Midlothian senior Amanda Patterson earned All-American honors for the second year in the row in the two mile run at Nike as she finished sixth in this year\'s race with a time of 10:42.62. Patterson ran anchor leg the day before on Midlothian\'s All-American third place finishing DMR. Northside sophomore Catherine White as put herself on the right track to do as Patterson did in her junior and senior years as she ran a personal best time of 11:02.11 for two miles (10:58.71 3200m conversion) to finish 10th overall in the event.
Deep Creek sophomore Ashley Gaitling, last year\'s outdoor Group AAA state champion in the high jump, earned All-American honors in the event as she tied with four other athletes for sixth place with a 5-3 clearance.
A national champion in Landover two years ago in the mile as a sophomore, Fauquier senior Sarah Bowman recaptured her mile title once again. Bowman set a strong steady pace as she went to the lead early and never relinquished it. Bowman hit splits of :34, 1:09, 1:48, 2:25, 3:01, 3:38, and 4:12 as went into the bell lap as Saratoga Springs\' Nicole Blood and Caitlin Lane were giving chase. Bowman closed the same way she started with a 34 second last lap to win in a time of 4:46.79. Blood would finish over three seconds back in second place at 4:49.94. St. Catherine\'s junior Katie Doswell joined Bowman among the All-American top six by finishing fifth overall in a time of 4:56.72.
Bowman and Doswell showed amazing strength to double back later in the meet with yet another All-American run for each. Bowman nearly pulled out yet another national title as she finished just behind race champion Geena Gall of Michigan (2:10.62) with a national runner-up time of 2:10.75. Doswell claimed yet another fifth place finish as she came back with a solid time of 2:13.76.
The girls\' 400 meter dash finals on Sunday featured two Virginians among the eight finalists with Bethel senior Shakirra Pinnock and Woodside freshmen Dominique Jordan. While the youthful Jordan would finish one place away from All-American honors in seventh place, Pinnock would claim such honors with a fourth place finish of 57.57.
Pinnock\'s junior Lady Bruins teammate, Francena McCorory, would bring All-American honors back to the city of Hampton as well as she was a national runner-up in the girls\' 60 meter dash with a time of 7.57.
Pinnock and McCorory joined together with sophomores Crystal Carrington and Essynce Roberts to form what would become the national championship winning 4x200 meter relay team from Bethel. Bethel would come from behind on the final leg thanks to McCorory\'s sizzling 23.4 anchor leg split to win in a time of 1:40.59. Virginia would dominate the event as they took four of the top six All-American spots with Hermitage (2nd, 1:41.04), Menchville (4th, 1:44.34), and Chantilly (5th, 1:44.43).
The Bethel girls would once again take home All-American honors to conclude the meet as the same four would join together for the 4x400 meter relay as the Lady Bruins finished third overall in a time of 3:58.85. The Kecoughtan girls\' relay team, who won the state title last weekend over a McCorory-less Bethel squad, also gained All-American recognition with a fourth place finishing time of 4:01.08.
After earning All-American honors yesterday with a fourth place finish in the girls\' triple jump, Buffalo Gap junior Angela Jenkins just missed a second honor on Sunday in the long jump as she finished seventh overall with a leap of 17-10.75.
Heritage\'s Octavia James earned her first ever All-American honors with a fifth place finish in the 60 meter hurdles. The Heritage senior clocked a time of 8.88 in the finals after posting times of 8.96 in the prelims and 8.94 in the semi-finals.
While Potomac Senior teammate Kharya Brown was making noise in the finals of the 60 and 200 meter dashes in New York at NSIC, Fallon Hutcherson was making a name for herself as well at Nike as she finished fourth in the 200 meter dash finals to earn All-American honors with a time of 25.26.
It is a shame that the Midlothian girls\' 4x800 meter relay team, coming off their 9:24 clocking at last weekend\'s Group AAA State Meet did not double back from last night\'s All-American DMR performance as they certainly would have been in the thick of things at Nike as only two squads ran a faster time in Landover. However, the James Robinson girls had a fair showing for the state as they finished eighth overall in a time of 9:43.79.
After anchoring home a national title for the Tucker boys in last night\'s distance medley relay, Tucker senior Michael Chapa was anxious to see what he could do individually in Sunday\'s two mile. Surprisingly Chapa set the majority of the race pace as he took them through the mile in 4:35, but then began to fade badly in the final half mile of the race as he would end up finishing a disheartening seventh place with a time of 9:27.89. The last runner to pass the fading Chapa happened to be teammate Mason McElroy as McElroy had a sensational race to snag the final All-American spot in a time of 9:19.90 for sixth place.
After finishing fourth in the long jump a year ago to earn All-American honors as a junior, Thomas Dale senior Dennis Boone came back to Nike this year with only one goal in mind and that was to win. With the nation\'s leading mark coming in, Boone did not disappoint as he leaped to a mark of 24-7.75 to win his first national title by over half a foot. Forest Park junior Cameron Perry would join Boone on the All-American podium as he finished sixth overall in the event with a 22-8.50 mark. Boone would earn his second All-American honor on the day with a fourth place finish in the 60 meter dash (6.85).
Chantilly junior Brad Siragusa had a solid run in the boys\' mile run to finish second in his heat and eighth overall with a time of 4:20.17.
J.R. Tucker senior Thuom Mathaing, the 800 meter leg of Tucker\'s national champion DMR, finished eight overall in the boys\' 800 meter run with a solid 1:56.77 clocking.
Denbigh sophomore Jaymes Brooks (12th, 54-1.75) and Deep Creek senior Thomas McCutcheon (13th, 54-1) had solid throws in what turned out to be a very competitive boys\' shot put competition.
Bayside junior Charles Clark won his finals heat of the 200 meter dash as his time of 21.86 placed him fourth overall to garner him All-American recognition.
While not the same caliber from Deep Creek seen a few years ago when they were running national leading times week in and week out, the Deep Creek boys\' 4x200 meter relay team is still a squad to be reckoned with as shown by their third place finishing All-American performance at Nike. With the lineup of Toney Vaughan, Quentin Moore, Konrad Fitzgerald, and Lamar Veale, Deep Creek posted a swift time of 1:30.92. Thomas Edison also finished in the All-American top six with a time of 1:32.20.
Two Virginian relays also earned All-American honors in the 4x800 meter relay with Herndon earning their second All-American honor at the meet (DMR on Saturday) with a third place finish (8:01.59). The Robinson boys were right behind them in fourth with a time of 8:01.73.