* Nathan Cumberbatch of Shorewood (WI) won the Florida Relays title in a US No. 3 time in the 800m
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At Florida Relays, two of the nation's best mid-distance runners competed for the 800m title. As a result, this race brought out some major kicks.
It was a battle between Hagerty's (FL) Miguel Pantojas and Shorewood's (WI) Nathan Cumberbatch. Through the first half of the race, Pantojas came through in 53-seconds with full control over the field.
When there was 200m of track left in the race, Cumberbatch, the Nike Indoor National 800m champion, entered another gear and was able to come away with the win to debut his outdoor season with a new personal best of 1:50.33. Pantojas finished with a close second with a 1:50.92 and Arnold's (FL) Edward Kepran was third in 1:52.60.
Cumberbatch became the third-fastest boy in the nation after this weekend with his electrifying performance, while Pantojas moved up to US No. 5 respectively.
BOYS 800 METER RUN FINALS PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT WIND H# 1 Nathan Cumberbatch 12 Shorewood 1:50.33 1 2 Miguel Pantojas 12 Hagerty HS 1:50.92 1 3 Edward Kepran 12 Arnold HS 1:52.60 1 4 Dawson' Isbell 11 Niceville HS 1:54.04 1 5 Noah Musselwhite 12 Apopka HS 1:54.73 1 6 Matthew Raucci 12 Tavares HS 1:54.95 1 7 Marc Dabby 12 Christopher Columbus HS 1:55.02 1 8 Evan Fleming 11 Buchholz HS 1:55.43 1
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