Austin qualified for the USATF National Championships today in the 1500.  The top 3 in each event go to Nationals in late July.  He ran a 4:16 which was good enough to get him 2nd place in the event.  Austin will run on Friday, July 31st at 11:00am in the qualifying heats.  If he qualifies to the finals he will run on Sunday, Aug. 2nd at noon.  The Nationals are at NC A&T in Greensboro.

Great job Austin!!!!!!!!!!!!

The girls 4x4 relay team of Dominique, Rose, Julia, & Cissy broke the 1A State Championship record.  The old record was 4:06 which stood since 1988.  We ran 4:04.48 to break the record and win the event.

Great job ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Villains had several members earn All-State honors at the 1A State Championships.  Below is a list of those individuals and the event(s) they earned All-State in.

What a day for the Villian track team at the State Championships.  Despite the thunderstorm delay which lasted for an hour and a half the Villians were estabishing there best performances of the year on the track.  Both the boys and girls finished the highest they have ever done in school history as team as the boys finished 7th and the girls finished 2nd State Runners Up. This was by far one of the best days in for the Villain track and field team.  Here is a summary of how the day sent for the Villains.

The morning started off with the girls 4x800 (Julia, Cissy, Ally, Katie) relay.  The relay ran there best time of the season of 9:59.46 which was good enough for 2nd place.  Next came the boys 4x8 (Austin, Preston, Alex, Robert) and they ran there best time of the season of 8:27.04 and got 4th place.  Now it was time for our only field event participants to to the track.  Kathryn and Bailey were in the high jump and a good day.  Kaytryn finished 9th in the high jump tying her best jump, & Baily finished 12th in the high jump.  Both girls are freshman so look for more good things to come.  Next came the prelims in wich Marty in the 200, Patrick in the 400, Dominique & Rose in the 400 all qualified to the finals.

Now the finals were taking place and just before the girls 4x2 (Rose, Dominique, Imma, Jessica R.) took to the track the thunderstorms came in and we were delayed.  It did not seem like the delay bothered the girls 4x2 as they took nearly 3 seconds off there best time by running 1:49.29 and finished 3rd.  Next, was Meredith in the mile.  She had a good race and finished11th with a time of 5:44.16, but this was just a warm-up for her two mile later in the day.  Now it was time for 400.  Rose & Dominique looked good and both ran there best times of there life.  Dominique finished 2nd with a time of 59.81 and Rose finished 5th with a time of 60.43.  Now, it was Patricks turn in the 400 and he ran his best time of his life with a time of 51.17 and finished 4th. 

Next was the 800 in which Juilia & Cissy ran there best times ever.  Cissy ran2:29.60 for 4th place while Julia ran 2:31.36 which was good enough for 5th place.  Next it was Austins turn in the 800 and he ran his best time by runnin 1:59.12 which was good enough for 3rd place. Marty was up next in the 200 and he  finished 4th in the 200 with his best time to date of 22.64.  Meredith was up again, but this time for the 2 mile.  She ran a great race and posted her best time ever of 12:12.92 which was good enough for 3rd place.  

Now it was time for the final 2 events of the evening now the 4x4 relays.  The boys 4x4 (Marty, Patrick, Brian, Austin) ran nearly 10 seconds faster than they ever have and finished 2nd.  They ran a time of 3:26.11 and showed they are one the best relays teams in 1A.  The girls took to the track in the 4x4 (Dominique, Rose, Julia, Cissy) and did not disappoint.  Everyone knew that it would come down to the Villains and Winston-Salem Prep (like always) and the last legs of each relay.  The girls saved the best for last and we ran with a passion.  There was no catching our girls this time as the girls not only went on to win the 4x4, but also broke the State Meet Record.  The old record was 4:06 and we ran 4:04.48.  

This ended a long, but very successful day on both the boys and girls side.  Everyone should be proud of your performances as we definitely performed our best at the biggest meet of the season, STATE!  Thanks to everyone that came to support and not only at State, but throughout the year.

Once again great job everyone and hopefully next year we can build off of this success.

Below is a list of those that qualified for the State Championships along with their events.  The following participated in the State Meet on Friday, May 15th at NC A&T in Greensboro.

The boys and girls had a successful day at the Regional Championships.  Both teams were hoping to qualify as many as possible to the state meet.  The day was warm and humid, but the Villains did not let that stop them.  The girls rallied to finish in 2nd place while the boys were able to capture a 5th place finish.  Both finishes are the highest either team has placed at regionals.  We had a lot of great performances at regionals and once again we had many performances that turned out to be their best performance of the year. 

We had a few Regional Champions and they were:  Patrick in the 400 and the boys 4x4 relay which consisted of Austin, Brian, Patrick, & Marty.  We had one lone Regional Champion on the girls side and that was Meredith in the 3200. 

We had many finish in the top 4 in their event which advanced them onto the State Championships, but we also had several athletes that just missed qualifying for State by finishing 5th.  Those that qualified to State in individual events are:  Dominique, Rose, Julia, Cissy, Kathryn, Bailey, Meredith, Patrick, & Austin.  The following relays qualified for State:  girls 4x8 (Katie, Rose, Julia, Cissy), 4x2 (Imma, Dominique, Rafa, Jessica), 4x4 (Julia, Rose, Dominique, Cissy).  Relays for the boys are: 4x8 (Ausitn, Preston, Alex, Robert), 4x4 (Patrick, Marty, Austin, Brian).  These relays and individual qualifiers will compete on Friday at the state meet at NC A&T in Greensboro.

Great job to everyone on a very successful Regional meet.

The boys and girls had a great Conference Championship meet.  The boys moved up one spot from day one to 4th place overall only 2 pts. behind 3rd place.  The girls made a huge comeback coming from 5th place after day one to 2nd place only 13 points behind first place.  We had a lot of great performances and some conference champions.  Those champions were: 100; Dominique, 200; Dominique, 400; Rose, 4x8 (Rose, Julia, Cissy, Katie), 4x4 (Dominique, Rose, Julia, Cissy).  On the boys side were: 100; Marty, 400; Patrick, 4x4 (Marty, Patrick, Brian, Austin). 

We also had several All-Conference awards by finishing in the top 2 in an event.  Those that received this award are:  Dominique, Rose, Cissy, Julia, Katie, Meredith, Imma, Jessica R., Jessica B., Rafa.  On the boys side were:  Marty, Patrick, Austin, Brian, Sean.

Also, Dominique was voted on by the coaches' as the Female Athlete of the Year.

After day 1 of the conference championships both the boys and girls are in 5th place heading into day # 2.  We had some good performances on Day 1 which on the boys side was highlighted by Marty's 2nd place finish in the long jump and the boys' 3rd place finish in the 4x8.

On the girls side Kathryn and Bailey highlighted the field events by placing 2nd and 5th in the high jump.  Bailey came back to grap 6th place in the triple jump.  The highlight of the evening was the girls 4x8 relay team which broke the conference record.  The old record was established by Bishop last year with a time of 10:09, but this years team beat that time by running 10:06 (Rose, Katie, Julia, & Cissy).  Team standings after day 1 which only included the field events and the 4x8 relay are: