5:11. After a 5:12 1600 runner-up performance, Dorrell on the next day defeated Church (3rd, 3:06) and West Potomac junior Sarah Jane Underwood (2nd, 3:04) in the 1000 meter run with a 3:02 victory.     Christiansburg's Rochelle Evans had the top performance in the girls' field events with a top mark of 37'9.25" in the shot put. Evans was a top 3 performer in both the shot put and discus as the Group AA State Outdoor Meet last spring. In a very competitive boys' pole vault event with three vaulters over 14'6", Liberty Christian Academy senior Cody Bingham placed third at a 14'6" clearance. Bingham is one of the state's top multi-event athletes and nearly placed in 3 other events this weekend at the Tolsma Track Center.   Liberty Christmas Invitational Complete Results Liberty Christmas Invitational Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski

    Clover Hill senior Abby Badura became the 2010 Wendy's High School Heisman Scholar-Athlete national winner this past weekend at the awards ceremony held in New York City. The cross country and track runner at Clover Hill High School in Midlothian, Va, Badura was one of 12 high school girls across the country selected to be one of the 12 finalists to attend the ceremony in conjunction with the well-known college football Heisman awards show, where two high school national winners (one male, one female) were announced. The Wendy's High School Heisman recognizes the nation's most esteemed high school senior men and women for excellence in academics, athletics, and community/school leadership.     Badura has been a USATF Junior Olympic All-American in cross country, earned numerous All-District and All-Region honors in cross country and track as well as qualified for state competition numerous times in cross country, indoor, and outdoor track. Outside of athletics, she is the president of her class at Clover Hill, a National Merit Scholar, and leads a service group that has offered relief to hurricane victims in Haiti. Her academic standing is at an exceptional high level as her top college choices include M.I.T. and Stanford, which she plans to major in biomedical engineering.   Midlothian Exchange Article on Badura winning the High School Heisman WTVR.COM/CBS 6 Video & Article on Badura See your local listings for replays of the 30 minute show airing this week on ESPN network's channels.

 Photo by John Herzog   Maggie Walker sophomore Rachel Galton and Hanover freshman Molly Breidenbaugh finished 4th and 14th respectively in the Intermediate Girl’s Division of the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships this past Saturday in Hoover, Alabama to earn All American Honors and lead the Richmond Track & Field Club to a 3rd place finish in the team standings. Read more...     Complete results can be found at MileSplit US

 The Virginia state indoor track & field leaderboard and links to full event rankings following the December 12th invitational meets.

The first power girls' team rankings for the 2010-2011 indoor track season. 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 first power boys' team rankings for the 2010-2011 indoor track season. 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 first depth girls' team rankings for the 2010-2011 indoor track season. These rankings were calculated by scoring 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 first depth boys' team rankings for the 2010-2011 indoor track season. These rankings were calculated by scoring 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.

Finally done with covering cross country and national meets for MileSplit US after traveling across the country from San Diego and Foot Locker Nationals on Sunday, look for meet summaries and photos to be added all day on Monday from this past weekend of indoor meets. Our attention will be competely on the indoor season now and looking forward to cover some meets indoors!   Meet Results: CNU HS Winter Frolic - Liberty High School Christmas Invitational - Real Deal High School Classic - Bobcat Blizzard Invitational - Wally Gilbert Invitational - St. Christopher's Indoor Meet #2 - Woodberry Forest Mini Meet #1 - Episcopal Early Bird Invitational - South County Vertical Jump Summit - Centreville Winter Challenge   Photo Galleries: CNU Winter Frolic Photo Gallery by John Herzog - 3,246 photos total. Real Deal Track Classic Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly - 3,070 photos total. Liberty Christmas Invitational Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski - 2,189 photos total.

  Photo by Margot Kelly   Not a banner day for the four Virginians competing at the 2010 Foot Locker Nationals with Annandale junior Ahmed Bile as the only one of the group to finish among the top half of the 40 runner field with his 14th place All-American finishing time of 15:33. Bile moved up in the last 400 meters to pick off a few places to slip inside the top 15. Douglas Freeman senior Silas Frantz, competing in not only his first Foot Locker Nationals but his first national meet all together (no prior racing appearances at Nike/New Balance Indoor and Outdoor Nationals) placed 33rd overall and 21 seconds behind Bile.     Photo by Don Rich   Both races opened with very brisk first mile splits including New York's Aisling Cuffee leading most of the girls' field under 5:30 for the first mile. Western Albemarle senior Mattie Webb got out the quickest between the two Virginians and was the top finisher from the state in 29th place at a time of 18:28. Webb has made a big jump in one year's time to even have qualified to compete at Foot Locker Nationals and will be running next year at NC State. Lake Braddock's Sophie Chase had a personally disappointing race in 38th place (18:53) out of 40 runners, but has two more years to return back to Balboa Park for certainly more competitive showings and contending for All-American finishes.    Congratulations to all four runners for earning the title of Foot Locker finalist in the 2010 cross country season. More to come from San Diego including post-race interviews with all four Virginians and plenty of full coverage of the Foot Locker Nationals can be found at MileSplit US.   Results: Boys Race - Girls Race   Post-Race Interviews: Ahmed Bile - Mattie Webb - Silas Frantz  - Sophie Chase   Photo Galleries: Margot Kelly Gallery - Don Rich Gallery - Brandon Miles Gallery

