Albemarle, Va., 4x800 relay team, New Jersey's Nick Vena among athletes turning in new national marks.
Three national high
school track records were established over the weekend at opposite ends of the
country.
In Philadelphia,
Pa., Albemarle
(Charlottesville, Va.) smashed the national 4x800 boys relay
record with a sizzling 7:30.67 clocking at the 115th Penn Relays.
Team members and their splits included Garrett Bradley (1:55.43), Zach Vrhovac
(1:50.57), Luke Noble (1:55.34) and anchorman Anthony Kostelac (1:49.33).
Ironically, second-place Morris Hills
(Rockaway, N.J.) also bested the national record of 7:32.89 held by Auburn,
Wash. Running for the Knights (7:31.60) were Vincent Chiusano, Lucas Clybe,
Sean Pohorence and anchorman Liam Tansey (1:50.65).
At the same meet, Morristown, N.J.,
phenom Nick Vena broke the national sophomore shot put record with a heave of
72 feet, 2.5 inches. The 6-foot-4, 270-pounder also broke the 24-year-old Penn
Relays record and the New Jersey
state record.
Moving to Colorado, Buena Vista (Colo.) senior Mason Finley smashed the
national discus record with a toss of 236 feet, 6 inches at the High Altitude
Challenge in Alamosa. The previous record was 234-4 by Niklas Arrhenius of Mountain View (Orem,
Utah).
The 6-foot-8,
300-pounder, who has signed with UCLA, then headed for his senior prom.
