Articles by Pearl Watts
Pearl Watts
Watts is an accomplished journalist for the Journal in Northern Virginia. He is the voice for the Northern Region and is well known as the premier track writer in the state of Virginia.
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Northern Region Meet Preview
The Lake Braddock girls did not qualify for the state meet last year, but as far as regional dominance through the years, no team can compare to the Bruins. Since the regional team championship and state qualifying process was instituted on the girls side beginning in 1978, Lake Braddock has qualified for the state meet an astounding 30 of the 34 years it has been in existence.
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Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
It's a hearty welcome once again to all competitors, coaches, parents, other relative and friends, the numerous volunteer helpers, along with the usual long time supporters of high school cross country to the 20th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park on Saturday, October 13. Meet management looks forward, as usual, to another fine day of competitive racing, with approximately 2,500 runners representing 67 different schools from around the area who will compete in one of the nine races to be contested on Bull Run's 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) course.
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Glory Days Grill Invitational Meet Preview
And it's another welcome again to all competitors, coaches, parents, other relatives and friends, along with the usual long time, faithful supporters of high school cross country, to the 18th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park on Saturday, October 9th. Meet management will once again be looking forward to another fine afternoon of competitive racing, with well more than 2,000 runners representing 65 schools expected to compete in one of the nine different races to be contested on Bull Run's approximate 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) layout. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
The Oakton boys are solid favorites to defend their team title while the West Springfield girls seem to hold a slight edge over Jefferson and Lake Braddock for the Northern Region Championship meet to be held at Burke Lake's 2.98 mile course on Thursday, November 5th. -
Glory Days Preview
Welcome once again to all competitors, coaches, parents and also other relatives and friends along with just plain old supporters of high school cross country to the 17th Annual Glory Days Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park. Everyone involved in meet management is looking forward to another fine day of competitive racing with more than 2,000 runners representing 71 different schools expected to compete in one of the nine different races to be contested on Bull Run's approximate 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) layout.
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Northern Region Indoor T&F Championships Preview
The South Lakes boys and Robinson girls will assume the roles as favorites for the team championships at the 2009 Northern Region Track and Field Championships to be held at the George Mason University Fieldhouse on Saturday, February 21. The South Lakes boys, winners of the Liberty District title two weeks ago, are led Vincent Brown (pictured left by John Herzog). The Seahawks senior posted region leading times at his district meet in the 55 dash (6.42 seconds), long jump (22 feet, 1.5 inches) and also in the 55 hurdles at 7.46 where he is the defending champion in that event and the lone returning champion in a boys individual event. The Robinson girls finished as the runnersup at the Concorde District meet but should be in a position to move up to a first place finish at the regional level, especially with the return of freshman Genamarie McCant.
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National District Championships - Day 1 Summary
The Washington-Lee girls have the first day lead with 46 points while Edison and Mount Vernon are tied for first with 39 points apiece on the boys side after the first day of the National District championship meet held at Episcopal High on Tuesday, February 3. -
Concorde District Championships - Day 1 Summary
It's the Herndon girls and Robinson boys with narrow leads after day one of the Concorde District Championships held at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex on Friday, January 30. After the conclusion of seven of the 15 events, the Herndon girls have 54 points with one of the highlights, a win in the 3,200 run by senior Hiruni Wijayaratne in 11:08.63. The Robinson boys currently sit in first place with 56 points. The Rams posted one victory by senior Fabian Bailey in the long jump (20-5.25) and also received runnerup spots from senior Joey Esposito in the shot put (46-10.5) and junior Ryan Tarpey in the 55 dash (6.69). -
Libert District Championships - Day 1 Summary
The South Lakes boys and Marshall girls squads hold a slight edge in the team scoring after the first day of the Liberty District championships held at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD on Thursday, January 29. -
Northern Region Championships Preview
Photo by Michael Saunders The Oakton and Robinson boys along with the Thomas Jefferson and Lake Braddock girls have emerged as the favorites for the team titles at the regional championship meet, following the results of this week's district meets and coupled with their steady progress during the earlier part of the season. The meet is scheduled for this Thursday, October 30th on Burke Lake Park's 2.98 mile course for the 35th year in a row, with the boys race scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. start and the girls race to begin at 4:00 p.m. with the top four teams and top fifteen individuals automatically qualifying for the AAA state championship meet at Great Meadow in The Plains on Saturday, November 8.
