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  • Madden wins Southerrn Track 2 mile at UVA with sub 9 clocking, Nelson takes girls race in 10:39

    Skyline junior Thomas Madden continued his torrid pace in his races so far this outdoor season in winning a loaded Southern Track Classic high school 2 mile field assembled at the University of Virginia on Saturday night. The recent Penn Relays 3K champ Madden clocked his first sub 9 minute performance of 8:59.62 at the full 2 miles distance to edge out UVA recruit Michael Marsella (9:00.90) from Chario High School in Rhode Island and broke away from the rest of the Virginians including local favorite Adam Visokay (3rd, 9:05.07) from Albemarle. A total of 9 runners went 9:17 or faster in the boys' race.   It was a Group AA sweep as far as the race champions with Millbrook senior Crystal Nelson running a lifetime best time of 10:39.97 to lead five others under 11 minutes in a smaller girls' field. Nelson had tuned up for the big 2 mile in Charlottesville with two personal bests at 1600 (4:55) and 800 (2:18) meters two weeks ago at the Apple Blossom Invite. Two sophomores trailed Nelson in between West Springfield's Caroline Alcorta (2nd, 10:41.34) and Ocean Lakes' Nicole Park (3rd, 10:45.25). Wilson Memorial junior Hannah Rose ran one of the fastest times ever by a Group A runner with her fifth place finish of 10:54.43.    HS Boys 2 Mile Results HS Girls 2 Mile Results
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  • Virginians @ Penn Relays (Saturday Highlights)

      Photo by Don Rich   From MileSplit US summary: Westfield (VA) went into the COA 4x800 as the favorite, but nothing is certain on Saturday.  Kingston College, St. Jago and Holmwood dominated the first two legs of the relay while being stalked by Cherokee (NJ).  During the end of the second leg the pack bunched up with Cherokee taking the lead for the first time.  Westfield had moved into 5th at this point but there was still a gap to overcome.  Entering the third leg Kingston led with Cherokee closely behind.  St. Jago, Chariho (RI) and Holmwood were strung out with Westfield sitting in 6th place.  During the first lap of leg 3 Westfield caught back up with the pack, led by Cherokee.  Westfield's Nathan Kiley went from 5th to a big first as he closed out his leg before handing off to Tyrone Walker.  Kingston College captured the lead again with 500 to go and Walker settled in.  With 270 meters to go Walker launched into his kick and took the lead.  Kingston College anchor Sanj Powell gave it one final effort with 100 to go but the teams crossed the line with Westfield winning in 7:39.73 with Kingston College clocked at 7:40.52.    Splits for Westfield went as followed in the Championships of America finals at the Penn Relays: Max Chambers (1:57.6), Jeff Edmondson (1:56.4), Nathan Kiley (1:51.3), Tyrone Walker (1:54.4). Westfield's performance ranks them #3 all-time in Virginia high school history behind only the national record holders from the 2009 Albemarle squad, who also won at the Penn Relays in 7:30.67 as well as the 2001 South Lakes squad featuring high school mile national record holder Alan Webb at 7:35.33.   Video Interview with w/ Westfield Boys 4x800     The state of Virginia also had a winner in the boys' triple jump on Saturday. A 50 foot winner that is. Lakeland senior Anaquan Peterson, an already accomplished triple jumper as a state champion and All-American, finally got that elusive mark which he had been reaching for and he achieved on one of the biggest stages. Peterson propelled himself to 50 foot mark exactly on a wind-aided attempt to win the Penn Relays high school triple jump competition by over a foot.   Video Interview w/ Anaquan Peterson   In the large school 4x100 finals, Western Branch boys clocked a time of 42.80 for 4th place, while Annandale posted a time of 42.40 but were disqualified in the event.. They were the only two Virginia boys' relay team to advance onto any finals in the sprint relays (4x100 or 4x400) at the 2012 Penn Relays as Western Branch and Annandale were also the fastest VA squad in the 4x400 trials at 3:22.22 for Western Branch (28th overall) and 3:23.30 for Annandale (36th).
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  • Virginians @ Penn Relays (Friday Highlights)

