By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Region 3C indoor track meet was held on Feb. 22 after a one week delay due to bad weather, at the Edward S. Long Jr. track complex in Penn Laird near Harrisonburg. It was hosted by Spotswood High. Leading the Flucos was junior Ruby Frazier who won two events. Winning two events against top athletes from a host of schools is an impressive accomplishment. Coach Melanie Kennedy said that Frazier has been dominate all season in the 1000, 1600 and 3000 meter runs. At the region meet, she was first in the 1000 meter and the 1600 meter. In the 1000 meter, she finished in 3:03.25 which was four seconds faster than the second place finisher. A four second win in a race of this distance is an impressive gap. Frazier won the 1600 meter, which is the metric mile, in a time of 5:04.83, winning by four and a half seconds, again a serious winning margin. Coach Kennedy advises that this time is a meet record. Naturally, Frazier was All-Region in both events.
Frazier was not the only Fluco to excel at Penn Laird. For the boys, the standout was sophomore Garrett Jordan. He posted two second place finishes in sprints and a fifth-place finish in a field event. In the 55 meter sprint, Jordan was six one-hundredth of a second off the winning time. In the 300 meter, he was eleven hundredths of a second behind the winner. His fifth-place finish in the triple jump was good enough to make him an All-Region athlete in all three events.
Another top performance was turned in by the Fluco boys 4X200 relay team which finished in second place. The team consisted of Jordan, Cayden Lucas, Kameren Green and Jackson Fields. They were All-Region.
Also turning in top performances for the Fluco boys was junior Jack Jeffries. He took third place in the 1600 meter run and eighth in the 1000 meter. Both of these finishes were good enough to make him All-Region. Also making All-Region for the Flucos were Green in the long jump, senior Jackson Fields in the 300 meter dash, and Ethan McPherson in the pole vault.
Coach Kennedy said that these athletes are all looking forward to the State indoor track and field competition that will be held on March 3 and 4 at Liberty University. She said that the 3C event may have been the most competitive of all the Region events leading up to the State competition.
