Track & Field: Oakton Runners in First in Four Events

Though the Oakton High track and field program did not earn a Northern Region title as a team, two runners topped the rankings in four events Friday.

Meghan Jean-Baptiste nabbed three first-place finishes on the girls side in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, and the high jump. For the boys, Michael McNamee bested the Northern Region in the 800-meter run.

Girls Top Five:

1. South County, 100.50
2. T.C. Williams, 67
3. Lake Braddock, 64.50
4. Thomas Edison, 62.16
5. Oakton, 60

Boys Top 5

1. Annandale, 68
2. Westfield, 67.50
3. T.C. Williams, 62
4. West Springfield, 43
5. Robinson, 39

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The following track and field athletes earned points for the Cougars:

GIRLS

400-meter dash

• Sarah Hipwell, 1:01.67, seventh place

800-meter run

• Sarah Hipwell, 2:14.17, fifth place

1600-meter run

• Allie Klimkiewicz, 5:01.58, fourth place
• Hailey Dougherty, 5:07.85, sixth place

3200-meter run

• Allie Klimkiewicz, 10:43.94, third place

100-meter hurdles

• Meghan Jean-Baptiste, 14.86, first place

300-meter hurdles

• Meghan Jean Baptiste, 45.23, first place

4x400-meter relay

• AnnaChristina Clements, Christianne Butters, Danielle Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Wilson, 50.62, sixth place

4x800-meter relay

• Kara Kendall, Sarah Hipwell, Megan Cahill, Allie Klimkiewicz, 9:33.49, sixth place

High jump

• Meghan Jean-Baptiste, 5-07.00, first place

Long jump

• Meghan Jean-Baptiste, 17-02.00, fifth place

BOYS

800-meter run

• Michael McNamee, 1:53.60, first place
• Gregory Petruncio, 1:55.05, fourth place

3200-meter run

• Chris Jewell, 9:31.55, third place

4x800-meter relay

• Andy Larson, Oliver Lopez-Gomez, Michael McNamee, Gregory Petruncio, 7:49.85, second place