The Patriot Indoor Track & Field team will start practicing Monday (Nov. 11) at 2:30 pm at the track. We will have an informational meeting on Thursday, November 7th in room 1403 at 2:30 pm for anyone with questions. 

If you did a fall sport, all you need to fill out is the eligibility form. It is a half-sheet, duplicate form located by Mr. Qualls office outside his door on the left side. 

If you did not do a fall sport, you need to make sure you have an updated physical (dated after May 1st, 2024) turned into Mr. Qualls office, the concussion class completed ( https://bigteams-public-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/library/files/patriotpioneers_org_437/files/Concussion%20Education%202024.pdf and fill out the eligibility form. This needs to be done by Friday. 

Meet in the Aux gym at 2:30 pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. After warm-up we will head to the track. Please bring a water bottle and proper workout gear (running shoes). To participate you need a physical dated after May 1st, 2024. 

The official season starts November 11th and you must have your physical, concussion and eligibility form turned in to try out.

What a great year! Nine school records were set this season including five at the state meet. We had a great group make it to the state meet. A couple of the highlights:

Henry Birge, a sophomore won the 1000 Meter State Championship in a state meet record of 2:26.40. That is the number six All-Time performance in Virginia history. (He also broke his school record set earlier this year).

Sidney Nolan placed second in the 500 in 1:13.06, the number nine All-Time in Virginia history, and then doubled back in the next event to run 2:57 in the 1000 for 7th. She broke her school record for the third time. 

Lyndon Amoateng set a new personal best and better his school record to place third in the triple jump. Lyndon hopped, skipped, and jumped to 46' 1.75. 

The girls' 4x200 (Ashley Bowman, Rebekah Ainerua, Sierra Whitaker, Karlee Brasfield) broke their school record and surprised everyone with a fourth-place finish. The girls 4x800 ran a season-best to place fourth in the 4x800 relay (Daniela Ansah, Rena Johnson, Jaya Djigo, Sidney Nolan). Despite not feeling well, Rena Johnson gutted out a fourth-place finish in the 1000-meter run. 

Korkor Sackey placed fifth in the high jump with a jump of 5-2. She had great attempts at 5'4. 

Catherine Blankenship placed seventh in the pole vault with a new personal best of 9'6". The boys' 4x400 relay team broke the school record in 3:26.15 to place seventh (Nick Daly, Henry Ausby, Henry Birge, Wathen Montgomery). 

The girls team placed 10th and the boys 13th at state.

We had several just miss scoring but many new personal bests!

Patriot state meet results are here: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/587947-vhsl-class-6-state-indoor-t-and-f-championships-2024/teams/27975

Henry Birge - 1000-meter state champion, state meet record, school record

Sidney Nolan - 500-meter state runner-up, school record

Lyndon Amoateng - Triple Jump, 3^rd place, school record

4x800 Relay - Daniela Ansah, Rena Johnson, Jaya Djigo, Sidney Nolan - 4^th place

4x200 Relay - Ashley Bowman, Rebekah Ainerua, Sierra Whitaker, Karlee Brasfield - 4^th place, school record

Rena Johnson - 1000-meter run - 4^th place

Korkor Sackey - High Jump - 5^th place

Sidney Nolan - 1000-meter run - 7^th place

4x400 meter relay - Nick Daly, Henry Ausby, Henry Birge, Wathen Montgomery - 7^th place, school record

Catherine Blankenship - Pole Vault - 7^th place

Congratulations to our boys and girls for a great meet yesterday.

The boys pulled out a second place finish! Highlight a few of the top performances: Henry Birge, only a sophomore, was ranked third in the 1600 but pulled off an impressive win in a new PR. He came back to get third in the 1000-meter run. Lyndon Amoateng was runner-up in the triple jump and 6^th in the long jump adding three more points than he was ranked. The 55 hurdles were big with Nick and Wathen going 4^th and 5^th with Brooks Montgomery grabbing the 8^th spot to add a point. In the pole vault, Carter Warren had a big day to get second and Kevin Miner was 5^th and also grabbed an 8^th in the shotput. In the 500 Nick Daly finished second for a very impressive day. Nick worked very hard on the bike and did everything he could early in the season, now still competing with a cast showed all that hard work paid off big. For the 300, we were supposed to get zero points but Wathen and Omar Allen had different ideas taking 6^th and 7^th to add five valuable points. Our 4x2 was third to get six more points (Omar Allen, Luke Manning, Daniel Ainerua, Aaron Glover). The 4x8 guys that scored 3 points earlier in the week were Kaiden Brewer, Andrew White, Jayden Angulo, and Brady Widlake). All of our guys competed hard and gave everything! 

The girls placed third in the meet (up from last year's 6th place) and had individual championship wins from Korkor Sackey and Sidney Nolan. Korkor won the high jump and Sidney set a new meet record in the 500 (1:14.13 which converts to a 1:13.2 on a bank track), and she also got a second in the 1000-meter run and a win on the 4x800 relay earlier in the week. Rena Johnson ran a 4:56 1600 to break the old meet record but was edged out in the 1600 and ran a tough 3200 (10:53) with runner-up performances, to go along with the 4x800 win. Catherine Blankenship placed 4^th in the pole vault and Mide Akinkugbe placed 4^th in the shotput. Our 4x4 girls had a great race to place fourth (Reagan Jones, Niya Stephenson, Rebekah Ainerua, Maddy Waters) and the girls 4x200 placed 5^th (Davina Owusu, Rebekah Ainerua, Sierra Whitaker, Karlee Brassfield). Ashley Bowman placed 7^th in the 55 Hurdles and Reagan Jones was 7^th in the 500. Jaya Djigo was 8^th in the 1600. The 4x800 team that won earlier in the week included Jaya and Reagan with Rena and Sidney. 

What a great meet with a lot of personal bests and kids really stepping up big. We had many kids who didn't score but they put out tremendous effort. Very proud of you all!

Meet Results with splits here: https://milesplit.live/meets/566620

Patriot Results: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/566620-class-6-region-b-indoor-track-and-field-championship-2024/teams/27975

Cedar Run District Champions! Both the boys and girls swept the district championships! What a great district meet! It was cold for the field events and 4x800 but a nice day for the track events. The boys won their fourth straight district championship and the girls won their first since 2021. We had 12 district champions, a 1-4 sweep in boys boy vault, three school records, and six runner-up finishes. In what was a close meet on paper turned out to be pretty big wins. We had so many step up and set a personal best. Congratulations! Patriot results below and meet results are here:

Women

	Name	Points
1	Patriot High School	128
2	Osbourn Park	106
3	Gainesville High School	94
4	Battlefield	63
5	Freedom (South Riding)	44
6	Osbourn	14.50
7	Unity Reed	10.50

Men

	Name	Points
1	Patriot High School	149
2	Freedom (South Riding)	93
3	Gainesville High School	82
4	Osbourn Park	73
5	Battlefield	47
6	Osbourn	16

 

