#5 To the Wire for the W. Who's Walking Away as the VA State Champ?
The Virginia state meet is unlike any other state championship in the nation. Take the 500m dash, for instance. The top two seeds were U.S. No. 3 ranked Josephus Lyles, a World Youth Championships silver medalist and New Balance Nationals champion in the 400m, and Grant Holloway, a National High School Record holder in the 55m hurdles and U.S. top ranked athlete in that event as well as the flat 55m dash, 500m, high jump and long jump. So who's the favorite? The next time they step on the track, who knows? But at the Virginia state meet, Holloway took a narrow 'W' as he and Josephus both ran under the Meet Record with the new U.S. No. 1 and 2 times of 1:03.35 and 1:03.36.
Event 44 Boys 500 Meter Dash Group 6A
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BWSP Facilit: B 1:02.61 2/5/2013 Michael Cherry, Oscar Smith
Meet Record: M 1:03.57 3/10/2015 Josephus Lyles, T. C. Williams
Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points
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Finals
1 Holloway, Grant 12 Grassfield 1:04.41 1:03.35M 3 10
2 Lyles, Josephus 12 T.C. William 1:04.66 1:03.36M 3 8
3 Stewart, Trevor 12 South County 1:03.80 1:05.15 3 6
4 Ballard, Skander 12 South Lakes 1:06.24 1:06.86 2 5
5 Grimes, Igo 10 Freedom (Woo 1:06.23 1:06.88 3 4
6 Shirley, Aaron 9 Oscar Smith 1:07.69 1:07.42 2 3
7 Corprew, Kameron 12 Oscar Smith 1:08.86 1:08.06 1 2
8 White, Joseph 10 Landstown Hi 1:08.37 1:08.41 2 1
9 Idlebird, Kyrian 10 Landstown Hi 1:08.33 1:09.03 2
10 Stokes, Amary 12 Western Bran 1:08.57 1:09.48 1