SLHS Break Records At Liberty Track & Field Conference

From SLHS: Senior Devyn Jones and junior Olivia Beckner highlighted record-break performance for the South Lakes High School indoor track and field team at Day 1 of the VHSL 6A Conference 6 Championship Thursday, January 19 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD.

Jones won the 55 meter hurdles in 8.62, breaking the Liberty Conference record of 8.65 set by SLHS alumn Aya Adbelhalim in 2012. Senior Abby Wickman, who is doing the hurdles for the first time this year, finished fifth (9.86). The hurdles capped a busy evening for Jones, who finished second in the long jump (16-06.50) and sixth in the high jump (4-06.00). The top six finishers in each event advance to the VHSL Northern Region 6A meet next month.Beckner captured two records in the winning the 3,200. Her time of 10:47.17 broke the school record of 10:55.84, set Anne Evans during the 1987-1988 season and the conference mark of 11:02.88 set by Amanda Swaak of Madison High School in 2015.

Beckner now has the school records in the 1,000, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs, all set this season. Seahawks dominate the sprint events with senior Timiebi Ogobri successfully defending his title in the 55 meters with a state-meet qualifying time of 6.51. Sophomore Stevie Jones ran a 6.73 for fourth. Freshman Rhema Konadu ran a 7.67 in the finals to win the girls 55.SLHS also won both of the 4x800 meter relays: sophomores Jordan Anderson and Sophie Halkett teamed with juniors Aly Rayle and Sarah Wolfe to win the event in 9:46.17 while seniors Dimarcus Vilcheck, Jack Watkins and juniors Josh Umbrell and Alex Loukili won the boys division in 8:23.66. Senior Peter Sepulveda (10:15.23) was third in the 3,200 while junior Sean Casey (10:24.05) finished sixth.Field event athletes also contributed to SLHS’ first day success with senior Jessica Rice (32-01.25) and junior Megan Allison (31-10.75) finishing second and third, respectively, in the shot put. Junior Ronak Cuthill (47-04.00) was third in the shot put and sophomore Jacob Hataway was fifth in the pole vault (10-00.00). Ogobri and senior Don’ta Whitley were fifth and sixth in the long jump with both finishing with a mark of 19-11.50.

The meet concludes Saturday, January 28 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD. SLHS is the five-time defending girls champion and has won the boys title eight consecutive years.For more information, please contact South Lakes High School Head Track and Field Coach Scott Raczko at swraczko@fcps.edu

SLHS RESULTS FROM DAY 1 OF THE LIBERTY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (JANUARY 19, 2017)

**Region qualifier***

• State qualifier
• #School record
• $Liberty Conference record

DAY 1 (January 19, 2017)FIELD EVENTS

Girls Shot Put

• **Megan Allison 31-10.75 3rd
• Jessica Lister 24-01.25 16th
• **Jessica Rice 32-01.25 2nd

Boys Shot Put

• **Ronak Cuthill 47-04.00 3rd
• Anshul Paripati 32-04.50 14th
• Ashton Reinhold 36-06.00 10th

Girls High Jump

• Arika Fields 4-04.00 10th
• **Devyn Jones 4-06.00 6th (tie)

Girls Long Jump

• Cara Hutson 12-06.75 14th
• **Devyn Jones 16-06.50 2nd
• Aly Rayle 15-00.00 9th

Boys Long Jump

• Stevie Jones 18-09.75 10th
• **Timiebi Ogobri 19-11.50 5th
• **Don’ta Whitley 19-11.50 6th

Boys Pole Vault

• **Jacob Hataway 10-00.00 5th
• Asher Levy-Myers 9-00.00 9th
• Jonathan Luu 9-00.00 9th

RUNNING EVENTS4x800 Meter Relay

• **Jordan Anderson 2:24.50
• **Aly Rayle 2:27.00
• **Sarah Wolfe 2:27.50
• **Sophie Halkett 2:26.30 - 9:46.17 1st
• **Dimarcus Vilcheck 2:07.50
• **Jack Watkins 2:05.70
• **Josh Umbrell 2:12.30
• **Alex Loukili 2:03.00 - 8:28.66 1st

55 Meter Hurdles

• **$Devyn Jones 8.62 prelims, 8.62 finals 1st
• **Abby Wickman 9.60 prelims, 9.86 finals 5th
• Kristen Williams 10.13 10th
• Caelan Nzamba 9.30 10th

55 Meter Dash

• Megan Allison 8.03 14th
• **Rhema Konadu 7.62 prelims, 7.67 finals 1st
• Alyssa Smith 7.89 9th
• **Stevie Jones 6.71 prelims, 6.73 4th
• ***Timiebi Ogobri 6.53 prelims, 6.51 1st
• Nicky Napolitano 7.05 prelims 15th

3,200 Meter Run

• Marissa Banga 12:17.39 10th
• ***#$Olivia Beckner 10:47.17 1st
• Katie Bidwell 12:06.14 8th
• Morgan LaRow 12:57.09 12th
• **Sean Casey 10:24.05 6th
• Peter Delmolino 11:11.68 15th
• **Peter Sepulveda 10:15.23 3rd

STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1

Boys

• Langley 55
• South Lakes 42
• Fairfax 35
• Madison 30
• Hayfield 27
• Washington -Lee 26
• Yorktown 2
• McLean 0

Girls

• South Lakes 64.50
• McLean 43
• Langley 27.50
• Madison 24
• Fairfax 23
• Washington-Lee 14
• Yorktown 13
• Hayfield 8

Photos courtesy of SLHS