Ben Constable

Photo by Ryan Kelly    At a school that has become known in recent years for the strength of its relay teams, Ben Constable has emerged as both a critical part of St. Christopher’s’ current four-man relay squads, and a formidable force in his own right in the individual mid-distance events.  The William and Mary bound senior is coming off an impressive triple this weekend at the VISAA Championships, where he posted a 2:00 split on the winning 4x800 team, a 2:34.17 PR in the 1000 good for second place, and finished off with a 51.1 effort, helping his team to second in the 4X400. 

Isaiah Simmons of Woodbridge earlier this winter competed in an All-Comers meet at the Prince George County Sports & Learning Complex and recorded a huge VA #2 all-time mark of 66'3.25" in the shot put. However, the performance was not verified with results until last week when results were posted on the Potomac Valley Track club website. Simmons further verified that performance with another big throw and this time in a sanctioned high school meet on Saturday at the St. Christopher's Invitational. The defending Group AAA state indoor and outdoor champion rocked the fieldhouse at St. Christopher's with a US #3 mark of 65'0.50".  His two big marks this indoor season put him in contention to become the greatest shot put thrower ever in Virginia High School history. Video of Simmons' 65'0.50" Shot   

  Top 10 private school boys' rankings for each event as of January 26th. Another St. Christopher's vs. Fork Union showdown is setting up for the VISAA State Championships and Prep League Championships next month. Much of the success for the St. Christopher's squad is attributed to senior Ben Constable (pictured above) and their relays. Constable is the private school leading performer right now in the 500 (1:07.73) and 1000 (2:34.70), while he is also a member of the 4x400 and 4x800 relays which also lead the private school ranks at 3:35 and 8:05 respectively along with their 4x200 (1:33.84).

  Atlee's Marques Atkinson regained his US #1 in the 500 which he lost earlier last week with another drop in time at St. Christopher's. Atkinson is knocking on the door of becoming a VA all-time top 25 performer in the event (1:04.43 cut-off) after his 1:04.83 performance in a quad meet at St. Chris this past Saturday.   Quite a historic meet for the Atlee pole vaulters and their vault coach Kyle Bishop with two of his athletes in Chris Pillow and Cameron Overstreet successfully clearing themselves as all-time greats in the event. Pillow's 16 foot clearance ties him for #3 all-time in Virginia high school state indoor history behind only Great Bridge High greats Mike Morrison and Lawrence Johnson, while Overstreet officially becomes the Virginia state indoor pole vault record holder with her personal best clearance of 12'9".   Read more...   Meet Results