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The Fork Union boys and Bishop O'Connell girls are the top ranked private school teams in Virginia as of May 5th. These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

A final list for the 2009-2010 indoor season of the top 10 best performances for each boys' event in the state of Virginia.

The St. Christopher's School boys 4x200 meter relay team of Hiter Harris, Kurt Fleming, Hunter Johnson, and Keaton Hillman ran a state leading time of 1:31.30 in the prelims of the Eastern States Championships held Tuesday night at the New York Armory. Their relay won their heat and their time was 8th fastest overall to make them the final and last qualifier, which they ended up finishing last with a time of 1:32.06. More coverage at ArmoryTrack.com

Private school state rankings as of January 22nd including a leaderboard list and in-depth event rankings. Liberty Christian's Demitri Knowles has the top mark in the boys' long jump at 21'3.75" and fastest clocking in the 55 meter dash at 6.42. Meanwhile, three girls lead the private school ranks in two events including Taylor Clevinger of St. Catherine's in the 1600 and 1000, Emmy Fraenk of Hampton Roads Academy in the 500 and 300, and Shantell Bingham of Episcopal in the 55 meter hurdles and dash.

Photos by John Herzog It took a very talented and special group of young men at St. Christopher's to end a 21 year streak of dominance at Saturday's VISAA State Championships. The streak of consecutive private school state outdoor team titles by Fork Union Military Academy has arguably been the most impressive streak in the history of Virginia high school track & field.   There was not much surprise in the final outcome as St. Christopher's is a squad loaded with the private school's best including Alex James, Ben Katz, and Kurt Fleming, but Fork Union had made a resurgence this spring after clearly experience a down year for the entire indoor season including being defeated by St. Christopher's for the VISAA and Prep League indoor team titles. It ended up being a resounding victory though for the Saints as they did not have just  seven event winners throughout the day, but two meet record breaking performances from their 4x100 meter relay (42.98) and Ben Katz in the high jump (6'8.50").   The Norfolk Academy girls came out on top among three schools in the hunt for VISAA state girls team title between themselves and Richmond schools Collegiate (2nd, 101 pts) and St. Catherine's (3rd, 91.50 pts).Michelle Sutherland, the 300 meter hurdles winner, placed and scored in five events and also ran on Norfolk Academy's first place 4x400 meter relay.   Multiple event champions included Nefertiti Smith of Norfolk Collegiate, Danielle Williams of St. Stephens & St. Agnes, and Barbara Strehler of Trinity. Smith was the top performer in the field events by sweeping the jumps, while also claiming another state title in the 100 meter hurdles. Williams was a part of two meet records in the sprints with a swift 25.26 clocking in the 200 meter dash, while also anchoring her 4x100 relay to a meet record 49.49 performance to go along with a state title in the 100 meter dash. Strehler competed in all three distance races and nearly won all three as she outdueled VISAA state cross country champ Anneka Wilson in the 1600 and 3200 meter run while coming up just short to Roanoke Catholic's Brennan Long in the 800 meter run as runner-up at 2:20.04.   New Meet Records Boys 4x100 - St. Christopher's 42.98 Boys High Jump - Ben Katz (St. Christopher's) 6'8.50" Girls 200 - Danielle Williams (St. Stephens & St. Agnes) 25.26 Girls 4x100 - St. Stephens & St. Agnes 49.49 VISAA State Championships Complete Results   VISAA State Championships Photo Gallery by John Herzog - 1,019 photos total.

The cross country season is now officially over, so the focus and coverage of MileStat.com can turn over to the indoor track season and there is plenty of great performances to get excited about it as athletes and relays have already started turning in national caliber times and marks before the winter break. More to come soon from this past week's indoor meets... James Robinson has landed the next superstar in freshmen Genamarie McCant (Photo by John Herzog) as the ninth grader made an impressive high school debut at the UMES Lid Lift Invite with an early US #1 time in the 500 at 1:16.69, while also helping the Lady Rams to swift times of 1:44 in the 4x200 and 4:05 in the 4x400. McCant was one of several newcomers to make their presence felt early this season as Great Bridge freshmen Shakeela Sanders leaped to a leading long jump mark over 18 feet. US #1 Performances: B-500 - Taylor Sykes (Great Bridge) 1:05.42 G-500 - Genamarie McCant (James Robinson) 1:16.69 G-Triple Jump - Karimah Shepherd Grassfield) 40-2.50 B-3200 - Bobby Peavey (Kellam) 9:08.74 B-4x800 - Albemarle 8:00.80 G-4x200 - Bethel 1:44.31 B-Pole Vault - Allen Kelly (King's Fork) 15-0 B-Long Jump - James Taylor (Nansemond River) 23-10 B-High Jump - Justin Jackson (Charlottesville) 6-8 G-1600 - Joanna Stevens (Blacksburg) 5:08.62 G-Long Jump - Shakeela Saunders (Great Bridge) 18-1.50 B-1000 - David Gunnerson (Grafton) 2:34.96 G-4x400 - Menchville 4:01.13 G-High Jump - Nefertiti Smith (Norfolk Collegiate) 5-6 B-4x400 - Western Branch 3:27.69 B-4x200 - St. Christopher's 1:32.70