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.

Girls Place 2nd in Final Quad Meet of 2013 Season!

Team Scores:

Girls    1. SC 87          2. WP 69         3. TCW 34      4. Ann 26

Boys   1. SC 84          2. TCW 66      3. WP 42         4. Ann 37

The girls were second to defending District & Regional champions South County and the boys were third as the Wolverines wrapped up their regular season for 2013.  In total West Potomac came away with 6 event victories and saw a host of athletes put forth personal best performances.

Event winners were the girls 4x100, Ke’Shaun Davis in the Long Jump, Brianna Boykin in the Triple Jump, Brad Schaefer in the Long Jump, Glenn Rushing in the 400 and Meredith Barber in the 1600m.  Barber led a 1-2-3 sweep for the Lady Wolverines as fellow freshmen Laura Powell and Lauren Airey were second and third respectively.  Davis had a strong day as she was also runner-up in the 100m and 200m.  Mychelle Gyamfi was right behind Davis in the Long Jump as she placed second and Slatery took runner-up in the Triple Jump. Sophia Passacantando was second in the 800m, placing runner-up only to State Champion Felecia Majors. Kelly Slatery was third in the 100 hurdles and High Jump.

The boys team also had several performers place in the top three throughout the meet.  Lozie Goolsby cleared 6’0” in the High Jump to get 2^nd.  Kelly O’Meara was second in the 110 hurdles.

Many food items still needed for this week's team dinner!

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Nike Spring Invitational Lineups

Nike Spring Invitational 2013

South Lakes High School (Reston, VA)

May 4, 2013

Bus leaves at 1:45pm

4:00 PM        #1        Girls High Jump Varsity                Taylor, Zdebski, Smith

4:00 PM        #5        Girls Triple Jump Varsity                Boykin, Slatery, Dickerson

4:00 PM        #6        Boys Long Jump Varsity                Finals: Gyamfi, Schaefer, Vaughan

4:00 PM        #10        Boys Discus Throw Varsity        Finals: Gyamfi, Pike, Ransom

4:00 PM        #11        Girls Shot Put Varsity                Finals: Woods, Adjei

6:00 PM        #9        Girls Discus Throw Varsity        Finals: Danko, Adjei, Bervell

6:00 PM        #12        Boys Shot Put Varsity                Finals: Gyamfi, Rotimi

5:30 PM        #2        Boys High Jump Varsity                Finals: Goolsby

6:00 PM        #4        Boys Pole Vault Varsity                Finals: Schaefer

6:00 PM        #7        Girls Long Jump Varsity                Finals: Boykin, Davis, Slatery

6:00 PM        #8        Boys Triple Jump Varsity                Finals: Schaefer, Edemobi

4:00 PM        #35        Girls 800 Meter Run Frosh        (Barber, Powell, Airey)

4:05 PM        #36        Boys 800 Meter Run Frosh        (Bell, J. Whitney, A. Whitney)

4:10 PM        #37        Girls 100 Meter Dash Frosh        

4:15 PM        #38        Boys 100 Meter Dash Frosh        Schaefer

4:30 PM        #33        Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Varsity        no entries

4:45 PM        #34        Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Varsity        no entries

5:00 PM        #13        Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Varsity        Slatery, Taylor, Freewalt

5:15 PM        #14        Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Varsity        Napoli, McCobb, Osafoh

5:25 PM        #15        Girls 100 Meter Dash Varsity        Davis, Gyamfi, Highland

5:35 PM        #16        Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity        Vaughan, Kargbo, Gyamfi

5:50 PM         =PR= Youth Program 100 Meters

6:00 PM        #19        Girls 1600 Meter Run Varsity        (Passacantando, Murray, O’Hern)

6:20 PM        #20        Boys 1600 Meter Run Varsity        (Halladay, Khanal, J.McNulla)

6:40 PM        #17        Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity        Gyamfi - Takyi - Taylor - Davis Alt: Boykin

6:45 PM        #18        Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity        Schaefer - Gyamfi - Vaughan - Napoli

6:50 PM        #21        Girls 400 Meter Dash Varsity        (G. Bomberg, Z. Smith, Takyi)

7:05 PM        #22        Boys 400 Meter Dash Varsity        Goolsby, Rushing, James

7:25 PM        #23        Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Varsity        Slatery, Freewalt, Taylor

7:45 PM        #24        Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Varsity        Napoli, Kargbo, McCobb

8:10 PM        #25        Girls 800 Meter Run Varsity        (Price, M. Bomberg, Zdebski)

8:25 PM        #26        Boys 800 Meter Run Varsity        (Rosenberg, Bernier, O’Boyle)

8:40 PM        #27        Girls 200 Meter Dash Varsity        Davis, Gyamfi, Highland

8:55 PM        #28        Boys 200 Meter Dash Varsity        Vaughan, Schaefer, Gyamfi

9:10 PM        #29        Girls 3200 Meter Run Varsity        (Genuario, McNulla, Finn)

