Check out on the following pages all of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd All-State athletes. These athletes were awarded these positions based on (in this order) State rank & performance, national meet performance, major meet performance, and consistency.
The quartet of Gartasia Crawley (53), William Spencer (48), Alicia Thorpe (54), and Keyonte Midgett (48) won the mixed 4x4 relay.
The Warriors of Nansemond River held on Saturday to make it a sweep of titles for defending champions.
Watch Highland Spring's William Spencer do some serious damage down in Myrtle Beach.
Here are the first team, second team, and third team all-state athletes. Each athlete or team can only appear once on these lists and they are ranked based on their best overall event. Performances from states, nationals, and large meets are weighed heavily alongside consistency and rankings.
Here are the first team, second team, and third team all-state athletes. Each athlete or team can only appear once on these lists and they are ranked based on their best overall event. Performances from states, nationals, and large meets are weighed heavily alongside consistency and rankings.
Making the state meet is a big deal. For some teams and athletes though it is expected and routine. Here are the teams who are rolling deep at the state meet this week.
Outside of her performance there were some big marks by Virginians in high school college, and professional ranks. Check out how each and everyone did on the following pages.
The athletes from Virginia made a huge statement up in NYC with their very strong performances and nation leading performances.
Check out the second and third teams right here.
Instead of calling it quits, the Springers got back on the track and sprang back for the New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
In day two's action Team VA tallied up another four national titles, 18 All-American finishes, and a national record in the girls shuttle hurdles relay
Team Virginia had quite the showing in day one of the 2018 National Championships. That included two national champions and five All-American finishes.
Though Virginia will have chances here and there for national titles, the biggest chance we have is in the relays.
The hurdles historically have been some of Virginia's best events at nationals. We might not have the national record holder every year but we certainly have quite a few All-Americans.
Winning here cements your name in history and that state title is something you never forget.
Highland Springs junior William Spencer left little doubt in his regional 300mH. Not only did he win his first 300H title but he also set a new Virginia #1 in the event with his #14 all-time performance of 36.85.
Meet all the athletes and relays being honored for their performances during the 2018 indoor season.
Team Virginia made the most of Friday's action up at New Balance Nationals but for the most part it was not enough and many individuals and teams are looking for redemption the final two days.
Your mega preview for the 5A and 6A State Championships this weekend.
Highland Springs kicked in the final 200m for the win in the mixed 4x400 relay
It is truly never too early to begin to examine rankings. MileStat took that addage to heart and is previewing what we found is the likely outcome for next year's Outdoor season. Previewed here is both the Boys and Girls Group 5A.
Virtual meet rankings for Group 5A schools as of January 5th scoring the top 8 individuals and relays in each event based on performances in the MileSplit database as a hypothetical state meet at this point of the season.
After the last gun has gone off and the smoke has slowly cleared the state meet was officially over. Though it is now over and all the fans have left Todd Stadium, what happened there has not changed. Here is the complete recap of this past weekend's action that took place at Todd Stadium in Newport News.
Complete preview of the top relays in the state at all six classifications for both boys and girls.
Preview of the VA boys competing in Friday-Sunday's competition at the Armory in New York as part of New Balance Indoor Nationals.
With the state meet now behind us it is time to not only look forward towards the outdoor season but also the 2014-15 indoor season. Here are some of the top returning athletes in the state and predictions for who will take home the team titles next year.
Want to score the performance list and see what teams are in best position to compete for the state indoor team titles and top 3 finishes at the Group 6A and Group 5A State Indoor Championships? Sean Leyh of MileStat.com has already done that as he tallies up the state meet entries to project the top 10 or 12 teams heading into each state championship meet at Boo Williams this weekend.
The Mesa Mountain View boys cruised to an easy wiin placing runners at 1st, 2nd, 3th, 5th and 10th place for 21 points.
Three teams appear to have serious chances at becoming the boys' state team champions between Northwest Region champions and this past indoor's state champions from Forest Park as well as the Eastern Region and Southeastern District's best squads in Western Branch and Grassfield.
The Atlee boys ran a state leading time of 7:54.60 in the 4x800 meter relay at the Douglas Freeman Polar Bear Meet on Tuesday, January 29th.
Speedy sophomore sprint star Marcus Taylor of Highland Springs was able to runaway from a finals field in the 55 meter dash at Friday's Southeastern Invitational which included many of the state's fastest so far this season in Kecoughtan freshmen Jacion Fugate (6.54) and Grassfield junior Isaiah Harper with the nation's fastest time in a 6.43 clocking.
I.C. Norcom senior Romero Hines had a big weekend as he garnered three first place showings at the Gloucester Pre-Holiday Invite including a personal best leap of 45'2.50" in the triple jump and state leading performance of 35.79 in the 300 meter dash. Hines also had the best mark in the long jump at 21 feet even.
Central Region virtual meet pre-season preview for the upcoming 2012-2013 indoor track & field season. Virtual meet pre-season preview includes the top 8 returning individual performers from the 2011-2012 indoor season performances (relays are not included). Megan Moye may have graduated and moved onto NC State, but don't expect the Cosby girls to fade away as the prominent team in the Central Region. Alexandria Moseley figures to assume the star role and biggest individual point contributor for the Cosby girls as the Central Region's top returnee in the 55 (7.39), 500 (1:16.31) and 300 (40.93) meter dashes as well as ranked second best in the long jump (18'2.50").
Virtual meet for the Capital District Indoor T&F Championships based on performances currently in the MileStat.com database as of February 2nd.
The Green Dragon Relays, rescheduled for Tuesday at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond featured several of the state's top athletes in the field events including new state leader and US #2 performer Stephanie Oleson of Henrico with her 11'6" clearance. Also competing in the meet were Highland Springs two field event stars in girls high jumper Sherhae Holloway and boys shot put thrower Sulaiman Fareed as both state leaders won their respective events without much competition.
Video interview by Brandon Miles with Friday night's breakthrough star at the Southern Track Classic in Highland Springs senior Adams Abdulrazaaq. The AAA indoor state champion in the 55 meter hurdles had one of the best meets out of any of the athletes at STC in winning both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles races in meet record times of 14.04 and 37.79 respectively, which are easily state best times in both events.
Highland Springs senior Rashaad Cannon and Deep Creek senior Ashley Gatling have been selected as MileStat.com Athletes of the Week ending in Saturday, April 14th. Both Cannon and Gatling were close national runners-up at Nike Indoor Nationals this past March and appear to be hungry this spring for their last opportunities for national championship glory as at the Taco Bell Classic, Cannon turned in his first 24 foot performance in the long jump with a US #6 mark of 24'0.50", while Gatling cleared 5'10" for the first time since her freshmen year to move her to a US #1 ranking in the high jump.
Video interview by Brandon Miles with Highland Springs senior Rashaad Cannon at the 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals. Cannon finished as a national runner-up in the long jump as he led the competition until the final jumps with a personal best mark of 23'9". (Photo by John Herzog)
Mills Godwin senior Anne Marie Gordon likes drama apparently. Not only is she in theatre at school, but seems to like to wait till the final attempt when clearing personal best heights in the pole vault. At last March\'s National Scholastic Indoor Championships, Gordon cleared 11\'7.25\" on her third attempt at the height. On Saturday at the Keydet Invitational, Gordon cleared a best height of 11\'9\" in similar dramatic fashion on her final attempt at the height.
As one of the state's longest running high school indoor invitationals moved into another decade, two local female athletes really excelled at a familar venue for both of them in Orange County's Ashontae Jackson and Louisa County's Javanique Burruss with double wins in their specialty of events.