Virginia - Concorde District

by Pearl Watts

The seemingly impregnable high school mile record by Jim Ryun of 3:55.3 set
in 1965 looks to be in the realm of possibility, if not probablility, after
the performance on Thursday night by Alan Webb of South Lakes.

The Webbmaster, scheduled to run in the Prefontaine Classic featured mile
run in Eugene, Oregon on May 27, turned in what looks to be the most
masterful performance of his high school career after winning three district
titles in the space of one hour and twenty minutes at the Concorde District
Championships held at Thomas Jefferson High School.

1600 meters

Running in virtually calm conditions with temperatures hovering in the
comfortable mid-60's range, Webb won his first race of the evening, the 1,600
run, in an impressive time of 4:06.74. Even more impressive was the fashion
in which it was accomplished.

The lead pack of junior Richard Smith of South Lakes, senior Matt Maline of
Oakton, junior Phil Gaeta of Oakton and smooth striding sophomore Rasheed
Thompson from Herndon went through the first 800 meters in 2:06-2:07 with
Webb trailing the pack by 50 meters.

Webb hit the 800 mark in 2:14, looked down at his watch; clicked it and
then took off. Webb caught the pack within 300 meters and then left the pack
behind, running 55 seconds on his third lap and 57 on his final lap for an
eye popping negative split of 2:14-1:52. Smith of South Lakes,
the 1,200 leadoff leg at the Penn Relays for the
Seahawks and sub 1:53 third leg carry at Penn for the winning 4x800 team, ran
a personal best of 4:14.91 for second. Gaeta chopped nine seconds off his
personal best with his third place time of 4:17.41 with Maline, a member of
the U.S. Junior National Cross Country Team running 4:17.75 for fourth.
Thompson of Herndon subtracted thirteen seconds off his previous personal
best as he ran 4:17.79 for fifth as five runners ducked below 4:18 from a
district containing seven schools.

400 meters

Webb then came back 45 minutes later and overtook his South Lakes teammate
Richard Smith on the homestretch in the 400 dash to win in a fairly
comfortable 49.29 with Smith also impressive in second at 49.49.

800 meters

Thirty five minutes after the 400, Webb lined up for the 800 run and turned
in his fastest open two lapper ever as he led through the first 400 in 55
seconds and then went sub 55 on the second lap to win in 1:49.53. Smith
completed an outstanding triple of his own after grabbing second place in
1:55.21 with Gaeta of Oakton third in 1:56.24.

Maline of Oakton capped a nice double with his win in the 3,200 run at
9:25.50 and Gaeta split 49.2 in his third race of the evening as the anchor
of Oakton's 4x400 relay.

The Plan

South Lakes coach Scott Raczko said, "the plan in the 1,600 was to go 2:12
for the first 800 and 2:00 on the second 800, but Alan exceeded the
expectations on that. In the 800, the original plan was to just win in about
1:55 but after Alan had looked so comfortable in the first two races it was
decided to go for it in the 800. Webb will have a light workout on Monday and
then should be ready for the Pre Classic with a lot of confidence."

Webb said, "I'm really happy about the 800. I had never broken 1:50 in an
open race and that had been one of my goals this season."

In other top performances in district action from Virginia's Northern
Region, junior Keira Carlstrom of Oakton roared past Kelley Otstott of
Jefferson with 250 meters to go and her final lap of 68 seconds helped to
produce a winning time of 4:51.94 with Otstott second in 4:59.75. Carlstrom
then came back later in the evening to easily take the 3,200 run by over
twenty seconds in 11:17.25 while Otsott cruised to a win in the 800 run in
2:13.34.

In Patriot District action, 2001 AAA state indoor girls champion Lake
Braddock had junior Alexandra Van Heuven win the long jump (18-4.5), triple
jump (37-10.25), 100 hurdles (15.22) and 300 hurdles (45.72) in addition to
anchoring the winning 4x100 relay for Lake Braddock (49.21) as they won the
district team title by almost 100 points.

