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As regional results come in this week and the times and performances from those meets are updated in the database, take a look at the individual event and team rankings for each classification of Group AAA and Group AA. Might be useful to coaches finalizing their state meet entries.
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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)
Last Week - Meet Summary
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A report of the top collegiate performances from around the country of former Virginia high school stars from February 06, 2012 - February 12, 2012.
Last Week - Meet Summary
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Group AA regional rankings for each event leading up to regional championship week.
Last Week - Rankings
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Group AAA regional rankings for each event leading up to regional championship week.
Last Week - Rankings
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Last Week - News
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Photo by Kyle Brazeil
The state of Virginia was well represented in Saturday night's high school girls mile race at the Millrose Games with three Virginians competing between Cosby's Megan Moye, Lake Braddock's Sophie Chase, and Ocean Lakes' Audrey Batzel. The returning Group AAA indoor and outdoor state champion Moye established herself near the front at the start of the race and maintained a top 3 position throughout the race. The furthest which Moye fell back was to fourth place at the quarter mile around 73 seconds, but moved herself up after a 2:27 half mile split. While Samantha Nadel of New York was able to run away with a 4:46 win, the NC State recruit Moye battled with Nadel's North Shore High School teammate Brianna Nerud for second place in the final 400 meters after running just under 3:40 at the three-quarters mark. Moye edged Nerud at the line for a final time of 4:49.95, which was just off her VA #2 indoor all-time mile performance of 4:49.36 from the New Balance Games. Sophie Chase and Audrey Batzel got stuck in the back half of the field early on, but Chase was able to move up throughout to finish fifth overall in a time of 4:54.14, while Batzel made for three sub 5 minute milers from Virginia in the same race with her 8th place effort of 4:57.56. A mile PR for Chase, which converts to only a tad slower than her 4:52.06 1600 meter PR. Batzel improved her season best time of 4:58.07 from her Hispanic Games race which qualified her for the Millrose Games. The West Potomac girls competed in the 4x800 meter relay at Millrose and their quartet ended up running a time of 9:26.58 for 8th place.
Millrose Games High School Results
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Girls Results
Going into the final event of the meet, the Liberty Christian Academy girls held a narrow 2 point advantage over St. Catherine's in the team standings. After the 4x400 meter relay, there was no outright state team champion as St. Catherine's winning the event and LCA trailing in close behind in second place created the co-team champions between the two squads both tallying 143 points.
Boys Results
The Fork Union boys looked like the FUMA boys of old dominance, which the program at one point in time had a streak of consecutive state track titles spanning over 3 decades. The 2012 state indoor title was never in question for Fork Union and they further distanced themselves down the stretch with a 1-2 finish in the 1000 from Michael Idziak (2:33) and Avery Martin (2:34), which the pair also opened and anchored for Fork Union's first place 4x400 meter relay (3:30.18). Both started their days as runners-up individually in the 1600 for Martin and Idziak in the 500.
Race Videos
More to come from the VISAA State Championships including race videos and photo gallery from Brandon Miles.
Last Week - Meet Summary
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A new weekly feature on MileStat.com. A list of top performances from past Virginia high school track & field athletes competing at the collegiate level from last week. There were two big in-state collegiate invitationals at Virginia Tech & CNU last weekend, while many of the nation's top programs were at the Armory for the New Balance Collegiate Games. If any performances are missing, please let us know.
Last Week - Meet Summary
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2 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Three girls from Virginia competed last night in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational elite high school girls 1000 meter run. While competing unattached, Midlothian's Skylar Evans and Marie Johnston along with Audrey Batzel of Ocean Lakes, were pulled along in a loaded field to Virginia top 20 all-time performances. Batzel, competing again next weekend at the Armory in the Millrose Games mile, was the top finisher from Virginia with a VA #7 all-time performance of 2:53.05 for sixth place in the race. Batzel was closely followed in by Midlothian senior Skylar Evans in seventh place with a VA #8 all-time run of 2:53.38. Marie Johnston's old sister, Paige is #4 on the VA all-time list at 2:51.05, and she still has a year to close in on Paige's time after her VA #16 effort of 2:54.68 on Friday night. Midlothian coach Stan Morgan currently has coached four of the 16 fastest girls at 1000 meters in Virginia high school history with #4 Paige Johnston (2:51.08 - 2008), #8 Skylar Evans (2:53.38), #9 Kathleen Lautzenheiser (2:53.58), and #16 Marie Johnston (2:54.68).
3 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Don Rich
Coming from two high school and collegiate track star parents in pole vaulting dad Kevin McGorty and distance running mom Vicki Verinder (now Vicki McGorty), Chantilly junior Sean McGorty has already made a name for himself with his own two feet. McGorty this past fall qualified for the Foot Locker Nationals (like his mother did at Langley in the early 1980s) in San Diego and had an impressive run at Balboa Park to finish 10th overall and beat his friendly regional rival at Annandale High School in Ahmed Bile as well in the race. While not pressured or pushed hard to run by his parents when entering high school, McGorty made a big jump in his sophomore year to earn All-State honors in both cross country, indoor, and outdoor track. Most impressive among his All-State accolades as a sophomore was the fact that he was able to successfully double in the distance races with top 8 finishes both indoor and outdoor in the 1600 and 3200 meter run.
McGorty is part of a growing list of national caliber and state champion distance runners being developed by Chantilly coach Matt Gilchrist in the past six years following the likes of Chris Foley, Lia Divalentin, and Brad Siragusa. The Chantilly team, led currently by McGorty, has been achieving some first-time feats and ending long droughts for the program including winning district titles last year in track and winning major invitationals in cross country as well as advancing for the state meet for the first time since 1992 this past fall. At the first day of the Concorde District Championships last week, McGorty got the Chargers out to a grew start when he ran a state leading and personal best time of 4:15 for 1600 meters. MileStat.com interviewed the 2011 Foot Locker All-American in McGorty in between the six day break between day one (January 26th) and day two (February 2nd) of his district indoor championship meet at the Prince George County's Sports & Learning Complex.
3 Weeks Ago - Interview
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Ahmed Bile made it official. Hoya Saxa!
February 1st was the first day for today's high school senior student-athletes to sign their National Letter of Intents with their future colleges and university. Several top athletes in Virginia had already made verbal commitments earlier this school year, while some waited till this week to make their decision and others are still taking their time and weighing their options. Let us know of any college commitments, which we currently do not have listed on our
2012 college signings list. If there is a NLI signing session, please send (email to
milestat@gmail.com) in a photo capturing that special moment as well.
3 Weeks Ago - News
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Boys 1000 Fast Section
Girls 1000 Fast Section
Race videos now uploaded from the Virginia Tech Invitational of virtually every race (missed a few slow sections) from the two-day meet at Rector Field House in Blacksburg on January 27th & 28th.
