St. Al’s Edwards sweeps distance events at Centreville meet

Published 10:00 pm Thursday, April 3, 2025

A couple of weeks off did not slow down Samantha Edwards at all.

The St. Aloysius senior remained undefeated this season in the distance running events by sweeping the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the Centreville Academy Tiger Classic track meet on Thursday.

Edwards won the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 37.16 seconds; the 1,600 meters in 5:38.61; and the 3,200 meters in 12:31.74. She won by six, 33 and 20 seconds, respectively.

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St. Al has competed in four meets this season and Edwards has won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters at all of them. She skipped the 800 at the season-opening PCS Invitational II on March 1, but has won the event the three times she has run it. This was St. Al’s first meet since March 19.

Led by Edwards’ hat trick, St. Al’s girls’ team totaled 25 points to finish fourth out of 15 in the team standings. Silliman won the girls’ title with 64.5 points, Parklane Academy was second with 31.5, and Cathedral was third with 26.

Annslee Averett had a third-place finish in the 100 meter hurdles and was fourth in the 300 hurdles. Kelci Bingham finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles.

St. Al’s varsity boys team did not have any podium finishes, but its junior varsity roster had a pair of victories from Sam Ashley and Dru Gleese.

Ashley won the JV 400 meters with a time of 57.35 seconds. Gleese won the JV long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 6.5 inches.