Georgetown’s Darren Fahy leads a group inthe 3000 meters steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary. Photo: Tom Connelly
The NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships are June 8-11 in Eugene, Ore. and 10 runners with local connections, two of whom went to high school in Northern Virginia, are among them.
Men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase Darren Fahy (Georgetown) Scott Carpenter (Georgetown)
Men’s 5,000 meters ThomasCurtain (Virginia Tech/Loudoun County High School) Steven Flynn (George Mason) SeanMcGorty (Stanford/ Chantilly High School)
Though he didn’t qualify for the NCAA championships, Georgetown’s Ahmed Bile, who went to Annandale High School, ran the fastest 1,500 meter time in the NCAA when he hit 3:37.73 at the Princeton Qualifier.
Georgetown’s Mike Smith, coach of the women’s track and cross country teams since 2012, was named director of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country.
