RHS boys indoor track sets county record for 4-x-800
Sunday, February 16, 2014
The Record
Ridgewood sets mark
NEW YORK — The indoor track state Group championships were postponed this weekend, but that didn’t stop the Ridgewood boys 4-x-800 team from a record-setting performance at the Millrose Games Eastern 4-x-800 meter race Saturday.
The team of Michael Thurston (1:58.4), David Frering (1:56.1), Brian Collins (1:59.6) and Luke Dublirer (1:54.7) combined for 7:48.82, breaking the 42-year-old Bergen County record by more than two seconds (7:51.2), leading the race for most of the way before getting caught by Averill Park (Va.) and State College (Pa.) in the final 100 meters. Ridgewood finished third.
“All four guys raced hard and I’m so proud of them,” said coach Josh Saladino after the Maroons broke the 7:51.2 mark set by Bergen Catholic in 1972. “It’s amazing that we finished under 7:50 and only took third.” Averill Park ran 7:47.02 and State College was second in 7:47.75.
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