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Friday, March 3 – Parry McCluer High School junior Kovyk Chandler defended his state title in the boys’ 3200-meter run, breaking his own school record, and won the 1600-meter run at the Class 1 and 2 combined state indoor track and field meet on Thursday at Liberty University.
Breaking away in the final lap, Chandler finished the 3200-meter run in 9:46.72, breaking his old school record by about four seconds. Lebanon’s Derek Mitchell placed second of 17 runners in 9:50.27. In the Class 1 state cross country meet in November, Chandler had finished second to Mitchell by about 23 seconds.
In the 1600-meter run, Chandler took the lead early and won in 4:26.87. Glenvar’s Caeden Bowker placed second of 10 runners in 4:36.52.
Also competing for the PM boys was freshman Logan Wheelock, who placed 15th in the 3200-meter run in 10:56.78, a personal record (PR).
The lone PM girl competing was freshman Kamilah Richardson in the shot put, Richardson placed eighth of 15 throwers with 32 feet, 11 inches, a PR by more than 4 feet. Richardson earned all-state honors by placing in the top eight.
With just two individuals competing, the PM boys placed 13th of 39 scoring teams, tallying 20 points. Richardson scored one point for the PM girls to put them tied for 38th place of 39 scoring teams.
Glenvar won the boys’ meet with 58 points, Bruton (49) placed second, and Lancaster (44) finished third. Floyd County (55) won the girls’ meet with 55 points, Poquoson (44) placed second, and Appomattox County (39) and Tazewell tied for third.
For the full story and photos from the state meet, please see our March 8 newspaper.
