PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, June 19–22 — The boys from Herriman, Utah, came to Franklin Field laser-focused on bringing down an HSR in the 4×8 that had lasted since ’11. That mark, the 7:28.75 by California’s Long Beach Poly, had inspired the Herriman runners ever since they ran 7:43.84 to win at Simplot over the winter. But first they had to overcome the disappointment of a 4 x Mile loss Thursday to Oregon’s Crater (Central Point), which set a MR 16:54.80 to Herriman’s 16:59.28.
Jonah Tang led off the 4×8, and while his 1:54.74 was not far off his recent PR, he handed off in 5th, as Rockhurst (Kansas City) led with first leg William Hayes at 1:51.20. Rockhurst stayed up front for the next carry (Jake Bond’s 1:53.88), while Herriman’s Micah Tang stayed in 5th but made it closer with his 1:52.52. It was Herriman’s third leg, Tayshaun Ogomo, who blew the race open, delivering a 1:48.94 to take over the lead.
Anchor Jackson Spencer, a junior on this otherwise senior squad, would need a 1:52.55 to bring down the record. He confidently strode to a 1:49.94, well under his PR of 1:52.23, and stopped the clock at 7:26.12. Rockhurst took 2nd in 7:32.44.
“[Coach] told us, ‘If you get this record tomorrow, we’re going to forget about the 4 x Mile,’” Jonah Tang told Dyestat. On Sunday, Herriman added a DMR win in 9:50.19.
Quincy Wilson came ready for baton heroics with his Bullis (Maryland) teammates but had to start out with a loss. In Friday’s 4×2, he led off and helped build a lead over rival Carroll (DC), but his teammates were not able to get safely away, and on the anchor, Jake Odey-Jordan claimed the win for Carroll in an MR 1:23.64, with Bullis at 1:23.95.
In Saturday’s individual 400, the Olympic relay gold medalist ran unpressed to a 45.37 to win by nearly a second, 0.24 off his MR from last year. Then on Sunday, Bullis led the 4×4 from the start, with Wilson’s 45.40 capping a meet record 3:08.28, the No. 4 prep mark ever.
Zamarii Sanders, the junior from Newman (West Palm Beach, Florida), won Friday’s 100 in 10.35, using a strong last-half drive to pull away from the 10.42 of Ja’Neil Harris (Andrews, High Point, North Carolina) and Odey-Jordan (10.43). Then on Sunday, Sanders replicated that in the 200, his 20.61 again topping Harris (20.74) and Odey-Jordan (20.99).
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