Joe Robinson of Potomac ran the nation\'s fastest time in the 55 meter dash with a 6.26 in the prelims at the Montgomery Invitational. Later on in the day, Robinson took the win in the finals with a time of 6.34 in a competitive field which included the previous state leader, Daniel Bailey of Centreville.
Potomac Senior is fortunate to have two talented sprinters in Robinson and Kharya Brown as she posted a state best 7.24 in the 55 meter dash. Gar-Field\'s Afua Amponsah also ran a state best with her 8.25 in the 55 meter hurdles. Both of which are recent tranfers. Brown was at Gar-Field last year and Amponsah was at Annandale and has now moved onto the team of which Brown left at Gar-Field.
Gar-Field\'s Tiffany Evans maintained her supremacy in the throws with a toss of 44-4 in the shot.
Jennifer Boyd of Hickory improved her state best in the 1600 meter run with a 5:03.28 for a full mile as she won the event which is also considered as a qualifier for the elite Milrose Games in early February. Thomas Jefferson senior Shauneen Garrahan had a strong runner-up finish to Boyd with her time of 5:12.66.
Boys\' mile saw an exciting race between Wakefield\'s Peter Quinzio (4:21.24) and West Springfield\'s Jeff Day (4:22.68) with Quinzio coming out on top. Earlier in the meet, Day was a member of the winning West Springfield 4x800 meter relay team with a time of 8:04.20 as West Springfield joined Midlothian with Virginia now having the two fastest 4x800 meter relay times in the nation on a non-banked indoor track. The team consisted of Day, Tim Kwak, John Cook, and Steve Tobin.
Colonial Forge junior Jerome Miller had an impressive double win in the high jump with a state best 6-8 in the high jump and win in the triple jump (43-10). Twin brother Jason was a step behind Jerome as Jason was second in both the high jump (6-4) and triple jump (43-7).
Colonial Forge teammate Sean Leyh, who earlier in the day split a 1:57 leg on the second place finishing 4x800 meter relay, won the open event at the same distance with his time of 2:00.05.
William & Mary bound Keith Bechtol of Thomas Jefferson took the victory in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:32.48. Along with Bechtol\'s great win in the race was the exceptional finish by Chantilly freshmen Brad Siragusa who continues to amaze many this indoor track season. Siragusa nearly earned a state qualifier in the event as he clocked an amazing time for a mere freshmen with a 9:45.41.
Thomas Jefferson also had the winner in the girls\' 3200 meter run as Sarah Levine was victorious in a time of 11:27.09.
In some heated rivalry relay action in the boys\' 4x200 meter relay, it was Centreville who came out of the meet with the bragging rights for now over Washington-Lee. While Deep Creek, who set the national record in the 4x200 meter relay last indoor season, is still the dominant relay. Northern Region squads Centreville and Washington-Lee are trying to make a name for themselves behind Deep Creek. Centreville out of a slower heat clocked a 1:32.74 to finish second overall to Woodrow Wilson of D.C. as Washington-Lee finished second in the fast heat with Wilson and third overall with a time 1:32.82. Still clearly the battle has not been settled between these two.