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Zach Perkins BY ZACH PERKINS Special to the Midlothian Exchange
(Editor’s note: This is a first person account by Zach Perkins, a rising senior at the Clover Hill Math and Science High School, about an expedition on the James River.)
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o electricity, no air conditioning, no showers. These were the conditions that nine fellow students, five adult leaders and I had to experience for eight days. But, you will not hear any complaints from this group! Rather, all we have to share are stories that will last us a lifetime. In mid-July, a group of 10 students and five adults set off on an expedition down the Middle James River. Sponsored by Dominion Power and the James River Association (JRA), we spent eight days canoeing, camping, and experiencing the beauty of the James River. I first found out about the trip from my AP Environmental Sciences teacher, Michelle Huber. She mentioned in passing that another teacher, Rachel Moseley, was going to take a small group of kids from Clover Hill High School on the trip.
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These students spent eight days canoeing, camping and learning along the middle portion of the James River during the James River Association's annual summer expedition.
To my surprise, none of my friends were interested. However, I was eager to go, so I submitted an application and was chosen to be one of five Clover Hill students to go on the Middle James Expedition. We were joined by five students from Monacan High School. I met my fellow expeditioners on Saturday, July 13, in Lynchburg. Some knew people in the group, while others, like me, knew no one. We met our JRA guides, Kyle Burnette, Georgia Busch and Bray Wilkins, and they told us our modified schedule. Our original plan was to paddle from Lynchburg directly
to Cartersville, but — due to high and unsafe water levels — we were forced to start farther upriver where the James River begins. We drove west to Gala campgrounds near Clifton Forge and Eagle Rock. We canoed there for two days, and were able to experience the serenity of the upper James River. After the first two days, the water level dropped, and we drove east to just upstream of Norwood. There we met our final team member, Pat Calvert, the Upper James River Keeper at JRA. With our team complete and back on track with the original schedule, we spent the next six days paddling and camping
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The 100th annual Chesterfield County Fair is in full swing through Saturday, Aug. 31, with lots of rides and entertainment like the gospel show the crowd above enjoyed Sunday. Daily admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for children aged 6 to 12. Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. The fairgrounds are located across from L.C. Bird High School at Krause and Courthouse roads. For schedules and information, visit www. chesterfieldcountyfair.org.
on the Middle James. A typical morning on the Middle James would consist of preparing and eating breakfast, breaking down camp, loading up gear on the canoes, and getting in the water. At about noon, we would look for an island to have lunch. Then it was back to paddling. After canoeing a distance varying from seven to 16 miles, we would arrive at our campground or island, unload gear, set up camp, prepare and eat dinner, and go to sleep. RIVER page 3
Chesterfield exceeds state on most SOL tests CONTRIBUTED REPORT
Chesterfield County Public Schools has announced Standards of Learning test results released recently by the Virginia Department of Education. Chesterfield pass rates exceed the state average on 21 of 34 SOL tests and equal the state average on two tests. Additional Chesterfield highlights include steady progress in math and a 100 percent pass rate on the geography test. The SOL reports are the results of tests taken in the 2012-13 school year. The Virginia Department of Education is in the process of revising SOL tests to raise standards and promote college and career readiness. SOL tests taken this spring in reading, writing and science were much more challenging than previous tests. In the previous year, math SOL tests were revised to become more rigorous. Earlier, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia Wright predicted declines in student pass rates of up to 18 percentage points in school systems across the state. However, she stressed that decreasing pass rates are a sign that the state is expecting more, not that students are learning less. Chesterfield pass rates reflect the increasing difficulty of SOL tests.
