South Lakes High School Has Strong Showing at Hokie Holiday Festival Indoor Track Meet

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Paced by first place finishes by Olivia Beckner, Devyn Jones, Aly Rayle and the relay teams, the South Lakes High School indoor track team had an impressive showing December 17 at the Hokie Holiday Festival in Blacksburg, Va. In its first invitational of the indoor season, the girls team won five events led by junior Olivia Beckner's 6A state meet qualifying wins in the 1600 meter run (5:00.92) and the 3,200 meter run (11:09.71). Senior Devyn Jones won the 55 meter hurdles in a 6A North Region qualifying time of 8.69 while junior Aly Rayle did the same in the 500 meter dash (1:19.12). Jones and Rayle teamed with sophomores Sophie Halkett and Cara Hutson to win the 4x400 meter relay in a region qualifying time of 4:07.30.

The SLHS boys team was led by senior Timiebi Ogobri, juniors Jack Eggeman, Houston Nelson and sophomore Stevie Jones, who teamed to win the 4x200 meter relay in 1:33.89 (region qualifying time). Ogobri also finished third in the 55 meters with a region qualifying time of 6.60 while Jones finished fifth in 6.73, qualifying him to compete in the Liberty Conference meet at the end of the season.

The Seahawks will compete in the Ed Bowie Classic Thursday, December 22 as well as the rescheduled =PR= Holiday Invitational Monday, December 26 before closing out the month with the Friends of Indoor Track Meet Wednesday, December 28. All three meets will be held at the Prince George's County Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD.

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

(Photos: Olivia Beckner in 3200 meter run. Devyn Jones in the 55 meter hurdles)

*Conference qualifier

**Region qualifier

***State qualifier

FIELD EVENTS

Long Jump

Stevie Jones 19-08.50 7th

Caelan Nzamba 16-09.50 25th

Timiebi Ogobri 19-05.75 9th

Triple Jump

Don’ta Whitley 40-09.50 5th*

High Jump

Ashton Reinhold 5-04.00 5th*

Don’ta Whitley 5-04.00 5th*

Pole Vault

Abby Wickman 7-06.00 9th*

Shot Put

Ashton Reinhold 33-11.50 17th

RUNNING EVENTS

4x800 Meter Relay

55 Meter Hurdles

Devyn Jones 8.69 1st**

Abby Wickman 10.81 18th

Kristen Williams 10.38 15th*

Logan King 9.59 13th

Caelan Nzamba 9.74 14th

55 Meter Dash

Erika Ikhide 8.20 26th

Rhema Konadu 7.66 7th*

Stevie Jones 6.73 5th*

Timiebi Ogobri 6.60 3rd**

4x200 Meter Relay

Cara Hutson 28.1

Rhema Konadu 27.6

Abby Wickman 28.5

Erika Ikhide 30.3 - 1:54.20 7th

Timiebi Ogobri 23.1

John Eggeman 23.1

Houston Nelson 24.3

Stevie Jones 22.7 - 1:33.89

1st**

1600 Meter Run

Olivia Beckner 5:00.92 1st***

Sophie Halkett 5:27.28 10th*

Emily McGrath 5:38.68 12th

Alex Loukili 4:38.17 4th*

Josh Umbrell 5:12.42 29th

Jack Watkins 4:57.47 16th

500 Meter Dash

Katherine Lannen 1:26.44 9th

Aly Rayle 1:19.12 1st**

Ashton Reinhold 1:12.57 17th

Don’ta Whitley 1:09.82 7th*

1000 Meter Run

Marissa Banga 3:23.16 12th

Emily Lannen 3:27.98 15th

Brooke Tobias 3:21.22 9th

Alex Beckner 3:04.12 25th

Webb Nims 3:03.55 24th

Alex Loukili 2:47.55 5th

300 Meter Dash

Cara Hutson 44.77 11th

Devyn Jones 43.09 4th*

Rhema Konadu 46.40 22nd

Aly Rayle 44.61 10th

John Eggeman 37.82 10th*

Houston Nelson 39.98 23rd

Timiebi Ogobri 37.30 8th*

3200 Meter Run

Olivia Beckner 11:09.71 1st***

Naomi Brindley 12:52.37 14th

Sarah Wolfe 12:31.11 10th

4x400 Meter Relay

Devyn Jones 60.4

Sophie Halkett 61.1

Cara Hutson 63.3

Aly Rayle 62.3 - 4:07.30 1st**

Emily McGrath 64.2

Emily Lannen 66.4

Brooke Tobias 66.8

Katherine Lannen 70.3 -

4:28.12 9th

Ashton Reinhold 54.6

Stevie Jones 53.6

Jack Eggeman 52.6

Don’ta Whitley 52.5 - 3:33.34

5th**

Jack Watkins 55.9

Logan King 55.1

John Eggeman 54.9

Houston Nelson 57.4 - 3:43.53

9th