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Fairfax County Public Schools athletes delivered a standout 2025-26 winter season, with three teams and 33 individual entries winning Virginia High School League Class 6 championships. Three teams and 34 individual entries also finished as state runners-up.

Robinson Secondary School won the girls indoor track and field team championship, Langley High School claimed the boys swim and dive title, and Westfield High School captured the boys basketball crown.

Individual champions

FCPS athletes earned championships across gymnastics, wrestling, swimming and diving, and indoor track and field:

  • Addison Rowland, Robinson Secondary School — gymnastics, floor
  • Michael Santos, West Springfield High School — wrestling, 113 pounds
  • Carter Shin, Chantilly High School — wrestling, 120 pounds
  • Adrian Canales, Marshall High School — wrestling, 132 pounds
  • Kross Cassidy, Fairfax High School — wrestling, 165 pounds
  • Allison Hegg, Oakton High School — girls wrestling, 126 pounds
  • Elaina Primozic, West Springfield High School — girls wrestling, 185 pounds
  • Langley High School — boys 200-yard medley relay
  • Bruno Haggard, McLean High School — boys 200-yard freestyle
  • Sadie Buckley, Fairfax High School — girls 200-yard freestyle
  • Lilla Wilbur, Robinson Secondary School — girls 200-yard individual medley
  • Yaron Li, Chantilly High School — boys 50-yard freestyle
  • Ivor Brown, Chantilly High School — boys one-meter diving
  • Marleigh daSilva, Madison High School — girls one-meter diving
  • Yaron Li, Chantilly High School — boys 100-yard freestyle
  • Sadie Buckley, Fairfax High School — girls 500-yard freestyle
  • Chantilly High School — boys 200-yard freestyle relay
  • Kyle Li, Chantilly High School — boys 100-yard breaststroke
  • Lilla Wilbur, Robinson Secondary School — girls 100-yard breaststroke
  • Chantilly High School — boys 400-yard freestyle relay
  • Apria Smith, Chantilly High School — girls long jump
  • Blake Johnson, South Lakes High School — boys long jump
  • Apria Smith, Chantilly High School — girls triple jump
  • Jeremiah Nelson, Annandale High School — boys high jump
  • Jacqueline Bullock, Chantilly High School — girls pole vault
  • South Lakes High School — girls 4x800-meter relay
  • Amelia Cole, Lake Braddock Secondary School — girls 55-meter hurdles
  • Alex Guthrie, South Lakes High School — boys 55-meter dash
  • Petra Gruendel, Robinson Secondary School — girls 1,600-meter run
  • Nicholas Bailey, West Springfield High School — boys 500-meter dash
  • Petra Gruendel, Robinson Secondary School — girls 1,000-meter run
  • Alex Guthrie, South Lakes High School — boys 300-meter dash
  • Caroline Sapperstein, Oakton High School — girls 3,200-meter run

State runners-up

Robinson Secondary School placed second as a team in gymnastics and girls swim and dive. Chantilly High School was the boys swim and dive team runner-up.

The individual and relay runners-up were:

  • Ibrahim Quereshi, Langley High School — wrestling, 106 pounds
  • David Dight, Edison High School — wrestling, 113 pounds
  • Tyler Shin, Chantilly High School — wrestling, 126 pounds
  • Carson Easlick, Westfield High School — wrestling, 150 pounds
  • Merritt Clinton, Westfield High School — wrestling, 165 pounds
  • Katherine Crockett, Oakton High School — girls wrestling, 132 pounds
  • Darling Saravia, Annandale High School — girls wrestling, 145 pounds
  • Katherine Donohue, Oakton High School — girls wrestling, 165 pounds
  • Chantilly High School — boys 200-yard medley relay
  • Parris Garvin, Langley High School — boys 200-yard freestyle
  • Kyle Li, Chantilly High School — boys 200-yard individual medley
  • Caitlin Goff, Centreville High School — girls 200-yard individual medley
  • Max Thompson, Langley High School — boys 50-yard freestyle
  • Cody Schneider, Fairfax High School — boys one-meter diving
  • Isabelle Whang, Oakton High School — girls one-meter diving
  • Bruno Haggard, McLean High School — boys 100-yard butterfly
  • Lyla Devlin, Woodson High School — girls 100-yard freestyle
  • McLean High School — boys 200-yard freestyle relay
  • West Springfield High School — girls 200-yard freestyle relay
  • Michael Zhou, Langley High School — boys 100-yard backstroke
  • Parris Garvin, Langley High School — boys 100-yard breaststroke
  • Langley High School — boys 400-yard freestyle relay
  • West Springfield High School — girls 400-yard freestyle relay
  • Blake Jackson, South Lakes High School — boys triple jump
  • Christopher Hwang, Chantilly High School — boys shot put
  • Robinson Secondary School — girls 4x800-meter relay
  • Olivia Jones, Robinson Secondary School — girls 55-meter dash
  • South Lakes High School — girls 4x200-meter relay
  • Chantilly High School — boys 4x200-meter relay
  • Caroline Elliot, South Lakes High School — girls 1,600-meter run
  • Aya Ryan, South Lakes High School — girls 500-meter dash
  • Olivia Jones, Robinson Secondary School — girls 300-meter dash
  • Abigail Mesfin, Oakton High School — girls 3,200-meter run
  • West Springfield High School — boys 4x400-meter relay

Oakton High School recorded the highest team score at the VHSL Girls Wrestling state championships, held at the Henrico Sports and Events Center.

Rifle competitors add regional honors

FCPS athletes also collected honors in rifle, which is not sanctioned by the VHSL. West Springfield High School won the Potomac High School Rifle League Regional Championship, the sport’s culminating competition, while Robinson Secondary School finished second.

West Springfield’s Avana Harford earned first place individually at the regional championship. Robinson’s Annika Cry was the individual runner-up.