On 22 of the 34 tests, Chesterfield County pass rates declined by 1-18 points from the previous year. On 10 tests (seven in math and three in history), Chesterfield pass rates improved by 1-6 points from the previous year. On two tests, Chesterfield pass rates remained the same as the previous year. “Parents have high expectations for their children, and Chesterfield County Public Schools has high expectations for all students,” said Chesterfield County Superintendent Marcus Newsome. “The SOL tests that students took this past year are so different from previous years that it is not possible to accurately compare this year’s scores to previous scores. Our school system will continue to work with the state to provide students, staff members and schools the resources necessary to succeed. “Our focus for the coming year continues to be on providing rigorous and relevant learning experiences for students, so that students develop the competence to think in complex ways and apply their knowledge and skills to solve problems and create solutions,” Newsome said. “This focus on rigor and relevance can be applied to the more-rigorous SOL tests but also SOL page 3
Millwood students raise funds for runner's Tour de France trek CONTRIBUTED REPORT
The Millwood School has started a fundraising initiative in support of local runner Zoë Romano, who has completed her goal and done the unimaginable — run, on foot, the entire route of the Tour de France. On Saturday, May 18, Romano, 25, set out on an eight-week trek in Nice and logged 30 to 35 miles a day until she reached the finish on Aug. 2. That’s about a marathon every day. Romano’s run was in support of the World Pediatric Project (WPP), a Richmond-based international humanitarian organization that provides access to surgical and diagnostic medical care for children in Central America and the Caribbean.
Through her run she raised significant funds and awareness that helped the WPP and the thousands of children who will benefit from its services in the coming years. Millwood School has a history of promoting running, both competitively and as part of a healthy lifestyle. The school’s Interact Club led the “Keep Zoe Running Campaign,” and committed to helping Romano reach her goal of raising $150,000 for WPP by pledging $1,500 to sponsor a day of her run on June 3. Louise Bagwell-Robinson, Millwood School head, said she believes “Zoe is an awe-inspiring role model for our students and a champion for running. Her run will help to PHOTO PROVIDED BY MILLWOOD SCHOOL
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Students at Millwood School are supporting runner Zoë Romano, who ran the entire the Tour de France route.
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two nights a week during four consecutive weeks. Because CERT training is a federallysponsored program that is focused on safety, it is extremely in-depth. According to Laffoon, 20 hours of training are required for certification in the national program. The local course offers 24 hours of class time. “I wouldn’t call it rigorous like police or firefighter training,” Laffoon said. “It is classroom and hands-on training.” Topics discussed during the sessions include basic and advanced emergency care, emergency communications and disaster psychology, fire safety and suppression, light duty search and rescue and terrorism awareness. “CERT members will be able to put out small (trash can-sized) fires, perform basic first aid before an EMS provider can get there, check on neighbors after a bad thunderstorm or a tropical storm, be aware of their surroundings and know how to report suspicious situations,” Laffoon said. Participants who finish the course will receive certificates at an awards ceremony during the final class on Thursday, Oct. 3. After the training ends, the participants will receive a backpack that includes a first aid kit and other CERT emergency gear. According to Laffoon, the kits will include an emergency blanket, a flashlight, a helmet, a light stick, a spark-proof tool that
can be used to shut off utilities, a vest, work gloves and a wrench. Laffoon said graduates may be asked to use the skills that they have learned to serve the county if the need arises after a disaster. In fact, a number of the program’s previous graduates have already helped out after weather-related emergencies. “They will be asked and have been asked in the past,” Laffoon said. “After the derecho (a storm characterized by high winds, one of which struck locally in June), when a lot of residents were without power, CERT members helped to staff the libraries so that our citizens could come in and recharge electronic devices and use the computers.” “They might be asked to do damage assessment in their own neighborhood and report back to us. They are our eyes and ears in the community until first responders can arrive,” Laffoon said. The deadline to enroll is Sunday, Sept. 1. Registration forms are available online at www.chesterfield.gov/ CERT/, by e-mailing cert@ chesterfield.gov or by calling 804-751-2378. The training is limited to the first 40 participants aged 18 and older who apply. “Because of the amount of material covered, it is best to have a smaller class so that everyone has the opportunity for the hands-on training,” Laffoon said.
Bagwell-Robinson agreed and said Romano’s message is an important one to impart to Millwood’s students. “Zoe‘s motto, ‘Dream it and then go do it’ are words for all of us to live by.” To donate to Zoe's campaign, and help Millwood support her cause and her accomplishment, go to www. millwoodschool.org/zoegoesrunning.