    Westfield boys were the fastest qualifiers of all teams in the 4x800 trials with a state best time of 7:48.39 from the indoor AAA state 4x800 relay squad and now insert themselves as a far in the Championships of American finals on Saturday. Splits for Westfield were as followed: Max Chambers (1:59.5), Jeff Edmondson (1:57.8), Nathan Kiley (1:54.8), Tyrone Walker (1:56.3). Another Northern Region relay in Annandale clocked the swiftest time among all Virginians in the 4x100 heats at 42.48 for 11th fastest overall to qualify for the large school finals tomorrow. Another Atom from Annandale in Ahmed Bile was part of a contigent of four Virginians in the Penn Relays high school mile and ended up fifth overall with a season best performance of 4:12.81.   Best race of the day from Virginia and a big surprise came from Skyline's Thomas Madden scoring his biggest win so far of his high school career as the Group AA state cross country champion won the 3000 meter title at the Penn Relays in a resounding 5 second victory at 8:25.54.  The Skyline junior Madden, who boasts a 3200 meter PR of 9:14, would have chopped off roughly 12 seconds and threatened a 9 minute flat time if he had continued on for another 200 meters. Albemarle's Adam Viskokay, who was a national runner-up indoors in the 2 mile, placed fifth in 8:34, while the state had five of the top 11 finishers with Madden, Visokay, W.T. Woodson's Paul Gates, Lake Braddock's Nick Tuck, and Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer.
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  • Virginians @ Penn Relays (Thursday Highlights)

    Lake Braddock girls almost went a remarkable 1-2 finish in the Penn Relays 3K as junior Sophie Chase won in a swift time of 9:37.86 (converts to 10:20.33 3200) and her sophomore teammate Hannah Christen almost nabs runner-up with a third place time of 9:42.97 (converts to 10:25.82 3200).   More coverage and results from the MileSplit US at the Penn Relays
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  • Gus Lacy Track Classic Coverage

      Fork Union boys clock swiftest 4x100 in state   Ficenec & Morton revive 1000 state race twice in 1600 & 800 races   Super soph Thomas wins thrilling 1600 in 4:18   2012 Gus Lacy Track Classic Complete Results Gus Lacy Track Classic Race Videos (thru boys 800 sec 2) National Elites
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  • State leading 4x800s at Taco Bell Classic

    State leading 4x800 meter relays for Virginia were produced all the way down in Columbia, South Carolina this past weekend by the girls from Oakton at 9:26.35 and the boys from Colonial Forge at 7:54.06. During the indoor season, the Oakton girls got down to 9:20 at the indoor nationals while Colonial Forge had finished third at the AAA State Indoor meet with a season best time of 7:56.38. Also breaking 8 minutes in the race at the Taco Bell Classic were the indoor state runners-up Oakton in fifth place at 7:56.41. The Colonial Forge boys were under the old meet record time of 7:54.40, but finished third in a competitive race with 9 teams breaking 8 minutes. The Oakton girls were fourth place finishers in their race and trailed by Colonial Forge in fifth place at a time of 9:34.81.   Top leg for the Colonial Forge girls, Frances Morales, won her second major invitational mile race in as many weeks with a VA #1 performance of 4:58.74. The sophomore Morales had to be some of the best milers in the Carolinas in order to earn the victory. One of the state's top freshmen distance runners in Allie Klimkiewicz of Oakton, just missed breaking 11 minutes in the young outdoor season with a third place finish of 11:02.98. Klimkiewicz had ran one of the fastest 3200 meter times indoors for a freshmen in state history with her 10:44 at the AAA State Indoor Championships.   Third place finishes were also reserved for the top Virginian performers in the boys' individual races between Colonial Forge's Brian O'Loughlin in the 3200 meter run and Oakton's Michael McNamee in the 800 meter run. Both will teammates together next year at Virginia, O"Loughlin posted a PR of 9:19.74 for third in the 3200, while McNamee also ran a lifetime best in the 800 at 1:54.59 for a third place showing as well. O'Loughlin's current teammate at Colonial Forge, David Pennesi, had a slight improvement of his mile time from the Colonial Relays, but significant improvement in place from sixth to second place at Taco Bell with a time of 4:20.77.   With a personal best mark of 174'11", E.C. Glass sophomore Michael Zajac had bit of an off day in the discus throwing for only 160'4" in South Carolina, but still was able to garner a runner-up finish in the event. Another underclassmen star in the field events, Colonial Forge freshmen Crystal Jones matched her season best clearance of 5'4" in the high jump to take second overall this past weekend.   Taco Bell Meet Page w/ Results & Coverage from our MileSplit US affiliate SCRunners.com
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  • Wolverine Invitational Highlights

