There isn't a 4x1,600-meter relay held during the state track and field championships in South Carolina, but there is still a state record.
Before this season, the record was 18:33 and was set by Spartanburg High School in 1985. On March 5,
Hilton Head (Hilton Head Island) broke the record with a time of 18:26.
Last week, that mark was topped by 2.5 seconds as
Lexington runners Colby Coulter, Eric Wendt, Blake White and Tony Morales set the state record at the Mellow Mushroom Relays in Wando to set the state record.
Those four runners helped Lexington win the 4A state cross country championship in the fall.
COACHES INDUCTED INTO HALLThe
South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association added two
new members to its Hall of Fame over the weekend, as Gaffney's Whiteford
Smith and Pelion's Mark Bedenbaugh were inducted.
Smith coached both
sports at Gaffney and guided the Indians to their only cross country
state championship, as his boys won the crown in 1975 with a one-point
win over Wade Hampton.
Bedenbaugh has won 14 region titles in boys
track, 23 region titles in boys cross country, state championships in
boys cross country (1995) and girls cross country (2001) and four state
runner-up awards.