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Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
The James Robinson boys will be the favorites at Glory Days this weekend and shooting for their second straight invitational victory after winning Octoberfest last Saturday. The Rams should see challenges though from Thomas Jefferson, Potomac Falls, Clarke County, and Gonzaga. (Photo by Ted Plunkett) The second Saturday in October finds meet management once again very pleased in welcoming all competitors, coaches, parents and other relatives, friends, and also just plain old supporters of high school cross country to the 16th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park. Everyone involved with the meet is looking forward to another exciting morning and afternoon of racing. with more than 2,500 runners representing 75 different schools from the area scheduled to compete in one of the nine different races to be contested on Bull Run's approximate 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) layout.
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Northern Region Meet Preview
Lake Braddock's Melanie Akwule will be relied on for big points in not only the hurdles as the returning Northern Region runner-up, but also as one of the top seeds in the 55 meter dash, long jump, and triple jump. (Photo by Ted Plunkett) Patriot District champion Lake Braddock will be among the favorites on both the boys and girls side for the Northern Region Indoor Track and Field Championships, scheduled for this Saturday, February 23 at the George Mason University Fieldhouse; barring inclement weather. The Lake Braddock girls appear to have Concorde District champion Westfield as their closest competition with T.C. Williams also a strong factor and with West Potomac and Robinson having good shots at finishing among the top five in the team scoring. The boys team for the Bruins looks to have an extremely strong challenge from National District titleist Edison with Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton also in contention for the top spot. The meet is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with field event competition in the boys long jump, girls shot put and girls long jump. Running event trials start at 12:00 p.m. for the girls and boys 55 meter hurdles and 55 dash events while running event finals are slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. in team scoring through eight places on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. More...
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Day one report from Patriot District
The West Potomac boys and the Lake Braddock girls have the early leads after day one of the Patriot District Championships held at Episcopal High School on Wednesday evening, February 6. West Potomac did not win any of the five events completed on the boys side but did finish in second place in four of those events with seniors Emmanual Koduah in the triple jump (41-6.75), Nick Schaum in the pole vault (12-0) and Kerem Ertekin in the shot put (46-6.5). The Lake Braddock girls lead with 33 points after the completion of four of the fifteen events. Senior Melanie Akwule won the triple jump at 36-6.75 and the Bruins received an additional ten points in the shot put from junior Kendra Baity (3rd; 33-4) and senior Anna Brionez (4th; 33-0). -
Edison out in front in National District
Edison has seized the lead on both the girls and boys side after day one of the 2008 National District Indoor Championships, held at Episcopal High School in Alexandria on Tuesday evening, February 5. -
Meet record 3200 runs by Landry and Junta propel TJ squads into leads at Liberty District
The Jefferson boys lead with 48 points with almost half their points coming in the 3,200 run as senior Brian Landry established a new district meet record of 9:38.35 for the victory; senior Evan Heflin secured a state auto qualifier in second place at 9:41.85 and senior Aaron Bernstein finished fourth in 9:48.92. The Jefferson girls also have the lead after day one with a total of 36 points. The Colonials received a meet record setting performance in the 3,200 run by freshman Lisa Junta (pictured above by Ted Plunkett), as she shaved eight seconds off of her previous best with a winning time of 11:17.87. Read more... Liberty District Meet Day 1 Results
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Northern Region Meet Preview - Girls
Lake Braddock is the defending regional team champion and will be in the favorite's role once again. The Bruins had a solid, if not overwhelming performance, in winning the Patriot District title last Wednesday by 11 points with their first place team total of 48 points. Oakton, the regional winners in 2004 and 2005, have hopes of their third regional title in four years and appear to have the most serious chance of upending Lake Braddock. Individually, the odds on favorite will be junior Lia DiValentin (pictured right by Ted Plunkett) of Chantilly. DiValentin comes into the regional meet with her time from the district meet 23 seconds faster than the next fastest competitor after winning the Concorde title last week in a very good time of 17:38.
