Regional Championship Coverage & Results

Feb 14, 2012

Moye sub 5 & sub 11 in the ASHE CENTER!!!

One thing that Cosby senior Megan Moye cannot do is slow down. Moye forgot that you are not suppose to able to run fast on the Arthur Ashe Center's 145 meter no spikes allowed surface. At the 2012 Central Region Indoor Championships, she put together a nothing but record breaking distance triple which could stand the test of time and never be outdone at the Ashe Center. On Friday night, Moye anchored her 4x800 meter relay with a 2:19 split to a meet and facility record time of 9:38.04. On Saturday, the NC State recruit followed up that sizzling relay leg with a 33 laps of pacing done by someone appearing to possess super human abilities as an unbreakable machine. Moye broke the meet and facility record of 5:03.15 (Amanda Patterson of Midlothian, 2004) with the first sub 5 minute 1600 on the short track at the Ashe Center in 4:59.44. Not finished, Moye nearly lapped the entire field in the 3200 meter run which included two 11 minute flat caliber runners in Molly Breidenbaugh and Rachel Galton with the first sub 11 minute 3200 meter performance ever in the Ashe Center. Her time of 10:49.17 broke another meet and facility record previously held by former Midlo runner Amanda Patterson by 13 seconds. The Cosby girls were so dominated as a team that Moye could have skipped the meet if she wanted to and the Titans would have still won with their whopping team total of 110 points.

Taranisha Taylor (pictured above Ryan Kelly) was one of several individual athletes from the Eastern Region Championships to have an all-time great performance this weekend. Taylor's 7.94 clockings in both the 55 meter hurdles prelims and finals ranks her #6 all-time in Virginia high school history. Grassfield had a pair of athletes elevate themselves among the all-time greats as Kiara Howell had a monster throw of 48'4.75" in the shot put to tie former Cox High great Lindsay Neuberger as Virginia high school indoor state record holder, while Trey Holloway continues to move up the top 10 all-time list in the 55 meter hurdles including a VA #4 all-time 7.24 clocking in the prelims. Carolyn Brown of Phoebus broke the freshmen 55 meter dash state record with a 7.02 performance in the prelims.

Albemarle sophomore Ryan Thomas started kicking with less than 2 laps to go in the 1000 meter run at the Northwest Region Championships and it looked initially like he may have made a mistake thinking that he had only one lap to go. No mistake made by Thomas. He continued to motor around the track after the bell lap onto the second fastest time ever in high school history by a sophomore with his performance of 2:28.61. The Colonial Forge boys and Forest Park girls were the 2012 regional team champions. MileStat.com was on-site with coverage and will be adding videos and photos from the meet late Wednesday and into Thursday.

Photo by Andrew Kicinski

While many high school track distance fans in Virginia were looking forward to seeing the races from Megan Moye, Sophie Chase, and Audrey Batzel in the Millrose Games mile this past Saturday night, earlier in the day at the Region IV championships, some equally fast times were recorded from two of Virginia's best young distance runners. On Virginia Tech's banked 200 meter track, Cave Spring sophomore Katie Fortner and Hidden Valley junior Carolyn Bethel battled it out at both 1600 and 1000 meters with Fortner as the winner in both. Fortner and Bethel put on a thrilling show in the 1600 meter run with both runners recording all-time best performance times as Fortner (US #14 4:54.56) secured the narrow victory over the state cross county champion Bethel (US #15 4:54.86). Later in the 1000, Fortner was able to separate herself more for a second personal best win in a US #12 time of 2:54.23 and Bethel coming back under 3 minutes at 2:58.86.

Seven of the eight indoor regional championship meets will be held this week in Virginia with three slated for Wednesday (Northwest, Region I, Region II), two slated for Saturday only (Northern & Region III), and two slated over the course of two days on Friday and Saturday (Central & Eastern). The Region IV Championships were held this past Saturday at Virginia Tech. Meet directors email performance lists, time schedules, meet information, and results to be posted to milestat@gmail.com.

