The John Paul Track and Field team competed at the 42nd Annual Draper Invitational this past weekend on the Campus of St Stephen and St Agnes School in Alexandria, VA and came away with some fantastic performances and several school records. In the boys 4x200m relay, the team of Brogan Jordan, Anthony Fratantonio, Khae'El Williams, and Beimnet Derege set a new school record in this event. In the boys 4x100m relay, the team of Logan Inthavong, Armaan Dhillon, Jonah Berkey, and Gabriel Xantus ran 43.43 to set a new school record and finished in second place. In one of the most exciting relays of the day, the boys 4x400m relay, the team of Alexander Everson, Gabriel Xantus, Andrew Bouril, and Armaan Dhillon finished second in a new school record time of 3:20.62 with Armaan Dhillon running a 46.06 400m split on the anchor leg to just miss first place by fractions of a second. The highlight of the day was the boys 800m run with Elijah Thompson running 57 seconds for the last lap to run 1:56.74 to win the race in a new school record time for this event. In the field events, Angelina Kovac won the Girls Discus with a throw of 126-9 and Jonah Berkey jumped 20-10.5 in the boys long jump to finish in second place. Additional personal best performances were turned in by Eberechi Obasi in the 200m and 400m, Margaret Dake in the 800m, Elizabeth Marcy in the 200m, Alyssa McCoppin in the 1600m, Reese Almelor in the 3200m, Andrew Bouril in the Freshman Mile, Brogan Jordan in the 400m, David Hurley in the 3200m, Ethan Garcia and Khae'El Williams in the 300M hurdles, and Alex Picardo in the 110m hurdles. Congratulations to the John Paul Track and Field Team on a great weekend of performances. The team is back in action this Saturday to compete at the Virginia Catholic State Championships.