The 11th Annual Friends of Indoor Track Invitational appears to have brought together, once again, many of the top athletes from around the area as they continue their hoped for improvement heading into the new year. The meet was held for quite a few years as a relay only meet at George Mason University with very good success; but has now evolved into a regular track and field championship event format at the extremely nice venue at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland with the same continued success. Approximately 1,150 athletes representing forty six high schools will partake on the 200 meter unbanked six lane track in the hopes of eliciting some post Christmas cheer as they try to build up some momentum before heading into the brunt of the indoor schedule.
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Performance list for the 2005 F.I.T. Invitational to be held at the Prince George County\' Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland on Tuesday, December 27th.
Marylanders put up some fantastic times at the F.I.T. (Freinds of Indoor Track) Invitational yesterday. On the boys side, Dwight Parker dominated with a first place finish in the 1600m (4:31) and a 2nd place finish behind VA AAA XC Runner Up Mike Spooner in the 3200m (9:46). In the 55 dash, Aaron Anderson of Bishop McNamara won in 6.52, 3 tenths of a second off of the meet record. He also placed 3rd in the 300m in 35.85, and 3rd in the Long Jump in 20-05.25. DeMatha\'s relay teams did great again, posting a victory in the 4x2 (1:31.94 MR), and a 4th place 3:32.1. On the girls side, Roosevelt put up a great showing, finishing 2nd in the 4x2 relay (1:47), first in the 4x4 (3:58.6), 2nd in the 4x8 (10:09.3), and first in the DMR (13:11.1). Lakisha Campbell, a freshman from Bishop McNamara, also put up some stellar times, placing 3rd in the 500m (1:20.8) and 4th in the 55m Hurdles (9.08). Some other fantastic times from the meet are as follows: Girls Jacia Montgomery - ER - 6th 300m - 42.97 Takeisha Jameson - ER - 2nd 500m - 1:18.66 Tameka Jameson - ER - 1st 1000m - 3:02.3 Meghan Prinkey - BMcN - 2nd 3200m - 11:52.6 Bishop McN - 5th 4x4 4:10.4 - 2nd DMR 13:39.7 Saniel Atkinson - BMcN - 2nd HJ - 5\' 4\" Antoine Arrington - ER - 3rd TJ - 35-04.25 Boys Jeremy Samuels - Dem - 1st 300m - 35.21 Jason Powell - ER - 2nd 300m - 35.84 Mike Lemon - Dem - 5th 300m - 36.41 Geoffrey Daley - Dem - 2nd 500m - 1:07.6 Adrian Brown - ER - 3rd 500m - 1:07.9 Mikias Gelagle - ER - 5th 500m - 2:42.8 Malik Zafar - Mea - 2nd 1600m - 4:35.2 Will Mitchell - Dem - 3rd 1600m - 4:36.7 Geoffrey Daley - Dem - 2nd 55m Hurdles - 7.76 MR Earl Harris - BMcN - 5th 55m Hurdles - 8.18 Roosevelt - 2nd 4x4 3:29 - 1st 4x8 8:22.0 Oxon Hill - 5th 4x4 - 3:33.7 - 3rd DMR 11:12.0 Aaron Johnson - OH - 1st HJ - 6\' 4\" Justin Payne - Wood - 1st TJ - 45-01.75 Warren Gray - OH - 2nd TJ - 44-04.50 Antwan Farmer - OH - 4th TJ - 42-10.50
Bethel senior Francena McCorory broke three meet records at the F.I.T. Invitational with three state leading times in the 55 (7.09), 300 (38.79), and 500 (1:17.59) meter dashes to highlight the performances from the meet held at Prince George County\'s Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. Bethel teammate Russell Williams also posted a state best of 1:06.32 in the 500 meter dash. Thomas Jefferson senior Stephanie Reaves in the 1000 (3:03.31) and Westfield boys 4x400 meter relay (3:31.70) also ran the state\'s fastest times to date. Angela Jenkins of Buffalo Gap pulled another double win in the jumps with first place finishes in the long jump (18-4.25) and triple jump (38-9.50). Group AAA state individual runners-up this past fall in cross country, Mike Spooner of West Springfield and Sarah Haidiji of W.T. Woodson, both won their 3200 meter races with times of 9:39.49 and 11:37.76 respectively.