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About the World Pediatric Project World Pediatric Project is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization founded and based in Richmond that provides surgical and diagnostic care to Central American and Caribbean children while creating and
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Participants had specific daily responsibilities. Some would set up and break down camp, some had to cook, some documented the experiences of the day, and some collected data samples to measure the water quality at that point on the river. We could count on having unique experiences each and every day. One day, we toured Bear Garden, a Dominion power plant. Another day, we floated down the river on a batteau owned by Andrew Shaw. One special day we were joined by JRA staff, Monacan High School biology teacher Julie Coleman and several prior expedition participants. On that day, we had an amazing 12 canoes on the water! Additionally, the leaders frequently found a way to inject some education into the trip, such as Ms. Moseley’s lessons on the multiple bald eagles we saw or Pat’s lectures on the history of the various towns we passed. The expedition was particularly special because it has had and will have a lasting impact on my life and the lives of my fellow expeditioners. First, it was eye-opening to be away from civilization and to
connect with nature. Never having camped before, the shift from sleeping on a mattress in an air-conditioned room to sleeping on the ground in a tent with varying temperatures was a drastic change. Talk about getting out of my comfort zone! Also, the trip was educational. We learned all about the health of the James, from a water quality perspective to the wildlife that depends on it to live. I hope to major in Environmental Sciences in college, and I can without a doubt say that this experience will help me. Last but not least, the social component of the trip cannot be understated. The camaraderie the expeditioners developed, students and leaders alike, was amazing. By day three or four, we had developed strong relationships with one another, and we have kept in contact frequently since the trip. I imagine that being away from our homes and neighborhoods, secluded in nature and on the river, had something to do with how much we bonded. The pure beauty of the river, from the large rapids in the mountains to the flat water towards the end of our trip, mesmerized each participant and was the force that brought us together.
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The end of summer equations and the amount of lost knowledge Special Correspondent is astounding, but better parenting on my part he end of summer always comes with a probably could have solved that. While acknowledging the importance of conbit of sadness for me. sistent and disciplined education and recognizing I hear many parents stating the the obvious shortfalls of three months off, I also obvious and rejoicing at the thought of renewed structure, time away from home and support the retention of summer vacation. Summer reading programs, camps and Vacasome peace and quiet as kids prepare for their tion Bible School all offer a small dose of regiannual return to schools. ment during the time off, and perhaps education I suppose all of that’s true, but there’s something about summer that makes me feel like I’m in small doses is a good thing in the summer. But, I also don’t discount the value of lounglosing something that will never return — not ing on a raft in a pool full of the season but the memories. refreshing water, and imagining I And I think there’s some could be anywhere in the world. truth in that assumption. As I also honor an after dinner summers become shorter and episode of hide and seek on a shorter for many American balmy summer evening where students, there’s still noththe sound of cicadas and laughing that duplicates the joys ter of children fill the humid of overheated and unencumair. That brief encounter with a bered days — time designed to lightning bug, in my mind, also let kids be kids. is an educational experience. On a recent trip to Florida, Having said all of that, I won’t I immediately noticed that deny that we’ll be doing quite a bit of review schools were already in full swing, and the kids around here in the coming days and weeks. Daily had been in class since early August. There’s a multitude of reasons why kids need trips to the pool, unfortunately, did not solve a to be out of school early in Florida, and I’m sure seemingly hereditary distaste for math among my children. But, we’re working on it. that schedule was the result of considered and As for trading those lazy days and nights with informed thought on some official body’s part. Somehow, my family standing in bathing suits the sound of the ocean crashing yards away for a rigid desk in a stuffy classroom, I think I’ll pass. as a school bus sped by full of screaming kids, I But, summer’s over and it’s back to school and couldn’t help but feel sorry for the students. a return to a more demanding schedule, with an Now, many educators will tell you that summer vacations are a large obstacle in progressive increasingly structured week with few breaks. A busy holiday season is peeking its head from learning patterns and rates of retention — all around that corner masquerading as fall. valid and important points. And floating on that cheap raft in a deserted I can confirm the retention factor, or should I pool for an hour of true peace and quiet . . . that better describe it as “lack of.” For the past week, will have to wait until next year. I have quizzed my children on simple math BY JIM RIDOLPHI
