When a state qualifier is on the line, you have to give it all you've got -- especially on a relay. Ocean Lakes and Manchester High School waged an epic battle over the final leg of the boys 4x800m relay at the VHSL Group 6A South Regional in Virginia.
Watch the full race video
Here's the final results:
Event 16 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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WATERFALL
Meet Rec: @ 8:03.85 2/21/2014 , Landstown
D.Johnson,G.Wiley-Miller,S.Snyder, K.Sabourin
State Qual: & 8:12.97
School Seed Finals H# Points
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Finals
1 Ocean Lakes 'A' 8:15.03 8:07.83& 2 10
1) 31 Lipps, Tyler 2) 32 Young, Davis
3) 743 Bushey, Jacob 4) 59 Bailey, Brent
2 Manchester High School 'A' 8:08.84 8:07.84& 2 8
1) 132 Rogers, Aaron 2) 27 Francis, Jeremy
3) 26 Dyson, Darrell 4) 25 Akright, Andrew
3 Woodbridge 'A' 8:19.79 8:18.78 2 6
1) 48 Johnson, Rosney 2) 662 La-Anyane, Marcus
3) 106 Misencik, Kyle 4) 47 Dukes, Elisha
4 Forest Park 'A' 8:26.24 8:21.13 2 5
1) 692 Fahler, Jarod 2) 10 Lauster, Zachary
3) 11 Sneed, Laurence 4) 695 Leong, Keven
5 Grassfield 'A' 8:29.38 8:28.20 2 4
1) 175 McFarlane, Mathias 2) 615 Brady, Michael
3) 174 Helms, Matthew 4) 15 Hamilton, Garrett
6 Granby 'A' 8:37.59 8:32.84 1 3
1) 172 Garcia, Brendon 2) 709 Whitted, Rahmir
3) 712 Thompson, Michael 4) 12 Grochowski, Tucker
7 Western Branch High School 'A' 8:02.69 8:36.60 2 2
1) 761 Mcguire, Tony 2) 570 Jones, Qemari
3) 759 Huyghue, Zaire 4) 567 Cherry, Allen
8 James River (Midlothian) 'A' 8:47.09 8:42.92 1 1
1) 20 LaRuffa, Joe 2) 726 Hester, Noah
3) 90 Johnson, Aaron 4) 176 Hill, Jeremiah
9 Colonial Forge 'A' 8:33.18 8:49.81 1
1) 594 Mas, Rafael 2) 74 Hudson, Brandon
3) 676 Ramos, Zach 4) 677 Solomon, Noah
10 Franklin County 'A' 9:02.48 9:00.44 1
1) 51 Erikson, Luke 2) 704 Seagle, Quint
3) 703 Garcia, David 4) 706 Whittaker, Trent
11 Kellam 'A' 8:29.71 9:17.52 2
1) 178 Neves, Brian 2) 93 Kirschner, Jackson
3) 620 Fitzpatrick, Joel 4) 622 Neves, Deven More coverage from the VHSL Group 6A South Regional: