South Lakes High School Athletes Break School Records

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HAMPTON, VA - South Lakes High School seniors Devyn Jones, Timiebi Ogobri and Peter Sepulveda closed out their four-year indoor track and field careers by earning All-State honors at the 6A State Championship February 24-25, 2017.

The SLHS girls team finished seventh while the boys were 21st out of the 52 schools with indoor track and field teams completing at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton.

Jones teamed with freshman Mary Gregory, sophomore Sophie Halkett and junior Aly Rayle for sixth place in the 4x400 meter relay (4:05.74). She also finished ninth in the 55-meter hurdles with a 8.31, breaking her own school record of 8.34 that she set at the 6A North Region Championship earlier this month. Jones also competed in the 300 meter dash (42.02, 16th).

Another school record was set by Halkett, Rayle, sophomore Jordan Anderson and junior Olivia Beckner in the 4x800 meter relay. Their second-place time of 9:20.20 eclipsed the previous mark of 9:30.27 set by Halkett, Beckner, Golden Kumi-Darfour and Sarah Wolfe at last year’s state championship.

In individual events, Beckner finished second in the 1,600 meter run (5:02.25), Gregory was fifth (1:16.59) and Rayle, eighth (1:18.28) in the 500 meter dash and Halkett ran 3:03.81 for eighth in the 1,000 meter run.

For the SLHS boys team, Ogobri, senior Don’ta Whitley, junior Jack Eggeman and sophomore Stevie Jones ran a 1:32.94 in the 4x200 meter relay for sixth place. Ogobri finished seventh in the 55 meter dash with a 6.52. He ran a personal best of 6.48 in the preliminaries.

Sepulveda, senior Jack Watkins and juniors Sean Casey and Alex Loukili were fourth in the 4x800 meter relay (8:11.12). Loukili finished 9th in the 1,000 meter run (2:40.47) and Whitley was 11th in the 500 (1:11.13).

Junior Ronak Cuthill contributed to the team’s success with a 10th place finish in the shot put (47-04.75).

For more information, please contact South Lakes High School Head Track and Field Coach Scott Raczko at swraczko@fcps.edu.

SLHS RESULTS FROM 6A STATE INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (February 24-25, 2017)

# - School record
$ - All State

FEBRUARY 24
FIELD EVENTS
Shot Put
Ronak Cuthill 47-04.75 10th

RUNNING EVENTS
55 Hurdles prelims
Devyn Jones 8.53

55 Dash prelims
Timiebi Ogobri 6.48

4x800 Meter Relay
#$Sophie Halkett 2:21.5
#$Aly Rayle 2:19.2
#$Jordan Anderson 2:24.0
#$Olivia Beckner 2:15.1 - 9:20.20 2nd

$Peter Sepulveda 2:03.7
$Sean Casey 2:00.0
$Jack Watkins 2:05.8
$Alex Loukili 2:00.9 - 8:11.12 4th

FEBRUARY 25
Noon - 55 Hurdles final
#Devyn Jones 8.31 9th

12:40 p.m. - 55 Dash final
$Timiebi Ogobri 6.52 7th

4x200 Meter Relay
$Timiebi Ogobri 22.9
$Jack Eggeman 23.5
$Don’ta Whitley 23.2
$Stevie Jones 22.8 - 1:32.94 6th

1,600 Meter Run
$Olivia Beckner 5:02.25 2nd

500 Meter Dash
$Mary Gregory 1:16.59 5th
$Aly Rayle 1:18.28 8th

Don’ta Whitley 1:11.13 11th

1,000 Meter Run
$Sophie Halkett 3:03.81 8th

Alex Loukili 2:40.47 9th

300 Meter Dash
Devyn Jones 42.02 16th

4x400 Meter Relay
$Devyn Jones 60.7
$Sophie Halkett 62.2
$Mary Gregory 60.2
$Aly Rayle 62.8 - 4:05.74 6th

TEAM AWARDS
Girls - 7th (out of 52 schools)
Boys - 21st (out of 52 schools)