Glory Days Grill Invitational Recap
Oct 11, 2003
Hayfield junior Melissa Dewey and the Herndon girls team raced to overwhelming victories while Westfield senior David Groff and the Oakton boys team produced narrow wins at the 11th Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational held at Bull Run Regional Park on Saturday, October 11.
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Oct 07, 2003
Welcome to all competitors, coaches, parents and all other followers of cross country to the 10th Anniversary edition of the Glory Days Grill XC Invitational. After a one year hiatus as a result of the unfortunate sniper situation of last fall, the Glory Days Grill cross country meet is back in the saddle again and looks this year to have the promise of being the largest and best ever.
Eastern Region domination continues
May 31, 2003
The Eastern Region once again dominated the state AAA outdoor track and field championships as they swept the team titles with Deep Creek repeating as the boys team winner and perennial power Bethel taking the girls crown this past weekend at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond.
AAA State Meet Preview
May 29, 2003
The boys team title race appears wide open while Eastern Region champion Menchville appears to be the girls team favorite for the AAA state championship outdoor meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond this Friday and Saturday.
Northern Region Meet Preview
May 22, 2003
The Northern Region Track and Field Championships are scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start today at Lake Braddock and hopefully will be able to follow the regular scenario of being a two day meet which concludes tomorrow, as long as the persistent weather pattern currently pestering the area does not rain too much on the parade of events.
NoVA District Previews by Pearl Watts
May 14, 2003
The invitationals are over; let the district championships begin. The Northern Region's four districts will all compete this Wednesday and Thursday with the top six performers in individual events and top three teams in relay events on both the boys and girls sides automatically qualifying for the Northern Region Championships to be held at Lake Braddock High School on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23.
Deep Creek squeakes by without relay-ance, Menchville only needs point scoring machine Lewis to secu
Mar 01, 2003
Form does not always hold true in track and field but certainly did this past Saturday as the Eastern Region put forth a dominating performance at the AAA championships at the GMU Fieldhouse. In a couple of early season meets in December, the CNU Showcase in Newport News and the Metro Run and Walk Invitational in Prince George's MD, teams from the Tidewater area sent an early season message with particularly strong showings.
F.I.T. Relays Preview
Dec 18, 2002
Even though there has been a venue change and a date change in the schedule, the winter holiday season can now once again be considered complete with another installment of the Friends of Indoor Track (F.I.T.) Relays. This year\'s edition, which has been moved from its George Mason University site of the past seven years due to a scheduling conflict, has still found an excellent home at the Prince George\'s County Sports and Learning Complex with its superb field event facilities and mighty fine 200 meter track.
Northern Region Meet Preview
Nov 06, 2002
The Northern Region Championships will be held this Thursday at Burke Lake Park on their 2.98 mile course with the boys race to begin at 3:30 p.m. and the girls race to follow at 4:15 p.m. The top four teams and top fifteen individuals in both races will automatically qualify for the AAA state championships at the Great Meadow course in The Plains on Saturday, November 16. While the air seems to be cleared as to the Thomas Jefferson boys squad being installed as the overwhelming favorite in their race, everything certainly seems to be up in the air.
Glory Days Grill Invitational Preview
Oct 10, 2002
As the summerlike weather seems to be finally slipping away, the second weekend in October once again brings together most of the top area teams to the Eleventh Annual Glory Days Grill Invitational. With the setting once again the extremely specta
The Best is from the East
Jun 01, 2002
The Deep Creek boys and Western Branch girls teams from the Eastern Region both successfully overcame obstacles to capture the team titles at the AAA state championships held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond this past Friday and Saturday.
The night the stars came out
May 10, 2002
In its first three years of existence, the Southern Track Classic had quickly turned into one the most outstanding elite meets in the mid-Atlantic region. The fourth edition of the STC held on Friday night at Dinwiddie (VA) High School further enhanced
Gar-Field boys and girls put forth solid performances at Allen Johnson
Apr 20, 2002
Gar-Field put together almost equally solid performances on both the boys and girls side to capture the team championship at the Fifth Annual Allen Johnson Invitational held at Lake Braddock this past Saturday.
Scuderi will be a unique meet with great competition
Apr 12, 2002
The second largest field ever, with 29 schools entered, will be in attendance at the Twelfth Annual Mike Scudieri Team Challenge to be held at West Potomac this Saturday.
Smith, Huntzinger, Shuler, amd Meekings highlight the meet
Apr 06, 2002
Richard Smith of South Lakes, Robinson's Steve Huntzinger, Fatima Shuler of Wakefield and Oakton's Bonnie Meekins were the recipients of the outstanding performer awards to highlight the Third Annual Seahawk Invitational held at South Lakes High School th
Seahawk promises to be biggest and best ever
Apr 04, 2002
The Third Annual Seahawk Invitational to be held at South Lakes High School this Saturday promises to be the biggest and best ever with over 1,200 athletes representing more than 30 schools scheduled to participate.
Northern Region to kick off season at Legard
Mar 21, 2002
With spring break earlier than usual this year, the only logical spot on the schedule for the Legard Relays to be held is this weekend. With meet director Craig Davis moving the meet up to its earliest date ever, the rest of the outdoor season will fortun
Deep Creek boys heavily favored, while Salem, Bethel, and Oakton girls to fight it out
Feb 28, 2002
This year's AAA state meet looks to once again showcase Virginia as one the premeir states in the nation with the usual array of top individual talent on hand and exciting battles for the team titles also expected.
Lockhart and Carlstrom prove why they are the best in VA
Oct 13, 2001
The Northern Region prevailed on the girls side with Robinson claiming the team title and Oakton\'s Keira Carlstrom the individual winner while Good Counsel (MD) took the boys team title and Handley\'s Bobby Lockhart set a new meet record to highlight the
Swain and Landry lead the way for teams
Sep 22, 2001
The Lake Braddock girls, led by Kelly Swain\'s individual victory and the Jefferson boys who were paced by Christo Landry\'s second place finish, took the team titles at the Wolverine Chase held at the Belvedere Plantation in Fredericksburg this past Satu
3:55 looks to be in realm of possibility for Webb
May 17, 2001
The semmingly impregnable high school mile record by Jim Ryun of 3:55.3 set in 1965 looks to be in the realm of possibility, if not probablility, after the performance on Thursday night by Alan Webb of South Lakes.
Webb sets national record in 1000!<BR>Lake Braddock takes home 2 state titles!
Mar 03, 2001
Lake Braddock became only the second team to ever win both the girls and boys indoor titles at the same meet and Alan Webb of South Lakes set a national high school record in the 1,000 meter run to highlight the AAA state indoor championships.
Preview: Wide open battles expected
Mar 02, 2001
The AAA state championships begin today and continue through tomorrow at the GMU Fieldhouse with wide open battles expected on both the boys and girls sides for the team titles.