The Western Branch girls have incredible depth in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and relays to make them not only the best squad from Virginia, but currently the #1 ranked team in the nation indoors according to MileSplit US. (Photos by Mary Ann Magnant)
MileSplit US was able to generate national girls indoor track & field team rankings virtually using the performances in our national stats database as January 16th and inputted into our results program RaceTab. We have selected nearly all of the events contested at the indoor nationals to be used for the team scored rankings with the exception of the rarely contested racewalk, pentathlon, 4xmile, and 800 SMR. USTFCCCA's standardized conversion chart was used to convert performances in events in similar distance such as 55 meter dash/hurdles times into 60 meter dash/hurdles times, 300 meter dash times into 200 meter dash times, and 500 meter dash times into 400 meter dash times for the majority of states that compete in those e...