Draper Invitational track and field: Carroll’s Kiah Seymour earns two victories

Kiah Seymour is the youngest of three siblings. She’s used to having to scrap for what she wants.

The fighter in her kicked at the 30th Draper Invitational on Saturday. The Carroll junior All-Met had to dig deep, but was rewarded with victories in the 300-meter hurdles and the 200 at St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes in Alexandria.

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(Richard A. Lipski/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) - Carroll's Kiah Seymour, left, has the lead over Autumne Franklin of McDonogh (Balt.) in the 300 meter hurdles at the Draper Invitational.

“I fought through to the end,” Seymour said.

McDonogh encountered very little resistance. The Baltimore school won the girls’ team competition by more than 33 points over O’Connell and Georgetown Visitation.

Gonzaga was just as dominant on the boys’ side, easily outdistancing St. Albans and Episcopal.

Seymour, who was running in second for the first half of the 300 hurdles, burst off the turn in the 300 hurdles and pulled even with leader Autumne Franklin of McDonogh before nipping her at the line in 41.91 seconds. That is a meet record and the second-fastest time in the country this season.

Franklin crossed in 41.99.

About an hour later in the 200, Seymour was still feeling the effects of the intermediate hurdles and she came off the turn behind three other runners. But the 17-year-old started to rocket halfway down the straightaway and crossed in 25.14.

Seymour said she was pleased with her double, particularly after a sub-par day during Friday’s rounds.

“I’m actually really happy,” said Seymour, who also carried on Carroll’s 4x400 relay team that finished fifth. “I don’t really care about winning all the time, but a [personal record] is nice.”

There were plenty of other exceptional performances and many of them belonged to Gonzaga. Rajee Dunbar helped lift the Eagles to the team championship by capturing the 100 (11.11) and the 200 (22.24) and placing second in the long jump (21 feet 9.75 inches).

Thomas Lynch was solid in the field for Gonzaga, winning the discus with 157-4 and the shot put with 51-10.5.

Eagles senior Eric Pittman didn’t have his best technical effort, but it was good enough for a victory in the 110 hurdles (15.17). He also won the 300 hurdles in 40.12.

Gonzaga junior Mike Crozier took the SATs Saturday morning, but still had enough focus left over to win the 1,600. He was running in second place behind teammate Collin Leibold pretty much the entire way, but kicked past Leibold in the last 50 meters to take the win in 4:17.39. Crozier also breezed to victory in Friday’s 3,200 in 9:22.95.

“I really felt good today,” Crozier said. “When you train with Collin every day you know you’re in great shape.”

O’Connell senior Sarah McCarthy pulled off the same distance double. The Georgia State signee captured the 3,200 on Friday in 10:46.34, shattering the meet record by 12 seconds, before winning Saturday’s 1,600 in 5:10.12. She also ran a leg on the Knights’ 4x800 relay team that won in 9:44.23.

“She’s unique in that she’s making tremendous progress as a senior,” O’Connell Coach Cindy Walls said of McCarthy, the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference cross-country champion last fall. “She’s the whole package.”