55 METER DASH
7.57		Karlee Brasfield	3rd	Finals H3	Complete
7.61	SB	Rebekah Ainerua	4th	Finals H3	Complete
7.77		Sadiah Hendershot	9th	Finals H3	Complete
7.79		Sierra Whitaker	10th	Finals H3	Complete
300 METER DASH
42.70	SB	Rebekah Ainerua	3rd	Finals H3	Complete
44.32		Madeline Waters	7th	Finals H2	Complete
45.61		Isabelle Jespersen	11th	Finals H2	Complete
500 METER DASH
1:13.65		Sidney Nolan	1st	Finals H2	Complete
1:20.99	SB	Reagan Jones	5th	Finals H2	Complete
1:21.91		Niya Stephenson	7th	Finals H2	Complete
1000 METER RUN
3:04.29		Sidney Nolan	2nd	Finals H1	Complete
3:16.74	SB	Frances Rein	5th	Finals H1	Complete
3:22.35		Daniella Ansah	8th	Finals H1	Complete
1600 METER RUN
4:58.44		Rena Johnson	1st	Finals H1	Complete
5:20.15	SB	Jaya Djigo	4th	Finals H1	Complete
3200 METER RUN
11:00.35		Rena Johnson	1st	Finals H1	Complete
12:32.08		Camila Weber	6th	Finals H1	Complete
12:40.56		Sherlyn Philip	7th	Finals H1	Complete
55 METER HURDLES
8.79	SB	Ashley Bowman	3rd	Finals H1	Complete
8.95		Sadiah Hendershot	4th	Finals H2	Complete
9.72		Sarah Kim	7th	Finals H1	Complete
9.74	SB	Reagan Jones	8th	Finals H1	Complete
9.88		Kiara Garcia	9th	Finals H2	Complete
10.07		Madalyn Schmidt	10th	Finals H1	Complete
4X200 METER RELAY
1:46.55		Relay Team	1st	Finals H1	Complete
4X400 METER RELAY
4:19.77		Relay Team	3rd	Finals H1	Complete
4X800 METER RELAY
9:33.40		Relay Team	1st	Finals H1	Complete
HIGH JUMP
5-2	h	Korkor Sackey	1st	Finals H1	Complete
4-6	h	McKenzie Kacou	5th	Finals H1	Complete
4-6	h	Lydia Landers	5th	Finals H1	Complete
4-4	h	Davina Owusu	7th	Finals H1	Complete
4-4	h	Violet Masiello	7th	Finals H1	Complete
LONG JUMP
15-8	h	Alani Hampton	4th	Finals H2	Complete
14-3.5	h	Karlee Brasfield	12th	Finals H1	Complete
TRIPLE JUMP
31-10.5	h	Alani Hampton	5th	Finals H1	Complete
30-0	h	Lydia Landers	8th	Finals H1	Complete
POLE VAULT
8-6	h	Catherine Blankenship	6th	Finals H1	Complete
7-0	h	Rylee Nussbaum	9th	Finals H1	Complete
7-0	h	Stella Lemaux	9th	Finals H1	Complete
SHOT PUT
36-11.5	h	Olamide Akinkugbe	1st	Finals H2	Complete
28-3	h	Olivia Williams	7th	Finals H1	Complete
26-2	h	Savannah Farrier	9th	Finals H2	Complete
BOYS		ATHLETE	PLACE	SECTION	RESULTS
55 METER DASH
6.76		Aaron Glover	5th	Finals H3	Complete
6.76	SB	Omar Allen	5th	Finals H3	Complete
6.88		Luke Manning	9th	Finals H2	Complete
6.93		Daniel Ainerua	10th	Finals H3	Complete
300 METER DASH
36.37	SB	Wathen Montgomery	2nd	Finals H3	Complete
36.60	SB	Omar Allen	4th	Finals H2	Complete
37.04	SB	Aaron Glover	7th	Finals H2	Complete
37.06		Daniel Ainerua	8th	Finals H2	Complete
37.50	SB	Frankely Ramirez	10th	Finals H2	Complete
500 METER DASH
1:08.07		Nick Daly	1st	Finals H2	Complete
1:08.29		Henry Ausby	3rd	Finals H2	Complete
1:10.87		Jason Mwangi	9th	Finals H1	Complete
1000 METER RUN
2:36.28		Henry Birge	2nd	Finals H2	Complete
2:45.95		Andrew White	7th	Finals H2	Complete
2:54.78		Jayden Angulo	15th	Finals H1	Complete
1600 METER RUN
4:21.18	SB	Henry Birge	2nd	Finals H2	Complete
4:52.16		Brady Widlake	8th	Finals H2	Complete
3200 METER RUN
9:58.96		Kaiden Brewer	4th	Finals H1	Complete
10:58.66		Alex Eye	10th	Finals H1	Complete
55 METER HURDLES
7.96		Wathen Montgomery	2nd	Finals H2	Complete
8.09		Nick Daly	4th	Finals H2	Complete
8.21	SB	Brooks Montgomery	5th	Finals H2	Complete
8.56	SB	Henry Ausby	6th	Finals H1	Complete
4X200 METER RELAY
1:29.33		Relay Team	1st	Finals H1	Complete
4X400 METER RELAY
3:35.18		Relay Team	2nd	Finals H1	Complete
4X800 METER RELAY
8:25.66		Relay Team	3rd	Finals H1	Complete
HIGH JUMP
5-2	h	Brooks Montgomery	9th	Finals H1	Complete
5-2	h	Frankely Ramirez	6th	Finals H1	Complete
5-2	h	Carter Armstrong	6th	Finals H1	Complete
5-2	h	Leo Kelly	6th	Finals H1	Complete
LONG JUMP
20-3.5	h	Lyndon Amoateng	1st	Finals H2	Complete
17-8	h	Wathen Montgomery	10th	Finals H1	Complete
TRIPLE JUMP
41-5.25	h	Lyndon Amoateng	1st	Finals H1	Complete
POLE VAULT
12-0	h	Kevin Miner	1st	Finals H1	Complete
12-0	h	Jameson Grant	2nd	Finals H1	Complete
11-6	h	carter warren	3rd	Finals H1	Complete
10-6	h	Evan Kutner	4th	Finals H1	Complete
SHOT PUT
41-8	h	Ridhwan Rahman	3rd	Finals H2	Complete
40-8.5	h	Kevin Miner	4th	Finals H2	Complete
32-11.5	h	Daniel Ansah	13th	Finals H1	Complete

