Three girls from Virginia competed last night in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational elite high school girls 1000 meter run. While competing unattached, Midlothian's Skylar Evans and Marie Johnston along with Audrey Batzel of Ocean Lakes, were pulled along in a loaded field to Virginia top 20 all-time performances. Batzel, competing again next weekend at the Armory in the Millrose Games mile, was the top finisher from Virginia with a VA #7 all-time performance of 2:53.05 for sixth place in the race. Batzel was closely followed in by Midlothian senior Skylar Evans in seventh place with a VA #8 all-time run of 2:53.38. Marie Johnston's old sister, Paige is #4 on the VA all-time list at 2:51.05, and she still has a year to close in on Paige's time after her VA #16 effort of 2:54.68 on Friday night. Midlothian coach Stan Morgan currently has coached four of the 16 fastest girls at 1000 meters in Virginia high school history with #4 Paige Johnston (2:51.08 - 2008), #8 Skylar Evans (2:53.38), #9 Kathleen Lautzenheiser (2:53.58), and #16 Marie Johnston (2:54.68).
New Balance Collegiate Invite - 1000m Results
Virginia High School Girls Indoor 1000m Run All-Time List (Top 25)
Rank Athlete School Year Time ==== ======================== ============================= ==== ======= 1 Sarah Bowman Fauquier 2005 2:43.40 2 Katie Doswell St. Catherine’s 2005 2:47.21 3 Megan Moye Cosby 2012 2:49.76 4 Paige Johnston Midlothian 2008 2:51.05 5 Catherine White Northside 2007 2:52.25 6 Kelley Otstott Thomas Jefferson S&T 2001 2:52.41 7 Audrey Batzel Ocean Lakes 2012 2:53.05 8 Skylar Evans Midlothian 2012 2:53.38 9 Kathleen Lautzenheiser Midlothian 2010 2:53.58 10 Nicole Snider Thomas Jefferson (Alexandria) 1998 2:53.89 11 Elizabeth Bayne Kecoughtan 2000 2:53.90 12 Kimberley Ficenec Mountain View 2011 2:54.47 13 Amanda Smith Grassfield 2011 2:54.48 14 Stacey Carpenter C.D. Hylton 1995 2:54.54 (2:54.3h) 15 Myah Hicks Thomas Edison 2011 2:54.58 16 Marie Johnston Midlothian 2012 2:54.68 17 Sharon O’Connor Mount Vernon 1998 2:55.04 18 Karen Wierwillie Blacksburg 1982 2:55.24 (2:55.0h) 19 Carolyn Bethel Hidden Valley 2012 2:55.36 20 Nikeya Green Hayfield 2000 2:55.58 21 Joanna Stevens Blacksburg 2010 2:55.80 22 Jaclyn Kerr Thomas Jefferson (Alexandria) 1996 2:55.88 23 Alisa Harvey Thomas Jefferson (Alexandria) 1983 2:55.94 (2:55.7h) 24 Sarah Jane Underwood West Potomac 2012 2:55.97 25 Sarah Colvin Chantilly 1987 2:56.04 (2:55.8h)