Riverheads, Fort Defiance athletes win state track titles

At the Virginia High School League track and field championships held June 5-6, athletes from Riverheads, Fort Defiance, and Stuarts Draft secured five individual state titles. Sarah Piner of Riverheads won the Class 1 girls discus with a personal best of 125-3. Fort's Leah Ruiz captured the Class 2 shot put title with a record throw of 43-9, while Taylor Cubbage added another high jump championship for Fort. Riverheads' Storm Parker set a new school record in the boys 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 39.45. The Fort Defiance girls placed tied for fourth overall in Class 2 competition, while Riverheads boys and girls finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in Class 1.

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