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5A Boys 4x100m Relay
Fort Bend Marshall entered the meet with all the accolades
after running 39.80 earlier in the season in the 4x100m relay, but it was the
team from Red Oak that was up to the challenge of winning the 5A Boys 4x100m
Relay.
Running out of lane 5, Red Oak's Durrell Collins matched
Marshall's Arveyon Davis to the first exchange and the two teams were nearly
even at the second exchange. Red Oak's Rodney Malone ran an outstanding third leg
to put the team in the lead and then Brayden Robinson brought them home in
40.29.
Frisco Lone Star made up a lot of ground in
their third leg and pulled out a silver medal performance in 40.53 while Fort Bend
Marshall finished in third at 40.71. In all, it took a time of 40.80 to finish
in the scoring.
5A Boys 4x200m Relay
The defending champions Fort Bend Marshall have the second fastest time in the country this year. However, they weren't able to make it out of Region 3-5A. That means a new champion would be crowned this year.
Denton Ryan came in with the top regional seed time of 1:24.68 and Red Oak who won the 4x100 relay earlier in the evening had the second fastest see. of 1:25.14. The Dallas Metroplex teams also had the third and fourth fastest seed times with Aledo's 1:26.30 and Frisco Lone Star's 1:26.80.
Red Oak, Lone Star, and Aledo all got out to great starts on the first leg with Red Oak's second leg getting to the exchange zone first with Killeen Ellison. However, the Red Oak handoff wasn't without incident as they dropped the baton.
Ellison continued to hold onto the lead through the third leg carry, but Frisco one Star was closing.
Ellison held on for a 1:25.01, Frisco Lone Star second in 1:26.26, and Lake Belton closed strong for third place in 1:25.59.
Killeen Ellison 4x200 first leg says a prayer that was answered with a 4x200 relay victory
Photo Credit: Shelton Jolivette/MileSplit TX
5A boys 4x400 Relay
With State Team Title implications in place for both Fort
Bend Marshall and Mansfield Timberview, it made the 5A Boys 4x400m relay one of
the most intriguing races of the day. Denton Ryan entered the final event with
38 points but did not have an entry. Fort Bend Marshall had 26 and Mansfield
Timberview entered with 22 points.
Knowing that a second-place finish would give them the State
Title outright, Fort Bend Marshall got off to a great start and were running
1-2 with McKinney North after 800 meters. A&M Consolidated moved into the
picture on the third lap when Corbin Parker briefly put his team into second
place ahead of Fort Bend Marshall while McKinney North had put a little gap
between themselves and everyone else.
On the last lap, David Walker kept McKinney North comfortably
in the lead and brought them home with a 48.23 split and an overall time of
3:14.66 for the gold medal. In the battle for second, FB Marshall's Nolen Richie held a slight lead over A&M Consolidated's Justin Gooden until
Gooden slipped past him right at the line to take second place, .01s ahead of
FB Marshall.
The third-place finish put Fort Bend Marshall in
a tie for the team title with Denton Ryan.
