by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
If at first you don’t succeed, do like Deep Run’s girls did.
After losing by a slim margin last season in indoor and outdoor track, the Wildcats won the Central Region indoor meet three months ago, and added the outdoor crown to it Thursday evening at Sports Backers Stadium.
Several ladies did damage for the Colonial District stalwart, led by N.C. State-bound Ashley Orr.
She earned field event performer of the meet honors on the strength of her long jump title (19-3 1/4) that she won by over a foot.
She placed third in the triple jump (36-10).
Briana Hudson (high jump, 5-5) and the 3,200-meter relay squad also took crowns to help the Wildcats nip Manchester and Desiree Russell by 1.5 points.
Russell, a sophomore, earned the runner-of-the-year award.
She won the 100-meter dash crown over Deep Run’s Joanna Hassell and her 200 win over Henrico’s Empress Harrison.
She helped the Lancers to a third-place finish in the 400 relay, but Orr and Hassell ran the third and fourth leg to put Deep Run second in that event, which could have been the difference.
Manchester’s Stephanie Brown put on a dominating performance in the 100 hurdles, winning by nearly a second to lead the Lancers.
Prince George and 400 champ Amber Pierson finished third, only a half point over Midlothian and 800 winner Paige Johnston.
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