PENN LAIRD — The James Wood girls placed fourth and the boys were eighth at the 15-school Ed Long Invitational on Saturday at the Edward S. Long Jr. Track Complex.
The Colonel girls scored 52 points. Western Albemarle was first with 86 points and East Rockingham was second with 71.
The James Wood boys scored 47 points. Albemarle won with 97 points and Spotswood took second with 62.
James Wood girls’ leaders: 4×200 relay (Alexis Brown, Reese Lessard, Isabelle French, Sierra-Nicole Wimer), first, school-record 1:49.94; Melanie Padilla (500, second, 1:24.85); French (55 hurdles, third, 9.49; long jump, fourth, 15-4.75); Brown (55, third, 7.62); 4×800 relay (Emerson Hart, Bella Posey, Kylie Salyer, Abi Ebert), third, 11:42.58; Alexandra Van Meter (55 hurdles, sixth, 10.15; long jump, seventh, 13-10); 4×400 relay, sixth, 4:47.51; Reese Lessard (300, seventh, 45.33); Janiya Holmes (long jump, eighth, 13-7).
James Wood boys’ leaders: Ivan Andrews (500, first, 1:10.40); Duncan Stanton (55 hurdles, second, state time of 7.97); Connor Kenney-Fitzner (300, second, 36.81; 55, eighth, 6.96); 4×400 relay (Triston Debela, Carrick Amerine, Carson Herin, Ivan Andrews), second, 3:46.23; 4×800 relay, fourth, 9:13.98; Debela (1,000, fifth, 2:49.63); Sawyer Speet (shot put, seventh, 40-11.25; Carrick Amerine (1,000, eighth, 2:52.41).