Central Region Indoor Championships

On-Site Coverage

Photos: Central Region Indoor Championships by Scott Reid

Videos

2012 Central Region Championships - Boys 4x800 Sec 2	2012 Central Region Championships - Girls 4x800 Sec 2	2012 Central Region Championships - Girls 55H Prelims	2012 Central Region Championships - Boys 55H Prelims
2012 Central Region Championships - Girls 55 Prelims	2012 Central Region Championships - Boys 55 Prelims	2012 Central Region Championships - Boys Long Jump	2012 Central Region Championships - Girls Long Jump
2012 Central Region Championships - Girls Shot	2012 Central Region Championships - Girls 4x800 Sec 1

Meet Results

Girls Highlights

1000 Meter Run - Marie Johnston* (Midlothian) 3:03.76; Skylar Evans* (Midlothian) 3:06.05; Katharine Leitch * (Atlee) 3:06.40; Malina Richardson* (Patrick Henry (Ashland)) 3:07.63;
1600 Meter Run - Megan Moye * (Cosby) 4:59.44; Kara Dickerson* (Midlothian) 5:19.79;
300 Meter Dash - Shyra Molton (Patrick Henry (Ashland)) 42.29; Mary Allen (John Marshall) 42.49; Alexandria Moseley* (Cosby) 42.96; Alexis Pringle * (Atlee) 43.18; Breanna Taylor (John Marshall) 43.20;
3200 Meter Run - Megan Moye * (Cosby) 10:49.17; Molly Breidenbaugh* (Hanover) 11:16.43 SB; Rachel Galton * (Maggie Walker) 11:20.17; Daisy Banta * (Maggie Walker) 11:29.25;Katharine Benfer* (Mills Godwin) 11:34.02; Erin Dalton* (Mills Godwin) 11:43.64;
4x800 Meter Relay - Cosby 9:38.04; Douglas Freeman 9:51.37; Maggie Walker 9:55.70; Atlee 9:59.08; Lee-Davis 9:59.17;
500 Meter Dash - Mary Allen (John Marshall) 1:18.27; Alexandria Moseley* (Cosby) 1:18.80; Claire Tito * (J.R. Tucker High School) 1:20.77;
55 Meter Dash - Shyra Molton (Patrick Henry (Ashland)) 7.30; Shyra Molton (Patrick Henry (Ashland)) 7.30; Breanna Taylor (John Marshall) 7.38;
High Jump - Brianna Hayes* (Matoaca High School) 5-8.25 SB; Julia Logan * (Clover Hill) 5-4 SB; Sherhae Holloway (Highland Springs) 5-4 SB;
Long Jump - Alexandria Moseley* (Cosby) 17-10.75;
Shot Put - Asia Smith (Highland Springs) 39-10.75;
Triple Jump - Janae Jones* (Clover Hill) 38-1; Lachyna Roe (Henrico) 36-11 SB;

Boys Highlights

1000 Meter Run - Matthew Novak (Deep Run) 2:39.16; Griffin Carmichael * (Atlee) 2:39.26;
3200 Meter Run - Ronnie Calkins* (Douglas Freeman) 9:44.36; Andrew Anderson * (Maggie Walker) 9:44.96; Nathaniel Hall * (Atlee) 9:46.63;
55 Meter Hurdles - Nick Simmons * (J.R. Tucker High School) 7.72;
55 Meter Dash - Jamarian Bates* (Matoaca High School) 6.57;
High Jump - Nick Simmons * (J.R. Tucker High School) 6-8 SB;
Long Jump - Jamarian Bates* (Matoaca High School) 22-5.25; Leon Pollard (Highland Springs) 22-3.5 SB;
Shot Put - Paul Cozens * (Douglas Freeman) 53-3;
Triple Jump - Christian Rogers (Manchester) 45-9; Trevaughan Compton (Thomas Dale) 45-0.5 SB;