Area briefs: Handley’s Meneau to run for Terps

WINCHESTER — Handley senior track and field athlete Lisa Meneau will compete for the University of Maryland on a partial scholarship next year, according to Handley head coach Mike McKiernan.

Meneau was the Group AA 300-meter state champion last year with a time of 43.51 seconds, just 0.08 seconds behind the state record set by former Handley star Ayla Smith, an All-American at the University of Virginia and a 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier.

Meneau was second in the 100 hurdles at the state meet and ran on Handley’s 4x100 state championship relay team to help the Judges to the team state title.

“That was the No. 1 place for her,” McKiernan said. “She really likes the coaching staff and the girls, and just the whole experience at Maryland.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Royals 81, Hornets 59

HARRISONBURG — Host Eastern Mennonite University used a late first half run to fuel an Old Dominion Athletic Conference men’s basketball victory over Shenandoah Wednesday evening.

EMU (12-8, 5-6 ODAC) broke open a tie contest with an 11-2 spurt to finish the first half and pull away from the Hornets (3-17, 0-11), who have lost 13 in a row.

Jared Carithers paced SU with 13 points with Bryce Mitchell, Xavier Alston and Sharif Almulla added 11 apiece.

Andrew Thorne, a former Skyline High School standout, led Eastern Mennonite with 20 points.