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Elizabeth Seton High School track coach Omar Wilkins didn't expect his athletes deliver the caliber of performance they did this weekend at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference track and field championships.

The Roadrunners swept the relays and seemingly everything else en route to winning their third-consecutive WCAC girls' title with a whopping 209 points. The Bishop McNamara girls hung tough until early on the second day of the meet Saturday, but the Mustangs finished a distant second with 131 points. The Mustangs have finished second to Seton three years in a row.

On the boys' side, DeMatha (155.50 points) came back with a fury late on Saturday but did not have enough to overtake Gonzaga (D.C.) , which captured the WCAC title (181 points). Gonzaga also won the WCAC indoor track and cross country championships during the 2008-09 school year.

"To be honest, I didn't think we would win this commanding," Wilkins said of Seton's performance.

The Roadrunners won 12 events and for the second year in a row they swept the top three spots in the 200 meters, as Dionna Hayes (24.27 seconds), Adenike Pedro (25.20) and Briana Young (25.74) finished atop the field. Hayes, Pedro and Jameice DeCoster swept the top three in the 200 last year.

Perhaps more impressive is the fact that the Roadrunners dominated the relays, winning the 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200. The team of Joi Johnson, Tade Bosunmu, Ambrosia Iwugo and Tiana Teague got the meet started well for the Roadrunners, winning the 3,200 relay with a time of 9 minutes, 47.27 seconds.

McNamara senior star Saniel Atkinson won the girls' triple jump with a leap of 36 feet, 4.5 inches.

Mustangs' coach Keith Chapman joked that McNamara's prom, which was held Friday night, should be pushed to June, after the school year is done. Chapman said some of his seniors were dragging Saturday morning.

"It's a growing experience for our runners on our team," Chapman said.

The man of the day for DeMatha was senior first-year runner Michael Milburn, who won the 200 (22.65 seconds) and anchored the Stags' 400 relay team, which won with a time of 42.59 seconds.

Meanwhile, Stags' senior Robert Patterson ended his career on a good note, finishing second in the 3,200 with a time of 9:42.09, beating star teammate Cory Puffett (third/9:44.73).

"I really like this team and I liked the effort they had this afternoon," said DeMatha coach Anthony Bryant.