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The girls distance races for the 2012 AAA State Meet will feature many runners already in the Virginia High School top ten all-time best performances list.

Top among these races is the girls 800.

The girls 800 will be a rematch of the sizzling Southern Track Classic race. It will feature three of the fastest 800 runners in Virginia High School History.

Kimberley Ficenec of Mountain View #2
Megan Moye of Cosby #3
Sarah Jane Underwood of West Potomac #10

They will be chasing the record set by #7 Myah Hicks of Thomas Edison at 2:08.99 last year.

Here is an updated top ten list:

Top Ten All-Time Best 1600/Mile


1 4:35.34c (4:36.95 mi) Sarah Bowman Fauquier 2005
2 4:41.20c (4:42.6h mi) Alisa Harvey Thomas Jefferson – A 1983
3 4:44.22 m Megan Moye Cosby 2012
4 4:45.69c (4:47.36 mi) Kathleen Stevens Blacksburg 2010
5 4:46.16c (4:47.83 mi) Laura Heiner Centreville 1998
6 4:46.45c (4:48.12 mi) Joanna Stevens Blacksburg 2010
7 4:47.41 m Sharon O’Connor Mount Vernon 1999
8 4:48.26c (4:49.7h mi) Linda Portasik Fort Hunt 1979
9 4:49.89 m Amy Colvin Chantilly 1987
10 4:49.96c Sophie Chase Lake Braddock 2012


Top Ten All-Time Best 3200/Two Mile

1 10:03.07 m Erin Keogh Langley 1987
2 10:13.89c (10:17.47 2mi) Joanna Stevens Blacksburg 2010
3 10:16.03 m Sarah Bowman Fauquier 2005
10:16.03 m Kathleen Stevens Blacksburg 2010
5 10:21.98 m Megan Moye Cosby 2012
6 10:22.34c (10:25.97 2mi) Sophie Chase Lake Braddock 2011
7 10:26.88c (10:30.54 2mi) Katherine Walker Brooke Point 2010
8 10:27.73c (10:31.39 2mi) Sarrah Hadiji W.T. Woodson 2007
9 10:27.5h m Andrea Volpe Lake Braddock 1982
10 10:27.77c (10:31.14 2mi) Wendy Neely Lake Braddock 1986

Top Ten All-Time Best 880/800 Meter Run

1 2:04.94 Sarah Bowman Fauquier 2005
2 2:06.33 Alisa Harvey Thomas Jefferson - A
1983
3 2:06.84 Kimberley Ficenec Mountain View 2012
4 2:07.41 Megan Moye Cosby 2012
5 2:07.94 Nikeya Green Hayfield 2000
6 2:08.0c h (2:08.7 h 880yd) Linda Portasik Fort Hunt 1979
7 2:08.92 Kelley Otstott Thomas Jefferson ST 2000
8 2:08.99 Myah Hicks Thomas Edison 2011
9 2:08.8 h Hannah Brown Blacksburg 2011
10 2:09.83 Leslie Treherne Western Branch 2003
11 2:09.38 Sarah Jane Underwood West Potomac 2012

Top Ten All-Time Best 3200/Two Mile

1 8:44.98c (8:47.8h 2mi) Jim Hill Oakton 1979
2 8:45.19c (8:48.25 2mi) Christo Landry Thomas Jefferson ST 2004
3 8:48.7261c (8:51.0h 2mi) George Watts Thomas Edison 1974
4 8:54.30c (8:57.42 2mi) Colin Mearns Jamestown 2010
5 8:55.95c (8:59.08 2mi) Thomas Porter Mountain View 2009
6 8:56.06c (8:59.19 2mi) Bobby Lockhart Handley 2002
7 8:56.49 m Thomas Madden Skyline 2012
8 8:57.19c (9:00.32 2mi) Hari Mix Albemarle 2004
9 8:57.40c (9:00.3h 2mi) Charles Alexander St. Christopher’s 1982
10 8:58.30 m Matt Keally Ocean Lakes 2002

