On Friday and Saturday, the track and field team competed against more than 30 teams within the DMV at the 2024 Northern Virginia Invitationals. The Vikes impressed with eight top-ten placements during the meet. 

Junior Ava Wilson did exceptionally well in the Girls’ Pole Vault, taking second place with a personal record of ten feet six inches. Sophomore Avery Washington also stood out with a personal record of 13.02 seconds in the Girls’ 100-meter dash and took home eighth place. Another outstanding placement was by junior Onehizeme Egbiremon in the Girls’ High Jump, she received eighth place with a jump of four feet ten inches. The Vikes finished things up with the Girls’ 3200-meter run, junior Ella Werkman placed third with a time of 10:51.97, and in fifth place, junior Katherine Greenwald landed a 10:54.57. 

Junior Mateo Gros-Slovinsky started things off strong for the boys, coming in fourth place in the Boys’ 3200-meter run with a time of 9:19.23 and a personal record. Gros-Slovinsky kept it up in the Boys’ 4×800 meter relay alongside Arin Joshi, Jonah Greszler and Zack Pritts, placing fifth and clocking in a time of 8:16.01. They were followed by Paris Ndakissa, Okogho Keito Puttkammer, Jo-Saih Lebale and Adrian Yang in sixth place for the Boys 4×100 meter relay with a time of 44.92. 

The Vikes host WJ and Churchill on Wednesday, April 17 at 3:30 p.m.