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In between,
Washington almost pulled off a rare triple, losing out to Booker in
the 400 by a scant 0.04 seconds (51.82-51.86). All of this coming
after day one’s third-place finishes in both horizontal jumps. In
each case Meyer got the better of Washington as he won the long jump
(22-7.25) and took second in the triple. Sherando’s Terry Johnson,
just back from injury, flip-flopped jump finishes with Meyer (44-2.5
triple win) to keep Washington from scoring even more points.
But the
Judges were more than just the 1-2 punch of Washington and Booker.
Alex Ball added the discus title (156-1) and shot put second, taking
the former by just two inches in a thriller. And Erin McWhorter
finished second in both the 800 and 1,600 and scorched the anchor
leg of the 4x8 to another second place finish.
Sherando
appeared to maximize it’s point total with Ryan Witt winning both
the 800 (1:59.16) and the 1,600 (4:27.87), using his sterling kick
to take both. The Warriors also took the 4x1 (45.44) and the 4x4
(3:37.59).
James Wood
also had a double winner as JT Painter took both hurdle events with
ease. He clocked 15.08 to win the 110 highs and 41.11 to win the 300
intermediates.
Multiple wins
were the order of the day on the girls’ side. But while Pollack ran
to wire-to-wire to take all three longer races, Brentsville tallied
38 points in those events alone. Pollack claimed the 3,200 on the
first day (11:08.97) then came back to win the 1,600 (5:12.59) and
the 800 (2:19.75). The latter lowered her own school record from
2:21.2 (she already owns the other two records as well).
But Smith’s
wins and records stood out the most. She blasted the 100 hurdles in
14.67 to win by almost a full second. The old meet record of 14.94
from 1994 also happened to be the school record.
Even more
impressive was Smith’s lowering of the 300 lows. Her 43.52 put both
the meet record (44.32) and her own school record (44.27) into a
whole new stratosphere. She won that event by almost three full
seconds.
Yet she still
wasn’t done. Smith pushed Watson right to the wire in the flat 200,
losing by just 0.06 seconds (25.63-25.69) just two events after her
300 win. On day one the same pair traded jabs in the jumps with
Watson getting the better of Smith in the long and Smith coming out
on top in the triple. Watson’s 16-6 long jump effort was just two
inches better than Smith but in the triple Smith topped Watson by
one and a half inches (35-10.5 to 35-9). Watson’s triple added
almost a foot to her own school record.
Watson just
missed lowering her own school record in the 400 when she took that
event in 58.91.
Liberty’s
Carly Morse was a two event winner, taking both throwing events with
ease. Her 39-3.5 put was the shot winner while her 130-3 toss of the
platter scared the discus record just a bit.
Brentsville’s
only wins came in the relays in which it took the 4x4 (4:09.28) and
the 4x8 (9:57.06) Danyelle Kent-Robinson also added a high jump win
(5-2).
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