  All photos by John Herzog After a sub 40 second 300 meter clocking and 5'6" clearance last weekend at Boo Williams Sportsplex to open her senior year of indoor track, Western Branch's Keilah Tyson had a nice tandem of performances in the sprints and jumps again on Friday at CNU. Tyson just missed matching or besting her previous 55 meter dash performance with a US #1 7.01 clocking in the finals and had another early season US leading performance in the long jump with her leap of 19'0.75".   Atlee senior Cameron Overstreet ascended quickly to all-time heights in the pole vault to begin this indoor season with her new personal best and high school facility record clearance of 12'6". Overstreet had cleared over 12 feet four times last year as a junior with one clearance at 12'3" before her performance on Friday night in Newport News.   A great matchup at the CNU Winter Frolic between two of the state's top returning hurdlers in Daniel McFadden of Heritage and Anthony Williams of Potomac Senior. Williams came out strong in the prelims with a 7.44 clocking, but McFadden had the better race in the finals to edge Williams with a 7.45 victory. Williams took second in the finals at 7.49, while his Potomac teammate Devin Brewer placed third.   More to come from CNU including photo gallery of both Friday and Saturday's events by John Herzog.   CNU Winter Frolic - Day 1 Results

  MileSplit US coverage team of Brandon Miles, Jason Byrne, Geoff Decker, and Margot Kelly provide in-depth analysis and pre-meet insight into the 2010 Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego, California. Broken down into a total of eight preview video shows discussing the top runners and qualifiers from each of the four regions.

The four Virginian qualifiers for the 2010 Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego pose for a group shot together in front of the finish line at the course preview at Balboa Park. Pictured from left to right: Ahmed Bile (Annandale), Mattie Webb (Western Albemarle), Silas Frantz (Douglas Freeman), and Sophie Chase (Lake Braddock). Photo by Brandon Miles. More to come from San Diego!   LIVE WEBCAST (STARTS AT 11 AM) GIRLS RACE AT 12:15 PM AND BOYS RACE AT 1:00 PM    MileSplit US Pre-Meet Video Shows: South Region Boys - South Region Girls Photo Gallery by Brandon Miles Pre-Race Interview with Sophie Chase & Mattie Webb Check out more coverage at MileSplit US meet page

Photo by John Herzog   MileStat.com will be providing on-site coverage with the MileSplit US national team for the 2010 Foot Locker Nationals this weekend in sunny San Diego. A fleet feeted foursome of Ahmed Bile, Silas Frantz, Mattie Webb, and Sophie Chase will be representing the state of Virginia as they will race on Saturday at Balboa Park against the 40 best high school cross country runners in the nation. Look for plenty of interviews, photos, and race footage from the trip to San Diego including the Virginians and other Foot Locker finalists.

BOSTON, MA, December 8, 2010 – Global athletic leader New Balance is pleased to announce an official multi-year partnership with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in New York City in the New Balance Indoor Nationals. The event will bring together the best indoor track and field high school athletes from across the country for a weekend of intense competition.  

In recognizing this month officially as the 10 year anniversary of the creation of MileStat.com, site creator Brandon Miles is offering a limited time offer through Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25th) for a rare 6 months of subscription access at a cheap rate of only $15. The offer compliments and caters to athletes, coaches, and parents who are only actively viewing and need subscription access to the site during the indoor and outdoor track season and do not follow the cross country season in the fall. The limited time half year subscription offer is a 17% discount for the regular cost of subscriptions for a six month period, which has never been offered for a half year access before. Take advantage of this offer before Christmas Day by paying online through paypal at the below "Buy Now" button link or mailing a check payable to MileStat.com to 3511 Quail Hill Ct., Midlothian, VA 23112.     MileStat.com Login ID or Email

Performance lists are now posted for three of the major invitationals this upcoming weekend in the CNU Winter Frolic, Liberty Christmas Invitational, and Real Deal Classic.   Performance Lists: CNU Winter Frolic Liberty Christmas Invitational Real Deal Classic

Virginia high school indoor track & field leaderboard as well links to event rankings through December 7th.

