Blacksburg & Varina clock smoking state #1 times in relays on Friday at MileStat.com Track Classic

The format was simple for day one at the first annual MileStat.com Elite Track Classic. Load up your relays with fresh legs and plan on running fast. Many teams did just that by lowering their season best times significantly while others took down school records as well as blowing out the water any of the existing facility records at Maggie Walker's Jim Holdren Track in Richmond.

Two state leading performances came out of the relays on Friday with the Blacksburg boys establishing a new Group AA record in the 4x800 meter relay with a eight second drop from 7:57 indoor best in a 7:49.26. Their splits went 2:00 for Matt Howard, 1:58 for Quinn Hull, 1:55 for George Carter, and 1:53 from Brian Hencke. While the Albemarle boys unquestionably cruised through their qualifying round at the Penn Relays in a solid time of 7:49.39, the quartet from Blacksburg can at least say they ran faster than on this day than the national indoor record holders.

Varina placed second to Blacksburg in the 4x800 meter relay in a season best time of 7:59.50 with a 1:55 low anchor from Devin Lacks and came back with three of the same legs roughly an hour later to throw down another impressive time and take over the state leaderboard in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:21.94.

The Meadowbrook girls made a statement in their 4x100 meter relay victory as their winning time of 47.95 was fourth fastest in the state this season and faster than all but two of the Eastern Region schools (Bethel & Western Branch) present at the Penn Relays this past weekend. With speedsters on both opening leg in Angela Harris and closing in Ciarra Morris, Meadowbrook presents a formidable foe to some of the best 4x100 meter relays in the state this outdoor season.

The Blacksburg girls were a little off from their normal selves, but still dominated the girls 4x800 meter relay nonetheless in a time of 9:20.91. With a little more competition, Blacksburg girls certainly have the talent to venture under 9:10 this season and challenge the state record of 9:06.00.

Henrico snuck out with first place in the boys 4x100 meter relay from section 2 of 3 as their final time of 43.31 usurped seeded section winners Chancellor at 43.51.

Saturday expects to be even more thrilling as the meet moves over to Sports Backers Stadium, one of the state's finest track & field facilities. The Penn Relays flavor will be spread at the meet with Championships of America relay finalists Bethel (4x400) and Ocean Lakes girls (4x800) making pit stops in Richmond on the way home to the Tidewater area along with a Marlena Wesh and Taylor Wheaton led Landstown crew.

MileStat.com Track Classic - Day 1 Results

Day 1 Race Videos - All races except for girls 4x800

 

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

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