(Sat Dec 17)  The John Paul the Great track team traveled to Virginia Beach to compete at the Grant Holloway Invitational in the Virginia Beach Sports Center on Saturday December 17.  This facility is home to one of the fastest indoor tracks on the east coast.  Team members achieved several personal best and season best performances at this meet.  Several athletes ran VISAA qualifying times in their respective events to include: Chichi Obasi, Anna Bohli, Camila Barrera-Castro, Sarah Dake, Valentina Barrera, Missy Pertas, Nicholas Bouril, Elijah Thompson, Matthew Elliott, James Betram, Austin Colvin, and Kyle Falls.  The highlight of the meet was Junior James Bertram who won the 3200m in a personal best time.  Congratulations to James and the entire team on a great early season meet.  The team is back in action on January 7th at the CNU Showcase in Newport News.

Picture courtesy of MileStat

(Full results can be found at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/500284-grant-holloway-holiday-invitational-2023/results#.Y7xDZ3bMLIU)