The PVI girls team are the Virginia State Catholic Champions! Coming in as the underdogs at this meet, all the girls contributed to this win, put in the hard work, and dug deep to give it their best when it counted the most. Your coaches are very proud of you!
Top individual performances at the meet were:
- Senior Catherine Richards, 1st 3200m, 2nd 1600m run
- Senior Maya Habib, 1st 300m hurdles, 2nd 100m hurdles, 4th long jump
- Senior Hannah Jewell, 4th 100m hurdles, 5th 300m hurdles
- Senior Nisha Downey, 6th 800m, 3rd 4x800m
- Senior Paige Salang, 3rd discus
- Senior Kaelyn Boodlal, 6th shot put
- Junior Lauren Parker, 4th in the 3200m, 5th 1600m
- Junior Avery Dickens, 7th 100m dash, 6th 200m, 2nd 4x100m
- Junior Chloe Rakowitz, 5th place 800m, 2nd 4x400m, 3rd 4x800m
- Junior Morgan Roberts, 5th place 3200m
- Junior Shay Carrow, 5th discus
- Sophomore Ellie Angel, 3rd 100m hurdles, 4th 300m hurdles
- Sophomore Elliana Taddeo, 7th 400m dash, 7th triple jump, 2nd 4x400m
- Sophomore Gabby Alfaro, 8th high jump
- Freshman Elise Fitzgibbon, 4th 800m; 6th 1600m
- Freshman Kathia Kouami, 3rd place 400m, 2nd 4x400m
- Freshman Elliana Babbit, 6th triple jump
The relay teams were amazing with the 4x100m relay of Samantha Bentley, Claire Curtze, Brooklynn Stratford, and Avery Dickens finishing 2nd overall. The 4x800m relay team of Danielle Fransella, Lilly Wahl, Nisha Downey, and Chloe Rakowitz finished in 3rd, and the 4x400m relay featuring Chloe Rakowitz, Elliana Taddeo, Samantha Bentley, and Kathia Kouami ran an incredible race, with a season PR of 4:18 and a second-place finish! Congratulations to Claire Curtze, Brooklynn Stratford, Kayleigh Clements, Elliana Babbit, Nile Lewis, Ava Thompson, Audrey Culipher, Mischa Cho, and Kelsa Boodlal for great performances in their individual events.