HARRISONBURG, VA -- The Fauquier girls blew out the competition on the second day of competition at the VHSL Group AA State Meet as Lady Falcons senior
Sarah Bowman came back from her state meet record breaking 3200 meter run (10:21.15) on Friday
night to break her own two meet records on Saturday in the 1600 (4:41.82) and 800 (2:09.32) meter
runs. With Bowman\'s state title triple in the distance events (scored 6 points with a 5-3 third
place finish in the high jump as well) and points from relays and other teammates, Fauquier (57
pts) surged ahead of day one leader Western Albemarle (2nd, 37 pts) to take the state crown by 20
points. Pulaski County senior Leslie Anderson helped her team take a surprising third place as
scored all 36 points for the team by winning state titles in the long jump (17-9) and 400 meter
dash (56.38) and taking two state runners-up to Brunswick senior Patrice Potts (12.03 100, 24.72
200) in both the 100 (12.47) and 200 (25.33) meter dashes. Lafayette won the boys\' team title with
43 1/2 points and it was due in part to several individuals. Dakari Taylor-Watson\'s triple jump win
on Friday (47-4.75) and strong finishes in the 110 (4th, 15.20) and 300 (4th, 39.92) meter hurdles
helped the Rams\' team standing as well as did a state runner-up performance by junior Ryan Gaul in
the 1600 meter run (4:26.62). However, the biggest boost that pushed Lafayette over the rest was
the surprising state title win by Caleb Stuart in the pole vault with a personal best clearance of
15-1. Tying for state runner-up honors were Bassett and Brentsville with 38 points. Bassett was led
by Brandon Dillard\'s two state titles in the 100 (10.76) and 200 (21.92) meter dashes as he also
was a member of the second place 4x100 meter relay (42.87). Meanwhile, Brentsville got on the shoulders of senior distance runner Pat Eggleston to a second place finish as Eggleston won the 3200 meter run on Friday night (9:37.51) and completed a grueling triple on Saturday with another state title in the 1600 meter run (4:25.66) and third place finish in the 800 meter run (1:57.46).