PHOTOS: Class 6 Region B indoor track and field meet
Patriot hurdler Jasmine Coe clears her final hurdle en route to victory in the 55-meter hurdles at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Woodbridge runners practice a baton exchange in heavy gear prior to the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Runners try to get loose in near freezing temperatures prior to the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
And they are off and running in the first event of the day, the 4x800-meter relay, at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
The Patriot 4x800-meter relay team jumps into the lead and heads for home during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Though the wind was only moderate, it did play a little bit of havoc with this Patriot baton exchange during the squad's 4x800-meter relay victory at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Patriot's 4x800-meter relay members pose for a snapshot following their victory in the event in the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Woodbridge and Colgan 4x800-meter relay team members go head to head early in the race during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
In the 4x800-meter relay, Colonial Forge looks to build on its lead during action at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Potomac's Peter Djan hurdles to victory in the 55-meter event at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Hylton sprinter Amiya Johnson opens up a lead en route to victory in the 55-meter dash at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Hylton's Amiya Johnson can't help but smile for the camera following her victory in the 55-meter dash at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom's Trei Thorogood sprints to victory at 55 meters during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Even though the event was held outdoors, Covid protocols were adhered to inside the gates at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Patriot's victorious 4x200-meter relay team makes its move to the front during action at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Patriot's 4x200-meter relay was the class of the field here hitting the finish line in first at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
The Patriot 4x400-relay team members pose for a photo following their victory at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom lead-off runner stays loose before his team sprinted to victory in the 4x200 relay at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom executes a clean baton exchange en route to victory in the 4x200-meter relay event at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom continues in dominance in the sprint relay as it won going away at 4x200 in the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom's anchor leg hits the finish line with a lean during the 4x200-meter relay at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Colonial Forge distance runner Ali DiClemente surges past early pace-setter Farah McDaniel during the 1,600-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Colgan's Bryce Lentz (#2 on left) settles in early prior to capturing the 1,600-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Colgan's Bryce Lentz takes control of the pace in the 1,500-meter run and would go on to win his first of two individual events at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Near freezing temperatures could not stop the starter's work at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Massaponax standout long-sprinter Emily Catlett gets off the starting line fastest en route to her victory in the 500-meter dash at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Patriot 500-meter dash winner Jack Daly takes control of the event up the final straightaway during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
The girls 1,000-meter run starts on time at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Battlefield's Sailor Eastman coasts to victory in the 1,000-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. She would help lead her team to the team title when all was said and done.
As one of his fellow competitors said to him after the race, Colonial Forges Christian Jackson made it "look easy" en route to winning the 1,000-meter run at the Class 6B Region Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
After winning the 500, Massaponax's Emily Catlett came back to win the 300-meter dash at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom's Jaylen Barringer takes control of the 300-meter dash at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
The 3,200-meter run field didn't stay bunched for long with Battlefield's Farah McDaniel taking over the initial charge followed by Patriot's Haley Yentz then ultimately by Colonial Forge's Ali DiClemente who won the event at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Patriot's Hailey Yentz pushes the pace midway through the 3,200-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Colonial Forge's Ali DiClemente kicks home for victory in the 3,200-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Only one runner went with eventual winner Bryce Lentz of Colgan in the 3,200-meter run as Riverbend's Blake Fairbanks tracks the leader at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
With one lap to go the race is still undecided before Colgan's Bryce Lentz would pull away for victory over Riverbend's Blake Fairbanks in the 3,200-meter run at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Lentz's double victory in the distance events would help power his school to its first indoor track regional team title.
Massaponax loaded up the front end of its 4x400 relay but in the end it was Woodbridge that would take the day's penultimate race at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Massaponax executes a baton exchange during the running of the 4x400-meter relay at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Woodbridge's 4x400-meter relay jumps into the lead on the final exchange of the race during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Woodbridge's winning 4x400 relay team members pose for a photo following their victory at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom took control of the 4x400 early and never looked back en route to victory in the day's final event the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom's anchor hits the finish line first as the unit takes the day's final event at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom's victorious 4x400-meter relay poses for a memory from the the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Freedom was a double winner in the sprint relays, here the members of the 4x200 relay pose as region champs during the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
The girls champions from Battlefield celebrate with their trophy for their team title at the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Colgan boys squad collected its first regional indoor track and field team title in school history following the Region 6B Indoor Track & Field Championship held on the outdoor track at Freedom High School on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
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