 

The regular season is half-way over. The team continues to improve each week and we have several that have achieved the state, region, and district standards. 

Season UPDATES:

State Standards Achieved: Athletes who have punched their ticket to the state championships in Virginia Beach

GIRLS:

*Rena Johnson, 1000 (2:55.75) - #2 in Virginia, 1600 (4:58.29) #2 in Virginia, 3200 (10:43.91) #1 in Virginia (school Record)

*Sidney Nolan, 500 (1:13.65) #1 in Virginia (School Record), 1000 (2:55.41) #1 in Virginia

*KorKor Sackey, High Jump (5-02) – 5 way tie for #3 in Class 6

*Lydia Landers, High Jump (5-0) tied for #8 in Class 6

Boys:

*Henry Birge, 500 (1:07.28) #7 in class 6, 1600 (4:25.64) #4 in class 6

*Lyndon Amoateng, Triple Jump (45-03.75) #1 in Class 6 (#2 in Virginia)

*Carlos Garcia, 1600 (4:26.44) #5 in Class 6

*Jameson Grant, Pole Vault (12-06) #9 in Class 6

*Kevin Miner, Pole Vault (12-06) #9 in Class 6

Regional Qualifiers for Class 6B Championships at Landover, MD

Girls

Sidney Nolan 300 (41.51) #8 in Class 6 (School Record), 1600 (5:20.67) #10 in Class 6

Mide Akinkugbe, Shot Put (35-4) #5 in Class 6

Sadiah Hendershot, 55 Hurdles (8.89) #6 in Region

Alani Hampton, Long Jump (16-03.75) #7 in region

Catherine Blankenshot, pole vault (8-06) tied for 3^rd  in region

4x200 (1:49.24) #6 in Virginia, #3 in region

4x400 (4:09.78) #3 in class 6 and in region

Boys

Nick Daly, 500 (1:08.27) #15 in state, #5 in region

Wathen Montgomery, 55 Hurdles (7.93) #7 in class 6, #2 in regions

Lyndon Amoateng, Long Jump (21-0.75) #3 in class 6, #2 in region, 55 Hurdles (8.14)???

Carlos Garcia, 1000 (2:41.76) #11 in class 6, #6 in region

Kaiden Brewer, 3200 (9:52.57), #11 in class 6, #3 in region

Carter Warren, pole vault (11-06) tied #5 in region

District Qualifiers (each school get three entries unless they have all entries meeting the district standard). Can enter as many athletes as long as all athletes meet the standard.

Athletes on list meet the standard plus the ones above with regional and state standards.

GIRLS

55 Dash: Karlee Brasfield (7.54), Sa’Diah Hendershot (7.68), Rebekah Ainerna (7.74)

55 Hurdles: Kiara Garcia (9.58), Reagan Jones (9.83)

300 Dash: Madeline Waters (44.78)

500: Reagan Jones (1:23.50), Frances Rein (1:24.31)

1600: Jaya Djigo (5:41.97)

3200: Camila Weber (12:30.78), Sherlyn Philip (12:41.50)

Triple Jump: Alani Hampton (31-09.5)

Pole Vault: Rylee Nussbaum (7-0), Stella Lemaux (7-0)

BOYS

55 Dash: Aaron Glover (6.76), Daniel Ainerua (6.80)

300 Dash: Wathen Montgomery (36.94), Aaron Glover (37.24), Daniel Ainerua (37.37)

1000: Henry Birge (2:43.23), Andrew White (2:52.51)

1600: Kaiden Brewer (4:37.68)

3200: Carlos Garcia (10:04.20)

Pole Vault: Trevor Sterling (10-6), Evan Kutner (10-6)

Hi everyone!

A reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday) is picture day. We will be taking team and individual shots in the gym. We need to be ready by 2:50 pm. We will not meet at the track until after pictures. Head to the locker rooms and get ready. Then we will line you up in the gym. Everyone needs to be in their uniform. Senior and individual shots can use props such as spikes, a hurdle, shot put, etc.

We will practice at the track starting at 3:10 pm.

This past week’s meet at Liberty we had another great meet. In a meet with well over 100 schools Patriot had several athletes place in the top twenty. As you can see from the results we have a great group on the boys and girls side and we still have not open Jackson McCarter or Nick Daly, who both will make a big difference.

Some of the highlights:

Lyndon Amoateng had his best triple jump ever, and also his best series of jumps. Lyndon won jumping 44’ 9.25” to win by almost a foot! Lyndon’s jump is #2 All Time at Patriot, .25 of an inch from his brother’s record (Grant Amoateng). Talk about motivation! Lyndon also placed 7^th in the long jump with a leap of 21-0.

Rena Johnson broke the 5 min barrier in the 1600 running 4:58.29 to lead the state. She double back later to 2:55.75 in the 1000 meter run for 3^rd. Rena is #2 All-Time for Patriot in the 1600 and #4 All-Time in the 1000 meters. She also missed the 3200 meter school record by two seconds at the Wednesday Polar Bear meet. She should get that this Saturday when she runs the 3200 for the first time indoors this season.

Sidney Nolan placed second in the 1000 meters and leads the state in the 500 and 1000 meters. Sidney ran the #3 All Time mark for Patriot. Sidney and Rena are currently 1-2 in the state rankings.

Mide Akinkugbe placed third in the shot put. Mide is #2 All-Time in the indoor shot and very close to the school record (36-0.5 by Nonnie Anonyou) and is throwing two feet better consistently than last indoor.

Henry Birge placed third in the 1600 for a big personal best running 4:25.64 for third in the 1600 meter run. That is number four All-Time at Patriot. Henry came back and placed fifth in the 500 in 1:07.28 (#6 All Time).

KorKor Sackey placed fourth in the high jump in 5-0. KorKor has a best of 5-02 this season (#2 All Time at Patriot).

Carlos Garcia placed fifth in the 1600 for a new personal best. #5 All Time at Patriot!

Carter Warren was 5^th in the pole vault in 12-6. Evan Kutner had a foot personal best to jump 10-6 (9^th).

The girls 4x400 relay (Frances Rein, Rena, Jaya Djigo, Sidney) placed 5^th and own a best of 4:09 so far this season.

Wathen Montgomery placed 7^th in the 55 Hurdles with a new personal best to make the finals. Wathen then tied his personal best in the finals (7.93)!

Lydia Landers, a freshman placed 7^th in the high jump clearing 4-10!

Kaiden Brewer placed 7^th in the 3200 breaking ten with a 9:52. Sherlyn Philip also placed 7^th running 12:47, an indoor personal best.

Catherine Blankenship placed 9^th in the pole vault with an 8-6 vault.

That is a lot of athletes to earn top ten placing in such a huge meet! We had a lot earn top 25 also.

 Patriot athletes times and place:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/562635-liberty-flames-high-school-invitational-2024/teams/27975

Meet results:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/562635-liberty-flames-high-school-invitational-2024/results

SATURDAY MEET 12/16: We will be back at Liberty for the last meet of 2023.

Entries are here: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/562636/registration/sessions/1683545/print/entries

Quick Meet Highlights from the Osbourn Park Meet:

Patriot won 16 of the 30 events (15 boys and 15 girls) including 5 of the 6 relays. The girls had eleven top three performances and won all three relays. The boys had eleven top three performances and won two of the three relays.

Sidney Nolan broke the school record in the 500 (held formerly by Rachel McArthur) with her stellar 1:13.65. That time was faster than last year’s state champion and also a meet record. It easily met the state standard. Sidney also earned the region standard in the 1600.

Rena Johnson won the 1600 and 1000 meter races and earned the state standard in both events. Rena broke the meet record in the 1600 (5:09.14) and set a personal best of 3:02.28 in the 1000.

Henry Birge, a sophomore, earned two wins taking the 1600 in 4:32 and then won the 500 in 1:07.56 to get the state standard. His 4:32 earned the region standard.

Kor Kor Sackey won the high jump with a new personal best and state standard jumping 5-2!