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Northern Region Meet Preview - Boys
Photo by Ted Plunkett Burke Lake Park will once again be the site of the Northern Region girls and boys cross country championships this Thursday, with the girls race to begin at 3:15 p.m. followed by the boys race approximately one half hour later. Although the course has undergone some slight changes between the 2.2 and 2.6 mile marks this season, it will still be basically the same course, relevant to distance and times, as it has been since the course was lengthened to 2.98 miles way back in 1974. Oakton and Jefferson have gone 1-2 in the team scoring for the last four years with Jefferson the regional champs in 2003 and 2004 and Oakton claiming the team title in 2005 and 2006. This year looks to be no different as both the Cougars and Colonials once again are fielding the strongest teams in the region and should make it five years in a row with Oakton and/or Jefferson in either first or second place.
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Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Once again, meet management is very pleased to welcome all the competitors, along with the coaches, parents, other relatives of the participating runners as well as all the other interested followers of cross country, to the 15th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park. Everyone concerned with the meet will be looking forward to an exciting morning and afternoon of racing, with approximately 1,500 runners reperesenting 70 schools scheduled to compete in one of the nine races to be contested on Bull Run's 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) layout. -
Pearl Watts Interview with Alan Webb
With his first day of competition at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan tomorrow, Alan Webb has finally started to receive some attention for the major media outlets as recent articles published this week on Webb have been found in Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and Washington Post. However, along with the final installment of MileStat.com's video interview being posted on Friday, a familar name who has been covering Alan Webb from the beginning in Northern Virginia high school cross country and track writer Pearl Watts also got a chance to speak with Webb in his final preparation for Worlds. Read on for more. -
VHSL Group AAA State Meet Boys Preview by Pearl Watts
Last year's chase for the boys team title resulted in E.C. Glass winning a relatively low scoring affair among the top teams with 33 points. This year, it appears that it may take at least 40 points to win it all, with Western Branch and Manchester probably having the best chances to top that number. However, stranger things have happened, come state meet time; and with the unpredictability of relay events and the ability of some teams to pile up enough points with just a couple of high scoring individuals, this year's boys meet also appears wide open. -
VHSL Group AAA State Meet Girls Preview by Pearl Watts
Bethel is the defending state indoor champion and continued on their winning ways with a victory last week at the Eastern Region championships. This year's meet features Bethel as one of the favorites again, but there are a host of other schools with a shot at the team title; including Western Branch, Osbourn Park, Midlothian, Centreville, and possibly Deep Run, Landstown and Deep Creek. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
Centreville and Westfield girls look like they will resume another close scoring encounter from their Concorde District meet, with four time defending champion Lake Braddock along with Patriot District titleist West Potomac and T.C. Williams also appearing able to put pressure near the top at this year's Northern Region Championships to be held this Saturday at the GMU Fieldhouse.Centreville edged Westfield two weeks ago by four points at the Concorde District championships and it looks like a duel between those two schools again, with both the Wildcats and Bulldogs capable of approaching the 70 point mark and all the other schools hard pressed to surpass the 40 point mark.
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Concorde District Meet Summary
The fight for the Concorde District team championships figured to be close between Centreville and Westfield once again, and form prevailed once again as the Westfield girls managed an 11.5 point victory over Centreville only to have the role reversed on the boys side as the Centreville boys squeezed out a four point win over Westfield in the meet held at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md. -
National District Meet Summary
The Edison boys easily defended their team title and the girls team victory became a co-championship affair as Yorktown and Edison tied at the National District finals concluded at Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington this past Friday. -
Patriot District Meet Summary
The West Potomac girls pulled out a big win over defending champion Lake Braddock and the West Springfield boys eked out the victory in a tight four team battle at the Patriot District championships which concluded this past Saturday at Episcopal High School's Flippin Field House. -
National District Meet Day 1 Highlights
Edison holds the lead on both the boys and girls side after day one of the National District championships held at Episcopal High in Alexandria on Tuesday. -