9:40 PM        #30        Boys 3200 Meter Run Varsity        (Cucinotta, Turner)

10:20 PM        #31        Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity        (Price, Passacantando, M. Bomberg, Zdebski, G. Bomberg, Z.Smith))

10:30 PM        #32        Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity        Goolsby - Rushing - Rosenberg - Halladay  Alt: Bernier, James, O’Boyle

LIneups for the Quad Meet May 1 at TC Williams

May 1, 2013

WP vs. Ann TCW & SC

@ T.C. Williams High School

Bus departs WPHS @ 4pm (there will be two buses, one for girls & one for boys)

Order of Events

Field

5:30pm

Girls Shot Put(  – Boys Shot () directly to follow

Girls Discus (TBA) - Boys Disc (TBA)  directly to follow

Girls High Jump- (Zdebski, Smith, Slatery) Boys High Jump (Goolsby, Alexander) directly to follow

Boys Long Jump (Schaefer, Osafoh, Vaughan, Kargbo, Opoku, Pinter, Turman) - Girls LJ (Boykin, Gyamfi, Davis) directly to follow

Girls Triple Jump (Slatery, Boykin) - Boys TJ (Schaefer) directly to follow

Track

5:30pm- Rolling Schedule.. Varsity Heats will run first. Unless the event is combined, Girls will run first then Boys.

3200m Relay: No WP entries                

100/110m Hurdles

Slatery, Freewalt, Warner, Castro, Kaisa, Mitchell

O’Meara, Napoli, Osafoh, Kargbo, Servais, Pacheco

100m

Davis, Gyamfi, Highland, Boykin, Parker, Danko, Dickerson, Haskins, Castro, Ransom, Maloney, Caicedo, Taylor, Warner

Schaefer, Vaughan, Martinez, Jackson, Alexander, Mensah, Romero, Pinter, Opoku, Hammond, Turman, Pacheco, Napper, Espinal

1600m

Barber, Powell, Airey, Read, Thomson

McNulla, Spitnale, Bell, Cash, J. Whitney, A.Whitney

4 x 100m Relay

A) Gyamfi - Highland - Takyi - Davis Alternate: Boykin

B) TBA

A) Schaefer - Vaughan - Martinez - Napoli

B) Alexander - Jackson - Mensah - Opoku

C)

400m

Zdebski, Takyi, Jackson, Smith, Mitchell, Bessel, Maloney

Goolsby, Rushing, James, Cukor, Mensah, Hammond

300m Hurdles

Slatery, Freewalt, Warner, Castro

O’Meara, Napoli, Kargbo, Osafoh, Pacheco

800m

Passacantando, O’Hern, Z. Smith, Copley, Larsen, Vita, Lash

Khanal, Cate, Pinney, Hardee, Mormon, Lincoln

200m

Davis, Gyamfi, Highland, Boykin, Parker, Jackson, Taylor, Warner, Freewalt, Kaisa, Castro, Ransom, Caicedo, Bessel, Haskins

Schaefer, Vaughan, Martinez, Napoli, Servais, Pacheco, Mensah, Pinter, Alexander, Jackson, Napper, Romero, Turman, Opoku, Espinal

3200m: None

4 x 400m Relay:

A) Z. Smith--O’Hern--Barber--Powell

A) Goolsby - James - Cukor - Rushing

B) O’Meara - Servais - Osafoh - Kargbo

C) Khanal--Cate--Spitnale--McNulla

Results for South County Quad Meet and Lake Braddock Hall of Fame Invitational

The Wolverines traveled to Lorton last Wednesday to take on South County, Lake Braddock and Woodson. WP distance runners had a very fine showing from both boys and girls. Leading the way and placing first Girls 4x800 Gabby Bomberg, Lauren Airey, Kelsey O'Hern & Laura Powell, Leading from start to finish. Boys 4x800 finishing first James McNulla, Brian Spitnale, Michael Bell & Austin Whitney...Bell took the lead on the 3rd leg of the relay. Other top distance performances were 2^nd place finishes from Maura Finn in the 1600m in 5:45.24 and Laura Powell in the 3200m 13:15.24.  Shreyak Khanal ran the 1600m in 4:53.84 for a new personal best.

On Saturday West Potomac found the going a little tougher with Ke’shaun Davis running Regional qualifying marks in both the 100 and 200 and anchoring a 6^th place finish in the 4X100. Katie Murray 11:43.17 finished 3^rd in the 3200. Katie Genuario 5^th in the mile at 5:14.33 and Kristi Snow running a 1:01.11 in the 400. Scoring for the boys were Lozie Goolsby coming in 7^th in the High Jump and Luca Halladay 8^th in the 3200m with a District qualifying time of 9:51.21.

The WP Track and Field team will be back in action next week with the 4x800m relays at the Milestat Invitational and the full squad returning in the last Quad of the season at T.C. on May 1^st.