Robinson sophomore Joanna Rodgers, the younger sister of former North
Carolina State miler Brendan Rodgers, won the 1,600 run (5:05.93) and 3,200
run (11:19.10). Hayfield's Ron Richards set a district meet record in the
boys 400 dash (48.12); took the 200 dash title in 22.02 after running 21.91
in the trials and split 48.2 on the 4x400 relay.

L.A. Snead of Robinson posted a 4:22-9:32 double to take the 1,600 and
3,200 crowns and ever improving Lake Braddock sophomore Craig Gallimore won
the 110 hurdles in 14.45 and the 300 hurdles at 38.69.

Detailed Results

CONCORDE DISTRICT

Boys Team Scores: 1. Oakton 132; 2. South Lakes 116.5; 3. Herndon 88; 4.
Jefferson 78.5; 5. Centreville (CN) 55; 6. Westfield 30; 7. Chantilly (CH) 25

Boys Results: Field Events
LONG JUMP: 1. Teddy Presley (O) 21 feet, 0 inches; 2. Quentin Asche (O)
20-11.25; 3. Kenny Surkin (J) 19-11.5; 4. David Sullivan (CN) 19-9; 5. Chris
Royal (SL) 19-5; 6. Jeff Shepley (O) 19-3.75
TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Teddy Presley (O) 43-9; 2. Kenny Surkin (J) 42-3.5; 3.
Stephen Richards (H) 42-3.25; 4. Chris Sasher (H) 39-8; 5. Jon Diamond (J)
39-5.75; 6. Kanda Karmo (SL) 39-5.5
HIGH JUMP: 1. Teddy Presley (O) 6-4; 2. Neville Jiang (O) 6-0; 3. [tie]
David Sullivan (CN) 5-10 and Louis Corum (W) 5-10; 5. Brandon Zimmer (J)
5-10; 6. Jeff Shepley (O) 5-8
SHOT PUT: 1. Pat Fitzgerald (O) 45-10.5; 2. Greg Corack (H) 44-3.5; 3.
Jordan Sampson (CH) 44-1.5; 4. Chris Sasher (H) 43-9; 5. Abdul Jabbie (CN)
42-4.5; 6. Dan Bagley (J) 40-0
DISCUS THROW: 1. Jordan Sampson (CH) 143-11; 2. Chris Sasher (H) 142-2; 3.
Joe Loughnane (H) 137-0; 4. Dan Bagley (J) 134-0; 5. Danny Branch (H) 119-8;
6. Mike Krappweis (O) 117-9
POLE VAULT: 1. Jeff Fissel (O) 11-6; 2. John Gross (SL) 11-0; 3. David
Lewis (W) 11-0; 4. Ryan Andrews (J) 10-6; 5. Nick Dahman (J) 10-6; 6. James
Weber (SL) 10-0

