Forty-three young athletes ranging from 3-14 years old participated in 9 events on the first day of the Potomac Valley Games. The majority hailed from Maryland and Virginia with the District of Columbia, Pennslyvania, and North Carolina represented as well.
The top three boys and girls in each age group were vying for the coveted Potomac Valley Track Club (PVTC) medals. Sights were also set on breaking the Potomac Valley Games Youth records. PVTC member Aliese Lovelace (12) stepped up in the first event of the day, the 100 meter dash, and trimmed .06 seconds off the mark established last year by Kierra Terry. Kierra (13) turned right around in the 200 meter dash and sliced .52 seconds off the record for 13-14 years set in 1998.
Ricky Blake (12) had the most productive day with 4 first place finishes and 2 new meet records in the 800 meter and the one mile run.
Four other records were set: Ashley Cormier (11) in the 400 meter dash; Jasmine Peterson-Hassan (13) and Andrew Hayden (9) in the 800 meter run; and Stephanie Marzen in the one mile run.
Long-time friends Patrick Fulghum (11) and Chris Allen (13) ran their 3000 meter race at the same time the adults were running the 5000/10000 meter event. Patrick kept Chris in sight throughout and was able to break the Games record by over a minute. Chris established the mark for 13&14 boys. He also smashed the previous mile record of 6:10:17 with his time of 5:42:45.
Here are complete results of the youth events.
Youth Results Potomac Valley Games Saturday, August 30, 2003 Langley High School in McLean, Virginia (* after Name indicates athlete is a member of the Potomac Valley Track Club) (* after Result indicates Potomac Valley Games record set) 100 Meter Hurdles Girls 13-14 Jasmine Peterson-Hassan 13 Woodbridge, VA 21.80 100 Meter Dash Girls 8 & under Micha Brown-Lewis 8 Owings Mills, MD 19.06 Caitlin Morris 6 Washington, DC 22.56 Girls 9-10 Virginia Hill 9 Haymarket, VA 17.99 Girls 11-12 Aliese Lovelace* 12 Bristow, VA 13.40* Ashley Cormier 11 Owings Mills, MD 14.66 Eboni Davis 12 Bowie, MD 16.03 Daniela Gutierrez 12 Centreville, MD 16.53 Girls 13-14 Kierra Terry 13 Alexandria, VA 13.02 Jasmine Peterson-Hassan 13 Woodbridge, VA 13.69 Tiara Lovelace* 13 Bristow, VA 13.79 Alexandra Schade 14 Ashburn, VA 14.69 Boys 8 & under Keianno Casteal 8 Ft Belvoir, VA 16.47 Miles Davis 8 Gaithersburg, MD 16.57 Josh Lipshutz 8 Gaithersburg, MD 17.94 Jaymon Harris 6 Ft Belvoir, MD 21.34 Branden Velez 8 Bristow, VA 21.78 Parker Velez 5 Bristow, VA 28.92 KeShawn Lewis Jr. 3 Owings Mills, MD 42.23 Jaxon Hill 3 Haymarket, VA 54.71 Boys 9-10 Jerel Williams 10 Glen Burnie, MD 14.03 Sam Kopciak 10 Ashburn, VA 15.23 Tyrone Williams 10 Glen Burnie, MD 15.40 Amir Tillman 9 Lincoln University PA 18.20 Boys 13-14 Zachary