    Photo by John Herzog   The Central Region invaded the Wolverine Invitational with the Cosby boys and girls winning the team titles at North Stafford High School, while several other individuals and relays from Central Region schools were also winners. The girls 300 meter hurdles matched up two of the Central Region's best in the event between Alea Stevens of Armstrong and De'Nisha Smith of Cosby. Smith is the reigning regional champion in the 300 meter hurdles, while Stevens was the runner-up in last year's regional finals after being the fastest qualifier in the prelims and seed entrant coming into the meet. Stevens was able to get a little revenge on that loss with a decisive near 2 second margin of victory at the Wolverine Invite in her 44.70 clocking (Smith was runner-up at 46.40).   After failing to qualifying for the state meet in the 400 meter dash last spring, Claire Tito of J.R. Tucker is looking to return in her senior season. Tito got off to a nice start and could get an auto qualifier before the regional meet following a strong winning time of 57.86 at North Stafford. Her teammate Denise O'Rourke found herself in an excellent discus field featuring fellow Central Region competitor Logan Edwards of Cosby with both throwing over 120 feet, but O'Rourke with the best mark of the day at 125'8".   Colonial Forge sophomore Frances Morales did not rest up long after her impressive victory in the high school mile on Friday at the Colonial Relays. After returning back from Williamsburg, Morales followed her 5:02 mile PR on Friday with a 2:20 PR in the 800 meter run at the Wolverine Invite on Saturday. Too bad that Morales was not in the 3200 meter run for Millbrook senior Crystal Nelson who on consecutive weekends has been unable to find competition to push her in the 3200 meter run, but still ran her second sub 11 minute time of the spring with a season best time of 10:53.18 for the AA indoor 3200 meter state champ.   The boys' portion of meet was somewhat lacking in terms of performances compared to the girls with many of the event winners coming from a contigent of Maryland and DC schools. However, the 3200 meter run was owned by one Virginia school in Stafford taking the top 3 places all under 10 minutes in Ian Macleod (1st, 9:44.31), Greg Bohmke (2nd, 9:54.83), and Joey Abbatiello (3rd, 9:59.55). All three were key members on Stafford's state cross country champion squad from last fall. More highlights...   Wolverine Invitational Complete Results  
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  • Vince Bradford Relays Highlights