Patriot District Meet Preview
West Potomac is the defending champion, having won the indoor title last year by a rather healthy margin of 27 points with their total of 113. This year West Potomac is one of four teams with a legitimate shot at the team title as it appears that maybe no more than 10-15 points will separate West Potomac, Lake Braddock, West Springfield and South County. The Lake Braddock girls had a truly dominating performance last year in scoring 196 points to win by well over 100 points. The gap has certainly closed somewhat this season, but the Bruins still remain a strong favorite to yet again, capture another district championship. -
National District Meet Preview
Edison girls are the defending champions and even though it looks like they will not be able to approach their 160 point team total from last year, the Eagles are still the favorites. Meanwhile, the defending champion Edison boys graduated numerous seniors off their squad which racked up 199 points last year. However, the Eagles still look strong enough this season to exceed 150 points and probably score twice as many points as the next closest team. -
Concorde District Meet Day 1 Highlights
The Centreville girls team, led by junior Brittni Finch, holds the lead after day one of the Concorde District championships with 43 points. On the boys side, defending champion Centreville leads with 30 points in fairly balanced scoring which sees five schools still within 12 points of each other thus far. -
Liberty District Meet Day 1 Highlights
The Langley boys team looks determined to give defending champion Jefferson all they can handle after day one of the Liberty District Championship held at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD yesterday evening. -
Liberty District Meet Preview
Preview by Pearl Watts for the 2007 Liberty District Indoor Track & Field Championships to be held February 1st and February 8th at the Prince George County Sports & Learning Center in Landover, Maryland. -
F.I.T. Invitational Preview
The middle of the winter holiday season in this area will once again have a potential competition and spectator gap in track and field more than ably filled with the 12th Annual Friends of Indoor Track Invitational this Friday, January 27 at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. Following is a preview of some of the top performers expected for the F.I.T. Invitational. Photo to left: Centreville\'s Brittni Finch will be one of the featured athletes in Friday\'s F.I.T. Invitational as she returns as the AAA state champion and record holder in the long jump (19-10.25 best). -
William Moore McDowell 11/16/38 - 11/16/06
After the memorial service for long time Virginia sportswriter Bill McDowell on November 20, 2006, a couple of gentlemen who I did not know were exchanging conversation with me concerning some of the work Bill did. -
State Meet Leader Splits
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Burke Lake All-Time Time List
Just in time for Thursday\'s Northern Region Meet to be held at Burke Lake Park\'s 2.98 mile list is the All-Time list for the historic course for the Northern Region. List compiled by Pearl Watts with special thanks to former Northern Virginia Journal sports editor Bill McDowell. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
West Springfield\'s Mike Spooner and W.T. Woodson\'s Sarah Hadiji will be the individual favorites while the Oakton, Jefferson and West Springfield boys along with the Lake Braddock and Robinson girls are expected to battle for the team titles at the Northern Region Championships to be held at Burke Lake Park this Thursday. -
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Meet management is once again pleased to welcome all the competitors, along with the coaches, parents and other relatives of the participating runners as well as all other interested followers of cross country, to the 14th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park. Everyone concerned with the meet will again look forward to an exciting afternoon of racing with approximately 1,500 runners representing almost 60 schools scheduled to compete in one of the nine races on Bull Run\'s 5,000 meter (3.1 mile) layout. -
AAA State Meet Preview
Time once again for one of the showcase events on the indoor track and field calendar with the Virginia AAA state championships to be held March 3-4 at the George Mason University Fieldhouse in Fairfax, Va. Defending girls team champion Bethel will be looking for their third consecutive title, led by one of the nation\'s truly outstanding performers in senior Francena McCorory while defending boys indoor champion Deep Creek should also be in the mix once again as they try to fend off a group of challengers led by Great Bridge and E.C. Glass. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
The Northern Region Track and Field Championships will once again be a one day only affair and will be held at the GMU Fieldhouse this Saturday, February 25 beginning at 8:30 a.m. with Lake Braddock looking to fend off Centreville and Westfield in the chase for the girls team title while the boys team title hopes has a handful of schools capable of capturing the crown with Centreville appearing to be among the favorites with West Potomac, Edison, Westfield and Robinson also in the hunt. -
Liberty District Wrapup
