911-Bay Shore sweeps top three, Scranton Prep wins Blue, Monks takes White @ PSU Spiked Shoe Ben Ackerly Sep 11, 2004

Bay Shore NY came to the Spiked Shoe Invitational again, and dominated behind the 1st place finish of 2002 Foot Locker finalist Laura Cummings, and Scranton Prep took the Blue Division with 69 points. Maria Monks, Hazleton, won the girls Blue race in 19:29.

Virginia Tech Cross Country Begins Season at Own Starting Line Ben Ackerly Sep 01, 2004

Virginia Tech men's and women's cross country teams begin the 2004 season at home this Saturday, Sept. 4 when they host Festival in the Fields at the Tech Cross Country Course.

Fussell runs 1:52.28 800 Ben Ackerly Jul 29, 2004

Brian Fussell, a rising senior at Hayfield High School, posted the second fastest qualifying time in his preliminaries heat of the 800 meter run in the young men\'s division with a personal best time of 1:52.28 at the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Championships. Fussell, the 2004 AAA outdoor state champion at 800 meters, improved upon his previous personal best by a full two seconds (1:54.29). The finals of the 800 meter run will be held on Saturday, July 31st.

Day 3 @ Ragged Mountain Running Camp Ben Ackerly Jul 27, 2004

Day three at the fifth annual Ragged Mountain Running Camp started off with a morning run ranging from 30 to 40 minutes as it would be the campers only run of the day. The third day at Ragged Mountain Running Camp would be a day of rest from the challenging run of Sugar Hollow the day before as well as the camp relay race to be held tomorrow afternoon.

5/13-15: Northeast PA - Two US #2\'s at Lehigh Valley, plus Jordan Relays Ben Ackerly May 18, 2004

Northeast PA - Two US #2\'s at Lehigh Valley, plus Jordan Relays: Lindsay Regan and Frances Koons vault and race to US #2 marks; Allentown Central Catholic should challenge at States in the 4x800; leaping Jon Carelli, a Parkland soph, takes three at Lehigh Valley. More...

Virginia Tech Track and Field Signs Fanning Ben Ackerly May 11, 2004

Virginia Tech director of track and field and cross country Dave Cianelli has announced the signing of Western Albermarle High School\'s Jessica Fanning to a national letter of intent today, May 11. The latest addition to this year\'s recruiting class will come to Tech as one of the top middle distance talents in the state.

Toni Aluko signs with Maryland Ben Ackerly Apr 10, 2004

Paint Branch Senior Toni Aluko has committed and signed with the University of Maryland. Toni has received WASHINGTON POST ALL MET honors multiple times and has captured State indoor/outdoor titles in HJ and TJ. She is a Nike All American as well. She chose Maryland after closely considering Stanford, Florida, Howard, and Ohio State. Toni will attempt a triple crown this outdoor season (HJ,LJ,TJ)

FACA Girls Rankings #2 Ben Ackerly Sep 17, 2003

Carpenter and Traynham are a class above this Single A field Ben Ackerly Sep 25, 2002

Anna Carpenter of Giles (19:06) and Ben Traynham of Floyd County (16:46) were the superior runners at the Maroon Tide Invitational with convincing wins of a Single A class majority field. Carpenter set a new course record, but her efforts were not

Moffatt and Meekins correct their course Ben Ackerly May 31, 2002

Things hadn't been going so well for Keith Moffatt and Bonnie Meekins as they neared the end of their final prep track seasons. Yesterday at Sports Backers Stadium, things changed. Moffatt cleared a state-meet record 7 feet, 3 inches in the high jump, and

Dale\'s Tatu targets Wolak, Piersol in difficult double Ben Ackerly May 24, 2002

Alex Tatu, it seems, prefers challenges to championships. The Thomas Dale junior, one of the top prep milers in the country and the state champion indoors at 1,600 meters, has decided to skip his specialty in the Central Region outdoor meet today and tom

Lancers sprint to district sweep Ben Ackerly May 15, 2002

Jermaine Gilliam saved his best for last, and Briana Smith won four individual events as Manchester swept the team titles Wednesday in the Dominion District outdoor track meet at Clover Hill High School.

Keino, Fork Union roll on Ben Ackerly May 11, 2002

Kippy Keino ran unchallenged, and Stewart Ackerly took some challengers down as Fork Union rolled to a fourth consecutive Prep League outdoor track title yesterday at Woodberry Forest.

Boulden, Cadets strong-arm league rivals Ben Ackerly May 11, 2002

Billy Boulden won both weight events, and J.R. Benton won the triple jump and ran a leg on the winning sprint relay as a well-balanced Benedictine track team captured the State Catholic outdoor championships by more than 90 points Saturday.

Friday night at the races Ben Ackerly May 09, 2002

Thirty-four events. Twenty-four current state leaders. Seven national champions indoors. Finals only, under the lights.

Keino and Doswell lead squads to titles Ben Ackerly Feb 23, 2002

Millrose Games miler Kippy Keino went three-for-three to lead host Fork Union to the Prep League indoor track title Saturday at the Estes Athletic Center. In the League of Independent Schools meet, young multi-event talent Katie Doswell was the difference

Saints on the March Ben Ackerly Feb 22, 2002

St. Catherine's girls look to count on distance squad once again in hopes of earning their fourth straight League of Independent Schools title.

Mile High: All Eyes on Boys 1600 Ben Ackerly Feb 22, 2002

As competition begins Friday afternoon in the Central Region Indoor Track & Field Championships, most of the big guns in the region will be aiming for the 25 event finals scheduled for Saturday at the Arthur Ashe Center. And in a two-day competition that

Robinson, Cross lead Raiders romp Ben Ackerly Feb 16, 2002

Not since 1995 has a team other than Atlee won a boys or girls Capital District indoor track team title. And despite the performance of a small group of Armstrong girls, the pattern of Raiders dominance wasn

Piersol gets records the long way as Maggie Walker sweeps team titles Ben Ackerly Feb 16, 2002

In a meet loaded with fast distance runners, John Piersol, Matt Wolak and Julia Siegel put on a show. All three set meet records - Piersol got two - but in Saturday

Tatu, Boone pace dominant Knights Ben Ackerly Feb 14, 2002

Meet officials experimented briefly with a novel method for scoring the Central District indoor track championships Thursday at the Ashe Center, listing the boys and girls point tallies combined. Though the error was soon corrected, co-ed scoring would h

Manchester, James River girls fit to be tied, while Midlothian boys go the distance Ben Ackerly Feb 13, 2002

Six straight district championships and a 50-point lead toward No. 7 should have ended the drama Wednesday at the Arthur Ashe Center. Only someone forgot to tell the girls from James River. The Midlothian boys, similarly deep in the longer races, had muc