West Po Track and Field Sends 13 Individuals, 4 Relays to Regionals

The weather last week was beautiful for the Patriot District championship meet, and the West Potomac squad responded in kind with a number of standout performances. Altogether 13 individual athletes and four relays will be making the trip to Robinson Secondary later this week for the Northern Region championships, one of the most elite regional meets in Virginia.

Leading the way for the Wolverines was Ke'Shaun Davis who finished 3rd in the 100m dash. Lozie Goolsby tied for 3rd in the long jump with a mark of 6-01. Lauren Price marked her best time of the season in the 800m run where she dueled with Lake Braddock runner Aly Robinson around the last turn and then passed to finish third with a time of 2.21.71.

Mychael Gyamfi rounded out the third place finishes for the Wolverines with a discus throw of 140-07. 

Lauren Price finished third in the 800m run

Mychael Gyamfi finished fourth in the long jump

Gyamfi also finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 20-01. Olubunni Rotimi was fourth in the shot put with a mark of 44-06. Katie Genuario rounded out the fourth place finishes in the 1600m run with a time of 5.16.84.

Lozie Goolsby finished fifth in the 400m run

Goolsby also finished fifth in the 400m dash. Other 5th place finishes were Sophia Passacantando (1600m), Kristi Snow (400m), and Corey Rosenberg (800m).

Sixth place finishes included Katie Murray (3200m), Diemorney Pierson-El (100m), Glenn Rushing (400m), and Kelly O'Meara (300m hurdles). 

West Potomac will be sending four relays to the regional meet. The girls 4x100m squad of Mychelle Gyamfi, Aniya Taylor, Rhoda Takyi and Ke’Shaun Davis finished third. 

Mychelle Gyamfi in the 4 x100m relay

Meredith Barber

The girls 4x800m of Sophia Passacantando, Lauren Price, Katie Genuario and freshman Meredith Barber finished third. 

Sophia Passacantando and Katie Genuario  

The boys 4 x 400m team of Lozie Goolsby, Glenn Rushing, Corey Rosenberg and Crispin Bernier finished third. In a fast race, the boys 4 x 800m team of Bernier, Luca Halladay, Cullen O'Boyle and Rosenberg finished fourth in a time well under the regional meet automatic qualifying time, thus punching their ticket to Robinson Secondary this coming Thursday night. 

The boys 4 x 800m relay after qualifying for Regionals
 with a time very close to the State automatic qualifying time

Congratulations to the athletes who competed in the District Championship and good luck to our team at the Regional meet this week!

All-District Individuals

Lauren Price, 3^rd, 800m

Ke’Shaun Davis, 3^rd, 100m

Mychael Gyamfi, 3^rd Discus & 4^th Long Jump

Lozie Goolsby, 3^rd High Jump & 5^th 400m

Katie Genuario, 4^th, 1600m

Olubunni Rotimi, 4^th, Shot Put

Sophia Passacantando, 5^th, 1600m

Kristi Snow, 5^th, 400m

Corey Rosenberg, 5^th, 800m

Katie Murray, 6^th, 3200m

Diemorney Pierson-El, 6^th, 100m

Glenn Rushing, 6^th, 400m

Kelly O’Meara, 6^th, 300m hurdles

Relays qualified for Regionals

Girls 4x800m: Sophia Passacantando, Lauren Price, Katie Genuario, Meredith Barber

Girls 4x100m: Mychelle Gyamfi, Aniya Taylor, Rhoda Takyi, Ke’Shaun Davis

Boys 4x800m: Luca Halladay, Crispin Bernier, Cullen O’Boyle, Corey Rosenberg

Boys 4x400m: Lozie Gooslby, Glenn Rushing, Corey Rosenberg, Crispin Bernier

Goolsby jumps his way to state qualifying mark at TJ Penultimate!

Lozie Goolsby led the way this past weekend at the TJ Penultimate with a winning high jump of 6’3 to make the States automatic qualifier. He joins Mychael Gyamfi as the two state qualifers thusfar for the spring track and field season. Goolsby also placed 5^th in the 400. Michael Gyamfi won another invitational, throwing the disc 138’7. Other members scoring team points were the Girls 4x100 Michelle Gyamfi, Ke’Shaun Davis, Aniya Taylor and Rhoda Takyi finishing fourth, Allison Mcnulla finishing 5^th in the girls 1600 meters in a time of 5:32.62 and Boomi Rotimi finishing 6^th in the shot with a throw of 41’1.

Gymafi Wins and State Qualifies in the Discus at Nike Spring Invitational

West Potomac placed 7^th in the girls team scores and 10^th in the boys team competition at this year’s Nike Spring Invitational.  The Wolverines made the most of the evening meet, with athletes continuing to improve as the team gears up for the championships season in less than two weeks.  Mychael Gyamfi led the way as he became the first member of both teams to qualify for states this season, winning the Discus with a new personal best of 153-00.

Mychael Gyamfi wins the discus at the Nike Spring Invitational

Leading the way for the girls team was Katie Genuario, who almost became the second member of the team to qualify for states.  Genuario lowered her regional qualifying time down to 11:15 and was only 2 seconds shy of states.  Ke’Shaun Davis was 2^nd in the 100m and also lowered her regional mark down to 12.60 and came back to finish 4^th in the 200m.

Placing in the top six for the boys team was freshmen Brad Schaefer, who was second in the Freshmen 100m.  Lozie Goolsby was second in the High Jump as he improved his regional mark to 6’2” and also placed fourth in the 400m.

Full results for the Nike Spring Invitational can be found here. 

Up next for the Wolverines will be the Southern Track Classic in Richmond, VA, where the accepted entries for West Potomac are Mychael Gymafi in the Discus and the girls and boys 4x800m relays.  The last invitational is May 11, the TJ Penultimate, which will serve as a last chance qualifier before Districts.