Indoor Track and Field- Boys 3^rd, Girls 3^rd

The Indoor Track and Field program traveled to Boo Williams Sportsplex for the Norfolk Academy Invitational featuring many of the top programs across Virginia. After a long night of running, sprinting, and jumping, both the Dolphins’ boys and girls programs finished in 3^rd place in the field of 15.

Owen Richards led the charge for the boys, finishing 1^st in both the one-mile and the 1000m. Richards’ one-mile performance of 4:30 was enough to defeat the nearest competitor by 15 seconds. While Owen took home 1^st in the 1000m, his teammate Grant Shepherd also impressed the field with a 2^nd place finish. Briggs Standing and Berk Alptekin rounded out the Dolphins’ 1000m performances with top-10 finishes of their own. Continuing the running events, the 4x400m team of Briggs Standing, Grant Shepherd, Owen Richards, and Ethan Jones brought home a 2^nd place performance. Individually, Jones also finished the 300m in 3^rd place. Rounding out the long distance runs, Zach Earl and Berk Alptekin finished the 3200m neck-and-neck with a 3^rd place and 4^th place finish, respectively. In the jumping event, Carter Ward was the top-performer, winning the triple jump by nearly one foot.

On the girls’ side, Claire Bingham and Lexia Hann propelled the Dolphins to a 3^rd place finish. Claire, competing in the jumping events as well as the sprinting events, totaled three 2^nd place finishes and one 3^rd place finish on Tuesday night. Bingham kicked off her night with a second place finish in both the Long Jump and the Triple Jump before taking to the track for a 2^nd place finish in the 55m dash and a 3^rd place finish in the 300m. Lexia Hann followed suit and brought home 2^nd place in the one-mile and a top-10 finish in the 1000m. Rounding out the top girls’ performances, the 4×200 relay team completed competition in 2^nd place. The Dolphins are back in action on February 16 for the State Indoor Track and Field Tournament.