South Lakes High School Outdoor Track Teams Win Liberty Conference Championships

South Lakes High School successfully defended its titles in winning both the boys and girls 2015 Liberty Conference 6 Outdoor Track and Field Championships here May 19-20, according to a news release from Fairfax County Public Schools.

It is the fifth consecutive title for the girls team and the second straight and seventh in the past eight years for the boys team. The girls scored 142 points. James Madison was second with 101 and Langley finished third (78). On the boys side, SLHS scored 191 points, followed by Madison (96) and McLean (74). Both teams also won the Liberty Conference Indoor Championships last February.

Junior Skander Ballard dominated the two-day competition, leading a sweep of the 400 meters (50.15), as a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team (3:27.83), finishing second in the 200 meters (22.87), triple jump (42-01.75) and pole vault (12-00.00) and placing third in the long jump (20-00.25). Junior Nikolai Waithe and seniors Sam Arpee and Ryan LaPorte teamed with Ballard in the 4x400.

Eric Kirlew, also a junior, won the long jump (20-03.50), triple jump (42-04.25) and teamed with sophomore Timiebi Ogobri, junior Anas Fain and senior Timothy Logan in winning the 4x100 meter relay (44.43).

Fain also won the 300 hurdles (41.38) and finished second (15.04) to senior Nathan Stone (14.93) in the 110 high hurdles. Fain was third in the high jump (5-08.00) and triple jump (41-11.25). Stone took second in the high jump (6-02.00).

In the girls team victory, sophomore Devyn Jones won the 100 meter hurdles (15.13), finished second in the 300 meter hurdles (47.36) and long jump (17-03.25) and teamed with seniors Comfort Reed, Ozioma Chinaka and sophomore Nikayla Hoyte for second in the 4x100 meter relay (50.60).

Reed won the triple jump (36-05.50) and was fourth in the long jump (16-07.25).

Chinaka, who was second in the shot (28-02.00), fourth in the pole vault (7-09.00), teamed with senior Claire Nieusma, junior Golden Kumi-Darfour and sophomore Jessica Lister to win the 4x400 meter relay in 4:01.72. Nieusma also won the 300 meter hurdles in 47.36 and was fourth in the 100 hurdles (17.35).

South Lakes will compete in the North Region Championships May 28-29 at James Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax.

SLHS Results at Liberty Conference Championships:
**Region qualifier
***State qualifier
FIELD EVENTS
High jump:
**Anas Fain 5-08.00 3rd
***Nathan Stone 6-02.00 2nd

Long jump:
**Devyn Jones 17-03.25 2nd
**Comfort Reed 16-07.25 4th
Nora Sanchez 14-04.25 13th

**Skander Ballard 20-00.25 3rd
Anas Fain 18-02.75 8th
**Eric Kirlew 20-03.50 1st

Triple jump:
**Devyn Jones 32-02.00 6th
***Comfort Reed 36-05.50 1st
Nora Sanchez 31-06.00 7th

**Skander Ballard 42-01.75 2nd
**Anas Fain 41-11.25 3rd
**Eric Kirlew 42-04.25 1st

Discus
**Gabrielle Lozama 77-07.00 6th
**Natalie Schauer 92-07.00 2nd

James Heiman 82-01.00 18th
Ben Koby 97-01.00 11th
**Jeremiah Norman 131-01.00 4th

Shot put:
**Ozioma Chinaka 28—02.00 2nd
**Jordan Lozama 26-07.00 4th
**Natalie Schauer 28-01.25 3rd

Ben Koby 35-07.75 10th
**Jeremiah Norman 41-11.00 6th
Kevin Swecker 38-05.50 8th

Pole vault:
**Madison Carrens 7-09.00 3rd
**Ozioma Chinaka 7-09.00 4th
Mckenzie Walsh 6-09.00 9th (tie)
Abby Wickman 6-09.00 7th (tie)

**Skander Ballard 12-00.00 2nd
Kristian Gendron 9-06.00 13th
**Alex Rudison 11-06.00 3rd

4x800 meter Relay
***Olivia Beckner 2:23.5
***Monica Lannen 2:25.3
***Emily McGrath 2:27.3
***Golden Kumi-Darfour 2:17 - 9:33.88 2nd