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David Johnson (Charlottesville) US #1 49-10.25 TJ
Javanique Burrus (Louisa County) US #1 20-1 LJ
Audrey Batzel (Ocean Lakes) US #1 10:39.96 3200m
Photos by Ryan Kelly
MileStat.com will have photo coverage from Ryan Kelly at the St. Christopher's Invitational. We will also have frequent results updates throughout the meet (check the meet page throughout the two days for results by event). Three Virginia girls posted state leading performances on day one including two US #1 performances from Ocean Lakes senior Audrey Batzel in the 3200 meter run (10:39.96) and Louisa County junior Javanique Burrus in the long jump (20'1"). Batzel has put together a string of outstanding races over the last month including a 4:58 mile and 2:55 1000. Burrus had only been over 19 feet once, while being a consistent performer ov
er 18 feet prior to her big mark at St. Chris. The third state leading performance came from Matoaca sophomore Briana Hayes, who bettered her VA #1 season best by clearing at US #7 height of 5'7" in the high jump. An outstanding boys' long jump competition with three over 23 feet led by winner Jamarian Bates of Matoaca at a US #7 leap of 23'8.75". St. Christopher's stellar indoor track facility for whatever reason has not produced the always fastest times in the 55 dash or hurdles, but Phoebus freshmen Carolyn Brown dispelled that assumption with a facility record breaking 7.04 clocking in the 55 meter dash.
Meet Page & Coverage
Complete Results
Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly - 6,331 photos total
4 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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VA #3 All-Time 1000s from Bile & Chase!
Ahmed Bile (Annandale) US #1 2:26.36
Megan Moye (Cosby) US #2 2:49.76
The Virginia Tech Invitational annually produces US #1's and countless US top 10 performances in the only opportunity for Virginia high school track athletes to compete on a banked track in-state during the season. This year's edition was no different with a total of four US #1's and quite a few US top 10 performances to showcase the depth of the field. More coverage to come from Blacksburg!
Virginia Tech Invitational Meet Page
Complete Results
Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski - All day 1 photos posted
Performance List
4 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
West Potomac senior Sarah Jane Underwood will be racing Saturday evening in the invitational high school mile race at the first ever USATF U.S. Open, which is a meet that has been created to replace the Millrose Games at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Millrose Games still exist (which 3 Virginian girls have qualified for the mile in), but have moved this year to the faster 200 meter banked track at the New York Armory on a later date. However, the USATF has stepped up to host a indoor track & field meet at the historic short banked track found within the Madison Square Garden and this new meet has many of the same events of the Millrose Games including an invitation-only high school mile race which Underwood has been selected for. The West Potomac senior has already ran a 5:09 full mile earlier this month at the Montgomery Invitational and last month ran a personal best time of 2:55.97 in the 1000 meter run. This will be Underwood's second consecutive weekend in New York City after she ran on West Potomac's 4x800 meter relay last weekend at the New Balance Games which clocked a state leading performance of 9:26.50. This event will be broadcasted on ESPN2 on January 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Official USATF U.S. Open Meet Website
MileSplit's Meet Page
4 Weeks Ago - News
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Photos by Ed Lull
Swift 1600 meter races highlighted day one of the Concorde District Champions at the Prince George County's Sports & Learning Center. Foot Locker All-American Sean McGorty (4:15.29) of Chantilly battled down to the wire with Michael McNamee (4:15.78) of Oakton. McGorty won in the end, but both runners achieved personal bests under the old meet record of 4:16.75 (Phil Gaeta, Oakton, 2002) and the state's top two times this indoor season. The Oakton girls really dominated the 1600 meter run with only James Robinson's Macey Schweikert (3rd, 5:08.86) and Chantilly's Kendall Cowne (5th, 5:10.8) able to break up the Lady Cougars pack. Oakton had the top 2 finishers between freshmen Allie Klimkiewicz (1st, 5:06.70) and junior Briana Stewart (2nd, 5:07.42) while their other teammates Hailey Dougherty (4th, 5:09.61) and Kristi Carrigan (6th, 5:13.30) ran impressive times. If they decide to run a 4xmile relay at the indoor nationals, the Oakton girls could be very competitive in that event.
Herndon's Carina Peter leaped and sprinted out to a stellar first day of championship season with a US #12 personal best mark of 18'9.75" in the long jump, while running away with first in the 55 meter dash finals with an all-time best 7.14 clocking. Early season US 55 meter dash leader Ayo Raymond of James Robinson was able to cruise through his district meet in a finals time of 6.44 on Thursday. Raymond has been consistent with his times as the Robinson junior has clocked two 6.43's and two 6.44's this season. Another Robinson athlete Chioma Onyekwere is performing well at the right time of the season as last spring's third place finisher in the girls' shot put at the outdoor state championships threw just off 40 feet with a mark of 39'10.25".
After day one events, Oakton girls (75 pts) lead after 23 points from the 1600 meter run and another 20 points from Meghan Jean-Baptiste as a multi-event winner in the 55 meter hurdles (8.83) and high jump (5'0") as well as runner-up in the long jump. Meanwhile, defending boys' team champions Chantilly find themselves tied up with Oakton at 53 points even.
Concorde Championships Day 1 Results
4 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photos by Kyle Brazeil of MileSplit New York
Announced after the New Balance Games on Saturday, January 21st, three girls from Virginia earned their way into the Millrose Games high school mile field with either top two finishes at select Armory races this season or on time. This year's Millrose Games will be held Saturday, February 11th in a new location (previously at the Madison Square Garden) at the New York Armory. Earlier this season, Ocean Lakes senior Audrey Batzel earned her spot with a fourth place finish of 4:58.07 at the Hispanic Games on January 8th. Meanwhile, Foot Locker finalists Megan Moye of Cosby and Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock visited New York City last weekend for the final qualifier race for Millrose. Moye nearly was able to run away from the field for a the win before Laura Leff of West Genesse (NY) was able to catch her down the final stretch for a 4:48.96 win. Despite not getting the win, her second place effort was the second fastest indoor mile time ever by a Virginia high school prep behind only Sarah Bowman (4:46.79) of Fauquier. Her mile time of 4:49.36 from the New Balance Games converts to 4:47.68 for 1600 meters. Taking third in the race behind Moye was her rival Sophie Chase, who had beaten Moye in all four of their head-to-head races in cross country season. The Lake Braddock junior qualified by time for Millrose with her VA #12 all-time indoor performance of 4:55.79 last weekend at the Armory. One-fourth of the 12 runner high school girls' mile field for Millrose will be from the state of Virginia with Batzel, Chase, and Moye accepting their race invitations.
4 Weeks Ago - News
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4 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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VA now has 4 of top 8 ranked girls in US for 1000m
Audrey Batzel US #5 2:55.38 1000m
Complete results posted. Full photo gallery to come along with meet summary.
Complete Results
Photo Gallery
5 Weeks Ago - News
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Live results (courtesy of Atlantic Coast Timing) from the Hampton Roads Showcase this weekend. MileStat.com will be on-site with photo coverage from Ryan Kelly.
