Top performance in Saturday's portion of the St. Christopher's Invitational came from Western Branch senior Ermesha Fair leaping to a mark in the triple jump which puts her only a half inch away from a US #1 with her 39'6" indoor personal best triple jump to rank US #2. Other noteworthy performances included:
Photo by David Fleenor
- The most thrilling race of the meet came in the boys 500 meter dash with only three hundredths of a second separating Douglas Freeman's Ulrick Smith (1:06.54) and Episcopal's Allante Keels (1:06.57) in the final section, but it was Taylor Sykes of Great Bridge from the previous section sneaking out the win by a hundredth of a second over Smith at 1:06.53.
- Stafford senior Joey Murray had one of his best runs ever in the 1000 meter run as he recorded one of the state's faster times in the event in 2:32.98 as Murray outdueled Fork Union's Jeremy Haney (2:34.74).
- Chris Letson won the 300 meter dash in 35.97 and also helped Lake Braddock to a 4x400 relay win under 3:30 at 3:28.47.
- Friday's 55 meter hurdles winner Jeffrey Artis of Western Branch may have missed out on the great triple jump competition Friday at Tech, but it did not stop Artis from uncorking a big jump of his own at Saturday in the St. Christopher's Invite with US #7 mark of 48'8.25".
- Great Bridge's Jayna McGehee dominating the girls 1600 field by six seconds with the state's second fastest time in the distance event of 5:04.47. A personal best for the Great Bridge senior by seven seconds.
- Fort Defiance's Katie Cummings made up for a subpar showing in the shot put on Friday at Virginia Tech with a win on Saturday at St. Christopher's with a best throw of 38'2.75" to set a facility record.
- Another facility record was broken by Jordan Grant of Centreville in the 300 meter dash as she clocked a strong flat track time of 40.94 in the sprint event to best the next fastest by 1.6 seconds.
St. Christopher's Invite Results: Saturday Boys - Saturday Girls
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