South Carolina Women Sweep 4x100, 4x400; Gainesville Elite All-Star Lineup Runs Facility Record 37.67 4x100

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

David Hicks photo (Friday's prelims)

A memorable weekend for the Bullis track team became historic Saturday when its girls 4x400-meter relay team broke a 20-year-old national high school record. 

A lineup of Payton Payne, Kennedy Brown, Sydney Sutton and Morgan Rothwell, pressed by Miami Northwestern and Montverde Academy of Florida, moved from third to second to first and ran 3:35.23. 

That erased Long Beach Poly's 2004 time of 3:35.49. 

In the span of two weeks, and not yet April, two of the most historic relay records on the books have been smashed. Last week Atascocita TX took down the 4x100 record, held since 1998 by Wyatt of Fort Worth. 

Miami Northwestern finished the relay in 3:36.12 and Montverde was third in 3:37.94. 

INTERVIEWS

The Bullis boys also ran fast, with Quincy Wilson anchoring in 45.5 and the team running 3:09.95.

In yet another entertaining relay, with Olympians standing in various exchange zones, a quartet called Gainesville Elite (Grant Holloway, PJ Austin, Erriyon Knighton and Joe Fahnbulleh) ran 37.67 for one of the fastest non-national team times ever. 

Fahnbulleh ran away with the win after a baton exchange to Noah Lyles by USA Red went out of the zone. 

Florida's men closed the meet by edging out Virginia Tech in the 4x400 relay, 3:01.51 to 3:01.62.

South Carolina won the women's 4x100 (43.34) and 4x400 (3:28.57). 

Josh Hoey of adidas enjoyed a big moment with a personal-best time of 1:45.54 to win the men's 800 meters. 

Harvard's Victoria Bossong also ran a new best, winning the women's 800 meters in 2:00.92.

Grace Stark of Florida won the women's 100-meter hurdles in 12.70, winning a close race against Central Florida's Rayniah Jones (12.78). 

Jessica McDowell from Illinois won the women's 400 meters in 51.41 seconds. 

Jenoah McKiver of Florida won the men's 400 in 45.33. 

In the 100 meters, Auburn's Favour Ashe broke a meet record when he ran 9.99 seconds for a wind-legal victory and NCAA lead. 

Jassani Carter from USC won the women's college section in 11.19w and teammate Christine Mallard was second in 11.29w.

The IMG Academy FL girls won the 4x800 relay in a US#2 time of 9:03.26. The Buchholz FL boys ran US#2 7:47.81.

Miami Southridge won the girls 4x100 in 46.26 seconds and Miami Northwestern ran US#2 1:35.91 to win the 4x200. 

The Miami Northwestern boys broke the meet record in the 4x200 with US#2 1:23.75 and also won the 4x100 in 41.01 seconds.

Jaden Lippett from Winter Haven FL provided one of the day's biggest field event highlights when he jumped a personal best and US#1 51-6.25 to win the triple jump. 

Illinois high jumpers Bara Sajdokova (6-2.75/1.90m) and Rose Yeboah (6-0/1.83m) went 1-2 with top-five NCAA marks. 

Nebraska's Rhianna Phipps jumped 43-10 (13.36m) to win the women's triple jump.

Donald Scott of adidas won the men's triple jump with a strong early mark of 55-9.25 (17.00m).