Here's this race in a nutshell: one team overcomes a fifty meter gap to take the lead. And a third time overcomes a fifty meter gap to win that race. I don't want to spoil too much more about the wild girls 4x800 at the Virginia 6A (large schools) indoor state championship. Kate Murphy (first appearance at 5:10) split 2:09 on Lake Braddock's third leg; Rachel McArthur (first appearance at 7:38) split 2:10 on Patriot's anchor leg. McArthur helped Patriot clinch second place at the Virginia state meet in a race you have to see to believe.
Event 22 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Group 6A
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BWSP Facilit: B 9:11.35 2/22/2013 Lake Braddock
K Kunc, H Christen, K Roche, S Chase
Meet Record: M 9:15.13 2/28/2014 West Springfield
K Bothwell, R Bustamante, C Alcorta, K Kennedy
School Seed Finals H# Points
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1 Patriot High School 'A' 9:30.49 9:23.76 2 10
1) 771 Yentz, Lindsay 10 2) 763 Biber, Sierra 11
3) 770 Wied, Abigail 11 4) 769 McArthur, Rachel 11
2 Lake Braddock 'A' 9:23.99 9:25.08 2 8
1) 509 Schwers, Samantha 10 2) 494 Browning, Shannon 11
3) 504 McAvoy, Madeline 10 4) 505 Murphy, Kate 11
3 Western Branch High School 'A' 9:21.58 9:26.07 2 6
1) 1034 Shockley, Adriana 9 2) 1038 Thomas, Amanda 12
3) 1035 Smalls, Martina 11 4) 1026 Joyner, Ces' shay 11
4 West Springfield 'A' 9:26.18 9:26.84 2 5
1) 993 Bothwell, Kiera 11 2) 996 Keast, Emily 11
3) 998 Snyder, Abby 12 4) 994 Bustamante, Reagan 12 More from the Virginia state meet:
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