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 meet will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the start of field events including the boys high jump, girls shot put and girls long jump, with the boys pole vault the next scheduled event at 9:30 a.m.

  Trials in the running events will start at 12:00 noon in the 55 meter hurdles and 55 dash for both girls and boys.

  The first running event final will be at 1:00 p.m. with the start of the 4x800 meter relay and the meet should conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m. with the presentation of the team championship awards.

  Team scoring will be through eight places on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with the top six finishers in all individual events and top three teams in the trio of relay events to automatically qualify for the AAA state championship meet at ...