Track and field: Patrick Joseph wins two events at Virginia AA meet Loudoun County junior Patrick Joseph enjoyed the first two individual titles of his burgeoning high school career and junior teammate Steven Graham won the 400 meters for the second year in a row on Saturday at the Virginia AA outdoor track and field championships in Harrisonburg. Joseph, who placed third last fall at the state cross-country championships, won the 1,600 by more than a full second in 4 minutes 15.71 seconds. He returned a few hours later and took the 800 in 1:54.41. He needed nearly every bit of the personal-best time to fend off Chancellor senior Michael Waller (1:54.90). Graham had very little trouble defending his crown in the one-lapper. He seized control early and burst to the line well ahead of Fauquier's Joey Burke in 49.01 on the final day of the two-day meet. The Raiders thought momentarily that they might have won their first state title in school history when Joseph, Graham, Nolan Graves and Teddy Murphy finished third in the 4x400 relay, but E.C. Glass placed sixth in that race and picked up three points to outscore Loudoun County by two heartbreaking points. "It was very disappointing," Loudoun County Coach Courtney Campbell said. That was our shot. Handley won the girls" team title over E.C. Glass and Blacksburg. Two-year-old Woodgrove was the top area finisher, placing fifth. The heat was difficult for many distance runners to manage, but it gave sprinters like Marcus Finney a significant boost. The Heritage junior broke the state meet record in the 110 hurdles, exploding to the line in a personal-best 14.10 and eclipsing the 14.19 Chris Dobbins of Christiansburg ran in 2010. Finney also won the 300 hurdles (personal-best 38.53) and placed fourth in the 100 meters (10.98). Shaquera Leach scored in three different events for Briar Woods, finishing third in the girls" 200 and 400 and placing sixth in the 100. Senior Audrey Houghton gave the girls from Woodgrove a spark, anchoring the Wolverines to the win in the 4x800 (9:33.80) on Friday. On Saturday she placed second in the open 800 in 2:15.19 and anchored the Wolverines" 4x400 relay team that placed second in 4:02.99. Virginia A track and field Manassas Park junior Victoria Dumas swept the hurdles titles at the Virginia A track and field championships Saturday in Radford. Dumas and senior teammate Rachel Chan went 1-2 in the 100 hurdles. Dumas was first in a personal-best 15.42; Chan got the silver medal in 15.68. Later, Dumas breezed to victory in the 300 hurdles. She almost won by three seconds and crossed in a personal-best 45.37. She also helped Manassas Park place second in the 4x400 (4:09.10) behind James River. Behind Dumas, the Cougars placed third in the team standings. James River was the winner and Strasburg was second. Stonewall Jackson of Quicksburg won the boys" meet comfortably over Altavista and Radford.