LYNCHBURG — Seniors Rylan Stribling (Handley), Sunil Dutt (Sherando) and Kate Konyar (James Wood) each took second in their respective events to highlight local performances on Tuesday on the second and final day of the Class 4 state indoor track & field meet at Liberty University.
Stribling — the 2025 state champion in the 55-meter dash in 6.40 seconds — ran the same time in this year’s finals, but had to settle for second in the 55 this year to Courtland senior Kayden Whitaker (6.38).
Dutt placed second in the 55 hurdles in 7.61 to Churchland senior Corye Richardson, who set a Class 4 state meet record (7.21).
Konyar — the 2025 outdoor state champion in the 3,200 in 11:02.34 — broke her own school record with a 10:47.82 but took second to Hanover freshman River Smith (10:44.36).
Churchland won the boys’ meet with 58 points and Atlee was second with 46. Handley was 11th (20.5) and Sherando tied for 24th (8) out of 38 scoring schools.
Blacksburg captured the girls’ title with 89.5 points and Phoebus was second with 49. James Wood and Millbrook tied for 20th place with 8 points and Sherando was 27th with 4 out of 32 scoring schools.
The top three finishers in each event earned All-State honors and the top eight in each event scored points.
Other local performances:
Handley boys: Will Thomas (1,000, fourth, 2:33.73, 3,200, eighth, 9:52.37); Timmy Campbell (high jump, tied for sixth, 6-0); 4×200 relay (Stribling, Brock Ashe, Micah Combs, Hudson Slaughter), seventh, 1:32.86.
Sherando boys: Thomas Miles (500, ninth, 1:07.80).
James Wood boys: 4×400 relay (Ivan Andrews, Triston Debela, Jorel Baltimore, Connor Kenney-Fitzner), ninth, 3:35.50; Kenney-Fitzner (500, 13th, 1:09.37).
James Wood girls: 4×200 relay (Alexis Brown, Reese Lessard, Isabelle French, Sierra-Nicole Wimer), ninth, 1:48.83 (school record); Alina Kieffer (3,200, 15th, 11:56.58).
Millbrook girls: Janai Washington (55, eighth, 7.52); 4×400 relay (Washington, Everleigh Mannarino, Ella Mannarino, Bayne), eighth, 4:14.97.
Handley girls: EJ Mullins (500, 11th, 1:20.80).