Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Hawken 4×100-meter relay team sets state record

Hawken’s 4×100-meter relay opened the first day of the Division II Perry District Meet by breaking a 30-year-old state record.

Dominic Johnson, Christian Anderson, Andrew Bukovnik, and Jordan Harrison finished their preliminary race in 41.70 seconds. The previous record of 41.79 seconds was set by Dayton Jefferson on its way to winning the 1981 Class AA state title.

“We didn’t feel ready to kind of do this today,” Harrison told Chris Lillstrung of The News-Herald. “Some of our exchanges were off. I’m really happy with the time that we did and how executed, because I think, once more meets come, we can keep PRing. So that would be really fun. We’re not hitting our peaks just yet. Once it gets to regional and hopefully state, we can lower that even more, which is really exciting.”

Hawken won its heat by almost a full two seconds. Glenville won the other heat with a time of 42.50 seconds.

The Hawks and Tarblooders will go head-to-head in Saturday’s finals.

 

 

Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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