Highlights from this past weekend's Peninsula District Ice Breaker at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. MileStat.com was on-site with photo coverage from John Herzog.     Western Branch senior Keilah Tyson clocked a 300 meter personal best to become the first girl in the US under 40 seconds in the 300 meter dash with her 39.72 clocking. A past state champion in the 55 meter dash, 100 meter dash, and high jump, Tyson also won the high jump with a successful clearance of 5'6".     Tehquin Warrick of Phoebus, a 48.50 quarter miler last spring, opened his indoor season as a double winner in the 500 (1:07.69) and 300 (36.48) meter dash.     A very early clash of some of the expected top girls' 4x400 meter relays between Bethel, Phoebus, and Western Branch with the Bethel girls impressively breaking 4 minutes in their first race of the indoor season in a 3:59.47 victory ahead of Phoebus (4:00) and Western Branch (4:02).     Heritage High School out of Newport News had three star individuals winning events this weekend including hurdler Daniel McFadden returning to his top form prior to a hamstring injury late in the 2009-2010 indoor season with a 7.48 first place to start this season.     Heritage's Jenira Shufford leaped out to a mark of 17'10" for the best performance in the long jump and ahead of triple jump winner Thireyona Legg of Booker T. Washington. Shufford finished third in the 55 meter dash finals with freshmen teammate Asonya Anderson's 7.09 high school opener allowing her to beat defending state and national indoor champion Christal Peterson of Phoebus. Anderson and Shufford teamed up as members of the victorious 4x200 meter relay as well.   Complete Results MileSplit US National Elite Performances (99 Total) Photo Gallery by John Herzog - Over 2,000 photos.

The state of Virginia was represented by one team and two individuals at the 2010 Nike Cross Nationals held Saturday, December 4th at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon. Course conditions were arguably worse than ever in meet history as times absolutely went out the window as runners raced only for highest individual and team placement possible with one another. It was a mixed bag of results for the Virginia delegation in Oregon this weekend.   Photo by Ryan Kelly   The Midlothian boys had a disappointing showing in the mud at Portland Meadows for the 2010 Nike Cross Nationals. This year's Virginia 3A state cross country champions and NXN Southeast Regional team champions placed 21st out of 22 teams with 462 points. Competing as the Chesterfield XC Club, Darren Barlow led the Midlo boys as the team's top finisher in Oregon with a 103rd place finish (17:43) and sophomore Sean Willard was one of the team's individual bright spots in 108th place (17:50). Nonetheless, the Midlothian had a very successful season in becoming the fourth boys' team from Virginia to qualify for the Nike Cross Nationals (Midlothian - 2006, Thomas Jefferson S&T - 2007, Jamestown - 2008) and winning their fourth state cross country team title in school history.   Photo by Ryan Kelly   Hidden Valley's two individual qualifiers in Annie LeHardy and Haley Cutright had much better showing than the Midlo team in Portland. Both Hidden Valley seniors competed last year at NXN when their team qualified as an at-large berth and used their experience from a year ago to their advantage to improve upon their 2009 NXN finishes. LeHardy went from 52nd place in the 2009 race to 26th place (19:28) in 2010 as the Group AA state cross country champion was the highest finisher among the Southeast Region individual qualifiers. Her teammate Haley Cutright was only 12 places behind in 38th place (19:51) to improve drastically from her 90th place finish in the 2009 Nike Cross Nationals. LeHardy and Cutright look to build upon their fall success into the track season, which Cutright has never ran track before while LeHardy has never ran indoor track. The possibility is more likely for both happening for the first time in the 2011 track season, which could help form a potential state record chasing 4x800 with teammates Carolyn Bethel and Ashleigh Torres.   Full Coverage of Nike Cross Nationals at MileSplit US Meet Page

Photo by John Herzog   Day 1 results from Peninsula Ice Breaker included 7.09 55 meter dash performance by a freshmen girl from Heritage High School in Asonya Anderson, who defeated returning Nike Indoor Nationals champion Christal Peterson of Phoebus (7.11). More to come from the two day meet at Boo Williams including photo gallery from John Herzog. http://va.milesplit.com/meets/81715/results/144811

MileStat.com's Brandon Miles and Ryan Kelly are in Portland, Oregon covering the Nike Cross Nationals this weekend for MileSplit US, which also features a small group of Virginian participants with the Midlothian boys and individual qualifiers Annie LeHardy and  Haley Cutright of Hidden Valley. MileStat.com interviewed the Midlothian boys and the Hidden Valley duo on Thursday at the Nike Campus.   Midlothian Boys Pre-Meet Interview Annie LeHardy & Haley Cutright Pre-Meet Interview

    The 7th annual Nike Cross Nationals will be held on Saturday, December 4th, at Portland Meadows on the north side of the city of Portland, Oregon. The meet has served as the unofficial yet virtually legitimate national high school cross country team championships since NXN's inception in 2004. A total of 22 of the nation's best cross country teams representing nine regions across the country will be racing alongside each other on the three loop course inside the horsetrack within the infield area of Portland Meadows.  The 5K course layout has traditionally been muddy and slick footing as a result of the area's regular rainfall. The Nike experience is an unforgettable few days for the athletes and coaches starting with the all-expense paid trip to Oregon as well as plenty of free gear and other perks showered upon them as they arrive on the Nike Campus.

Ten years ago in December of 2000, a high school sophomore from Jamestown High School in Williamsburg, Va had an idea to start a website about high school cross country and track in Virginia...crazy to think how far its come and how long I've been doing this! Thanks to Jason Byrne and MileSplit for helping this site grow and continue to exist today as well as the entire high school community in Virginia between the site contributors, coaches, athletes, and parents who have supported and visited the site for all these years. Here is to another 10 years of providing coverage of Virginia high school cross country and track!   - Brandon Miles, MileStat.com   Check out some of the old front pages going back to spring of 2001 on the internet archive's way back machine.