Broad Run rising senior Jonathan Russell recently completed a remarkable stretch of races to wrap up his 2011 outdoor season in competing for Team USA at the World Youth Championships in France earlier in July. Under the direction of his club coach Fenton Hugg, Russell (pictured right by Victah Sailer of photorun.net) took what had already been a breakthrough spring season with two state titles at the AA State Outdoor Championships including breaking a 20 year old meet record in the 300 meter hurdles to another level in the summer months. MileStat.com caught up Russell for an interview after returning stateside from his first international meet experience in France. Read interview with Russell...
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Photo by Frank Locascio Kiara Porter was tired of finishing second. The Tabb High star was runner up in the quarter mile her sophomore and junior year, but got serious her senior season. She started training back in October and November and hasn't stopped yet. That dedication has propelled Porter to a new level, state champion.
Event by event preview for the Group AA girls at this weekend's state championships. Boys preview to come.
Performance list for the 2011 VHSL Group AA State Outdoor Track & Field Championships to be held June 3rd and 4th at Harrisonburg High School in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The Louisa County boys and Blacksburg girls were the top programs in Group AA for much of the indoor season and seem to have remained ontop of the classification this spring as favorites in the upcoming Group AA State Championships in Harrisonburg. In the latest MileStat.com team rankings based on scoring the database's event rankings this season as a meet, Louisa County boys hold a cushion on a handful of teams capable of scoring anywhere from 30 to 40 points in state competition, while two familar River Ridge rivals hold the top two rankings for girls between Blacksburg and Hidden Valley. Region III squads Robert E. Lee and E.C. Glass should also be in the mix.