Albemarle (VA) and Morris Hills (NJ) 2009 HS Boys COA 4x800m
Another quartet from Virginia - this one without an anchor named Alan Webb - rose to national prominence at the Relays in 2009, as Garrett Bradley (1:55.43), Luke Noble (1:55.34), Zach Vrhovac (1:50.57) and Anthony Kostelac (1:49.33) combined to break the Relays Meet Record and the National High School Record with 7:30.67. In second place, Morris Hills (NJ) also broke the record at 7:31.60.
In splitting 1:49.33, Kostelac ran faster than Webb's 1:49.1 split that had ranked No. 1 in the history of the Relays for the past eight years.
Their time still ranks U.S. No. 3 All-Time, with Morris Hills U.S. No. 4 All-Time.
ALAN WEBB & SOUTH LAKES (VA) | TASHA STANLEY & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | NICK VENA (MORRISTOWN, NJ) | MATT CENTROWITZ (BROADNECK, MD) | MARY CAIN (BRONXVILLE, NY) | OBEA MOORE & JOHN MUIR (CA) | BRYSHON NELLUM & LONG BEACH POLY (CA) | YOHAN BLAKE & ST. JAGO (JAM) | DATHAN RITZENHEIN (ROCKFORD, MI) | ALBEMARLE (VA) & MORRIS HILLS (NJ) BOYS 4X800M | OLIVIA BAKER & COLUMBIA (NJ) | SEAN MCGORTY (CHANTILLY, VA) | SHALONDA SOLOMON & LONG BEACH POLY (CA)