    Matthew Zajac of E.C. Glass is throwing for some of the best marks in state history for an underclassmen in the discus throw. Recently at the Bradford Relays, Zajac threw for a season best mark of 171'1" which was not far off his remarkable freshmen year best of 174'11". Zajac is following in the footsteps of his older brother Michael Zajac who was a state champion thrower at Glass and went onto a successful collegiate career at South Carolina. Matthew Zajac won his first of potentially four state titles in the discus as a freshmen, which was a rare feat in itself much less his attempt of winning four consecutive titles.    Other top performances at the Bradford Relays came predominantly in the field events as well including a sweep of the triple jump by Charlottesville athletes David Johnson (46'8.75") and Christen Edwards (37'0.25"), a 40 plus foot throw mustered by Heritage's Lillie Reid in the shot put, and a 14'6" personal best clearance from Ken Ritchey of Jefferson Forest in the pole vault.   Best time on the track came from a quartet of Blacksburg boys distance runners challenging a sub 18 minute time in the 4x1600 meter relay with a near 4:30 per leg average with their final time of 18:02.70. The multi-versatile Erika Jackson of E.C. Glass kept her focus narrowed on the hurdles this weekend, which paid off with two W's in the 100 (15.86) and 300 (48.36) meter hurdles. Glass teammate Zakiya Bateman has a sub 12 second hand-time in the 100 meter dash from this spring and is working to legitimate that performance with an FAT time similar following a 12.34 clocking at the Bradford Relays over AA indoor 55 meter champ Latrice Morris of Heritage. With their 3:25.85 victory in the 4x400, the Liberty Christian Academy boys kept E.C. Glass from completely dominating the sprint relays as the Hilltoppers rolled out swift times in the 4x100 (43.10) and 4x200 (1:30.62) meter relays. More highlights...   Vince Bradford Relays Complete Results
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  • Colonial Relays HS Mile: Bile 4:14 & Morales 5:02

    Annandale senior Ahmed Bile and Colonial Forge sophomore Frances Morales were the race winners in the high school miles run on Friday evening at the Colonial Relays in Williamsburg. Bile (pictured right by Dave Watt) was looking for a fast time potentially a 4:10 performance or faster to secure his place in the Penn Relays mile, but when his top competition among the entrants in Ned Willig of Great Valley (4:11 1600/1:51 800 runner from Pennsylvania) was a no-show, the race setup was not in the cards for such a time with the returning Group AAA 1600 meter outdoor champion Bile winning in a state best time of 4:14.84. Skyline's Thomas Madden made a nice challenge late in the race to garner himself a big PR of 4:16.51 for third place, while Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer was able to nip him for runner-up honors in a PR as well at 4:16.32.   Top girls' entrant Kimberley Ficenec of Mountain View was scratched from the race after waking up with illness on Friday, so that opened the door for others to compete for first place. It ended up being a two-person race between Monacan's Kaila Blackburn and Colonial Forge's Frances Morales. Running with a new cast on her hand, Blackburn did much of the pacework before Morales made her pass late to secure the win in 5:02.19 with Blackburn close behind at 5:03.44. In the girls' distance medley relay held on Friday, the Kellam girls won posted an impressive time of 12:34.27 to distance themselves from the second place relay by 20 seconds.   Colonial Relays Race Videos: Girls Mile - Boys Mile - Girls DMR - Boys DMR Colonial Relays Video Interviews: Ahmed Bile - Frances Morales Colonial Relays HS Results: Girls Mile - Boys Mile - Girls DMR - Boys DMR
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  • Leslie Sherman Invitational Summary