Hampton Roads Showcase Live Results
Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly
Day 1 Highlights (
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Hampton sophomore Chantel Ray nearly joined a short list of past Virginians who have ever broken 8 seconds in the girls' 55 meter hurdles. Ray was right off at the time with a 8 seconds flat clocking in the finals on Friday night, which moves her into the #1 ranking in the country. She was helped to the time by her rival Leah Lott of Landstown who was right on her heels with a US #2 clocking in 8.01 for an epic race for two non-seniors (Lott is a junior).
Taylor Frena of Kempsville launched a monster throw in the shot put to improve his personal best by four feet with a US #3 performance of 61'3.25". Frenia has improved nearly a full 10 feet in one year's time from last indoor season.
The Ocean Lakes girls 4x800 meter relay featuring sub 5 minute miler Audrey Batzel and state cross country runner-up Nikki Park went onto run the state's second fastest time in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 9:36.99. The relay did not include Olivia Bethune (who has ran 3:00 in the 1000), so Ocean Lakes could be in the mix at the state meet which they had won the state indoor title a few years back.
5 Weeks Ago - News
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Michael Cherry had been fortunate to be part of some great relays at Oscar Smith for his first two years of high school including an outdoor state champion 4x400 as a freshmen and nearly a second 4x400 state title last spring if not for a uniform violation disqualified his relay last spring. Cherry, who was the only freshmen 400 meter dash state qualifier in Group AAA two years ago, started to break through individually on the state level in making the finals of the 400 meter dash at the 2011 VHSL Group AAA State Outdoor Championships and over the summer dropped his 400 meter time down to 48.30 while competing for the Five Star Track Club. With Cherry as the lone returnee from Oscar Smith's 3:18 4x400 meter relay last year, the focus has shifted more to his individual events for his junior year. Over the winter break at the Boo Williams Sportsplex, he defeated one of the state's top returning quarter milers in Woodrow Wilson's Kenneth Williams with a US #9 clocking of 49.20. The Oscar Smith junior is becoming a serious contender and challenger for state titles in the 300 and 500 meter dash indoors as well as certainly will be in the mix for the 400 meter dash in the spring of 2012. Cherry ran a state leading and US #5 time of 34.76 last week at Boo Williams and will be looking to drop his 500 meter time this weekend at the Hampton Roads Elite High School Showcase. MileStat.com interviewed Cherry as he tunes up for his third 500 meter race ever on Saturday.
5 Weeks Ago - Interview
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Links to virtual meet & event rankings for each region in Group AAA.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Links to virtual meet & event rankings for each region in Group AA.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Virtual meet rankings (top 8 in each event & team scores) for Group AAA according to performances in the database of January 17th. While both Foot Locker finalists Sophie Chase and Megan Moye will be heading up to the Armory in New York City this weekend to run the mile at the New Balance Games, Ocean Lakes senior Audrey Batzel was up there two weeks ago for the Hispanic Games and ran the state's leading time for 1600 meters with her converted time of 4:56.34. Batzel, who ran a 2:18 open 800 over the winter break at Boo Williams, will be shooting for a fast time in the 1000 meter run this weekend at the Hampton Roads Showcase.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Virtual meet rankings (top 8 in each event & team scores) for Group AA according to performances in the database of January 17th. An All-State finisher last spring in both the 100 (3rd place) and 200 (7th place) meter dashes, Brunswick senior Jahmal Freeman is now gunning for his first state title. He is in the driver seat now after smoking a 6.48 clocking to win the 55 meter dash at the Fred Hardy Invitational.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
Virtual meet rankings (top 8 in each event & team scores) for the private school boys and girls. Liberty Christian Academy junior Michah Brickhill broke 1:20 for the first time in the 500 meter dash this past weekend with a third place 1:19.98 finish. She was following up another personal best performance from the previous weekend at the Bulldog Invitational in a 3:08.28 run in the 1000, which now makes Brickhill the top ranked private school runner at both 500 and 1000 meters.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Performance list for the 2012 Virginia Tech High School Invitational to be January 27th and 28th at the Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, VA. Updates to the performance list will be posted tomorrow.
Invitational Mile Fields
5 Weeks Ago - News
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A competitive gymnast as a youth spending over 30 hours per week training, Fluvanna County sophomore Hannah Meador decided to give up the sport in middle school. She suddenly had a lot of free time and energy on her hands and needed to fill it with something else, which she did with the pole vault. As a freshmen last year at Fluvanna County, Meador was a state runner-up indoors and then won her first state title at the Group AA State Outdoor Championships. Her 11'9" clearance at the Jefferson District Meet was a Virginia high school freshmen record and put her only 3 inches away from joining a short list of vaulters in state history to have cleared 12 feet with three years left to go in high school.
After an incredibly successful first year of pole vault, Meador is back at in her sophomore year as she is the current state leader with two back-to-back 11'6" clearances at Fork Union over the past two weekends. The small town of Palmyra, Virginia which Fluvanna County High School is located within is becoming a launching pad for the pole vault in Virginia as Meador and teammate Chance Parmly (15'0" state best clearance at Fork Union) under the guidance of their coach Tom Casto are the top ranked vaulters for both boys and girls in the state. MileStat.com interviewed the promising young vault star Meador after her recent 11'6" season best clearance at Fork Union.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
A list of the top 50 Virginia high school boys performers in each event for the 2011-2012 indoor season as of January 16th. Despite being a state qualifier in the 400 meter dash last spring, Westfield junior Nathan Kiley caught many off guard including defending private school state 500 champion William Miller of Liberty Christian when he came from behind to win over Miller in the 500 meter dash at the Flames Invitational with a state best time of 1:05.97. Kiley had a 500 best last year of 1:11 and last month took first at the =PR= Holiday Invite in 1:07.15 before his breakthrough race at Liberty University.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Jessica Ewing
A list of the top 50 Virginia high school girls performers in each event for the 2011-2012 indoor season as of January 16th. After hovering just over 40 seconds the past two indoor seasons in the 300 meter dash, Tallwood senior Jessica Ewing was finally able to dip under the time barrier which had eluded her with a state leading and US #8 39.96 clocking at the Suffolk Stars Invitational this past weekend in Hampton.
5 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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6 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Quick highlights from Boo Williams this weekend for the Suffolk Stars Invitational. More to come!
Trey Holloway (Grassfield) US #2/VA #1 7.30 55H (VA #7 All-Time!)
