VHSL Group A State Championships Coverage

Riverhead boys and Clarke County girls claim team titles. Andrea White sweeps the girls' jumps including a 5'8" high jump and 37'10.50" triple jump. Ben Veilleux breaks the state meet record in the 1600 with his time of 4:18.60 along with defending his 3200 title (9:28.60) also. Some stellar performances in the boys' field events including 6'9" clearance from Phillip Morris of Glenvar in the high jump, 47'6.75" leap from Davon Ross of James River in the triple jump, 23'3" mark from Kenny Scott of Appomattox in the long jump, and 163'10" toss from Will Sawyers of George Wythe in the discus.More to come from Radford...

 

VHSL Group A State Championships - Complete Results

 

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

HS Girls
High Jump 5-6 Kierra Gaines West Point
High Jump 5-8 Andrea White Lancaster
Shot Put 37-1 Ava Bell Radford
Shot Put 37-6 Alisha McCrowey James River (Buchanan)
Shot Put 37-10.5 Tara Fields Clarke County
Shot Put 42-1 Kim Johnson Virginia High School
Triple Jump 37-10.5 Andrea White Lancaster
HS Boys
100 Meter Dash 10.76 John Thompson Radford
110 Meter Hurdles 14.65 Mark Waugh Virginia High School
1600 Meter Run 4:18.90 Ben Veilleux Clarke County
300 Meter Hurdles 38.50 Shemie Witcher Chatham
3200 Meter Run 9:28.60 Ben Veilleux Clarke County
Discus 150-5 Brian Freed Riverheads
Discus 162-10 Jule Rich Cumberland
Discus 163-10 Will Sawyers George Wythe
High Jump 6-8 Ben Hopewell Wilson Memorial
High Jump 6-9 Philip Morris Glenvar
Long Jump 22-9 DaVon Ross James River (Buchanan)
Long Jump 23-2 Kenny Scott Appomattox County
Shot Put 51-6.25 Johnny Thompson Patrick Henry (G. Spring)
Shot Put 53-1.25 Bennett Fulper Gretna
Triple Jump 47-6.75 DaVon Ross James River (Buchanan)

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National Elites

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