Midlothian girls match Lake Braddock with 9:19 to setup for an anticipated state meet showdown

The Midlothian girls competed on Saturday in the high school 4x800 meter relay at the New Balance Collegiate Games in New York City. After the Lake Braddock girls established themselves as the front runners in the relay event several weeks ago when they went north and posted a swift time of 9:19.90 at the New York Armory, the Midlothian girls decided to take a crack at a fast time on the banked 200 meter track as well.

 

With splits of 2:27 (Claire Benjaman), 2:18 (Marie Johnston), 2:18 (Amy Witt), and 2:15 (Kathleen Lautzenheiser), the Lady Trojans were able to post a time just under their rivals from Braddock ran two weeks ago to move ontop of the state leaderboard with their fourth place effort of 9:19.71 against some of the best New York distance programs. Lautzenheiser and Johnston had competed yesterday in the junior girls 1000 meter race at the Armory with Lautzenheiser running a state leading time of 2:53 in her fourth place finish.