LYNCHBURG — On Saturday, James Wood indoor track and field competed at the Liberty Flames High School Invitational and saw several runners enter the history books. Melanie Padilla recorded the second-fastest 500-meter dash in school history, the girls’ 4×200 relay set a new school record and Jorel Baltimore recorded the second-fastest 55-meter hurdles performance in Colonels’ history.
James Wood girls’ leaders: Melanie Padilla (500-meter dash, sixth, 1:24.76); Reese Lessard (500-meter dash, 12th, 1:26.75); Kate Konyar (3,200-meter dash, third, 11:10.97), Erin Link (shot put, eighth, 32′ 6.5″); 4x200m relay team (Alexis Brown, Lessard, Sierra Nicole-Walker and Isabella French, 10th, 1:54.44), 4x400m relay team (Lessard, Alexandra Van Meter, Peyton Sinasac and Padilla, 14th, 4:36.29).
James Wood boys’ leaders: Jorel Baltimore (55-meter hurdles, seventh in prelims, sixth in finals, 7.94); Duncan Stanton (55-meter hurdles, 14th in prelims, 8.27).