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Ralph Stanley set to play at Jumpin’ Bluegrass Festival BY KOREY HUGHES Special Correspondent
Dr. Ralph Stanley is one of the most famous names in bluegrass music, and the Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter will soon make his way to Central Virginia. Stanley’s upcoming show will give locals a chance to see the legend in person at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds at 10300 Courthouse Road in Chesterfield at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14. Sponsored by the Virginia Folk Music Association, the performance is part of the Jumpin’ Bluegrass Festival that will happen from Thursday, Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 15. On each of those days, stage shows will take place from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Notably, Sunday’s installment will feature the 2013 Bluegrass Championship Contest and a performance by the 2012 winner, Jus Cauz Bluegrass Band. Stanley will be joined on stage by his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and his grandson, Nathan Stanley. His musical career began in 1946 when he was a member of the Stanley Brothers duo with his brother, the late Carter Stanley. Stanley, whose song catalog includes favorites such as “Angel Band,” “Little Maggie,” and “Man of Constant Sorrow,” was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2000. He won a Grammy award in 2001 for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Oh, Death,” a song that was featured in the film “Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?” Stanley’s “Dr.” title comes from the fact that he holds an honorary doctorate in music from Lincoln Memorial University, which he was awarded in 1976, according to his official website. Sigrid Williams, the president of the Virginia Folk Music Association and the festival’s organizer, said she thinks Stanley’s music has remained popular because he is one of the artists who “built the foundation of bluegrass.” “Along with Bill Monroe and
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others, the people that we hear play and sing bluegrass today grew up with that music on the radio,” Williams said. “That’s what they heard, learned and played, and we keep on hearing it from them today.” Many of Stanley’s most memorable tunes are known as mountain songs or roots music, even though they fall into the more widelyknown country and folk musical genres. Roots music, Williams said, is music that can trace its roots to immigrants’ home countries. “When people migrated to the United States from wherever they came from, a lot of them settled in the western and southern areas of Virginia, and, until recently, they weren’t even in black and white because there was no record of them,” Williams said. “But, that’s why it became known as roots music, because that’s what they brought with them.” According to Stanley’s website, he is a native-born Virginian who currently lives in Coeburn.
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 The Bon Air Library’s Morning Coffee Break series presents Jailhouse Rock, a 1957 American musical drama film starring Elvis Presley from 10:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. The dance sequence to this iconic film’s title song is often called Presley’s greatest moment on the silver screen. The film runs 96 minutes. No registration required and refreshments will be served compliments of the Friends of the Library. The library is located at 9103 Rattlesnake Road and can be reached by calling 804-318-8966.
Learn how to use the most common spreadsheet commands and functions in Microsoft Excel to organize and clarify information, using Windows PCs from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the Central Library. Participants be able to use a mouse and keyboard. Basic Microsoft Word skills are recommended for this class. Registration is recommended. Register online or by calling the library. The library is located at 9501 Lori Road and can be reached by calling 804-748-1774.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 You don’t have to be a wizard to do magic! Children can learn easy tricks using common household objects from Magician Mickey Moore at the School of Magic, offered 1-2 p.m. at the Central Library. Parents may join in this learning experience to assist and encourage their kids. The workshop is for children age 7-12 years old. Space is limited. Registration is recommended. The library is located at 9501 Lori Road and can be reached by calling 804748-1774.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 Auditions for Huguenot Community Players’ upcoming production of “Dial M for Murder” by Frederick Knott will be held at 7 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, which is located at 10661 Duryea Drive. Resume and headshot are optional, but those wishing to audition must be prepared to read from the play’s script. No appointments will be offered. Actors who are cast will not be paid.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9 Auditions for Huguenot Community Players’ upcoming production of “Dial M for Murder” by Frederick Knott will be held at 7 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, which is located at 10661 Duryea Drive. Resume and headshot are optional, but those wishing to audition must be prepared to read from the play’s script. No appointments will be offered. Actors who are cast will not be paid.