Freshman Karlee Brasfield won the 55 dash in 7.56 earning district standard.

1^st place winners: Sa’Diah Hendershot (55H), Karlee Brasfield (55 dash), Sidney Nolan (500), Rena Johnson (1600 & 1000), KorKor Sackey (HJ), Henry Birge (1600 & 500), Wanthen Montgomery (55 H), Lyndon Amoateng (TJ), Girls 4x200 relay, Girls 4x400, Girls 4x800, Boys 4x200. Boys 4x400.

Below are the results for all Patriot athletes. Districts, Regions or state after the performance means they hit that standard.

2023-24 Indoor Track & Field

November 13^th, Winter Sports Parent Meeting – Auditorium at 7:15 pm

November 21st, Fundraiser – Hour-A-Thon – Commons 5:30 pm-7:15pm (pizza and snacks provided)

December 2^nd, Winter Jacket Invite – Osbourn Park High School

December 6^th, District Meet at Gainesville High School

December 9^th, Liberty University

December 16th, Liberty University

January 6^th, Liberty University

January 10th, District Meet at Gainesville High School

January 13^th, VMI, Liberty, and Virginia Beach

January 24^th, District meet at Patriot High School (Senior Night)

January 27^th, Liberty University

February 6th, Cedar Run District Championships: Battlefield: 4x800 and field events

February 7^th, Cedar Run District Championships: Unity Reed: Running Events

February 16^th, Region 6b Championships – Landover, MD (4x800 on another day prior)

February 26-27, VHSL Class 6 State Championships – Virginia Beach

We will meet for practice at 2:30 p.m. on Monday at the stadium. All paperwork needs to be completed before you can tryout. 

Indoor Track and Field starts November 6th. Make sure to get your physical turned into the school and concussion work done.  We have off season training happening now on Monday-Wednesday and Friday. If you have your physical turned in you can join us. Meet in the Aux gym at 2:30 pm.

Patriot Indoor Track & Field – The indoor season gets started on November 6^th (all paperwork needs to be turned in before then). There is an informational meeting on Wednesday, October 25^th at 6pm (TONIGHT) in the Commons. If you have done indoor before you do not need to go. It is really just to answer questions for those who are new. We will have our parent meeting when the school schedules its winter sports meeting.

The Indoor Track and Field season will be starting soon! Indoor track and field will get you fit, fast and strong. We have a great team of hard workers with awesome attitudes.

Tryouts are from November 6^th to the 10th. As long as you have a great attitude and work hard we will not cut you. If you don't have a winter sport but want to be fit and fast for your Spring sport, Indoor Track & Field will make you better. 

Official Season Start Date

Indoor Track and Field Tryouts are November 6 - 10, 2023 (2:30-4:30 pm).

All the following documents are required for tryouts and are due on Monday, November 6, 2023, no later than 2:30 pm:

• VHSL Physical Form for 2023-2024 - (dated after May 1, 2023) - 
• Concussion Training online 
• Eligibility Form - You can get the form at the athletic office.
• Blue Emergency Contact Card Form

*If you have participated in a Fall Sport this school year, the only form you need to turn in is the Eligibility Form. If you are still participating in a fall sport when Indoor Track & Field starts, you are welcome to join us when your fall season is complete.

Please turn in all your forms to the main office, and have them placed in Mr. Qualls' mailbox.

You will not be able to participate in tryouts until you have turned in all the required documents.  

Lastly, if you have not sign-up for this year's Indoor track and field, please do so now by using the QR Code below: 

https://forms.gle/f7dyrceQqjjyoQ3t5 

Highlights after the first day of competition at the Cedar Run District Indoor Track & Field Championships. The first-day events took place at Osbourn Park. Day two (Tuesday, 2-7) is at Unity Reed and starts at 1 pm. 

The boys put up 61 points and have a 36-point lead over Osbourn Park and the rest of the conference. The girls are in third with 22 points, behind Osbourn Park (49) and Battlefield (40). 

