July 08, 2009
All-Metro boys track rankings
Long jump : 1. Quinton Fulgham, Thomas Dale, 23-¼; 2. Demondre Woodson, Petersburg, 22-11¼; 3. Michael Brooks-Richardson, Henrico, 22-9½; 4. Marquis Bagby, Petersburg, 22-7; 5. Domico Phillips, Meadowbrook, 22-4½; 6. Caleb Wyatt, Lee-Davis, 22-4¼; 7. Ben Katz, St. Christopher’s, 22-½; 8. Joshua Edwards, Matoaca, 22-½.
February 12, 2009
Varina’s Lacks not lacking in speed
Varina’s Devin Lacks takes off in a relay at St. Christopher’s. Devin Lacks got lost in the shuffle of Varina High School football. Still, he didn’t fold. Now, he’s become the royal flush of track. “I always wanted to play football here, but I got cut as a freshman,“ he said. “There were just too many other good players.“ So instead of running up and down the football field, Lacks kicks up his heels around the track that circles it. This winter, the 5-7, 145-pound senior ranks as the best 1,000-meter runners in the area and among the best in the state.
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