Kopciak 14 Ashburn, VA 14.69 200 Meter Dash Girls 8 & under Micha Brown-Lewis 8 Owings Mills, MD 41.01 Becca Elias 8 McLean, VA 41.88 Girls 11-12 Aliese Lovelace* 12 Bristow, VA 28.07 Ashley Cormier 11 Owings Mills, MD 30.97 Girls 13-14 Kierra Terry 13 Alexandria, VA 27.30* Tiara Lovelace* 13 Bristow, VA 29.87 Alexandra Schade 14 Ashburn, VA 30.94 Boys 8 & under Keianno Casteal 8 Ft Belvoir, VA 35.74 Miles Davis 8 Gaithersburg, MD 36.31 Josh Lipshutz 8 Gaithersburg, MD 41.71 Parker Velez 5 Bristow, VA 62.97 James O'Malley 5 McLean, VA 78.75 Boys 9-10 Jerel Williams 10 Glen Burnie, MD 29.96 Sam Kopciak 10 Ashburn, VA 31.86 Tyrone Williams 10 Glen Burnie, MD 33.43 Amir Tillman 9 Lincoln University PA 39.90 Zach Elias 10 McLean, VA 42.87 Boys 11-12 Ricky Blake 12 Suffolk, VA 29.46 Boys 13-14 Zachary Kopciak 14 Ashburn, VA 30.12 400 Meter Dash Girls 8 & under Micha Brown-Lewis 8 Owings Mills, MD 1:42.09 Caitlin Morris 6 Washington, DC 1:55.30 Girls 11-12 Ashley Cormier 11 Owings Mills, MD 1:06.29* Andrea Oaxaca* 12 Arlington, VA 1:09.42 Girls 13-14 Kierra Terry 13 Alexandria, VA 1:03.22 Jasmine Peterson-Hassan 13 Woodbridge, VA 1:08.66 Boys 8 & under Miles Davis 8 Gaithersburg, MD 1:19.60 Josh Lipshutz 8 Gaithersburg, MD 1:35.99 Jaymon Harris 6 Ft Belvoir, MD 1:42.42 Branden Velez 8 Bristow, VA 1:44.19 Boys 9-10 Max Jones 10 Alexandria, VA 1:16.50 Linus Hamilton 9 Hyattsville, MD 1:27.24 800 Meter Run Girls 8 & under Micha Brown-Lewis 8 Owings Mills, MD 4:22.08 Girls 11-12 Ashley Cormier 11 Owings Mills, MD 2:47.98 Girls 13-14 Jasmine Peterson-Hassan 13 Woodbridge, VA 2:55.29* Boys 9-10 Andrew Hayden 9 Ashburn, VA 2:56.66* Max Jones 10 Alexandria, VA 3:19.52 Boys 11-12 Ricky Blake 12 Suffolk, VA 2:40.94* Patrick Fulghum* 11 Vienna, VA 2:41.95 Kurt Stegmeier 11 South Riding, VA 2:59.60 One Mile Run Girls 9-10 Stephanie Marzen* 10 McLean, VA 6:33.37* Boys 11-12 Ricky Blake 12 Suffolk, VA 5:42.92* Patrick Fulghum* 11 Vienna, VA 5:47.55 Boys 13-14 Chris Allen 13 Reston, VA 5:42.45* Woo Jin Choi 14 Annandale, VA 6:19.95 Tucker Velez 14 Bristow, VA 6:29.06 Josh McArthur 14 Catawba, NC 7:15.63 3000 Meter Run Boys 11-12 Patrick Fulghum* 11 Vienna, VA 11:47* Boys 13-14 Chris Allen 13 Reston, VA 11:27* High Jump Boys 11-12 Ricky Blake 12 Suffolk, VA 1.36m Joshua Mathis* 11 Reisterstown, MD 1.11m Boys 13-14 John Lang 14 Bethlehem, PA 1.36m Long Jump Girls 9-10 Virginia Hill 9 Haymarket, VA 3.08m Girls 13-14 Alexandra Schade 14 Ashburn, VA 3.62m Boys 9-10 Michael Lang 10 Bethlehem, PA 2.99m Linus Hamilton 9 Hyattsville, MD 2.81m Boys 11-12 Ricky Blake 12 Suffolk, VA 4.55m Volunteers: Craig Chasse Sal Corrallo Marjorie Corrallo Cliff DeWitt Rolland Elliott Sharon Good Al Logie Sandie Lovelace Jack McMahon Dion O'Mara Jay Jacob Wind John Winkert ... more ...