Multiple local high-school indoor track-and-field squads have enough depth to contend for district, conference, region and state titles when playoffs begin at the end of the month.
On the girls side, the South County Stallions are the defending public-school Class 6 state indoor and outdoor champion from the 2025 track-and-field seasons.
The team returns a number of top athletes, sprinters and in field events, who are participating on those squads.
Third in that girls outdoor state meet were the West Springfield Spartans, with the South Lakes Seahawks fourth. Second in last year’s indoor state meet were the Robinson Rams. Those teams also return key participants.
From Arlington, the Washington-Liberty Generals placed 18th in last spring’s state outdoor meet and also have multiple returns this winter.
On the boys side, West Springfield won last year’s state indoor meet and was second in outdoor states. South Lakes was second and South County fourth in indoor states a year ago, with South County third outdoors and W-L 10th. All three expected to be postseason contenders this winters.
On the private-school level, the Potomac School girls and boys teams are expected to be contenders for the Division I indoor state title, as they were last year. The Potomac School girls placed third and the boys fifth.
Also a year ago in the girls state meet, from Alexandria, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes was fifth, Episcopal eighth and Bishop Ireton 12th. Arlington’s Bishop O’Connell was 11th.
In the 2025 boys indoor state meet, Ireton was eighth and Episcopal 10th. O’Connell finished 11th.
All of those private-school teams return key participants from a year ago.
For years, indoor track-and-field has continued for Fairfax County schools despite no independent facility for the teams to hold their meets. That’s why district and region championship meets involving teams in Fairfax and Arlington counties and Alexandria City High School travel to hold those competitions in Prince George’s County.
Those meets used to be held at George Mason University’s indoor field house, until the agreement to do so ended years ago.
A Northern Virginia organization titled Friends of Northern Virginia Indoor Track has advocated for a public indoor track facility to be built in Fairfax County, but with no success so far.
