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Relay team breaks MHS record

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The Middlesex High School (MHS) 4 by 800 meter relay team broke the school record with a 8:27.92 at the second annual Denbigh Patriots Track Classic on Saturday in Newport News. The team includes, front, from left, Gunnar Marston, Darius Jones; and back, same order, Cameron Lambert and Thomas Dobb. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

The Middlesex High School (MHS) 4 by 800 meter relay team broke a 2015 Charger school record mark of 8:40.44 by cruising to an 8:27.92 time at the second annual Denbigh Patriot Track Classic Invitational on Saturday in Newport News.

The 4 by 800 meter relay team was the only first place finish for the Chargers in the meet. The record breaking 4 by 800 meter team was composed of Cameron Lambert, Thomas Dobb, Darius Jones and Gunnar Marston.

Others to score were Nielson McMinn, with a discus throw of 144-feet. He finished in second place in the event. Aaron Stokes of Churchland High School won the event with a 163-foot, 5-inch throw.

Jamar Hammond finished second in the high jump with a 5’ 10” jump; Lambert, second, 1,600 meters (4:41.27); Dobb, sixth, 1,600 meters (4:51.63); and McMinn, sixth, shot put (40’ 5”).

Girls track

Karadee Anderson was second in the shot put (32’ 6”) and second, discus (93’ 3”); Iyana Jenkins, fourth, 300 meters (48.41) and fifth, 100 meters (17.03); and Bailey Bagby, fifth, high jump (4’ 6”).

Larry Chowning
Larry Chowninghttps://www.ssentinel.com
Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.

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