Kiara Howell (Grassfield) 46'3.50" Shot (just off her US #2 46'7" SB)
Megan Moye (Cosby) US #3/VA #1 2:54.10 1000m
Jessica Ewing US #6/VA #1 39.96 300m
Cosby girls US #7/VA #1 9:30.99 4x800m
Taranisha Taylor US #7/VA #2 8.12 55H
Western Branch boys VA #1 1:31.77 4x200m
Suffolk Stars Invitational Complete Results
6 Weeks Ago - News
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The 1000 meter run and pole vault had the best performances for both genders at the 2012 Fred Hardy Invitational at Fork Union's Estes Athletic Center. While their times might be the best times in Virginia this indoor season, their performances given on a 160 meter short track might be the best this season in the state with Hidden Valley's Carolyn Bethel at 2:56.45 in the girls' race and Fork Union's Michael Idziak at 2:34.48 in the boys' race. Personal runs for both and re-affirms that runners can roll out fast times at the Estes Center. Fluvanna County shined in the pole vault as they have done all winter between their two state leading vaulters in sophomore Hannah Meador (11'6") and Chance Parmly (15'0"). For Parmly, it was his first time over 15 feet.
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Fred Hardy Invitational Complete Results
6 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photos by Andrew Kicinski
Top performance from the first of two long days of high school track & field action at the Liberty Flames High School Invitational belonged to Rashaan Jones of South Lakes clearing a US #1 height of 7 feet in the high jump. Jones, only a junior, has developed greatly from his sophomore year which he finished with a 6'6" clearance at the VHSL Group AAA State Outdoor Championships. Jones joins only seven others in Virginia high school indoor track history to have ever successfully cleared 7 feet.
Both seeded sections of the 1600 meter run produced swift times as Cave Spring sophomore Katie Fortner broke 5 minutes virtually leading wire to wire in a US #11 4:58.79 performance, while the Foot Locker All-American in Sean McGorty of Chantilly took charge similarly en route to his VA #2 victory at 4:19.31 in the boys' race. A deep race for both with 9 boys running 4:26 or faster and 11 girls breaking 5:20.
Not many athletes in Virginia's history have been as great as Felecia Majors is in the pole vault and excelled so well in other disciplines of track & field. The South County senior Majors cleared 11 feet to win the pole vault easily, but even more impressively won the 300 meter dash against previous state leader and regional rival Genamarie McCant with a state leading and US #9 clocking of 40.24. The title of Miss Versatility in Virginia might not necessarily go to Shakeela Saunders in her back to Virginia with the continued improvements made by Majors, who also will qualified for the finals of the 55 meter dash to be held on Saturday and finished second in the long jump on Friday with a mark of 17'3.25".
Liberty Flames HS Invite Day 1 Results
Photo Gallery & Race Videos to come later this weekend. Check website on Saturday for twitter and results updates!
6 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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6 Weeks Ago - News
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It seems like half her time has been spent cross training and the other half her time has spent running when summing up Monacan senior Kaila Blackburn's high school running career. She has had to deal with two stress fractures in the past which caused her to miss most of her sophomore outdoor season and another one to miss her entire junior indoor season. After spending some time resting and cross training following the end of a cross country which iron deficiency slowed her down in the final two races at Foot Locker South, she has returned back to running faster than ever. Blackburn has destroyed her previous personal bests at 3200 (10:56.74), 1600 (4:58.56), and 1000 (2:58.00) meters in only two indoor meets (both at Liberty University's Tolsma Track Center) in the past four weeks.
6 Weeks Ago - Interview
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Bethel senior Maya Moore is continuing a long line of great sprinters produced by Coach Eddie Williams and the Bethel program. More of a long sprints and middle-distance specialist, the 500 meter dash has become the perfect event for the tall and long striding Moore as she currently ranks #4 in the country from her 1:16.51 performance at the Southeastern Invitational.
6 Weeks Ago - Interview
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Photos from JDL Fast Track Facebook page
An indoor track facility is being completed and opening this month in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. While this year the facility is being completed just in time to test run a few meets at the tail-end of the season, the JDL Fast Track facility expects to be busy next indoor season (2012-2013) with a full slate of college, high school, masters, and open track meets. One source expects there to be as many 6 major invitational high school meets with several of the meets to open for border state teams including Virginia.
6 Weeks Ago - News
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It seems that talks and proposals of re-alignments and creating more classifications for schools competing in the Virginia High School League has been on the table for years, but no changes have been made to date. The latest plan is to go from the current three classifications which has existed since 1970 and double to a new six class system starting in the 2013-2014 school year. The VHSL's executive committee will vote on the proposal on February 22nd with the final approval vote coming in April. In this new proposal, districts could include schools from different classifications (but no gap more than 3 classifications apart). Essentially, a 6A school could be in the same district as 3A schools but no 2A schools. Regional playoffs or qualifiers would be eliminated for a new qualification system to the state championships. It is not certain what the new qualification system would mean for cross country and track & field in a new 6 class system. Another previous proposal had mentioned sectional qualifiers instead of regional qualifier meets, which would not necessarily include schools who geographically match and more spread out based on enrollment and classification.
Articles on VHSL Re-Alignment:
Virginia High School League moves toward six classifications (The Washington Post)
VHSL poised for major realignment with 6 divisions (Roanoke Times)
6 Weeks Ago - News
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A leaderboard of the top freshmen performers in Virginia so far in the 2011-2012 indoor track & field season as of January 11th. Also links to full freshmen rankings for each event.
6 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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6 Weeks Ago - News
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A new feature for the MileSplit Network is the ability to generate database rankings among different regions and states in the country. Take a look at this new feature in a combined ranking between Virginia and other border states with active indoor track seasons in Maryland and North Carolina as well as the District of Columbia. This could be a great tool for college coaches looking to recruit primarily among several neighboring states or a region of the country.
Border Wars Girls Indoor Rankings (VA, MD, NC, DC)
Border Wars Boys Indoor Rankings (VA, MD, NC, DC)
6 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Freshmen impress at Southeastern Invite
Phoebus freshmen Carolyn Brown won the 300 meter dash with a time that ties her as the state leader at 40.45. A clearly talented athlete, Brown also took first in the 55 meter dash finals on Friday and hit a PR mark of 16'11" in the long jump and finished second in the high jump at the Southeastern Invite. (Photo by Brandon Miles)
Deep Run freshmen Matthew Novak displayed a great kick in the final lap of the 1600 meter run to come from behind for the win with a personal best time of 4:35.94, which is third fastest in the country among 9th graders. (Photo by Brandon Miles)
More to come from the Southeastern Invitational including full meet summary, race videos, and photo gallery by Brandon Miles.
Meet Results
Photo Gallery by Scott Reid
Race Videos by Brandon Miles
Photo Gallery by Brandon Miles
7 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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With only herself and the clock to push her, Cosby's Megan Moye nearly lapped the field en route to her US #2 season opening 10:38.39 3200. Impressive meet for the Cosby girls squad as a whole with their 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays picking up victories including a US #8 time of 4:00.82 in the 4x400. (Photo by Ryan Kelly)
Arguably one of the best distance runners to come out of the Eastern District, Norview's Marquis Worsley won the 1000 meter run in a spirited battle with York's Jack Little and Atlee's Griffin Carmichael in the second fastest time ran indoors this season in Virginia at 2:35.82. (Photo by Ryan Kelly)
More highlights to come from CNU. Check out the results, photos, and videos below!