1. The boys 4x800 ran the fastest time ever for Patriot history during the indoor season, winning the event in 8:07.14. That is currently ranked #2 in Virginia's 6A classification. James Fillmore (2:02), Carlos Garcia (2:02), Jacob Casey (2:03), Patrick Lowry (1:59). It was cold and windy. 
2. The high jump was difficult with cold weather and wind gusts of 20 mph. That didn't stop our guys. The boys' high jump SWEPT. I am not talking top three. The guys went 1^st through 7th! The top six scored, so high jump put up 31 points. Shadrack Nvodjo is your district champion, with Connor Balcom and Bryan Bivens tied for second. Kendall Robin, Chase James, Wathen Montgomery, and Malik Dark advance to the region championships. Brendan Stevens and Brooks Montgomery were close to qualifying.
3. The girls 4x800 relay placed second with a 10:04 performance. That is the fastest time for Patriot in the last four years. Reagan Jones (2:34), Rena Johnson (2:26), Sidney Nolan (2:22), Camila Weber (2:37). 
4. In the girls' shot put we were 3^rd and 4^th with Chim Okafor taking third, just missing her personal best with a 30' 10.50. Mide Akinkugbe didn't have a good day, but even being off still placed fourth in 30' 9.50. She is looking forward to regionals.
5. In the boys' long jump, Patriot placed 4^th - 7th. Malik Dark took fourth in 19-11, Lyndon Amoateng fifth in 19-9, and Eddie Henry II placed sixth in 19-8.75. Kevin Miner misses regional qualifying by one place. 
6. In the girls high jump, Jolene Adu and Davina Owusu tied for 5^th (4-4) to advance to regionals. 

Cedar Run District Championships: 

I am sure you heard that we had a great district meet! The boys won the district championships and the girls placed third. We had five district champions and two relay wins. District results are here, and highlights are below.

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/516341-cedar-run-district-championships-2023/results/873309/raw#.Y-Wt3j3MK70

District Champions:

Patrick Lowry – 1600 and 3200 meter runs

Shadrack Nvodjo – High Jump

Lyndon Amoateng – Triple Jump

Sidney Nolan – 500 meter dash

Rena Johnson – 3200 meter run

4x800 – James Fillmore, Carlos Garcia, Jacob Casey, Patrick Lowry

4x400 – Connor Balcom, Nick Daly, Malik Dark, Wathem Montgomery

District Runner-Up:

Rena Johnson – 1600 meter run

Wathen Montgomery – 55 hurdles

Jackson McCarter – 300 meter dash

Nick Daly - 500 meter dash

Henry Birge – 1000 meter run

Connor Balcom, Bryan Bivens – High Jump

4x200 – Eddie Henry, Jackson McCarter, Malik Dark, Lyndon Amoateng

4x800 – Reagan Jones, Rena Johnson, Sidney Nolan, Camila Weber

4x400 – Daniela Ansah, Sidney Nolan, Maddy Schmidt, Kiara Garcia

Girls Regional Qualifiers (16)

Sa’Diah Hendershot – 55 meter dash (3^rd)

Sidney Stith – 55 meter dash (5^th)

Sidney Nolan – 500 meter dash (1^st)/ 300 meters (reg Q)/ 4x800 (2^nd)/ 4x400 (2^nd)

Reagan Jones – 500 meter dash (5^th)/ 4x800 (2^nd)

Rena Johnson – 1600 meters (2^nd)/ 3200 meters (1^st)/ 1000 meters (reg Q)/ 4x800 (2^nd)

Camila Weber – 3200 meters (6^th)/ 4x800 (2^nd)

Jolene Adu – High Jump (5^th- tie)

Davina Owusu – High Jump (5^th – tie)

Ashley Whitlock – Pole vault (5^th)

Chim Okafor – Shot Put (3^rd)

Mide Akinkugbe – Shot Put (4^th)

4x400 relay (2^nd) – Daniela Ansah, Maddy Schmidt, Kiara Garcia, Sarah Kim

4x800 relay (2^nd) – Daniela Ansah, Sherlyn Philip

Boys Regional Qualifiers (22)

Jackson McCarter – 55 meter dash (3^rd), 300 meter dash (2^nd), 4x200 (2^nd)

Eddie Henry II – 55 meter dash (4^th), Long Jump (6^th), Triple Jump (6^th), 4x200 (2^nd)

Wathen Montgomery – 300 meter dash (4^th), 55 meter hurdles (2^nd), High Jump (6^th), 4x400 (1^st)

Nick Daly – 500 meter dash (2^nd), 55 Hurdles (3^rd), Pole Vault (5^th), 4x400 (1^st)

