Competing this past weekend at the Class 6 state track and field meet at the Virginia Beach Sports Center, five local competitors won state titles. Â
By scoring points in the majority of events and having multiple individual place finishers, the Bishop O’Connell Knights posted a strong showing at the recent Virginia State Catholic Track & Field Championships.
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Osbourn Park’s girls and Potomac’s boys won the team titles Friday at the Running Store City-County Championships at Patriot High School.
For long-distance runners Molly Weithman and Charlie Ortmans, their list of significant accomplishments during the 2021-22 school year recently increased in length with victories at the recent indoor track and field Virginia private-school state meet.
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Battlefield High School won the boys and girls Class 6 Region B indoor track titles.
For what is officially supposed to be an indoor sport, the Washington-Liberty Generals improvised quite well and won a Liberty District boys track and field championship as a result.
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Nick Mayhugh’s busy schedule kept him on the go last fall after he won three gold medals and one silver as a sprinter at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
McLean resident Georgia Thompson, 8, placed fourth in the javelin and 11th in the long jump in the 8-under girls age division at the recent AAU Junior Olympics in Houston.
An Oakton High School relay team recently placed fourth in the 4xMile boys event at the Outdoor National Championships in Eugene, Ore.
McLean High School’s Xavier Jemison capped an accomplished school year in cross country and track and field with his finest performances in his final meet.
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Osbourn Park High School’s Lena Gooden is the Gatorade Virginia Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. She is the school’s first recipient of this award in track and field.
Led by a trio of strong individual performances, the Washington-Liberty and Yorktown high-school girls track and field teams placed tied for fifth and seventh, respectively and just a point apart, at the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 outdoor state meet.
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Battlefield High School’s boys track team won the Class 6 outdoor state title Saturday in Hampton. The Bobcats totaled 54 points. Western Branch was second with 44 and Freedom-Woodbridge third with 40 points.
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As an eighth-grader living in New Mexico, Bryce Lentz developed an interest in running through a tight-knit group of friends – and realized he had a talent for it.
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Lauren Hoffman (Battlefield) will compete in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials scheduled for June 18-27 in Eugene, OR.
Led by senior Jasmeen Tinsley’s strong all-around performance, the Washington-Liberty Generals placed third in the girls 6D North Region outdoor track and field championships.
