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Friday, June 2 – The Rockbridge County High School girls’ 4 X 800-meter relay team placed 12th at the Class 3 state track and field meet, finishing in 10:20.9 to break their own school record by nearly a second on Friday at Liberty University in Lynchburg. Team members were senior Grace Rolon, juniors Nicole Black and Deena Ludtke and freshman Dorothy Lewis.
Previously, the RC girls had placed third at the Region 3C meet on May 23 in Harrisonburg, finishing in 10:21.75 to break the previous school record of 10:26.25, set in 2014, by 4.5 seconds. Last year, the RC girls placed seventh at the state meet in 10:27.72, but they faced faster competition this year.
Fort Defiance won the state title in the relay this year in 9:31.21, while Abingdon placed second of 21 teams in 9:37.25.
Also competing at the state meet for the RC girls were Ludtke, earning all-state (top eight) honors by placing eighth in the girls’ 3200-meter run in 11:35.09 on Saturday, and junior Bri Marando, finishing 13th in the girls’ discus with a throw of 84 feet, 4 inches on Friday.
For the full story and photos from the state meet, please see our June 7 newspaper.
