FORK UNION, VA -- When Fred Hardy and Winston Brown first saw the newly renovated track facility at Fork Union they knew they had to come up with something worthy of it. They also knew that they had to do something unique in order to attract quality teams. Thus, the Gus Lacy Track Classic was designed to give athletes a more friendly schedule and coaches and officials less of a burdensome day. The idea was to host a meet with fewer schools than most big meets. Another idea was to make the meet more athlete friendly by not making sprinters have to run in prelims. Three years later, many of the State's best are converging on the limited entry meet that places a premium on team competition and provides enough talented athletes to produce fantastic performances. Strategy also plays a part with the wildcard entry concept that allows a school a third entry in one event. To date, only Churchland High School has had a wildcard entry and its two other entries score in an event. This year with the likes of Deep Creek, Salem and Atlee expect the wildcard entry to have an impact.
The meet will start at 10:30 with field events and running events will start at 11:30. The following is a list of the top entrants and possible marquis match-ups.
Girls' Long Jump - Amy Seward (Salem) 19'1
Lauren Taylor (Western Branch) 18'6
Boys' Long Jump - Reynold Smith (Forest Park) 22'8
Len Terry (Atlee) 22'4
Girls' Shot Put - Danielle Burruss (Fluvanna) 35'11
Boys' Shot Put - Gary Freeman (Deep Creek) 55'8
Girls' High Jump - Amy Seward (Salem) 5'5
Boys' High Jump - Richardson Everett (Lakeland) 6'6
Girls' Pole Vault - Kira Barcus (Atlee) 11'0
Boys' Pole Vault -Tim Papenfuse (Atlee) 13'0
Girls' Triple Jump - Amy Seward (Salem) 40'1
Boys' Triple Jump - Reynold Smith (Forest Park) 48'6
Girls' Discus - Nikki Arrington (Midlothian) 111'0
Boys' Discus - William Collins (Manchester) 152'0
Girls 4x800 - Atlee 10:05
Boys' 4x800 - Deep Creek 8:06.0
Girls' 100HH - Lauren Taylor (Western Branch) 14.18
Boys' 110HH - Kip Burns (Manchester) 14.50
Girls' 100 - Tosin Oluwole (Western Branch) 12.20
Boys' 100 - Delton Ashburn (Fork Union) 10.50
Girls' 1600 - Amber Blain (Western Branch) 5:18.0
Boys' 1600 - Kippy Keino (Fork Union) 4:19.5
Brandon King (Western Branch) 4:20
Girls' 4x100 - Salem 47.02
Boys' 4x100 - Lakeland 41.00
Deep Creek 41.30
Girls' 400 - Kwadena Caple (Manchester) 58.0
Boys' 400 - Deron Flood (Deep Creek) 48.40
Cornelius Copeland (Lakeland) 49.50
Girls 300IH - Lauren Taylor (Western Branch) 43.77
Boys' 300IH - Christian Siegmund (Salem) 38.10
Girls' 800 - Leslie Treherne (Western Branch) 2:18.0
Boys' 800 - Desmond Perkins (Deep Creek) 1:57.30
Josh Wrigley (Salem) 1:57.30
Girls' 200 - Linterna Harvin (Salem) 24.81
Boys' 200 - DeAndre Hyman (Deep Creek) 21.40
Antwain Carey (Deep Creek) 21.70
Deron Flood (Deep Creek) 21.80
Girls' 3200 - Tiffany Cross (Atlee) 11:08.0
Boys' 3200 - Kippy Keino (Fork Union) 9:19.5
Girls' 4x400 - Salem 3:57.10
Western Branch 4:01
Boys' 4x400 - Deep Creek 3:18.20
Lakeland 3:20