    The Leslie Sherman Memorial Invitational was held on Thursday at West Springfield before many athletes in the Northern Region are off on their spring break vacations.   Mount Vernon's Michael Thomas-Brown winning a total of 3 events including two state best performances with his clocking of 10.72 in the 100 meter dash and leap of 23'5" in the long jump. The Mount Vernon junior Thomas-Brown has shown himself to be much improved from last spring when he qualified for state competition in the 100 meter dash and had a sophomore year best of 11.10. He also won the 200 meter dash at West Springfield High School with a time of 22.49.   The Westfield boys were impressive throughout the meet with numerous event winners to win the team title over host school West Springfield. In the 800 meter run, Westfield swept the first four places with Tyrone Walker as the winner at 1:57.89 followed by teammates Max Chambers, Steven Mitchell, and Troy Sevachko. Other members of their state champion relays indoors in the 4x800 and 4x400, Nathan Kiley and Jeffrey Edmonson were individual winners in other races with Kiley taking the 400 meter dash in 49.01 and Edmonson crossing the line first in the 3200 at 9:43.02. Not only did Westfield dominate on the track, but Justin Little shined for the Bulldogs in the field events. Little, an 8th place finisher at the AAA State Indoor Meet, extended his best mark from the winter in the triple jump by over 2 feet with a VA #2 performance of 47'5.25"   VCU recruit Carina Peter outdid Mount Vernon's Thomas-Brown in terms of event wins on Thursday at West Springfield. The Herndon senior Peter was the fastest in the 100 meter dash (12.77) and 200 meter dash (25.73) and jumped the farther in the long jump (16'5.50") and triple jump (37'7.75"). Her mark in the triple jump was only an inch off the current state leading performance.   No debate on who has the top girls 800 meter time in Virginia after an impressive runaway victory by West Potomac's Sarah Jane Underwood at the Leslie Sherman Invite. Underwood, who recently signed with Penn State, posted a swift time of 2:13.88, which is only a second off her all-time best in the event. Underwood is one of more than a handful of girls returning this spring in Virginia who have already run or capable of breaking 2:10 at 800 meters.   James Robinson's Chioma Onyekwere, the 2012 Group AAA indoor state runner-up in the shot put, recorded a solid early season mark over 40 feet with her winning toss of 40'2". Onyekwere, who signed with the University of Maryland, was an All-American indoors with a fifth place finish at the New Balance Indoor Nationals last month.    Leslie Sherman Memorial Invitational Complete Results
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  • 3/31 Weekend Meet Coverage

    Two of Double A's best distance runners in Crystal Nelson of Millbrook and Katie Fortner of Cave Spring matched up twice on Saturday at the Knights Track Classic in Roanoke. Nelson made the three hour trek down I-81 to race Fortner on her home track. In a race between two state champions from indoors (Fortner - 1000 champ & Nelson - 3200 champ), the score was even at the end of the day with Fortner as the 5:04 winner in the 1600 and Nelson as the 10:58 winner in the 3200. (Photo by Andrew Kicinski)    Results and quick performance highlights from this past weekend's invitationals. MileStat.com was on-site at the Knights Track Classic in Salem. Photo gallery by Andrew Kicinski and race videos by Brandon Miles posted.
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  • Brian Watkins I-95 Invitational Coverage

      Defending Group AA state outdoor 400 meter dash champion Steven Graham of Loudoun County started off rolling in his first meet of the outdoor season on Saturday at the Brian Watkins I-95 Invitational. The junior Graham clocked a full second PR at 400 meters with a swift 48.48 performance to beat his previous best of 49.55 from his state title win last spring as a sophomore. Graham finished second in the 200 meter dash later in the meet to Group AAA 55 meter dash state champion Mustaqeem Williams of Forest Park. The speedy sophomore Williams was only a hundredth off his personal best at 21.85.   Graham's teammate and another junior at Loudoun County High School, Patrick Joseph put together a great distance double at Potomac Senior High School this weekend. Joseph won the 1600 meter run in 4:18.67 and then came back shortly after to take first in the 800 meter run as well to hold off Naval Academy recruit Greg Bohmke (1:57) in a 1:56.92 clocking. Both Joseph and Graham for Loudoun County appeared to show little race rust coming from a school and county which does not offer indoor track.   C.D. Hylton junior Hali Mcfadgen was a winner in three events at the Brian Watkins I-95 Invite including a VA top 100 all-time performance in the 300 meter hurdles with a convincing 44.77 victory. An All-State finisher in Group AAA for the 300 meter hurdles as a freshmen (6th, 45.24), Mcfadgen dipped under 45 seconds for only the second time in her high school career after claiming first earlier in the meet in the long jump (16'3") and 100 meter hurdles (15.58).   Brian Watkins I-95 Invitational Complete Results Photo Gallery Race Videos
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  • New Balance Indoor Nationals - VA Highlights Day by Day

      VA Highlights & Meet Summary: Friday - Saturday - Sunday MileSplit US Meet Page & Coverage Video Webcast Replays: Friday - Saturday - Sunday    
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  • New Balance Indoor Nationals - VA Sunday Highlights

