Photo by Ryan Kelly
Watch below race video of Oscar Smith senior Michael Cherry (Chesapeake) breaking a 27 year old national record in the 300 meter dash indoors. This past Saturday, Cherry broke the previous national record of 33.19 held by William Reed (Central, Philadelphia, PA) from 1986 with his incredible performance of 33.05 on Saturday at the 2013 VHSL Group AAA State Indoor Track & Field Championships. The 300 meter dash national record like most sprint events indoors are usually set on a fast 200 meter banked track, but Cherry's performance holds even greater reverence as a record now by establishing the new all-time national best in the 300 on a flat 200 meter track surface at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton, VA. The Florida State University recruit Cherry was not fresh either as roughly an hour prior, Cherry successfully repeated as the 500 meter state champion with his second fastest performance in the event at 1:03.13, which is just off his US #4 all-time performance two weeks ago at his district meet of 1:02.61. To conclude his historic state meet, Cherry was able to chase down virtually all of the anchor legs in the fast section of the 4x400 meter relay with a 46.5 second split to allow the Oscar Smith boys to win the state title in the relay event with a US top 10 time of 3:22.50. We have two video angles of his record 300 meter race. First video posted is a view from the track. Second video posted is a view from the stands.
Track View
Stands View