Thomas Jefferson High School was able to show that their switch to the Liberty District this season was certainly successful from an indoor track and field standpoint as they easily outdistanced the opposition in winning both the boys and girls team titles in their meet which concluded Thursday, February 9 at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD. -
Concorde District Wrapup
The Westfield girls and Centreville boys teams captured the team titles at the Concorde District championships held at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD on Thursday, February 9. Yes, it is true. The Concorde, along with the Liberty District, travel across the Potomac River and around the Beltway into Maryland to the very nice Prince George\'s facility next to FedEx Stadium, primarily to give their competing athletes a chance to display their abilities under top flight conditions. -
National District Meet Day 1 Summary
Meet summary by Pearl Watts of day one of the National District Meet held at Episcopal\'s Indoor Track in Alexandria. Day one events included the two mile relay and field events. -
Patriot District Meet Day 1 Summary
Meet summary by Pearl Watts of day one of events from the Patriot District Meet held at Episcopal\'s indoor track in Alexandria by which included the 4x800 meter relay and field events. -
F.I.T. Invitational Preview
The 11th Annual Friends of Indoor Track Invitational appears to have brought together, once again, many of the top athletes from around the area as they continue their hoped for improvement heading into the new year. The meet was held for quite a few years as a relay only meet at George Mason University with very good success; but has now evolved into a regular track and field championship event format at the extremely nice venue at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland with the same continued success. Approximately 1,150 athletes representing forty six high schools will partake on the 200 meter unbanked six lane track in the hopes of eliciting some post Christmas cheer as they try to build up some momentum before heading into the brunt of the indoor schedule. -
Burke Lake All Time List
Burke Lake\'s fastest ever Northern Region runners and their personal bests on the present 2.98 mile course, which was established in 1974. List compiled by Pearl Watts with special thanks to former Northern Virginia Journal sports editor Bill McDowell. Many of the times between 1978-1989 recorded to tenths of a second. All other times officially recorded to the full second. -
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
We are pleased to welcome once again all the competitors, coaches, parents and relatives of the runners and all other interested followers of cross country to the 13th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational here at Bull Run Regional Park. Everyone concerned with the meet are again looking forward to an exciting afternoon of racing with approximately 1,500 runners representing almost 60 schools, scheduled to compete in one of the nine races on Bull Run\'s 5,000 meter (3.1 mile) layout. -
Group AAA State Meet Wrapup
The two most dominating programs in recent history, the Bethel girls and Deep Creek boys, once again stepped up when it counted most as they won the team titles at the Virginia AAA state indoor championships held at the GMU Fieldhouse on March 4-5. -
AAA State Meet Preview
Defending indoor team state girls\' champion Bethel certainly comes in as one of the favorites. Bethel scored a decisive victory in winning the Eastern Region championships and should face their strongest challenges from Northern Region titliest Lake Braddock and Central Region winner Hermitage. Last year\'s quest for the boys team state title, both indoors and outdoors, was pretty much a two team battle going in and coming out between Deep Creek and Westfield with Deep Creek claiming indoors but Westfield rebounding to win outdoors. This year\'s indoor meet does not seem to have the decided front runners as last year. That could mean a race between a number of teams down to the wire, or just as easily, a team having a breakthrough weekend and surprising everyone with their margin of victory. -
Northern Region Meet Summary
The Lake Braddock girls and Hayfield boys, both winners in the always tough Patriot District two weeks earlier, prevailed again as winners at the 2005 Northern Region Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the George Mason University Fieldhouse on Saturday, February 26. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
Good day and welcome to all athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and spectators for the 2005 Northern Region Indoor Track and Field Championships. Once again, today\'s meet shows the promise of placing itself among the best in regional meet history as Northern Virginia\'s finest get a chance to showcase their talents. -
F.I.T. Invitational Preview
The Friends of Indoor Track (F.I.T.) meet will once again showcase many of the top athletes from the Northern Region of Virginia as well as drawing from some of the fine Maryland public and private schools programs along with some of the top squads from the District of Columbia and the Eastern Region of Virginia. -
Burke Lake's All-Time Best Times
In light of Hayfield senior Melissa Dewey running the third fastest all-time at the Burke Lake 2.98 course in Fairfax with her 16:42 clocking at the Patriot District Meet, Pearl Watts has released an updated version of the all-time best times that have been posted on this historical course where many Virginia greats have raced on. -
