The Capital and Colonial District track & field championships made their first visit Glen Allen High School last weekend and initiated the new facilities with a string of broken records and near misses.

  District MVP Chris Pillow was at the forefront of Atlee’s Capital District boys championship team by setting a new league pole vault record at 16-03 smashing the 14-08 mark he set last year.

  Lee-Davis’ Montasia Golden led the Confederate girls squad to a district title with a record triple jump of 38-09.5 surpassing the mark set by former C-Fed Rachel Butler in 2007. Golden was one second off the 100 meter hurdle record with a winning run of 14.74.

  With vaults of 12-00, Atlee’s Cameron Overstreet and Henrico’s Stephanie Oleson both surpassed the 11-07 pole vault record set by Emma Dejarnette in 2008. However, Oleson took the district title by clearing 12-06 on her third attempt.

  Hanover’s Marzae Brooks set a new Capital District boys discus record with a throw of 158-08, breaking the 157-10 mark set by Lee-Davis’ Adam Taylor in 2007.

  Atlee Katherine Leitch, Katie Gardner, Emma Arner and Katie Bland also set a new mark in the 4x800 relay with a time of 9:47.19 breaking the 9:49.06 record set by Hanover last year.

  Atlee high jumpers Kala Page and Marques Atkinson each won their respective titles and came up just shy on their attempt to tie district records. Page won the girls title with a jump of 5-04 and barely brushed the bar on her attempt at 5-06. Atkinson won with a jump of 6-02 but failed to clear on a tying jump of 6-06.

  Armstrong’s Quanesha Wallace missed tying the record in the 100 by three tenths of a second.

  With 214 points scored, Atlee cruised to the boys title past Lee-Davis 151.50. Highland Springs (119.50) was third followed by Hanover, Henrico, Varina and Glen Allen.

  “We had some good performances, we really did,” said Atlee head coach Jim Triemplar who was named boys coach of the year. “Almost all the way across the board the guys came through.”

  Key to the Raiders’ success was their ability to surpass regular season marks. “Over our 20-year history, we have had a tendency to perform better on championship rounds in relation to our regular season teams, more so than any other teams have,” Triemplar said. “We just plan on doing that. That’s what we expect.”

  Marques Atkinson piled on the points with win in the 110 hurdles and 800, taking second in the 400, and a fourth place finish in the long jump to go along with his high jump title.

  Twin brother Michael Atkinson won the 300 hurdles, took second in the 110 hurdles finished second in the 200, third in the high jump and fourth in the long jump.

  The Raiders piled on the points in the pole vault, with Pillow (1st), Trey Rydel (2nd), Scott Elwood (tie-3rd) and Matt Thompson (6th).

  They did likewise in the high jump with Adam O’Keefe, Dre Bennett and Kodi Page claiming the two, four and six slots.

  Chad Jacob, Justin Taylor, Thomas Franco and Brandon Hunt won the 4x800 with a time of 8:15.05 edging out Lee-Davis’ Robbie Longest, Ben White, Dusty Crayton and Matt Wichelman.

  Lee-Davis’ Caleb Wyatt won the long jump with a distance of 21-08.50 while teammate Wes Tuck took the shot put with a throw of 52-07.00. Tuck also finished second in the discus.

  Senior Cody Snyder cruised to a win the 1600 and won the 3200 with a time of 9:51.95 to edge out Atlee’s Nathaniel Hall.

  Perhaps the most impressive performance on Saturday came in the 4x100 relay. When Lee-Davis 6-1, 225 quarterback Israel Vaughn took the baton for the final leg he trailed svelte 5-10, 165 Varina running back De’Chavon Hayes by a good meter. But the beefy Vaughn, who took fourth in the 100, blistered a path to the finish line to get the win by 0.13 seconds.

  “His starts have been his Achilles’ Heel in the open 100,” said Lee-Davis head coach Neil Matthews. “So when you get that boy the stick when he’s already moving, we’re in business.”

  Overall Matthews was pleased with the production he got from his limited squad. “We just don’t have the guns to stick with (Atlee),” he said. “We really competed well with where we had people in the meet. We just don’t have the depth.”

  The Lee-Davis girls came away with a comfortable 164.50-114 win over second place Atlee. Hanover was third with 96 points followed by Armstrong, Henrico, Highland Springs, Varina and Glen Allen.

  Lee-Davis senior Tiel Westbrook earned co-MVP honors by leading the Confederates to a wins in the 1600 and 800.

  Golden and Westbrook were the only C-feds to take titles but Lee-Davis won on the strength of their depth.

  “Depth kind of got us through today,” said Matthews who was named girls coach of the year. “We didn’t necessarily get the top points that we’re used to but our depth got us through so we feel fortunate with that.”

  Brie Jackson and Dallas Tennessee claimed third and fourth in the long jump while Jackson also took fourth in the triple jump, fourth in the 100 hurdles and sixth in the high jump. Tennessee was second in the 100 and third in the 200.

  Atlee’s Kala Page took the long jump title and claimed second in the triple jump.

  “Kala’s just brought so much to this team in terms of the fact she smiles every time she comes out of the pit,” Triemplar said. “She loves what she’s doing. She competes.”

  Atlee’s Madison Angus, Kaitlin O’Kelly, Austin Lackey and Alexandra Farnsworth took fourth, sixth and a seventh place tie in the pole vault. 
  Hanover’s Anna Gordon and Molly Breidenbaugh claimed a one-two finish in the 3200. Breidenbaugh also took second in the 1600.

  Armstrong’s Quanesha Wallace was named co-MVP.

  Teshad Chambers of Highland Springs was named boys runner MVP.

  COLONIAL DISTRICT

  The Patrick Henry girls utilized depth to claim the Colonial title, edging out Maggie Walker Governor’s School 139-106. Jessica Shelton swept the 100 hurdles (14.78) and 300 hurdles (47.73) to lead the Patriots to the title. Teammate Brooke Perdue took third and fourth respectively in the hurdle events. Shelton also claimed fourth in the long jump.
  Shania Williams won the shot put (34-8) and took fifth in the discus for Patrick Henry.

  Senior Rachel Stairs claimed second in the triple jump.

  The Patrick Henry boys came in third behind champion Douglas Freeman and runner up Deep run.

  Senior Minh Phan won the boys triple jump with a distance of 43-04.25. Phan also finished second in the long jump.

  Travis Phillips, Phan, Zaytone Tillman and Ricardo Molton won the 4x100 relay.

Capital District Results

Colonial District Results