The Fort Defiance girls and boys track and field teams participated Saturday in the 32nd Annual Harrisonburg Co-Ed Classic.

HARRISONBURG — The Southern Valley only put a handful of athletes on the podium on Saturday afternoon during the Group AA meet.
Western Albemarle took the boys team championship at the Group AA meet in Harrisonburg on Friday with 54 points, mixing consistent finishes with strong upfront performances.

HARRISONBURG – Stuarts Draft’s Christina Fenske was easy to find at the Group AA track and field championship on Friday night. Her rainbow-colored knee socks were not easily missed and neither was her domination in high jump. Fenske placed first with a 5-foot, 4-inch jump.
“I joined track two years ago. I really wasn’t into it that much,” Fenske said. “But I really started to love it – especially the high jump. I finished last year in ninth place, so to place first is really exciting.”

LYNCHBURG — With the Region III girls track and field team championship in the balance, the anchor runners from Brookville, Heritage and Turner Ashby crashed across the finish line simultaneously in Saturday’s meet-ending 1,600-meter relay at Liberty University.
Clinging to a two-point lead on Brookville, Pioneers sprinter Amanda Wimbush passed Bees’ distance runner Janel Reeves on the back stretch and barely held off a strong kick from Reeves while TA’s Molly Skidmore skidded across the finish line in first place by a baton’s length.

Waynesboro’s Tim Brown, no doubt, earned the nickname “Slick” for his laid-back approach to life.
On Friday, at the inaugural Southern Valley District outdoor track and field meet, the stone-faced senior managed to contort his face into a smile and open his eyes wide in excitement. He’s wanted to hit 45 feet on the triple jump for quite some time and in windy and cold conditions at his home track, he nailed it.
Though it took some convincing from Little Giant jump coach Charlie Cox.