Lexington, VA -- The women team championship title was strongly contested but James W. Robinson won the team title in The "Pit" home of the Virginia Military Institute men and women track and field team. It started with the 1st event of the day for Robinson with a 1st place finish from Sanna Barrineau and 2nd place by Ellen Sutey in the high jump. The 4-year track and field veteran Sanna Barrineau continued her morning with a 2nd place in the 55 m hurdles and long jump that help spark the Robinson team to believe that their squad of 7 athletes had a chance at the team championship. A very strong push came from the Watauga women's team with a 1st place in the 55 m dash and 300 m from Olivia Ellington, 1st place 10'6" pole vault and 3rd place high jump from Sallie Gurganus and 2nd place shot put from Brittany Borden. A run for the team championship also came from Cave Spring's Tina Crawford 1st place in long jump, 2nd place in triple jump and 3rd in 55 m hurdles with Cave Spring also scoring a 2nd place 4 x 800 m and 3rd place 4 x 200 m relays. The women from Osbourn Senior were in the hunt for a team championship with Ashton Jones 1st in triple jump, Jade Calhoun 3rd in long jump and Osbourn Senior relay scored a 2nd in 4 x 200 m. But the individual effort that came from rookie track athlete Danielle Hayler competing with a 2nd in the 300 m by mastering the turns in "The Pit", 3rd place indoor PR in the shot put from veteran athlete Sandra Anim-Yankah plus the win in the 4x 200 m relay (Meredith Kaufman, Cassie Sharp, Danielle Hayler and Sanna Barrineau) put Robinson over the top for the win. Top 3 team scores Robinson 56 points, Watauga 48 points and Osbourn Senior 44.6 points.
The Patrick Henry (Roanoke) men's team demonstrated their team dominance at the Keydet Invitational by scoring in 7 out 13 events with 4 events being 1st place. The Patrick Henry men's wins in the 300 m from Tim Glen, triple jump Chris Martin, and Patrick Henry's relay teams won 4 x 200 m and 4 x 800 m relays. Chris Martin finished the morning off with a 2nd in the 55 m hurdles and long jump and the Patrick Henry 4 x 400 m relay team also took 2nd place. The 3rd place scoring in the long jump and triple jump by Seth Chapman also helped make the Patrick Henry men a very hard team to beat. The excitement for the meet arguably came from the Shot put area with the men competition having 1 inch separation between 1st place with a mark of 51' 3" Jordan Purvis, Waynesburg and 2nd place life time PR of 51'2" Eric Lindamood, Liberty–Bealeton. Top 3 team scores Patrick Henry 76 points, Turner Ashby 56 points and Brookeville High School 35 points.