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Welcome to all the competitors, coaches, parents and other interested followers of cross country to the 12th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational here at Bull Run Regional Park. This year's meet once again holds the promise of an excellent morning and afternoon of action with more than 1,500 high school runners representing almost 60 schools ready to compete in one of the nine races scheduled on Bull Run Park's 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) layout. -
Alan Webb Interview by Pearl Watts
Being fortunate enough to personally be able to follow Webb\'s exploits ever since his freshman cross country season at South Lakes in 1997, I was fortunate even further a few days after the Oly Trials to discuss with Webb and coach Raczko about some of the progress and process behind this outdoor season\'s success. -
Group AAA State Meet Summary
The Westfield boys won their first ever team title with senior Lashawn Merritt of Woodrow Wilson easily providing the outstanding individual boys performance while the Bethel girls, led by sophomore Francena McCorory, captured the girls team crown for the fifth time in the past seven years to highlight the 2004 AAA Outdoor Track and Field championships held this past Friday and Saturday at Todd Stadium in Newport News. -
AAA State Meet Preview by Pearl Watts
This indoor track and field season which is rapidly drawing to a close, has already seen plenty of exciting invitational, district championship and regional championship meets and the usual bevy of outstanding individual and relay performances in numerous events. It's now time to cap it off with one of the top season ending meets on the East Coast, the Virginia AAA Track and Field Championships. -
Microtel Invitational Preview
There has been plenty of cold and nasty weather to suffice on the Atlantic seaboard this past week, but if all the top flight entrants for the Virginia Tech-Microtel Invitational can safely make their way to Blacksburg, Virginia this Friday and Saturday, the heat will certainly be on at the Rector Field House in what promises to be the biggest and best Va. Tech Invite ever -
F.I.T. Relays Preview
The location has changed and the format has changed, but it looks like the Friends of Indoor Track (F.I.T.) Relays will once again provide some great quality competition as we usher out year 2003 and springboard towards the 2004 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. -
Northern Region Meet Wrap
The Herndon girls and Thomas Jefferson boys squads succesfully defended their team titles while Melissa Dewey of Hayfield and Jefferson's Christo Landry ran to convincing individual victories at the Northern Region Championships held at Burke Lake Park on Thursday, October 30. -
Patriot & National District Meet Wrap-ups
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Concorde & Liberty District Meets Wrap-up
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Glory Days Grill Invitational Recap
Hayfield junior Melissa Dewey and the Herndon girls team raced to overwhelming victories while Westfield senior David Groff and the Oakton boys team produced narrow wins at the 11th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational held at Bull Run Regional Park on Saturday, October 11. -
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Welcome to all competitors, coaches, parents and all other followers of cross country to the 10th Anniversary edition of the Glory Days Grill XC Invitational. After a one year hiatus as a result of the unfortunate sniper situation of last fall, the Glory Days Grill cross country meet is back in the saddle again and looks this year to have the promise of being the largest and best ever. -
Eastern Region domination continues
The Eastern Region once again dominated the state AAA outdoor track and field championships as they swept the team titles with Deep Creek repeating as the boys team winner and perennial power Bethel taking the girls crown this past weekend at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond. -
AAA State Meet Preview
The boys team title race appears wide open while Eastern Region champion Menchville appears to be the girls team favorite for the AAA state championship outdoor meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond this Friday and Saturday. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
The Northern Region Track and Field Championships are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start today at Lake Braddock and hopefully will be able to follow the regular scenario of being a two day meet which concludes tomorrow, as long as the persistent weather pattern currently pestering the area does not rain too much on the parade of events. -
NoVA District Previews by Pearl Watts
The invitationals are over; let the district championships begin. The Northern Region's four districts will all compete this Wednesday and Thursday with the top six performers in individual events and top three teams in relay events on both the boys and girls sides automatically qualifying for the Northern Region Championships to be held at Lake Braddock High School on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23. -
Deep Creek squeakes by without relay-ance, Menchville only needs point scoring machine Lewis to secu