Meet Results
Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly - 4,275 total photos
Race Videos by Brandon Miles - All videos uploaded
7 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Osbourn Park girls ran just outside of US top 10 with VA #2 clocking of 1:44.80 in the 4x200. Relay member Breanna Walker won the 300 meter dash with a VA #4 time of 40.76.
Too easy for Annandale's Ahmed Bile as he wins his indoor season debut race with a 4:21 mile.
More highlights to come from the Montgomery Invitational.
Meet Results
Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski - 3,173 photos total
7 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Highlights from the Bulldog Invitational held at Liberty University's Tolsma Track Center on January. Monacan senior Kaila Blackburn and Cave Spring sophomore Katie Fortner dueled it out in the 1600 and 1000 meter races to come away with a pair of sensational times for both runners. Blackburn won the 1600 over Fortner (5:01.55) with a seven second PR and state leading time (and US #7) of 4:58.56, while Fortner was able to just edge out Blackburn (US #9 2:58.00) with a US #8 performance of 2:57.89.
Read more...
Bulldog Invitational Complete Results
7 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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In a loaded finals field of the 55 meter dash at the Southeastern Invitational featuring current US leader Ayo Raymond of James Robinson and another rising star within his district in Damian Smith of Green Run, First Colonial senior Justin Burke made a defiant statement that he is still considered as arguably Virginia's high school best sprinter with a US #1 clocking of 6.38. Burke is within reach of the Virginia high school all-time top 25 list in the 55 meter dash, which has a current cut-off at 6.33. It was a smoking finals with four athletes under 6.50 in Burke (6.38), Raymond (6.44), Smith (6.45), and Western Branch's Mondryl Glover (6.49).
Next best performance of the evening belonged to Grassfield senior Trey Holloway who continues to distance himself from the next best hurdlers in Virginia after taking his previous state leading season best time of 7.48 down to a US #2 performance of 7.39 in the finals on Friday night at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. Holloway is also sniffing at joining the Virginia high school all-time top 25 club with Burke as the current cut-off time for joining the historic list of Virginia's greatest in the 55 meter hurdles is 7.36 currently.
MileStat.com is on-site for both days of coverage with video and photo coverage.
Live results are being provided by Atlantic Coast Timing.
7 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Virtual meet rankings (top 7 scoring per event & team scores) for the Central Region as well as the four districts within the region: Central, Capital, Colonial, and Dominion. Defending regional team champions Atlee boys and Cosby girls are the current top ranked squads in the Central Region.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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A list of state championship automatic qualifiers in Group AAA.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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A list of automatic state championship qualifiers in Group AA as of January 5th.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Brandon Miles
Virtual meet rankings for Group AAA (as of January 4th), which includes top 8 performers in each event and team scoring through 8 places. Western Branch boys do not have a current Group AAA leader individually (although they have several highly ranked include #2 in the 500 in Byron Robinson), but it is their relays which have propelled them to a current #1 team ranking in Group AAA. Their 4x400 meter relay at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invite clocked a state leading and US top 10 time of 3:26, while their 4x200 is right in the thick of things with a 1:32.41 season best.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
Virtual meet rankings for Group AA (as of January 4th), which includes top 8 performers in each event and team scoring through 8 places. E.C. Glass and Lafayette have emerged early as the top two teams in Group AA with current viritual meet projections over 60 points while the next best teams are in the 30 point range. E.C. Glass has many events with athletes ranked among the top 8 in their specialties, but only one athlete for the Hilltoppers has the Group AA #1 performance in Harrison Scharf. Scharf, the 2011 Group AA state champion at 100 meters and state runner-up at 200 meters, has the swiftest time of the season at 300 meters (36.39) in Group AA. Scharf, also ranked #2 in the 55 meter dash with a 6.62 clocking, is featured on the E.C. Glass' 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays which both are ranked highly in Group AA.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by John Herzog
Virtual meet rankings for the private schools (as of January 4th), which includes top 8 performers in each event and team scoring through 8 places. A three-way battle is emerging among the private school boys between St. Christopher's, Fork Union, and Woodberry Forest. Interesting to note, the current private school boys leader in the 300 meter dash is the son of NFL wide receiver Antwaan Randle El. DJ Randle El, a senior at Fork Union, has posted an impressive 300 meter time of 37.06 on the short track at the Estes Athletic Center.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Top 50 Virginia high school boys performers in each event this indoor season in the MileStat.com database as of January 2nd. There is currently a huge gap which exists between Grassfield's Trey Holloway and the next fastest hurdler in Virginia as Holloway's 7.48 performance last month in the 55 meter hurdles at CNU is nearly three tenths of a seconds better than the next fastest hurdlers in the state. A lot of great hurdlers graduated in 2011 with Holloway and Salem's Michael Smith as the only two returnees of 13 hurdlers last year in Virginia who dipped under 7.70 in the 55 meter hurdles.
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
Top 50 Virginia high school girls performers in each event this indoor season in the MileStat.com database as of January 2nd. James Robinson's Genamarie McCant and Nansemond River's Shakeela Saunders are the only two athletes who are current state leaders in multiple events. McCant has clocked the fastest times in Virginia at 300 (40.45) and 500 (1:16.19) meters, while Saunders has leaped out to the farthest marks in the long jump (20'0.50") and triple jump (38'4.25").
7 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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Highlights from day two at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational:
Taranisha Taylor (Western Branch) US #1 7.04 55m
Michael Cherry (Oscar Smith) US #2 49.20 400m
Maya Moore (Bethel) US #2 57.64 400m
Chantel Ray (Hampton) US #2 8.04 55H
Audrey Batzel (Ocean Lakes) US #3 2:18.00 800m
Damian Smith (Green Run) US #6/VA #1 34.94 300m & US #8 6.53 55m
Western Branch boys 4x400 - US #7/VA #1 3:26.58
Hampton boys 4x200 - VA #1 1:31.94
Boo Williams Winter Break Invite Complete Results
Boo Williams Winter Break Invite Race Videos
More to come including photo gallery.
8 Weeks Ago - News
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Brianna Hayes (Matoaca) VA #1/US #4 5-6 High Jump
Taranisha Taylor (Western Branch) VA #1/US #2 7.07 55 Dash
Jack Little (York) 2:36 1000
Maya Moore (Bethel) 1:17.19 500
Race videos and photos to come this weekend after day two coverage tomorrow.
Boo Williams Winter Break Invite - Day 1 Results
8 Weeks Ago - News
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8 Weeks Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
A leaderboard of the top freshmen performers in Virginia so far in the 2011-2012 indoor track & field season as of December 27th.
8 Weeks Ago - Rankings
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8 Weeks Ago - News
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The 2011 All-MileStat.com Cross Country Team has been published. Selections include Runner of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshmen of the Year, Most Improved Runner of the Year, and 7 runners selected each for the first, second, and third All-MileStat.com teams. Greatest weight given to championship season (district, regional, and state) as well as post-season (Foot Locker/NXN) performances in the selection process, but consistently strong performers during the invitational season was taken into consideration as well if a subpar race or two down the final stretch. Congratulations to all members of this year's All-MileStat.com Team!
