LIONS MAKE O.C. HISTORY AT ARCADIA INVITATIONAL: Senior Mireya Hardman, freshman Maya Pawlowicz, senior Chloe Elbaz, and junior Reese Holley of the @jserra.txfc girls team etched their names into 4x800m relay lore on Friday by running to a U.S.-leading and Orange County all-time record time of 8:50.32 on the opening day of the 58th annual Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High School.
Hardman kicked started the record-setting run in the featured invitational race with an two-lap leg of 2:15.23 before handing off the baton to Pawlowicz, who navigated her split in 2:13.52 to propel the Lions into second place.
Pawlowicz tunerd the stick over to Elbaz, who blazed to an opening lap of 59.93 to push the Lions into the lead and finished her split in 2:13.00 before turning the baton over to Holley for the anchor.
Holley turned in a phenomenal 2:08.67 effort in her closing segment, holding off the determined challenge of the nation’s top 800m runner (Braelyn Combe of Santiago High School of Corona) to stamp O.C. history and set a new invitational record for the Lions.
Seniors J.P. DeSantos, Luke Friedl, Jack Burnett, and Alden Morales turned in a high-quality showing in the Boys Invitational 4x1600m race.
Santos navigated his two-lap segment in 1:56.12, before handing the baton to Friedl, who turned in an 800m navigation of 1:54.83.
Burnett surged to a 1:53.91 effort in his leg, which saw him move the Lions into third place before handing the stick to Morales, who clocked a 1:53.27 split to earn a third-place overall finish of 7:38.13 for the Lions.
JSerra’s effort is the fastest time in the state and the third fastest in the country this season.
It is also the second-best time performance in school history, trailing only last year’s state championship winning clocking of 7:33.43 set by Burnett, Morales, and former standouts Bradley Arrey and Taye Newman.
Sophomore Kaia Streadbeck, freshman Brooklyn Tennant, sophomore Talia Whitten, and freshman Sierra Harden joined forces to record a time of 20:55.88 (the state’s sixth fastest time this season) in the Girls Invitational 4x1600m race.
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