**John LeBerre 2:04.44
**Andrew McCool 2:02
**Peter Sepulveda 2:07.4
**Collin Weirick 2:053 - 8:20.17 3rd

100 meter Hurdles:
***Devyn Jones 15.27 prelims 15.13 finals 1st
**Claire Nieusman 17.80 prelims 17.35 finals 4th

110 meter Dash:
Berket Beyene 17.50
***Anas Fain 15.50 prelims 15.04 finals 2nd
***Nathan Stone 15.26 prelims 14.93 finals 1st

100 meter Dash:
Ozioma Chinaka 13.11 8th (tie)
Nikayla Hoyte 13.11 8th (tie)
**Jordan Lozama 12.85 prelims 12.83 finals 4th
Nora Sanchez 13.74 20th
**Samantha Webb 12.77 prelims 12.85 finals 5th
Lena Weimerskirch 13.73 19th

**Eric Kirlew 11.51 prelims 11.74 finals 5th
Timothy Logan 12.12 19th
**Timiebi Ogobri 11.42 prelims 11.48 finals 3rd



1600 meter Run:
Emily McGrath 5:32.76 7th
Tara Ravishankar 5:50.73 12th

**Andrew McCool 4:33.77 3rd
Owen Walker 4:58.36 13th

4x100 meter Relay:
**Devyn Jones
**Comfort Reed
**Ozioma Chinaka
**Nikayla Hoyte - 50.60 2nd

**Timiebi Ogobri
**Anas Fain
**Timothy Logan
**Eric Kirlew - 44.43 1st

400 meter Dash
Jessica Lister 1:04.72 14th
**Jordan Lozama 59.31 5th

**Sam Arpee 50.57 2nd
***Skander Ballard 50.15 1st
**Nikolai Waithe 51.96 3rd

300 meter Hurdles:
**Devyn Jones 47.77 2nd
**Claire Nieusma 47.36 1st

Berket Beyene 44.76 7th
**Anas Fain 41.38 1st
Max Gillum 45.65 11th

800 meter Run
**Olivia Beckner 2:27.69 5th
Naomi Brindley 2:27.69 11th
***Golden Kumi-Darfour 2:17.67 2nd
Monica Lannen 2:23.89 7th
Seretha McHugh 2:29.25 14th

**John LeBerre 2:01.84 4th
Ashton Reinhold 2:08.33 13th
Collin Weirick 2:03.12 8th

200 meter Dash
Nikayla Hoyte 27.05 prelims 27.35 11th
**Jordan Lozama 25.92 prelims 26.04 finals 3rd
Comfort Reed 27.48 prelims
Samantha Webb 27.13 prelims 27.34 finals 10th

**Sam Arpee 23.37 prelims 23.29 finals 3rd
**Skander Ballard 22.62 prelims 22.87 finals 2nd
Eric Kirlew 23.26 prelims
**Timiebi Ogobri 23.35 prelims 23.53 finals 5th

3200 meter Run
Erin Bidwell 12:19.58 11th
Morgan LaRow 12:22.00 13th
Katie Martin 12:38.57 15th

**Andrew McCool 10:03.07 4th
**Sean Miller 10:13.21 5th
Peter Sepulveda 10:40.46 12th

4x400 meter Relay:
***Ozioma Chinaka 1:01.6
***Claire Nieusma 58.4
***Jessica Lister 1:03.2
***Golden Kumi-Darfour 58.1 - 4:01.72 1st

**Nikolai Waithe
**Skander Ballard
**Ryan LaPorte
**Sam Arpee - 3:27.83 1st

Team Standings
Girls Boys
South Lakes 142 South Lakes 191
James Madison 101 James Madison 96
Langley 78 McLean 74
Hayfield 60 Washington-Lee 59
Fairfax 50 Fairfax 51
McLean 49 Hayfield 26
Washington-Lee 30 Langley 24
Yorktown 17 Yorktown 6