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 The Midlothian Garden Club will hold its General Meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethel Baptist Church at 1100 Huguenot Springs Road. The session will open with a program and business meeting. Refreshments will be served at noon. Members will be displaying Floral Designs and Horticultural Specimens to be judged. The program will be “All About Weathered Wood.” Betty Dols and Barbara Dillard, NGC Accredited Master Judges and members of the Judges Council and Richmond Designer’s Guild, will talk about gathering, cleaning, preparing, and using wood in Creative and Traditional Designs. The meeting is open to the public and all are invited to attend. For more information, call Sandy at 804-379-4515 or Nancy at 804-794-4863. The website is www.midlothiangardenclub.org.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 A Service of Remembrance will be held at 7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Midlothian. The Celtic candlelight service is dedicated to all of those who have been touched by violence and terrorism. The solemn service will feature Holly Clark, flautist, and Donald Anderson on organ and piano performing Largo by Handel, Ave Maria by Gounod and Elegy by Thalben-Ball. A reception will follow. For more information, call 379-8899. “Technology for Seniors” will be taught from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Midlothian YMCA at 737 Coalfield Road in Midlothian. Presented by experts from Thinking Cap Technologies, the hands-on seminar will not only help familiarize you with laptops, tablets, e-readers and smart phones, but also will teach you how to communicate using email, Facebook and Skype. This program is sponsored by Chesterfield Triad and the Midlothian YMCA, and is for seniors 55 and older. For more information, or to register, call 804-768-7878.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 ZOSO, the Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, will play 7 to 10 p.m. as part of the Pocahontas Performances Premier Series. The band recreates the music, magic and mystery of a Zeppelin concert. Gates open at 6 p.m., and admission will be charged. The concert will be at Pocahontas State Park, which is located at 10301 State Park Road.
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Williams said Stanley’s experiences growing up in the Virginia mountains informed his musical perspective. “Actually, he was born in Big Spraddle,” Williams said, referring to an area of Dickenson County near Stanley’s current home. “I think it was just the music of the mountain people, and they just sang it back then because that’s what they did without (access to) television and telephones.” Stanley announced in June that his next tour, which begins in October, will be his last. Williams said advance tickets for the Jumpin’ Bluegrass Festival are available for $5 per day or $20 for all four days. Tickets purchased after Sunday, Sept. 1 will be $15 per day. For more information about the Jumpin’ Bluegrass Festival, call Sigrid Williams at 804-347-2925 or visit www.vafolkmusic.org. For more information about Dr. Ralph Stanley, visit drralphstanleymusic. com.
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The Midlothian Library’s Meet You at the Movies series will show Franklin D. Roosevelt from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history’s iconic leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt. This R rated film runs 94 minutes and no registration is required. Refreshments are provided compliments of The Friends of the Library. The library is located at 521 Coalfield Rd. and can be reached by calling 804-768-7907.
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Golfer Brittany Woo, Monacan High School's number one seed, walks between holes during an Aug. 22 match at Stonehenge Country Club.
High schools square off in golf match Anderson, defending Group AAA state champion — and ast Thursday, Aug. Matoaca High School being 22 three Dominthe two front-runners for the ion District high crown. schools — Cosby, The conditions at StoneMidlothian, and Monacan henge were picturesque for a — squared off in a comround of golf — slightly hupetitive match at Stonehenge mid with temperatures in the Country Club in Richmond. mid-to-low eighties — but When the final shot was the course itself wasn’t nearly tallied in the books, it was as pleasant and inviting. the Titans of Cosby who Stonehenge has always been captured the lowest score of a somewhat difficult venue the round, shooting a 315, (as suggested by an excerpt 17 strokes better than second from their website, which place finisher Midlothian. reads “the entire course is It’s Cosby’s second match 6,728 yards and plays much victory of the still-young longer”), but it was especially season. On Aug. 15 at Lake deceptive on this day. In fact, Chesdin, the Titans outmatch medalist Sterling Simshot several other schools mons III (Cosby) came closthat will likely vie for the est to shooting par on the Dominion District title day, and even he ended with in 2013, with Manchester a pedestrian 6-over 77 at High School — a team that GOLF page 7 boasts the likes of Lyberty MIKE SCHOEFFEL Sports Writer
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Poseidon Swimming has seen a spike in participants recently. Pictured above are Lindsay Fanz, Meghan Burton, coach Mike Julian, Jillian Butler and Hailey Ladd.
