Wilson sweeps DCIAA indoor track and field championships Carl Little Feb 01, 2013

TRACK AND FIELD | The boys and girls of Wilson win the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Assocation indoor titles. (via Washington Post)

Kaplan takes ISL title Carl Little Oct 28, 2012

CROSS-COUNTRY | Georgetown Visitation sophomore Emily Kaplan breezes to victory at the Independent School League championship. (via Washington Post)

Track and field roundup: Southern Track Classic, ISL championships, Prince George’s county meet Carl Little May 15, 2012

Mtn. View’s Kimberley Ficenec blisters 800 at Southern Track Classic; Georgetown Visitation wins another ISL title; Bowie, Wise impress at P.G. meet.. (via )

Track and field: Emily Kaplan shines at Draper Invitational Carl Little May 06, 2012

TRACK AND FIELD | Georgetown Visitation freshman Emily Kaplan cruises to a win in the 1,600 meters in Alexandria. (via )

Track and field: Alexis Franklin runs fastest 300-meter hurdles time in the country Carl Little May 03, 2012

TRACK | Old Mill’s Alexis Franklin wins the 300 hurdles in 41.49 seconds at the Bob Golliday Invitational, the fastest time in the country this season. (via )

Track and field: Champ Page wins two events at Mid-Atlantic Indoor Classic Carl Little Mar 05, 2012

Champ Page wins two events at the Mid-Atlantic Indoor Classic, a tune-up for this coming weekend’s indoor national championships. (via Washington Post)

Indoor track: Gonzaga, Seton win Private & Independent Schools Invitational Carl Little Feb 06, 2012

Carroll’s Kiah Seymour powers to three impressive victories, but Seton pulls out the girls’ title while Gonzaga wins its fourth straight boys’ championship. (via Washington Post)

DCIAA track and field: Dunbar sweeps Carl Little Feb 03, 2012

TRACK & FIELD | London Freeland won four medals as the Crimson Tide swept the girls’ and boys’ titles at P.G. Sports & Learning. (via Washington Post)

Indoor track: Local athletes post top times at Virginia Tech Invitational Carl Little Jan 30, 2012

INDOOR TRACK | Wise’s Champ Page was one of several local athletes to turn in top performances at the Virginia Tech Invitational. (via Washington Post)

Last Track to Philly: Natiaha Hinnerichs of Holton-Arms excels in the high jump Carl Little Jan 29, 2012

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Athlete Spotlight: Kimberley Ficenec Carl Little Mar 05, 2011

 Kimberley Ficenec’s principal never gets her name right. In fact, just about everyone she meets has trouble saying it. One time, someone mispronounced her last name “finance.” “It’s hard,” Ficenec, whose parents are from Czech Republic, says of her last name. “I’m not going to lie. If I met someone with a name like that I’d probably get it wrong, too.” Folks will probably start getting it right now that Ficenec (pronounced fitz-uh-nitz) has made everyone take notice by winning a state title. The Mountain View junior won the 1,000-meter run at the Virginia AAA championships Saturday in Hampton, crossing the line at Boo Williams Sportsplex in 2 minutes 54.47 seconds, the fastest time by a Virginia girl this season.

 

Link to Race Video of Ficenec's surprise 1000 meter state victory

Athlete Spotlight: Shantell Bingham Carl Little Feb 10, 2011

Photo by John Herzog

 

Shantell Bingham, the Virginia leader in the girls’ 55-meter hurdles, doesn’t see drills simply as a way of training her body. They fine-tune her nervous system. At practice, the Episcopal senior slides hurdles closer together, then drags them farther apart. After getting the barriers set, she jumps over them in an all-out sprint. It’s all in an effort to teach her synapses to fire quicker. She’s processing information so fast now, Episcopal assistant coach George Harris says, that it’s almost instinctive Bingham, who says she’s crashed into plenty of hurdles while doing drills, hopes to be smooth over the barriers at the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Championships Saturday at St. Christopher’s in Richmond.