Winter Student-Athletes Break School Records, Receive All-Conference and All-State Honors

Congratulations to the student-athletes who were recognized by the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association for their outstanding athletic achievements this winter!

In addition to all-conference and all-state honors, three Saints were crowned TCIS champions, five Saints earned VISAA titles and several student-athletes made NSA history by breaking school records, some of which had been on the books for decades. The honors are listed below by sport. Go Saints!

Varsity Boys' Basketball

• Madden Gilliat '27 earned Western Branch Classic MVP
• TCIS 1st Team: Madden Gilliat '27
• TCIS 2nd Team: Noah Cannon '27
• VISAA 2nd Team: Madden Gilliat '27

Varsity Indoor Track

• McKinley Bingham '28
  • Broke the school record for women's shot put, which was previously held by Madison Dryden '23. She continued to break her own record several times throughout the season. The new school record is now 30'4".
• Virgina "GiGi" Bolling '28
  • Set a new school record in the long jump with a distance of 16’.
• Howard Casterlow '25
  • Broke his own school record for the 55M dash with a time of 6.54 seconds
  • TCIS 55M dash champion
  • VISAA 55M dash champion
• Mekenzie Gilbert '26
  • Broke the school record in the 55M hurdles with a time of 10.6 seconds
  • Broke the school record for the high jump with a height of 4'
• Miranda Hammond '28
  • Broke her own school record in the triple jump with a distance of 32'10.5"
• Henry Ross '26
  • TCIS 300M dash champion
  • VISAA 300M dash champion
• Jamal Thomas '26
  • Set the school record for high jump with a height of 5'8"
  • Set new school long jump record with a distance of 21'10 1/14"
  • Set new school triple jump record at 45’9.5”
  • Set school record in 55M hurdles with a time of 8.58 seconds
  • TCIS 55M hurdles champion
  • TCIS high jump champion
  • TCIS long jump champion
  • TCIS triple jump champion
  • TCIS MVP
• TCIS Coach of the Year: Shelby Hammond
• Colton Beale '27, Cole Goodman '27, RJ Lane '26 and Henry Ross '26
  • Set a new school record for the 4x200M relay with a time of 1:38.73
  • VISAA 4x200M relay champions
• Mekenzie Gilbert '26, Sophia Grant '26, Miranda Hammond '28 and Meredith Kessler '28
  • Broke the school record in the 4x200M relay with a time of 1:59.5
• Brooks Carmody '27, Cayden Hills '28, Cayden McGuire '27 and Matt Piculell '26
  • Set school 4x400M relay record with a time of 3:57.79
• RJ Lane '26, Henry Ross '26, Jamal Thomas '26 and Tres Williams '26
  • Set a new school record in the 4x200M relay with a time of 1:39.95

Varsity Swimming

• Preston DeFeo '27
  • Broke the school record in the 100M backstroke with a time of 1:06.48 on Dec. 6, 2024. The previous record was set by Ryan Hanson '07 on Jan. 13, 2006, with a time of 1:07.40.
  • Broke the school record in the 100M freestyle with a time of 57.72 on Jan. 16, 2025. The previous record was set by Brandon Wilder '07 in 2006.