Running Events
3,200 METER RELAY: 1. South Lakes (8 minutes, 11.48 seconds); 2. Jefferson
(8:14.66); 3. Herndon (8:16.19); 4. Oaktn (8:18.84); 5. Westfield (8:32.51);
6. Centreville (8:51.59)
110M HURDLES: 1. Dhivy Jayaseelan (J) 15.42; 2. David Sullivan (CN) 15.54;
3. Teddy Presley (O) 15.87; 4. Jeff Shepley (O) 16.01; 5. Matt Greenspan (SL)
16.50; 6. Phillip Tondereau (W) 16.98
100 DASH: 1. Daniel Bailey (CN) 11.41; 2. John Schenck (W) 11.49; 3. Odie
Fajobi (H) 11.60; 4. Chris Royal (SL) 11.61; 5. Garrett Pugh (CN) 11.64; 6.
Justin Hernandez (O) 11.73
1,600 RUN: 1. Alan Webb (SL) 4:06.74 [new meet record]; 2. Richard Smith
(SL) 4:14.91; 3. Phil Gaeta (O) 4:17.41; 4. Matt Maline (O) 4:17.75; 5.
Rasheed Thompson (H) 4:17.79; 6. Colin Chapman (CH) 4:28.34
400 RELAY: 1. Herndon (44.18); 2. Centreville (44.41); 3. Jefferson
(45.08); 4. Oakton (45.09); 5. South Lakes (45.72); 6. none [DQ]
400 DASH: 1. Alan Webb (SL) 49.29; 2. Richard Smith (SL) 49.49; 3. Gavin
Pfeiffer (H) 50.92; 4. Kanda Karmo (SL) 51.37; 5. Al Alikhani (O) 52.35; 6.
Daniel Bailey (CN) 54.14
300 HURDLES: 1. Dhivy Jayaseelan (J) 39.96; 2. Matt Greenspan (SL) 40.87;
3. Alvin Tondereau (W) 40.92; 4. Teddy Presley (O) 41.19; 5. Jeff Shepley (O)
43.03; 6. Phillip Tondereau (W) 44.53
800 RUN: 1. Alan Webb (SL) 1:49.53 [m.r.]; 2. Richard Smith (SL) 1:55.21;
3. Phil Gaeta (O) 1:56.24; 4. B.T. Mott (J) 1:59.00; 5. Michael Heiner (CN)
1:59.13; 6. Yonathan Kebede (SL) 2:00.00
200 DASH: 1. Daniel Bailey (CN) 22.96; 2. Chris Royal (SL) 23.05; 3.
Stephen Richards (H) 23.25; 4. Odie Fajobi (H) 23.29; 5. Justin Hernandez (O)
24.05; 6. none [DNF]
3,200 RUN: 1. Matt Maline (O) 9:25.50; 2. Ethan Coffey (CH) 9:44.68; 3.
Keith Bechtol (J) 9:47.50; 4. Rasheed Thompson (H) 9:49.77; 5. Jake Rod (SL)
9:51.07; 6. Joe Bylund (J) 9:54.67
1,600 RELAY: 1. South Lakes (3:25.85); 2. Oakton (3:27.04); 3. Herndon
(3:27.65); 4. Jefferson (3:28.13); 5. Centreville (3:30.43); 6. Westfield
(3:37.44)

Girls Team Scores: 1. Oakton 170.5; 2. Jefferson 112; 3. South Lakes 109; 4.
[tie] Centreville (CN) 42 and Herndon 42; 6. Westfield 31; 7. Chantilly (CH)
19.5

Girls Results: Field Events
LONG JUMP: 1. Adrienne Mayo (SL) 16 feet, 8.25 inches; 2. Bonnie Meekins
(O) 16-8; 3. Kathleen Woody (O) 16-5.5; 4. Jenee Moore (O) 16-2; 5. Krystle
Moss (J) 15-7.75; 6. Wunmi Fajobi (H) 15-7.5
TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Kathleen Woody (O) 36-6.5; 2. Krystle Moss (J) 35-7; 3.
Adrienne Mayo (SL) 35-2.5; 4. Bonnie Meekins (O) 33-11.5; 5. Aparna Hirve (J)
33-9; 6. Pam Simmonds (SL) 33-5.5
HIGH JUMP: 1. Krystle Moss (J) 5-6; 2. Bonnie Meekins (O) 5-4; 3. Molly
Mahar (J) 5-0; 4. [tie] Latasha Ewell (SL) 4-10 and Sarah Woody (O) 4-10; 6.
Husna Mirza (O) 4-10
SHOT PUT: 1. Rasha Bitar (W) 34-10.25; 2. Latasha Ewell (SL) 34-7.25; 3.
Carrie Johnson (H) 34-5; 4. Dietra Jefferson (H) 34-3.75; 5. Chazzy Morris
(H) 34-0; 6. Mo Lubow (O) 33-8.25
DISCUS THROW: 1. Lindsay Pearson (O) 111-3; 2. Chazzy Morris (H) 110-11; 3.
Mo Lubow (O) 106-7; 4. Christina Coho (SL) 97-3; 5. Myckiela Cooper (J) 87-4;
6. Kristen Schmidt (H) 87-3
POLE VAULT: 1. Kathryn Pettine (W) 10-6; 2. Alicia LaRoche (CN) 10-6; 3.
Kerri Claussen (CN) 9-0; 4. Andrea Lopez (J) 9-0; 5. [tie] Katrina Salmons
(CH) 8-6 and Husna Mirza (O) 8-6

