The James River High School indoor track team fared well at the state Group 1&2 indoor meet at Roanoke College last week. The boys finished sixth overall and the girls were 10th.
In the boys’ meet Will Fowler placed fifth in the 1,000-meter run and two Knights had seventh place finishes in field events. Chase Perkey was seventh in the high jump and Logan Williamson was the same in the shot put.
River placed in three relays, including a third place in the 4×400. That team consisted of Michael Hays, Zach Hodges, Fowler and Noel Preece.
Two other relay teams took fifth places. The 4×200 team included Fowler, Hodges, Perkey and Hays and the 4×800 team had Preece, Camden Powell, Hodges and Owen Krisnifski.
For the girls, Katelyn Wiley took a second place in the 500 meters and ran on two relay teams that placed. The 4×400 team was third with Katelyn, Kerri Wiley, Erin Walker and Cameron Hildebrand. Taking a fifth place was the team of Walker, Susan Shulz and both Katelyn and Kerri Wiley.
The 4×800 relay team finished seventh. That team consisted of Abagail Link, Catherine Amos, Tessa Jones and Bridgette West.
Finally, in the field events, Tara Krantz was seventh in the shot put.
The Maggie Walker boys and Wilson Memorial girls won team championships.