This was Virginia's year! Check out our Virginia Girls' Foot Locker recap here!
Virginia completely dominated this year's installment of the Foot Locker South Championships. The day started off right with Western Albemarle's coach Charlie Hurt running 15:16 to take the open race. He was then followed by Cave Spring freshman Timothy Grider who took the boys' freshman race. Shortly after that in the girls' junior/senior race Cosby's Jordan Elam took the title to help Virginia have three victories in the first four races. Also in the earlier races Virginia has Lee-Davis' Jack Ikenberry place very highly.
Watch Girls' Championship Race here!
As the clock struck 10 all eyes were on the start line as superstars Weini Kelati, Nevada Mareno (NC), and Libby Davidson took to the course! The race started out quick and to the script with Weini opening in 5:06 with Nevada just on her side. Libby sat comfortably back in 7th in a strong group of five ladies at the mile mark.
Just after the two-mile mark the Virginia girls made their moves! First it was Weini at 10:42 creating separation and then Libby followed suit moving from fifth to third almost at the exact same time. As the race went on Weini and Libby just kept getting stronger and put distance between their competition.
Down the stretch Weini came as she powered across the line in 16:42 to win the FL South title. Libby was third in 17:14 and George C. Marshall's Heather Holt (5A Runner-up) was 11th in 17:46 as the first finishing sophomore girl.
Also finishing in the top 30 for the girls' championship race was Emma Wolcott (Tuscarora) 22nd in 18:08, Sara Freix (Westfield) 23rd in 18:09, Morgan Lewis (Veritas) 27th in 18:18, Jill Bracaglia (Oakton) 28th in 18:20, and Rachel Northcutt (Cosby) 30th in 18:24.
Top 30 Girls' Results
Place Athlete Team Result Points
1 Kelati, Weini 11 Heritage (Leesburg) 16:43.00 --
2 Mareno, Nevada 11 Leesville Road 17:05.00 --
3 Davidson, Libby 11 E.C. Glass 17:14.00 --
4 Billings, Lindsay 12 Northview High School 17:15.00 --
5 Heymach, Julia 11 Houston Lamar 17:19.00 --
6 Gray, Abby 12 Alamo Heights 17:19.00 --
7 Hurley, Emma Grace 12 Fellowship Christian School 17:23.00 --
8 Carnahan, Savannah 12 South Forsyth High School 17:34.00 --
9 Morris, Logan 12 Spartanburg Christian 17:35.00 --
10 Vess, Anna 12 A.C. Reynolds 17:40.00 --
11 Holt, Heather 10 George C. Marshall 17:46.00 --
12 Sapienza-Wright, Alena 10 duPont Manual 17:54.00 --
13 Morales, Sue Ann 10 East Jackson High School 17:55.00 --
14 Pujals, Alyssa 12 Pine Crest HS 17:56.00 --
15 DuPont, Kaylee 10 South Forsyth High School 17:57.00 --
16 Schumacher, Niamh 11 King's Academy 17:57.00 --
17 Fegans, Nicole 11 Landmark Christian School 18:00.00 --
18 Peterson, Stephanie Signal Mountain High School 18:03.00 --
19 Murray, Megan West High School 18:04.00 --
20 Tyynismaa, Amaris 9 Catholic - Montgomery 18:06.00 --
21 Urzua, Daniela 11 Lake Mary HS 18:07.00 --
22 Wolcott, Emma 10 Tuscarora High School (VA) 18:08.00 --
23 Freix, Sara 12 Westfield 18:09.00 --
24 Gomez, Yanely 12 Grayson High School 18:10.00 --
25 Endsley, Ashton 11 Abilene 18:11.00 --
26 Jones, Makenzie 12 Morristown-West High School 18:18.00 --
27 Lewis, Morgan 11 Veritas School 18:18.00 --
28 Bracaglia, Jill 12 Oakton 18:20.00 --
29 Foreman, Kathryn 12 Landmark Christian School 18:21.00 --
30 Northcutt, Rachel 9 Cosby 18:24.00 --
Complete Girls' Championship Results