2 Months Ago - Feature
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Virtual meet rankings (top 8 in each event/team scores) for each region in Group AAA based on performances in the database as of December 20th.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Virtual meet rankings (top 8 in each event/team scores) for each region in Group AA based on performances in the database as of December 20th.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
A great competition in the jumps at the Liberty Elite Invitational on Saturday between David Prince of Patrick Henry (Roanoke) and David Johnson of Charlottesville. Prince recorded a huge personal best by 13 inches in the long jump with a VA #2 mark of 23'2", while Johnson was a foot behind in second place at 22'2". A big improvement for Prince, who failed to qualify for the Group AAA state outdoor championships. Johnson's specialty is the triple jump as a returning Group AA state champion, which he shined in again at Liberty University to improve his state leading mark in the event with a US #3 leap of 46'8". Monacan senior Kaila Blackburn broke 11 minutes for the first time for 3200 meters in a duel with Watauga's (NC) Darby Middlebrook (2nd, 10:59) with a US #2 indoors performance of 10:56.74. Region IV outdoor 1600 meter champion Joel Johnston took first in the 1600 at the Liberty Elite meet with a time of 4:28, while Blacksburg junior Nick Link was able pull away from Staunton River's Stuart Robertson (9:40) for the win in the 3200 with a 9:36 clocking. Blacksburg sophomore Kendell Wiles dipped just under 1:20 in the 500 meter dash, while teammate Hannah Brown won the 1000 in 3:06 after getting a workout in by also competing in the 500 before and 300 after the 1000.
Liberty Elite Invitational Complete Results
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Kimberley Ficenec (Mountain View) 2:56 1000m
Ayo Raymond (James Robinson) 6.43 55m Dash
Rashaan Jones (South Lakes) 6-7 High Jump
Felecia Majors (South County) 11-1 Pole Vault
Photos by Andrew Kicinski
Without a doubt, the largest meet so far this season for Virginia athletes, but across the Potomac River at the Prince George County's Sports & Learning Center. The =PR= Holiday Invitational saw 59 national elite performances from Virginia individuals and relays. The Westfield boys and Midlothian girls in particular impressed in relay action. The Westfield boys swept the relays with auto state qualifying times in the 4x400 (3:28.97) and 4x800 (8:04.19) along with a 1:34.28 victory in the 4x200. The Midlothian girls were not far removed from an extended cross country season at the Nike Cross Nationals and showed no problem transitioning to the track with a state leading time of 9:39.37 in the 4x800 meter relay and finished with a 4:06 win in the 4x400. More in-depth meet summary and meet photos to come!
=PR= Holiday Invitational Results:
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Girls
Photo Gallery by Marleen Van den Neste
Photo Gallery by Andrew Kicinski
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
Top performances from the Green Dragon Relays on Saturday at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond came from the field events. Manchester junior Christian Rodgers has the state's second best mark currently in the triple jump at 45'9" from CNU and nearly matched the same distance at the Ashe Center with a 45'8.50" performance. Returning indoor All-American Nick Simmons of J.R. Tucker cleared a height of 6'6" in the high jump, while defending Group A state outdoor high jump champion Jasmine Mitchell of Amelia County won the girls' high jump at 5'3". Simmons also dipped under 8 seconds to win the 55 meter hurdles in 7.95. Highland Springs senior Asia Smith had a nice series of throws in the shot put with five of her six marks legal over 35 with a best of 37'8.50". Region I athletes swept the long jump with Caroline's Jessica Toliver (16'7.75") and Lafayette's Christian Kinney (20'6.25").
Green Dragon Relays Complete Results
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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2 Months Ago - News
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Western Branch girls showed themselves to still be another gear shift ahead of the rest of the state in 4x200 meter relay after a US #2 clocking of 1:42.91 at the All American Track Classic on Thursday at the Boo Williams Sportsplex. Last year's relay for the Lady Bruins set the Virginia high school state record in the event with their 1:38.74 performance at the New Balance Indoor Nationals. This year's quartet appears to be capable of running under 1:40 again on a banked track later this season. Other top performances include Lafayette's Heidi Peterson running a solo 3:05 in the 1000 and 1-2 finish in the hurdles for Western Branch's Taranisha Taylor (8.28) and Shamia Lassiter (8.36). Defending Group AA 55 meter dash state champion Coby Branch of Nottoway opened with a 6.62 clocking and win at Boo Williams. Lafayette sophomore Derek Holdsworth now has the top performance in Group AA at 500 meters with his 1:08.96 performance. Carolyn Brown of Phoebus is one of the state's top freshmen talents so far this season as she followed up running a 40.88 in the 300 this season last weekend with a 7.21 clocking in the 55 meter dash.
All American Track Classic Complete Results
All American Track Classic Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Performance list & estimated time schedule for the =PR= Holiday Invitational and final instructions for coaches.
2 Months Ago - News
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Group AAA virtual meet team and individual (top 8) rankings based on performances in the MileStat.com database currently (December 15th). Western Branch leads both boys and girls currently with Bethel boys and Phoebus girls trailing in second.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Group AA virtual meet team and individual (top 8) rankings based on performances in the MileStat.com database currently (December 15th). Lafayette boys and Blacksburg girls are currently ranked #1 in AA followed by the E.C. Glass boys and Fluvanna County girls.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Private school virtual meet team and individual (top 8) rankings based on performances in the MileStat.com database currently (December 15th). Top ranked teams are the Fork Union boys and Collegiate girls, while the Woodberry Forest boys and St. Catherine's are ranked closely in second.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
Top 50 Virginia high school girls performers in each event this indoor season in the MileStat.com database as of December 15th. Last year's Group AA state outdoor runner-up in the long jump, Rashaad Walton of Prince Edward County, leaped out to a huge US #2 mark of 23'10.25" in the long jump last weekend at the Wally Gilbert Invitational in Lynchburg. Walton had a previous all-time best of 23'0" from his outdoor district championships in 2011.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Top 50 Virginia high school girls performers in each event this indoor season in the MileStat.com database as of December 15th. Defending New Balance Outdoor Nationals 800 meter champion Kimberley Ficenec of Mountain View turned in a strong double at the North Stafford Kick-Off meet outdoors earlier this month with state leading times of 5:04 in the 1600 and 3:02 in the 1000 meter races.