Connor Balcom – 500 meter dash (4^th), High Jump (2^nd), 4x400 (1^st)

Henry Birge – 1000 meters (2^nd)

Carlos Garcia – 1000 meters (5^th), 1600 meters (3^rd), 4x800 (1^st), 3200 (reg Q)

Patrick Lowry – 1600 meters (1^st), 3200 meters (1^st), 4x800 (1^st), 1000 (reg Q)

Jacob Casey – 1600 meters (4^th), 4x800 (1^st), 3200 meters (reg Q)

Kaiden Brewer – 3200 meters (3^rd)

Brooks Montgomery – 55 Hurdles (6^th)

Shadrack Nvodjo – 55 H (reg Q), 300 meters (reg Q), High Jump (1^st)

Bryan Bivens – High Jump (2^nd)

Kendall Robin – High Jump (4^th)

Chase James – High Jump (5^th)

Malik Dark – High Jump (6^th), Long Jump (4^th), Triple Jump (3^rd), 4x200 (2^nd), 4x400 (1^st)

Lyndon Amoateng – Triple Jump (1^st), Long Jump (5^th), 4x200 (2^nd)

Warren Carter – Pole Vault (3^rd)

Trevor Sterling – Pole Vault (4^th)

Kevin Miner – Pole Vault (5^th)

4x800 relay – James Fillmore (1600/ 3200)

4x200 relay – Omar Allen

4x400 relay

The Patriot boys' indoor track & field team won the school's first regional championship for indoor! Competing at the PG Complex in Landover, MD the boys won a close meet with Colonial Forge that came down to the final event, with Patriot winning by two points, 102-100. Patriot picked up big points in the pole vault (17 points), 1600 (17 points), and the 1000 (18 points) but the team needed points across all the events to pull off the victory. Region champions included Patrick Lowry in the 1600 and 1000 and Rena Johnson in the girls' 1600. Rena won the closest race of the day winning the 1600 by .02 of a second.  

Carter Warren placed second in the pole vault, freshman Henry Birge ran an awesome race to snag second in the 1000-meter run, and Chim Okafor had a HUGE personal best to place second in the shotput with a 34-4 foot heave. The girls' 4x800 team ran a great race placing second in 9:50 (Reagan Jones, Sidney Nolan, Rena Johnson, Camila Weber). 

Athletes finishing in third include Sidney Nolan in the 500, Lyndon Amoateng in the triple jump (5th to 3rd in his final jump!), and the 4x400 (Connor Balcom, Nick Daly, Malik Dark, Wathen Montgomery) and 4x800 (Henry Birge, Carlos Garcia, James Fillmore, Patrick Lowry) relay teams. Mide Akinkugbe was determined to make it to states after districts and she did it with a throw of 32' 0 to place third.

Moving onto the state championships in Virginia Beach: Lyndon Amoateng (Triple jump), Kendall Robin (High Jump), Carter Warren (Polevault), Patrick Lowry (qualified in 1600, 1000, 3200), Henry Birge (1000), Nick Daly (55 Hurdles), our boys 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800 relays. The girls qualified in the 4x800, Rena Johnson (1600 and 3200), Sidney Nolan (500), Chim Okafor (shotput), Mide Akinkugbe (shotput). 

The boys 4x200 relay of Eddie Henry II, Jackson McCarter, Malik Dark and Shadrack Nvodjo ran the fastest 4x200 in school history - 1:31.52 at the Liberty Premiere meet. The first time ever for Patriot to break 1:32.0. They broke the old record set by the 2019 4x200 team that ran 1:32.28 at the state meet for fourth place (Dorryen Henley, Jack Daly, Marcus Wilson, Noah Hackerson). To give them credit, those four ran their times on a flat track which would convert to 1:30.98 if on a bank track.

Patrick Lowry ran the fastest 3200 meters indoors, which was after racing the 1600 earlier in the day in 9:27.87. He is the first Patriot athlete to break 9:30 indoors. Patrick broke Colin Doran’s 3200 record set last year.

We now also have eight athletes achieving the state standard. Our boys 4x200 relay, Patrick in the 1000, 1600, and 3200-meter runs. Kendall Robin in the high jump, Rena Johnson in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, and Sidney Nolan in the 500-meter run have all punched their ticket to the state championship meet in Virginia Beach.