Monday, December 24, 2012

=PR= Holiday Invitational: Goolsby & Genuario Qualify for Regionals!



The West Potomac Track Team competed in its second of three meets during the winter break.  The Wolverines took advantage of the heightened competition at the =PR= Holiday Invitational and took care of a number of qualifiers.
Junior Katie Genuario was the highest placing finisher for West Potomac as she notched a 3rd place finish in the girls 1600m.  Her time of 5:18.42 was below the Northern Region Standard.  Sophomore Lozie Goolsby was the top performer for the boys as he placed 5th in the High Jump after clearing 6-0 and automatically qualifying for Regionals.

There were a number of District qualifying performances as well.  In the girls 1000m senior captain Sophia Passcantando (11th, 3:12.23) had a new season best performance.  Senior Corey Rosenberg earned his second District qualifying time of the season in the 1600m with a new indoor personal best of 4:36.07.  Junior Luca Halladay competed in his first indoor 3200m and was in the top ten with a District qualifying time of 10:00.73.

The Wolverines stood up well in their first major invitational and continued to show improvement with a number of new personal or season best performances.  The team will return to PG Sportsplex for the F.I.T. Invitational on Saturday, January 29.


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