Evans Sets New Shot Put Record

Rochelle Evans threw a mammoth record of 48'2" in the shot put to break the school indoor record and qualify for the ECAC meet.  Elizabeth Crafford also qualified for the meet with a 11'9.75" ple vault jump.  More here. 

Frenia Closes in on George's Shot Put Record

Drexel George '77 just retired last spring as a long time Fairfax County, VA social studies teacher where he had deservedly earned a sterling reputation as one the leading world history educators. Now he is being (happily) stalked by Taylor Frenia who became just the second person (after George) to break the 57' barrier with an IC4A qualifying put of 57.025 at the VA Tech meet. Click here to read more about the other results.

Balouris is VA Athlete of the Year

Elaina Balouris has been named VA Athlete of the Year.  Balouris was an All-American in both in track and cross country.   Here is the entire story. 

Large Reunion Coming in 2014

We will be having the third large W&M Track/Cross Country reunion on April 4-6 2014.   If you are interested in attending, please go here and fill in some preliminary information.  More information will be forthcoming (hotels, events, etc., but for now please put it on your calendar).   in 2011 we had 150 people at our reunion and almost that many in 2007.  We will be celebrating Dan Stimson's induction in the Hall of Fame and his 26 years at W&M.  

Massey 5 K Money Raised by Track Teams

Every year the W&M track and cross country teams team up for the Massey 5K which is in November.  Above is a video explains it.  This year the team raised $20,000 adding to the total $150,000 that has been raised in the past thirty years. 

NCAA Pictures

Here are twenty-seven pictures taken by Tim O'Dowd who graduated in 1979.  It sure beats the way Randy Hawthorne used to tape photos to the blackboard in the locker room a few days after the event (yes that is one more thing he has done for the team!). 

Balouris 11th, Team 12th at NCAA Meet

Senior Elaina Balouris finished 11th at the NCAA meet followed by Emily Stites in 46th, Meghan McGovern in 113th,  Michelle Britto in 122nd, Corolyn Hennesseey in 141st, Dylan Hassett in 167th and Erica Arnatori in 226th.   As a team the women performed better than all but the 1998 women's team with a 12th place finish.  The finish was six places higher than their ranking coming into the meet.

Thanks to Tim O'Dowd for the picture taken today of Balouris above.  More

Watch NCAA XC Meet Live on Sat

I am still getting used to the idea that the NCAA XC meet will not be on a Monday, but in fact on this Saturday.  Go here to watch it live at noon.  The men's race is at 11:55 am and the women's is at 1:10 pm (EST).

We tried tonight to do an interview and had some technical problems so I am hoping to do it again on Friday so you can see the excitement of the women's team before they race on Saturday.   

Women Reach 18th in Coaches' Poll

Jill Miller (and Steve Walsh, who is head of the track/XC programs) has led the women's team to two straight NCAA appearances in her three years at W&M - an impressive record to say the least.  Now the latest coaches' poll has the women ranked 18th in the US.  But with two very high scorers in Stites and Balouris, it seems likely that they will finish higher at the NCAA meet.  Look for an interview later this week with Miller and her two low scorers.

Men 6th at Southeast Region

The men's team finished 6th in the Southeast regional meet led by Josh Mercado in 29:57.  More