2 Months Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
First Colonial senior Justin Burke, arguably the state's top returning sprinter, opened his indoor season with a bang at the Beach District Regular Season Meet on Tuesday in Hampton. At the Boo Williams Sportsplex, Burke clocked a US #2 300 meter dash time of 35.59 along with a US #4 clocking of 6.50 in the 55 meter dash in his 2011-2012 indoor season debut. The First Colonial 4x200 also motored to a US #2 time of 1:32.67 with Burke as one of the four legs. Two automatic state qualifying performances were recorded in the boys 1600 meter run between Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer (4:25.02) and Kellam's Sean Helmke (4:25.49) going down to the wire to determine the race winner. Cox junior Chenara Lacey's clearance of 5'4" at the Beach District meet is the current state leading performance in the girls' high jump. Salem's Justice Steward posted swift times in both the 55 (7.27) and 300 (42.14) meter dashes.
Beach District Regular Season Meet #1 Results
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
The Grassfield track team had several of the star performances at the CNU Winter Frolic including Trey Holloway dominating in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles with his state leading 7.48 clocking. Meanwhile, his teammate Vincent Lowe came out of nowhere to win the 55 meter dash in 6.50. Lowe has improved greatly from the spring when he finished 33rd in the 200 meter prelims at the AAA State Meet. Defending Group AAA state shot put champion Kiara Howell of Grassfield opened her season in a big way last week at a Southeastern District regular season meet with a personal best performance of 46'7" and followed that up with her second best mark ever at 44'10" for a victory at CNU.
Read more highlights from CNU...
CNU Winter Frolic Complete Results
CNU Winter Frolic Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly - 5,662 photos total
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Highlights from this past weekend's Real Deal High School Classic at the Boo Williams Sportsplex. Woodrow Wilson's Kenneth Williams (pictured above by Ryan Kelly) exhibited his great range after running a 1:55 800 last spring to this weekend clocking a state leading 6.45 time in the 55 meter dash prelims.
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Andrew Kicinski
The sprints and jumps were dominated for the most part by North Carolina athletes at the Liberty Christmas Invitational, while the distance races went to the Virginians. After completing a breakthrough cross country season which included the Group AA state individual title and qualifying individually for the Nike Cross Nationals, Hidden Valley junior Carolyn Bethel came out on fire for her second indoor season by running two personal best times in the 1600 (5:05.23) and 3200 (11:03.25) meter races at Liberty University. Bethel was only a week removed from wrapping up her cross country season in Oregon at NXN.
Read more highlights from Liberty...
2 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Ed Lull
Impressive show by the Northern Region at the Foot Locker Nationals with all of their region's three representatives in the high school national championship race earning All-American honors with top 15 finishes. Chantilly junior Sean McGorty led the way with a 10th place finish of 15:28. McGorty was following the same path as his mother who raced on back in 1983 as a Foot Locker/Kinney National finalist (22nd place). Trailing only two places and one second behind was a familiar foe in South region teammate Ahmed Bile of Annandale. Competing in his second Foot Locker Nationals, Bile became an All-American once again with a 12th place run of 15:29. Rounding out the group of Virginia boys at Foot Locker Nationals was Skyline junior Thomas Madden, who will be the ninth highest returnee next year if able to qualify again after garnering a 23rd place finish. Lake Braddock junior Sophie Chase capped off her stellar fall of racing with All-American honors in San Diego by placing 11th with a time of 17:44. Meanwhile, Cosby senior Megan Moye just missed a top 15 All-American finish with her 16th place run of 18:01.
Check out MileSplit US coverage of Foot Locker Nationals
2 Months Ago - News
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A busy next three months at the Boo Williams Sportsplex kicked off this weekend with the Peninsula Icebreaker. Photos and videos still being added to meet coverage. Top highlights from Saturday included:
* A 1-2 showing in the 500 meter dash from Cosby's Jayden Metzger (1:19.03) and Alexandria Moseley (1:19.74)
* Bethel boys impressing in sprint relays double victory including 3:30 closing meet performance in the 4x400
* John Marshall claimed wins in both boys and girls 300 with Kempton Moore (35.90) and Mary Allen (41.61)
* No Atkinson twins anymore, but doesn't stop Atlee boys from sweeping mid-distance races (500, 1000, 1600)
* Western Branch girls outdueling Bethel 4:02 to 4:05 in the 4x400
Complete Results
Photo Gallery by Ryan Kelly - Over 5,000 photos
Race Videos by Brandon Miles - All race videos added.
3 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Albemarle senior Adam Visokay had one of the best individual races yet by a Virginian in the history of the Nike Cross Nationals with his 10th place finish in a loaded field of the nation's top runners. Only Midlothian's Jason Witt in 2006 with his sixth place finish has placed higher from Virginia at NXN and Visokay arguably ran in a tougher field since the addition and growing popularity of the individual qualifier component of the meet. The 2011 Group AAA 3200 meter state champion Visokay clocked a time of 15:37 on the muddy Portland Meadows 5K course, which was 35 seconds behind the winner Futsum Zeinasellaissie of Indiana. Matthew Schwartzer of Princess Anne (59th, 16:05) and Carolyn Bethel of Hidden Valley (99th, 19:22) also made the trip across the country to Virginia and faired respectably in their national championship appearance.
Meanwhile, the Midlothian girls were making their second Nike Cross Nationals appearance as a full squad with a completely new lineup from their 2006 squad which finished 10th in Oregon. An at-large selection from the Southeast Region, the Midlothian girls ended up placing 19th out of 22 teams as only Kara Dickerson (86th, 19:10) was able to break into a very deep top 100 finishers which saw the Group AA state champion Bethel barely squeak into.
More coverage from the MileSplit US National Team
3 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Photo by Ryan Kelly
Hampton sophomore Chantel Ray opened the season with a swift 8.07 clocking in the 55 meter hurdles. Ray was the not the only strong opener performance on Friday at the Boo Williams Sportsplex including a 1-2 finish in the 55 meter dash by the Bethel boys Dominic McBride (6.54) and Rashawn Proctor (6.55), while Atlee pulled off a sweep of the 4x800 meter relays. Bethel's Willie Davis notched two wins in the high jump (6'6") and triple jump (44'7"), while Dominion District competitors Alexandria Moseley of Cosby (36'8") and Janae Jones (36'7") of Clover Hill only had an inch of separation around the state automatic mark in the triple jump. More to come after covering day two on Saturday.
Day 1 Results
3 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Performance list to this weekend's Peninsula Icebreaker at Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton, VA. MileStat.com will be on-site with photos from Ryan Kelly and race videos from Brandon Miles.
Peninsula Icebreaker Performance List
3 Months Ago - News
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A top 25 list of returning Group AA boys athletes by event from last year's indoor track season. Xavier Waller of Heritage (Lynchburg) is one of the more versatile returning athletes in Group AA. Waller has the top returning performances in Group AA from the 2010-2011 indoor season in the high jump and 55 meter hurdles as well as ranks high in the long jump and triple jump.
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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A top 25 list of returning Group AA girls athletes by event from last year's indoor track season. The Blacksburg girls will be tough to beat in Group AA with their big three in short sprinter Alyn Carr, long sprinter Kendell Wiles, and mid-distance runner Hannah Brown. All are capable of winning state titles individually this winter.
