Craig County junior Tyler Fitzpatrick tossed the discus 116’9” to take 12th place in Class 1 at the Virginia High School League state track meet last weekend. The meet was held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg.
Tyler had three throws and fouled on two. His toss of 143’6” that won the Region 1C meet a week prior would have placed him fourth in the state. The winning effort at JMU was 161’6” by Reece Rhodes of Lancaster. Landon Steele of Patrick Henry-Glade Spring was second at 155’5” and Reece Kirkland of West Point High was third at 143’7”.
Teamwise, Lancaster High School won the boys’ state championship with 80.5 points, followed by Middlesex at 61. Auburn took the girls’ championship with 70 points and Northampton was second with 66.5.