Form does not always hold true in track and field but certainly did this past Saturday as the Eastern Region put forth a dominating performance at the AAA championships at the GMU Fieldhouse. In a couple of early season meets in December, the CNU Showcase in Newport News and the Metro Run and Walk Invitational in Prince George's MD, teams from the Tidewater area sent an early season message with particularly strong showings. -
F.I.T. Relays Preview
Even though there has been a venue change and a date change in the schedule, the winter holiday season can now once again be considered complete with another installment of the Friends of Indoor Track (F.I.T.) Relays. This year\'s edition, which has been moved from its George Mason University site of the past seven years due to a scheduling conflict, has still found an excellent home at the Prince George\'s County Sports and Learning Complex with its superb field event facilities and mighty fine 200 meter track. -
Northern Region Meet Preview
The Northern Region Championships will be held this Thursday at Burke Lake Park on their 2.98 mile course with the boys race to begin at 3:30 p.m. and the girls race to follow at 4:15 p.m. The top four teams and top fifteen individuals in both races will automatically qualify for the AAA state championships at the Great Meadow course in The Plains on Saturday, November 16. While the air seems to be cleared as to the Thomas Jefferson boys squad being installed as the overwhelming favorite in their race, everything certainly seems to be up in the air. -
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
As the summerlike weather seems to be finally slipping away, the second weekend in October once again brings together most of the top area teams to the Eleventh Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational. With the setting once again the extremely specta -
The Best is from the East
The Deep Creek boys and Western Branch girls teams from the Eastern Region both successfully overcame obstacles to capture the team titles at the AAA state championships held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond this past Friday and Saturday. -
The night the stars came out
In its first three years of existence, the Southern Track Classic had quickly turned into one the most outstanding elite meets in the mid-Atlantic region. The fourth edition of the STC held on Friday night at Dinwiddie (VA) High School further enhanced -
Gar-Field boys and girls put forth solid performances at Allen Johnson
Gar-Field put together almost equally solid performances on both the boys and girls side to capture the team championship at the Fifth Annual Allen Johnson Invitational held at Lake Braddock this past Saturday. -
Scuderi will be a unique meet with great competition
The second largest field ever, with 29 schools entered, will be in attendance at the Twelfth Annual Mike Scudieri Team Challenge to be held at West Potomac this Saturday. -
Smith, Huntzinger, Shuler, amd Meekings highlight the meet
Richard Smith of South Lakes, Robinson's Steve Huntzinger, Fatima Shuler of Wakefield and Oakton's Bonnie Meekins were the recipients of the outstanding performer awards to highlight the Third Annual Seahawk Invitational held at South Lakes High School th -
Seahawk promises to be biggest and best ever
The Third Annual Seahawk Invitational to be held at South Lakes High School this Saturday promises to be the biggest and best ever with over 1,200 athletes representing more than 30 schools scheduled to participate. -
Northern Region to kick off season at Legard
With spring break earlier than usual this year, the only logical spot on the schedule for the Legard Relays to be held is this weekend. With meet director Craig Davis moving the meet up to its earliest date ever, the rest of the outdoor season will fortun -
Deep Creek boys heavily favored, while Salem, Bethel, and Oakton girls to fight it out
This year's AAA state meet looks to once again showcase Virginia as one the premeir states in the nation with the usual array of top individual talent on hand and exciting battles for the team titles also expected. -
Lockhart and Carlstrom prove why they are the best in VA
The Northern Region prevailed on the girls side with Robinson claiming the team title and Oakton\'s Keira Carlstrom the individual winner while Good Counsel (MD) took the boys team title and Handley\'s Bobby Lockhart set a new meet record to highlight the -
Swain and Landry lead the way for teams
The Lake Braddock girls, led by Kelly Swain\'s individual victory and the Jefferson boys who were paced by Christo Landry\'s second place finish, took the team titles at the Wolverine Chase held at the Belvedere Plantation in Fredericksburg this past Satu -
3:55 looks to be in realm of possibility for Webb
The semmingly impregnable high school mile record by Jim Ryun of 3:55.3 set in 1965 looks to be in the realm of possibility, if not probablility, after the performance on Thursday night by Alan Webb of South Lakes. -
Webb sets national record in 1000!
Lake Braddock takes home 2 state titles!Lake Braddock became only the second team to ever win both the girls and boys indoor titles at the same meet and Alan Webb of South Lakes set a national high school record in the 1,000 meter run to highlight the AAA state indoor championships. -
Preview: Wide open battles expected
The AAA state championships begin today and continue through tomorrow at the GMU Fieldhouse with wide open battles expected on both the boys and girls sides for the team titles.