      Michael Cherry (Oscar Smith) - Boys 400m Dash - 3rd, 46.88 (VA #1 all-time) National High School Junior Class Indoor Record! Photo by Tim O'Dowd Quick list below of the All-American finishers from Virginia in the final day of the New Balance Indoor Nationals . More detailed meet summary of their performances and others from Virginia to come later on Sunday. Read more...    
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  • New Balance Indoor Nationals - VA Saturday Highlights

    Quick highlights and summaries of day two performances (primarily top 10 finishes) from Virginians at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City.   The Western Branch girls won their program's third national title in the shuttle hurdles in the past four years as the Lady Bruins bettered their own facility record time of 32.73 from one year ago in a winning performance of 32.31. With two of the faster performers in state history in the 55 meter hurdles between Group AAA state champ Taranisha Taylor and state runner-up Tiffany Ellick as well as depth beyond them, it was really on question if they could run a clean race in order to score another national title ring in the event. Averaging their time for four legs equates to roughly a 8.07 split each.   Read more highlights and performances by Virginians from Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Nationals
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  • New Balance Indoor Nationals - VA Friday Highlights

    No All-American finishes from VA in the championship events on Friday at the Armory, but Sophie Chase and the Lake Braddock girls gave it a great run but were just off a sub 12 minute time and school record in the DMR. (Photo by Don Rich)   Meet summaries and highlights of the top 10 finishers by Virginians in Friday's events at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals. Read more...
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  • Recap of 5 girls meet records set at Group AA

    While the record books remained in tact and unchanged for the Group AA boys, their female counterparts will require the record keepers at the Virginia High School League to make some major revisions. A total of five meet records were set in the girls' portion of the 2012 VHSL Group AA State Indoor Track & Field Championship meet.  A quick recap of those record breaking performances below along with photos and/or video.   Photos by Andrew Kicinski   Louisa County senior Javanique Burruss joins only former Blacksburg distance runners Peter Dorrell (boys 1600 & 1000) and Joanna Stevens (girls 1600 & 3200) as a meet record holder in multiple events. Burruss set a new meet record twice in the 55 meter hurdles. First in the prelims as the leading qualifier at 8.32 to break the record initially and then Burruss lowered her recently gained record by another 7 hundredths of a second in the finals to a personal best clocking of 8.25. In the long jump, the current US #3 performer with a season best of 20 feet 1 inches, Burruss once again etched her name in the VHSL state indoor meet record books with a leap of 19'7.25". Video: Girls 55H Prelims - Girls 55H Finals     The meet started fast with all-time best performances between the double from Burruss and big throw from Christiansburg's Rochelle Evans. Evans, who already set the outdoor state meet record last spring at 45'9", is continuing to add more accomplishments to her high school career which will continue on next year the College of William & Mary. Evans bettered the old meet record by over 8 inches with her throw of 43'0" at Liberty University on Saturday.     Hard to imagine that the Tabb girls could come back this year with a faster relay last year's crew which featured one of the fastest Group AA sprinters ever in Kiara Porter. Porter has since graduated and running well collegiately at VCU. In the meet history of Group AA State Indoor Championships, no girls 4x400 meter relay had even sniffed at sub 4 minutes with the record standing at 4:04.75 from the 2004 Western Albemarle squad. Despite having no competition to press them after their first leg got them out into the lead, the Tabb girls were able to destroy the meet record and the 4 minute barrier in the process with their 3:59.39 performance. Their relay team included Brittni King, Leigh Soistmann, Taylor Omweg, and Alison Harmatz. Video: Girls 4x400 Sections 3-4     The most impressive meet record performance of the meet may have belonged to John Handley senior Britani Myers in the girls' 500 meter dash. Not only did Myers successfully defend her state title in the event, but she broke a 10 year old meet record previously held by former Jamestown High and UVA runner Ashley Gore of 1:15.53 from the 2002 state meet at the banked track of Virginia Tech. The time by Myers at 1:15.34 would have won the AAA girls' 500 state race held on Saturday at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. Myers was not fresh for the race either having run a great anchor leg to break her John Handley 4x800 meter relay up into second place, but their team had been disqualified in the race. Video: Girls 500 Sections 6-7  
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  • Regional Championship Coverage & Results

