Inside this issue:

VPL AT FUMA 2

BOB JENKINS 3

CLYDE GROSS 3

TOP MARKS 3

2013 CROSS COUNTRY 4

PHOTO GALLERY 4

CONTACT INFO 4

FORK UNION TRACK AND FIELD NEWSLETTER

MAY 2013—CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION

CLYDE GROSS

5 STATE TITLES

5 PREP LEAGUE TITLES

3 STATE RELAY TITLES

STATE MEET RECORD 300IH

2013 VISAA MVP

2013 TEAM MVP FUMA TAKES IT TO THE WIRE IN BITTERSWEET END OF 2013

The 2013 VISAA State Track Championships turned into a dual meet between powerhouses Fork Union and Woodberry Forest. In the end, Woodberry outlasted FUMA by a margin of 15 points. It was the first championship for the Tigers since 1986. FUMA had championship efforts turned in by Clyde Gross, Russ Garver and two relay teams. The 4x800 set a new meet record of 7:54.66 topping Saint Christopher’s. Nemuel Okaah led off the effort with a personal best 2:01 and then the big three (Lomong, Lomong and Garver) took it from there. All three were under two minutes with Alex Lomong closing it out in 1:56.5. Peter Lomong and Garver returned later in the day and brought the house down in the 800 with a 1-2 finish. The 4x100 ran for redemption after the VPL and they got it with a 43.4 win. The effort of Malcolm Cook, Charles Clardy, Clyde Gross and Arnel Combs gave FUMA a fourth title in a row in the event. Junior Tyron McDade had a big day as well with a personal best 15.01 in the high hurdles and a season’s best 6’2 in the high jump. The day however belonged to Clyde Gross, his two wins in the hurdles and his relay heroics earned him the meet’s MVP award.

FRIENDS AND RIVALS RUSS GARVER AND PETER LOMONG GO 1-2 IN STATE 800.

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WOODBERRY DEPTH

TOO MUCH FOR HOST FUMA

A seemingly lonely weekend at FUMA turned into the back drop of perhaps the best Prep League meet ever. FUMA figured to strug-gle against the deeper Tigers of Woodberry Forest in the six team meet. The home team got off to a great start in the field events and weathered many of Woodberry’s better events but in the end succumbed to a seven point defeat. The last time the Blue Devils lost a Prep League Meet on home soil was the 2004 Indoor Championship—to the Tigers. FUMA racked up wins from Clyde Gross (hurdles), Charlton Larkins (throws) and Russ Garver(800). Larkins has been among the more consistent performers on the year. Garver shook off the accelerated schedule in the 800 to claim his first ever title. Freshman Alex Lomong notched a huge personal best in the 400 with a 50.19, a performance that would win most years was good enough for fourth. The show stopper came in the 4x400 where WFS and FUMA both ran 3:24. Unfortu-nately, like the meet the Tigers were just a little ahead.

THE SCORERS

VPL STATE MEET

COOK GROSS

CLARDY GARVER

COMBS LOMONG P

LOMONG A MCDADE

LOMONG P LOMONG A

OKAAH OKAAH

GARVER COOK

GROSS ODENYO

MCDADE DAVIS

DAVIS LARKINS

ODENYO SQUATRIGLIA

THOMPSON CLARDY

STRICKLAND MAYFIELD

STONE COMBS

MAYFIELD WRIGHT

WRIGHT UPTEGRAFF

LARKINS

SQUATRIGLIA

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BOB JENKINS

1933—2013

FUMA CLASS OF 52 We are sad to report the passing of 2009 Gus Lacy honoree Bob Jenkins. Bob was twice the National Coach of the Year and is in the South Carolina Hall of Fame. He passed away peacefully on April 29, 2013. Jenkins gave credit to Gus Lacy as his inspiration for want-ing to become a high school coach. He is credited with bringing Track and Field in South Carolina to National prominence. Our condolences go out to the Jenkins family.

TOP MARKS

LONG JUMP DONDRE WRIGHT 20’9 1/2

TRIPLE JUMP ARNEL COMBS 40’2 3/4

HIGH JUMP TYRON MCDADE 6’2

POLE VAULT RAINS MAYFIELD 13’6

SHOT PUT CHARLTON LARKINS 50’4

DISCUS CHARLTON LARKINS 157’1

4X800 OKAAH, GARVER, LOMONG, LOMONG 7:54.66

110 HH CLYDE GROSS 14.51

100 MALCOLM COOK 11.30

1600 ALEX LOMONG 4:30.04

4X100 COOK, ODENYO, GROSS, CLARDY 42.63

400 ALEX LOMONG 50.19

300 IH CLYDE GROSS 38.94

800 RUSS GARVER 1:57.15

200 CLYDE GROSS 22.41

3200 PETER LOMONG 10:01.51

4X400 LOMONG, GARVER, OKAAH, LOMONG 3:24.98

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2013 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE

SEPT. 3—RAGGED MOUNTAIN CUP

SEPT. 7—FUMA INVITATIONAL

SEPT. 14—WFS INVITE

SEPT. 20—FUMA VS. BLUE RIDGE

SEPT. 26—JAMES RIVER CHALLENGE

OCT. 5—VIRGINIA MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITE

OCT 12—ALBEMARLE INVITE

OCT. 18—FUMA VS. SAINT CHRIS

OCT. 25—FUMA VS. WFS

NOV. 1—VPL

NOV. 8—STATE MEET

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