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#5 To the Wire for the W. Who's Walking Away as the VA State Champ?


The Virginia state meet is unlike any other state championship in the nation. Take the 500m dash, for instance. The top two seeds were U.S. No. 3 ranked
 Josephus Lyles, a World Youth Championships silver medalist and New Balance Nationals champion in the 400m, and Grant Holloway, a National High School Record holder in the 55m hurdles and U.S. top ranked athlete in that event as well as the flat 55m dash, 500m, high jump and long jump. So who's the favorite? The next time they step on the track, who knows? But at the Virginia state meet, Holloway took a narrow 'W' as he and Josephus both ran under the Meet Record with the new U.S. No. 1 and 2 times of 1:03.35 and 1:03.36.
Event 44  Boys 500 Meter Dash Group 6A
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BWSP Facilit: B 1:02.61  2/5/2013    Michael Cherry, Oscar Smith                   
 Meet Record: M 1:03.57  3/10/2015   Josephus Lyles, T. C. Williams                
    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  H# Points
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Finals                                                                             
  1 Holloway, Grant           12 Grassfield           1:04.41    1:03.35M  3  10   
  2 Lyles, Josephus           12 T.C. William         1:04.66    1:03.36M  3   8   
  3 Stewart, Trevor           12 South County         1:03.80    1:05.15   3   6   
  4 Ballard, Skander          12 South Lakes          1:06.24    1:06.86   2   5   
  5 Grimes, Igo               10 Freedom (Woo         1:06.23    1:06.88   3   4   
  6 Shirley, Aaron             9 Oscar Smith          1:07.69    1:07.42   2   3   
  7 Corprew, Kameron          12 Oscar Smith          1:08.86    1:08.06   1   2   
  8 White, Joseph             10 Landstown Hi         1:08.37    1:08.41   2   1   
  9 Idlebird, Kyrian          10 Landstown Hi         1:08.33    1:09.03   2       
 10 Stokes, Amary             12 Western Bran         1:08.57    1:09.48   1    

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