Poseidon Swimming climbs to second in state Interest in Poseidon Swimming has greatly or as long as most increased since the erection folks can remember, of the Collegiate School Poseidon Swimming Aquatics Center. Located has always been one at Ukrop Park, The facilof the best swim teams in the ity, which was completed in Commonwealth of Virginia. April 2012, boasts a 50-meBut, based on several interter, eight lane competition secting factors — including pool that allows for 22 lanes the recent completion of a of swimming when neces50,000 square-foot state-ofsary. Since its completion, the-art facility, and a recent the Poseidon swim team spike in membership — they has seen a marked influx of may be diving head-first into participants, ballooning from the most successful era in the a membership of around 225 history of the program. all the way up to 325, which “We definitely have one of is where it stands now. With the best facilities on the east more swimmers — and more coast, so we hope that contalent — now on board, tinues to attract people,” said Julian says the performance head age group coach Mike of nearly every age group has Julian. “We’re at 325 [memimproved, particularly the bers] this year, and we’d like 14U classification, which he to continue to grow each coaches. year. We don’t want to target “The success of the proa number, but we definitely gram has steadily increased,” have the space, the room, and said Julian “And it culmithe staff, so we’d definitely nated at this last meet, the like to keep this string of suc- 2013 Long Course Age Group cess going.”
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A man sprints after a bull during the third run of the day. All in all, the bulls ran six times, with the final run coming at 3:30 p.m. Below, this faux graveyard, complete with a rubber headstone reading "The bull was faster," provided runners and spectators alike with a prime photo opportunity. Bottom, runners mill around on the track before the bulls' fourth run of the day.
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Or at least that was the claim put forth by one man’s shirt at the much-anticipated Great Bull Run, which was held Saturday, Aug. 24, at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie. Whether that philosophy is true is really beside the point. What is true, however, is the sheer “Americanness” of that statement. And, beyond that, the utter Americanness of putting yourself in a position to be trampled by multiple one-ton beasts, and then egging them on by wearing a color that incites hate and rage within their bovine hearts. Of course, the ritual of risking life and limb for a chance to run alongside such a dangerous animal didn’t originate in America. It’s a well-known European tradition that dates back hundreds of years. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that it’s taken this long for the event to rumble its way across the pond and into the U.S., a nation full of thrill seekers and danger lovers. The Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie was, in fact, the first known running of the bulls to take place on American soil. So it goes without saying that everyone involved was making fairly significant history. BULL RUN page 6
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POSEIDON from 6 Championships. In the past, we’ve finished 11th, sixth, and third in this meet. This year, we finished second. We’re very proud of that. � The Long Course Age Group Championships, which were hosted by the CSAC, are essentially a statewide meet that features some of Virginia’s top swimming clubs. On a communal level, Poseidon swimmers set 23 new team records at the meet (including four 13/14 boys team records) some of which dated all the back to the late 90s and early 2000s. On an individual level, several of Julian’s swimmers achieved success at this year’s meet. Cody Bollinger set a state record in the 50 Free. Johnny Kerr, a 10-year-old who is in his first year with the team, won the 50 Breast
impractical (a full blaze orange suit) to the downright ridiculous (a full-bodied pink leotard) and everything in between. Others, still, went the more traditional route, dressing in all-white garb with red accents — a shout-out across the pond, if you will, to the folks in Pamplona, Spain. At one point during the day, these “properly� dressed runners gave a literal shout out to the citizens of Spain by cajoling fellow runners into singing the famed “Ole, Ole, Ole� chant, which purportedly originated in the Spanish Football League in the 1980s.
This was followed, somewhat fittingly, with a chant of “USA! USA!� Before being led out onto the quarter-mile dirt track, participants were herded — much like cattle — behind a red-painted fence. “This is your second time running?� asked a teenager to a middle-aged man dressed in all white. “How bad is it?� “Ah, it’s no big deal,� said the man, waving his hand dismissively. “They just release a couple of little chickens. Nothing to worry about.� When the time came, the runners were ushered
through the gate and onto the track. They were greeted with cheers from spectators seated high up in the grandstands. When the bulls were finally released, the reactions from the runners varied wildly. Some let the beasts get as close to them as possible before sprinting away. Others turned and ran before they were even visible. The more sane among them hid in cut-outs in the fence line, and took off after the bulls as soon as they had safely thundered past. A few cursed. Everybody screamed.