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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A top 25 list of returning private school boys athletes by event from last year's indoor track season. List does not include incoming freshmen or transfers. Defending VISAA state outdoor 400 meter champion William Miller of Liberty Christian Academy is back and ready to defend his 500 meter indoor state title from a year ago. Miller ran 1:07 for 500 meters last winter and is looking to knock a second or two off his time in his senior year.
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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A top 25 list of returning private school girls athletes by event from last year's indoor track season. List does not include incoming freshmen or transfers. Top returning athlete for the private school girls is without a doubt Liberty Christian Academy's Dana Mercer, who has the best returning performances in the 55 meter dash (7.43), long jump (18'1") and triple jump (35'9").
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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The Midlothian girls received word this morning that they had been selected as one of the four at-large team selections for next weekend's Nike Cross Nationals. This will be the second trip to Portland, Oregon for the Midlothian girls' program after qualifying last in 2006. The Midlothian boys have qualified twice for NXN in 2006 and 2010. Midlothian was eligible for at-large consideration after finishing third at yesterday's Southeast Regional in Cary, North Carolina and only three points behind the second place automatic qualifier. The Midlothian girls should be suited well to be competitive in the national race with a strong front four of All-State caliber runners in Kara Dickerson, Skylar Evans, Marie Johnston, and Kari Johnston. Dickerson had already qualified individually for Nike Cross Nationals with a fifth place personal best run of 18:08 at the Southeast Regional. Under the guidance of longtime coach Stan Morgan, Midlothian has won six of the last seven Group AAA state cross country team titles.
3 Months Ago - News
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2011 was a swift year for the Virginia girls as a total of 7 girls ran in the 17 minute range for 5000 meters and all of them broke 18 minutes on Saturday at Foot Locker South to help Team Virginia finish a close second to Team Florida in the seeded division race. Not only did Sophie Chase (17:06) and Megan Moye (17:11) run two of the faster times in Virginia high school history in Charlotte, but joining them under 18 minutes were Oakton freshmen Allie Klimkiewicz (17:42), Ocean Lakes senior Audrey Batzel (17:43), Millbrook senior Crystal Nelson (17:50), West Springfield sophomore Caroline Alcorta (17:52), and Cave Spring sophomore Katie Fortner (17:54).
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Jeff Adams
Ahmed Bile of Annandale ran one of the fastest 5K times in state history with his 14:38 runner-up performance at Foot Locker South. Only Alan Webb has ran faster in the MileStat.com Era (2000-present) with a 14:36 run at Hagan Stone Park (Greensboro, NC). There are two juniors who may best Bile's time one year from now after breaking 15 minutes for the first time as well at Foot Locker South and earning trips to the national race in San Diego between Chantilly's Sean McGorty (14:56) and Skyline's Thomas Madden (14:58). The Foot Locker South Regional and Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional produced fast times as annual expected at season's end.
3 Months Ago - Rankings
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Photo by Jeff Adams
Both Ahmed Bile of Annandale and Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock are returning to San Diego for the Foot Locker Nationals after their runner-up finishes at the Foot Locker South Regional in Charlotte. Bile was just edged out by Craig Nowak (14:37) of Texas for the win, but his time of 14:38 is the fastest ever run by a Virginian besting the previous time of 14:43 ran by both Alan Webb and Bobby Lockhart. The Georgetown recruit is one of only four runners in meet history to run under 14:40. Meanwhile, Chase clocked an 18 second 5K PR at 17:06 for second place and improved six places from a year ago at Foot Locker South. The Lake Braddock junior Chase's performance is the third fastest All-Time by a Virginian at Foot Locker South as her 17:06 places her behind only course record holder and four-time national qualifier Aurora Scott (16:26, 2006) and former record holder and three-time winner Erin Keogh (16:45, 1986). They will be joined by three others from Virginia including Cosby's Megan Moye (4th, 17:11 in girls' race), Chantilly's Sean McGorty (6th, 14:54 in the boys' race), and Skyline's Thomas Madden (8th, 14:56 in the boys' race). Moye bounced back nicely from her third place finish at the state meet to finish only five seconds behind Chase for fourth place to punch her ticket to San Diego. Chase is not the only 11th grader from Virginia headed to Foot Locker Nationals as both juniors McGorty and Madden have an great opportunity to gain national meet experience in two weeks for next year as well after their sub 15 minute regional race performances. More to come from Charlotte.
Seeded Race Results:
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3 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Albemarle's Adam Visokay (2nd, 15:10) and Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer (5th, 15:20) qualify individually for the Nike Cross Nationals. Albemarle boys are the top finishing VA squad in 4th place followed by Stafford (12th), Blacksburg (22nd), Midlothian (27th).
NXN Southeast - Championship Boys Results
3 Months Ago - News
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Photo by Jeff George of ncrunners.com
Midlothian girls 3rd, Blacksburg 6th, Hidden Valley 9th, Grafton 11th at the NXN Southeast Regional. Hidden Valley's Carolyn Bethel (4th, 18:04) and Midlothian's Kara Dickerson (5th, 18:08) qualified individually for Nike Cross Nationals. The Midlothian girls were only 3 points away from the automatic qualifying 2nd place team spot and now will have to wait and see if they get one of the four at-large selections.
NXN Southeast - Championship Girls Results
3 Months Ago - Meet Summary
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Virginia will have two returning Foot Locker finalists from 2010 competing at tomorrow's Foot Locker South Regional in Ahmed Bile of Annandale and Sophie Chase of Lake Braddock. A win on Saturday for the two-time Virginia 3A state cross country champion Bile would snap a current 10 year drought since the last Virginian to take first in seeded boys' race at Foot Locker South when John Handley's Bobby Lockhart won his second straight Foot Locker regional title in 2001. It has only been five years since the last Virginian girl to win individually when the homeschooled Aurora Scott set the current course record in 2005 at McAlpine Greenway Park with her time 16:26, but Chase could add to the rich history of the Lake Braddock program and become the third Lady Bruin to become a Foot Locker South Regional champion.
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3 Months Ago - News
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Photo by Ted Plunkett
Virginia's most prized high school distance running recruit this year in Annandale senior Ahmed Bile has announced this past week that he will be attending Georgetown University next fall. The college decision is now one less thing for Bile to worry about as he heads into this weekend's Foot Locker South Regional in Charlotte and attempts to qualify once again for the Foot Locker Nationals, which he earned All-American honors at last December. With a 1:50 800 meter and 4:09 1600 meter bests, Bile is one of the nation's top returning prep middle distance runners. A four-time state champion cross country and track, Bile joins a handful of Virginians who have moved onto compete collegiately at Georgetown over recent years including Western Albemarle's Derek Armstrong, Western Branch's George Matais, Kellam's Bobby Peavey, and a trio from Blacksburg in Joanna Stevens, Matthew Howard, and Brian Hencke.
Read more on Bile's college committment with quotes from the Annandale school paper
3 Months Ago - News