Running Events
3,200 METER RELAY: 1. South Lakes (9 minutes, 43.33 seconds); 2. Herndon
(9:50.47); 3. Oakton (9:51.97); 4. Jefferson (10:05.48); 5. Centreville
(10:27.57); 6. Chantilly (11:12.82)
100M HURDLES: 1. Pam Simmonds (SL) 15.57; 2. Krystle Moss (J) 15.81; 3.
Bonnie Meekins (O) 15.84; 4. Natalie Gwilliam (J) 16.62; 5. Sarah Woody (O)
16.99; 6. Sarah Lewis (CN) 17.14
100 DASH: 1. Jenee Moore (O) 12.65; 2. Stephanie Nickens (SL) 12.76; 3.
Kathleen Woody (O) 12.94; 4. Eyang Nyambi (O) 13.08; 5. Carmen Meade (W)
13.24; 6. Kristin Hassell (SL) 13.31
1,600 RUN: 1. Keira Carlstrom (O) 4:51.94 [m.r.]; 2. Kelley Otstott (J)
4:59.75; 3. Dacia Barr (CN) 5:15.55; 4. Tracy Williams (CH) 5:18.52; 5. Sarah
Look (H) 5:24.27; 6. Jennifer Dolson (J) 5:27.82
400 RELAY: 1. Oakton (48.99); 2. South Lakes (51.06); 3. Jefferson (51.25);
4. Centreville (52.53); 5. Herndon (53.05); 6. Westfield (53.89)
400 DASH: 1. Sarah Kirtland (O) 58.03; 2. Stephanie Nickens (SL) 59.13; 3.
Tara Markey (SL) 59.41; 4. Amanda Kennedy (SL) 59.87; 5. Emily Johnbull (O)
1:00.27; 6. Elizabeth Barrett (CH) 1:02.67
300 HURDLES: 1. Sarah Lewis (CN) 46.27; 2. Rebecca Weber (J) 47.25; 3.
Julie Dvorak (W) 47.85; 4. Bonnie Meekins (O) 48.18; 5. Ebony Jackson (SL)
49.25; 6. none [DNF}
800 RUN: 1. Kelley Otstott (J) 2:13.34 [m.r.]; 2. Lucy Terrell (J) 2:20.98;
3. Heather Fisher (H) 2:22.38; 4. Kelli Grim (SL) 2:24.22; 5. Andrea Lopez
(J) 2:25.56; 6. Elizabeth Dunning (CN) 2:27.17
200 DASH: 1. Sarah Kirtland (O) 25.95; 2. Jenee Moore (O) 25.99; 3.
Stephanie Nickens (SL) 26.16; 4. Kathleen Woody (O) 26.48; 5. Kristin Hassell
(SL) 26.63; 6. Carmen Meade (W) 26.74
3,200 RUN: 1. Keira Carlstrom (O) 11:17.25; 2. Tracy Williams (CH)
11:37.98; 3. Sarah Levine (J) 11:40.57; 4. Dacia Barr (CN) 11:44.59; 5.
Hilary Goss (J) 11:55.65; 6. Ally Weiss (J) 11:57.10
1,600 RELAY: 1. Jefferson (4:01.27); 2. South Lakes (4:01.76); 3. Oakton
(4:06.80); 4. Chantilly (4:10.86); 5. Herndon (4:12.49); 6. Westfield
(4:12.81)

Notes: Meet held Wednesday and Thursday at Jefferson. All running times
F.A.T. Scoring for all events through six places on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 basis.

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