Top Ten All-Time Best 1600/Mile

1 3:52.08c (3:53.43 mi) Alan Webb South Lakes 2001
2 4:00.61c (4:02.01 mi) Sharif Karie West Springfield 1997
3 4:04.28c (4:05.71 mi) Ibrahim Aden Fork Union 1992
4 4:05.70c (4:07.13 mi) Seneca Lassiter Lafayette 1994
5 4:06.91c (4:08.35 mi) Bobby Lockhart Handley 2002
6 4:07.6h m John Hinton Tunstall 1980
7 4:08.63c (4:10.03 mi) Martin Keino Fork Union 1990
8 4:08.29 m Ahmed Bile Annandale 2012
9 4:08.63c (4:10.03 mi) Anthony Kostelac Albemarle 2010
10 4:08.89c (4:10.1 h mi) James Vogt Stonewall Jackson 1972

Top Ten All-Time Best 880/800

1 1:47.74 Alan Webb South Lakes 2001
2 1:48.94 Richard Smith South Lakes 2002
3 1:49.61 Sharif Karie West Springfield 1997
4 1:49.78 Anthony Kostelac Albemarle 2010
5 1:49.90 Seneca Lassiter Lafayette 1995
6 1:50.05 Cedric Matterson T.C. Williams 1984
7 1:50.08 Rob Pearce Robert E. Lee 1994
8 1:50.42 Saeed Basweiden Fork Union 1995
9 1:50.77 Ahmed Bile Annandale 2011
10 1:50.6h John Hinton Tunstall 1981

Leslie Treherne (Western Branch),ran 2:09.38 (2000),freshmen year. Probably one of the best 800 meter finishes of all time. Nikeya Green won it that year 2:09.30.

The 2000 AAA State Meet at Sportsbackers Stadium did have one of the fastest state meet 800's in history.

1 Nikeya Green Hayfield *2:09.30
2 Leslie Treherne Western Branch 2:09.38
3 Kelley Otstott Thomas Jefferson - A 2:11.38
4 Nicole Cook Petersburg 2:12.94

Even Faster was the National Scholastic Championships two weeks later

3 Nikeya Green 2:07.92
5 Kelley Otstott 2:08.93
7 Elizabeth Bayne (Kecoughtan) 2:10.37
8 Nicole Cook 2:11.38

We have the potential in this year's race, with Ficenec, Moye, Underwood, and Evans to see performances to outdo both of these previous meets.

It's interesting to see that nearly all of the 1600 and 3200m times are converted times from 1 mile and 2 mile races. Since those events aren't run as frequently, but are run at prestigious meets, it really shows how much competition can affect times.

This race will also feature Sophie Chase (2013) 2:10.81, Skylar Evans (2012) 2:11.82, Ellison Grove (2014)2:12.36 and Macey Schweikert (2014)2:13.10. This should be a very interesting race and a fun one to watch!!!!

@scoutdog I don't believe Sophie chase is running the 800 meter. She is doubling 1600 and 3200.

Allidoisrun you are correct in that Sophie Chase is not running the 800. I just wanted to give credit where credit is due.

Historian - There was a 2:06 run by Alisa Harvey - at an international Junior Championships in 1983 in Sherbrooke, Canada. The Girls U.S. Junior National Team competed against Canada. The Boys competed against Canada and Italy. I can't find the results, but I was there!

Officially it was 2:06.33. Sorry I missed it.

The most impressive thing is that you and John Hinton (see boys top ten) are still running times close to your high school top ten performances 30 years later.

If I remember correctly you and Shola Lynch were on the US Junior team chasing the junior record set by Kim Gallagher at 2:00.07 in '82.

Wasn't Kevin McGorty or Rob Muzzio in the multis that year?

If people didn't know quite a few of our all-time best distance runners went on to run for Tennessee and have very successful college careers.

Linda Portasik
Alisa Harvey
Leslie Treherne
Nicole Cook
Sarah Bowman

Well the 800 lived up to the hype with Megan Moye winning it with a time of 2:09.65, Kimberley Ficenec 2:10.73, Ellison Grove 2:10.74, and Sarah Jane Underwood 2:10.85.
Congratulations to all of the girls that competed in the meet.