Ironically, one of the scariest moments of the day involved neither hooves nor horns. A few minutes after the massive beasts were released for their third run of the day, a rogue modelhelicopter donning a camera went careening into the grandstands, apparently striking several spectators. Surrounding fans gestured frantically, pleading for medical assistance. But after several moments their scowls turned to smiles and they flashed a round of thumbsup, the universal signifier for “all’s good over here.�
And all was good out there in Dinwiddie — at least for the majority of the afternoon. According to one report, a runner was taken to the hospital after being run over by multiple bulls during the day’s final run at 3:30 p.m. But, other than that, there were no known injuries to speak of, which is fairly remarkable when you consider that more than 4,000 people participated in the event. The day can be summed up by the six short words printed on the front of the official Great Bull Run shirts: “I came. I saw. I ran.�
and the 100 Breast. Madison Gorruso, another 10-yearold, won the 50 Fly. Four female swimmers — Meghan Burton, Hailey Ladd, Jillian Butler, and Lindsey Fanz — set a state record in the 200 freestyle relay. “We were solid all the way up and down, our nines, 10s, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s,� said Julian. “Boys and girls, both age groups were breaking relay records. We’ve added a lot of depth to our team, which has greatly improved our overall team performance as well as our relay performance.� Speaking of relays, Poseidon Swimming currently has five — five, count ‘em, five — relays ranked in the top 10 in the entire country, with the highlight of that group being the 13/14 boys 400 medley, which consists of Bollinger, Jamari Sheffield,
Kolin Hoffman, and Cody Lenhart. So how is it that Poseidon is able to attract so many swimmers of such amphibious ilk? The borderline next-generation facility is obviously one selling point, but Julian attributes much of Poseidon’s popularity to good, old-fashioned word-ofmouth. “Swimming in the Richmond area is very competitive,� said Julian. “And a lot of the swimmers that end up coming here were brought in by word-of-mouth, either from swimmers or from parents. A lot of kids will swim in a summer league, join Poseidon, and then when they go back to their summer league the other swimmers are like ‘Whoa, how’d you get that fast?’ and the answer is ‘Well, I joined
Poseidon.’ That’s what happened with Johnny [Kerr].� Julian said that Poseidon also hosts several summer league meets, which gives the coaching staff a chance to scope out some of the area’s premier talent. “From what we’ve done, the alumni we have, the kids that are doing well at the state level have a bright future ahead,� said Julian. “They have a chance to follow in the footsteps of some of the alumni that we have out there swimming in college.� Some of those “Poseidon graduates,� if you will, that Julian is referring to include Morgan Lattimer, an All-ACC selection at Virginia Tech, Andrew Strait, a four-time CAA swimmer of the week at the College of William & Mary, Travis Kerner, a sophomore on the
swim team at the University of Alabama, and Elizabeth Maltby, who swims at the University of South Carolina. If Poseidon Swimming continues on this steady incline that angled toward the sky, which they are poised to do for the foreseeable future, it’s reasonable to expect many more Poseidon Age Group
graduates to continue their swimming career at big name schools, just like Lattimer, Strait, Kerner, Maltby, and many more before them. “We had such a good summer, we’ve set so many records at the Age Group level that it’s really nice to get them some publicity,� said Julian. “They deserve it.�
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Alex Woo, brother of Monacan's number one seed Brittany Woo, finished the day in fourth place with a score of 79. Below, Scott Thackston, Monacan High School's head golf coach, gestures towards one of his players during last Thursday's match at Stonehenge Country Club. Monacan finished behind Cosby and Midlothian on the final leaderboard.
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Individual Leaderboard 1. Sterling Simmons III (Cosby) 77 2. Ford Zehner (Cosby) 78 3. McKoy Lamantia (Cosby) 79 4. Alex Woo (Monacan) 79 5. Riley Knudson (Midlothian) 80
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