    Moye sub 5 & sub 11 in the ASHE CENTER!!! One thing that Cosby senior Megan Moye cannot do is slow down. Moye forgot that you are not suppose to able to run fast on the Arthur Ashe Center's 145 meter no spikes allowed surface. At the 2012 Central Region Indoor Championships, she put together a nothing but record breaking distance triple which could stand the test of time and never be outdone at the Ashe Center. On Friday night, Moye anchored her 4x800 meter relay with a 2:19 split to a meet and facility record time of 9:38.04. On Saturday, the NC State recruit followed up that sizzling relay leg with a 33 laps of pacing done by someone appearing to possess super human abilities as an unbreakable machine. Moye broke the meet and facility record of 5:03.15 (Amanda Patterson of Midlothian, 2004) with the first sub 5 minute 1600 on the short track at the Ashe Center in 4:59.44. Not finished, Moye nearly lapped the entire field in the 3200 meter run which included two 11 minute flat caliber runners in Molly Breidenbaugh and Rachel Galton with the first sub 11 minute 3200 meter performance ever in the Ashe Center. Her time of 10:49.17 broke another meet and facility record previously held by former Midlo runner Amanda Patterson by 13 seconds. The Cosby girls were so dominated as a team that Moye could have skipped the meet if she wanted to and the Titans would have still won with their whopping team total of 110 points.   Taranisha Taylor (pictured above Ryan Kelly) was one of several individual athletes from the Eastern Region Championships to have an all-time great performance this weekend. Taylor's 7.94 clockings in both the 55 meter hurdles prelims and finals ranks her #6 all-time in Virginia high school history. Grassfield had a pair of athletes elevate themselves among the all-time greats as Kiara Howell had a monster throw of 48'4.75" in the shot put to tie former Cox High great Lindsay Neuberger as Virginia high school indoor state record holder, while Trey Holloway continues to move up the top 10 all-time list in the 55 meter hurdles including a VA #4 all-time 7.24 clocking in the prelims. Carolyn Brown of Phoebus broke the freshmen 55 meter dash state record with a 7.02 performance in the prelims.   Seven of the eight indoor regional championship meets will be held this week in Virginia with three slated for Wednesday (Northwest, Region I, Region II), two slated for Saturday only (Northern & Region III), and two slated over the course of two days on Friday and Saturday (Central & Eastern). The Region IV Championships were held this past Saturday at Virginia Tech. Meet directors email performance lists, time schedules, meet information, and results to be posted to milestat@gmail.com.   Central Region Friday & Saturday, February 17th & 18th Arthur Ashe Center - Richmond, VA Complete Results National Elites (48) Race Videos Photo Gallery by Scott Reid   Eastern Region Friday & Saturday, February 17th & 18th Boo Williams Sportsplex - Hampton, VA Complete Results National Elites (170) Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly   Northern Region Saturday, February 18th George Mason Fieldhouse - Fairfax, VA Complete Results National Elites (142)   Northwest Region Wednesday, February 15th PG County Sports & Learning Center - Landover, MD Complete Results  National Eites (100 Elites)  Race Videos Photo Gallery   Region I Wednesday, February 15th Boo Williams Sportsplex - Hampton, VA Complete Results National Elites (36)  Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly   Region II Wednesday, February 15th Estes Athletic Center - Fork Union, VA Complete Results  National Elites (15)   Region III Saturday, February 18th Tolsma Track Center - Lynchburg, VA Complete Results National Elites (42) Photo Gallery by Paul Kim   Region IV  Saturday, February 11th Rector Fieldhouse, Blacksburg, VA Complete Results National Elites (37 elites)  
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  • VA HS XC/TF Alumni Report (2/6-2/12)

      A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Virginia high school stars from February 06, 2012 - February 12, 2012.
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