2012 Track: Lady Bulldogs break 12-year-old relay record at South Harrison

Coming off a 10:22.13 running of the race last Tuesday at Stanberry, the quartet of sophomores Bailey Morrison and Kailey Elbert, freshmen Sara Lin and Kailey Salmon, believed they had a big effort in store for Thursday’s South Harrison Relays. They were right.

Not only did they break the 10-minute mark, they broke the Lady Bulldog 3200-meter relay record that had stood since 2000. Morrison, Elbert, Lin and Salmon combined to run a 9:58.32, which beat the 9:58.72 posted 12 years ago by Kayli Burrell, Kamille Burrell, Roxi Davitt and Allison Spidle.

"All four girls have been working hard for this accomplishment and all believe the record will be broken again this year, and hopefully at the state meet," said GHS track coach Kevin Meyer. "Coach (Mary) Adams and I believe this group of girls have a tremendous work ethic and desire to excel, and will continue to work hard in these final weeks," he added. "We are very proud of them."

Salmon and Morrison also finished first and second in the 800-meter run and teamed with Elbert and Lin for a gold medal performance in the 4×400-meter relay.

On the boys’ side, Chad Ness won the triple jump and placed second in the 100-meter dash in a photo finish. Isaac Mattis took second in the pole vault.

Following are GHS results not previously listed.

Girls

200m dash: Lin, 3^rd, 27.76. 400m dash: Lin, 2^nd, 1:01.90; Elbert, 4^th, 1:06.56. 800m run: Salmon, 1^st, 2:35.14; Morrison, 2^nd, 2:38.82.1600m run: Molly Mott, 7^th, 7:05.46. 4×100 relay: (Kaitlyn McNeely, Markecia Wilson, Morgan Horvatin, Celsie Baker), 6^th, 58.69. 4×200 relay: (McNeely, Wilson, Horvatin, Baker), 7^th, 2:05.97. 4×400 relay: (Salmon, Morrison, Elbert, Lin), 1^st, 4:21.83.

Pole vault: McNeely, 3^rd, 8-0. Triple jump: Wilson, 7^th, 26-4. Shot put: Kylie Cameron, 4^th, 29-10. Discus: Cameron, 4^th, 82-3.75.

Boys

100m dash: Ness, 2^nd, 11.68. 200m dash: Ness, 3^rd, 24.28. 400m dash: Wes Cole, 3^rd, 54.51. 1600m run: Andrew Michael, 7^th, 5:31.67. 3200m run: Michael, 8^th, 12:13.76. 110m hurdles: Cody Engel, 6^th, 18.84. 300m hurdles: Engel, 7^th, 47.70. 4x100m relay: (Cole, Derrick Lin, Zack Lollar, Mattis), 6^th, 49.36. 4x200m relay: (Jacob Boyd, Lin, Lollar, Matis), 8^th, 1:46.84. 4x400m relay: (Brandon Bradley, Cole, Trystan Sunby, Donovan Stout), 3^rd, 4:01.53. 4x800m relay: (Bradley, Micah Ray, Michael, Stout), 3^rd, 9:25.90.

Pole vault: Mattis, 2^nd, 12-0; Ness, 3^rd (tie), 10-6. Long jump: Cole, 6^th, 18-10. Triple jump: Ness, 1^st, 40-3. Shot put: Michael Stanley, 6^th, 38-4.50. Discus: Stanley, 6^th, 116-4.50; Dexter Daniel, 7^th, 114-8.75.

April 24 Relays at Stanberry.

Girls 71 pts. (3^rd place)

1600m run: Elena Steele, 6^th, 6:32.90. 3200m run: E. Steele, 3^rd, 14:23.13. 3200m relay: (Morrison, Elbert, Lin, Salmon), 1^st, 10:22.13. 4×100 relay: (Krystina Steele, Sabrina Steele, Celsie Baker, Kaitlyn McNeely), 4^th, 59.44. 4x200m relay: (K. Steele, S. Steele, Baker, McNeely), 5^th, 2:04.48.

Shot put: Kylie Cameron, 5^th, 29-4.50. 400m dash: Lin, 1^st, 1:01.57. 800m run: Salmon, 1^st, 2:28.78; Morrison, 2^nd, 2:36.31. 200m dash: Lin, 2^nd, 27.83. 4x400m relay: (Salmon, Morrison, Elbert, Lin), 1^st, 4:19.87.

Boys 73 pts. (3^rd place)

100m dash: Ness, 2^nd, 11.60. 110m hurdles: Engel, 6^th, 18.57. 300m hurdles: Engel, 5^th, 48.25. 4×800 relay: (Ray, Smith, Michael, Bradley), 3^rd, 9:37.18. 4×200 relay: (Cole, Lin, Lollar, Mattis), 1:44.51. Discus: Daniel, 2^nd, 120-8; Stanley, 5^th, 104-9. Long jump: Ness, 3^rd, 19-3; Cole, 5^th, 19-1. Triple jump: Ness, 4^th, 39-4.50.

400m dash: Cole, 3^rd, 54.07. 800m run: Stout, 1^st, 2:07.46. 200m dash: Ness, 2^nd, 23.93. 4×400 relay: (Bradley, Cole, Sunby, Stout), 2^nd, 3:46.47.