Albemarle H.S. of Virginia and Morris Hills of N.J. staged a race for the ages in the Boys 4x800 at the Penn Relays on Saturday, with both teams smashing the national record, as well as the nineteen-year-old Penn Relays record. When Alan Webb's South Reston team won here in 2001, they ran 7:41.75. Albemarle and Morris Hills were more than 10 seconds faster!
Penn Relays - Boys 4x800 - Results and Video
Thanks to Josh Seeherman for calling our attention to this great race. For at least the second year, Josh was on the scene as a live blogger for the three-day Relay Carnival, which attracted 48,000 spectators on Saturday.
Two individual performances from Mass. athletes deserve mention. Madison Park's Ricardo Jaquite won the triple jump on Saturday, leaping 14.97 (49-1.5).
Emily Jones (Bromfield) ran a terrific race to finish 2nd in the H.S. girls 3000m championship, running 9:32.22 (that's the equivalent of a 10:14 2-mile!)
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