Wesley Sun

  It's the Herndon girls and Robinson boys with narrow leads after day one of the Concorde District Championships held at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex on Friday, January 30.  After the conclusion of seven of the 15 events, the Herndon girls have 54 points with one of the highlights, a win in the 3,200 run by senior Hiruni Wijayaratne in 11:08.63.  The Robinson boys currently sit in first place with 56 points. The Rams posted one victory by senior Fabian Bailey in the long jump (20-5.25) and also received runnerup spots from senior Joey Esposito in the shot put (46-10.5) and junior Ryan Tarpey in the 55 dash (6.69).

Chantilly's Wes Sun has been vaulting at new heights this season with clearances of 14'6", 14'7", and personal best 14'8" at the FIT Invitational in late December to pose as potentially the #1 challenger to AAA state outdoor champion Allen Kelly of King's Fork. Sun will be vaulting this weekend at UNC. Photo by Ted Plunkett The scarcity of indoor meets in North Carolina and entry standards for the Eastern Challenge at UNC leads to a ridiculous amount of bogus and false seed times as shown by Landstown sprint star Marlena Wesh being seeded 15th in the 55 meter dash behind many inferior athletes as well as Nike Indoor All-American Curtis Campbell of Grassfield potentially not going to run in the fast section of the 500 meter dash because of false seeds ahead of him. But it should be all settled on meet day as both Wesh and Campbell should be some of the top performers from Virginia this weekend in Chapel Hill. Read more...

Westfield leads the team scoring for both boys and girls after the completion of day one events at the Concorde District Indoor Championships. Events will resume at the Prince George County's Sports & Learning Center in seven days on February 7th. The loaded race of the evening was found in the girls 1600 meter run as it took a 5:15 effort to get out of the district with a top six finish, while there was a three-way battle for first with Westfield's Kerry Hartman (pictured left by John Herzog), Chantilly's Lia DiValentin, and Herndon's Hiruni Wijayaratne all being timed at 5:06 with Hartman as the district champion. It was a nice bounce back race for Hartman, who had an unfortunate fall in the invitational mile at Virginia Tech this past week to knock her out of the race. Wijayaratne also helped the Herndon girls to a 9:40.70 win in the 4x800 meter relay, while Oakton finished in a state meet qualifying time of 9:43.47. The Oakton boys should give 4x800 state leaders Thomas Edison a challenge at the Northern Region Meet as they won easily at the district meet with a time of 8:14.01. Oakton anchor Joe Lorusso also led a top 3 sweep by Oakton in the 1600 meter run with teammates Brian Hendricks (2nd, 4:33.52) and Scott Maxfield (3rd, 4:33.86) finishing right behind district champ Lorusso at 4:31.90. Westfield boys received big points out of the throws with seniors Branden Holmberg (49'0.50") and Ty Ruhland (48'5") as the top two finishers in the boys' shot put. The Westfield girls sit in good position for a district team title as the Lady Bulldogs already have a lead without  even having to run two of the state's better middle distance runners in Tasia Potasinski and Brittay Sevachko yet, while possessing the fastest three qualifiers for the 55 meter hurdles finals led by Haley Boone at 9.01. In the pole vault, the Sun brothers of Chantilly brought home a district champion in Wesley Sun at a 12'6" clearance and district runner-up in Curtis Sun at 11'6". Concorde District Meet - Day 1 Results