Until some 26 years ago, obtaining official results of high-school cross country and track-and-field meets across the metro area could prove an annoying challenge.
Back then, results were tracked down by phone or fax.
With only a slight prior awareness of each other, a trio of adventurists became fast friends after spending consecutive days together participating in a unique ultra-running event for a cause.
From April 13 to 16, Arlington Sports Hall of Famer and longtime world-renowned ultramarathoner Michael Wardian, along with MedStar Health employees Chris Heydrick and Chris Wilde, ran side-by-side for 47 1/2 hours.
A rhyming nickname of “fantastic” is used by some to describe what quickly has become a popular annual high-school track-and-field meet held at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax.
The large four-year-old girls and boys outdoor event called the Ramtastic Invitational recently was held all day on Saturday, April 11. There were athletes from 34 schools from throughout the metro area.
It’s been a minute.
As you may have noticed, RunWashington has been largely idle over the past couple of years. Our race calendar was still very much active, but original articles were put on the back burner.
On your mark, get set, go!
For those involved or interested in the springtime’s high school outdoor track-and-field seasons throughout the metro area, the campaign is about to explode with many big events in coming days and weeks.
Once prohibited in Arlington County, pole vaulting is now allowed, and the event has become quite popular at two public high schools in the county.
With the 2026 outdoor spring high-school season now underway, a number of vaulters from Arlington schools, girls and boys, are expected to be among the best during regular-season and postseason meets.