Jonny and the team travelled to Centerville, south of Dayton, to compete in the Centerville Elk Relays. This is an unusual meet in that almost all the races are relays, with several being medley or steeplechase type relays. Jonny was scheduled to run the Distance Medley Relay and the 4×400 Steeplechase relay.
In the 4000 Meter Distance Medley Relay Jonny ran the first leg of the race which is 1200 meters, the next leg is 400 meters and the 3rd leg is 800 meters, with the final leg of the race being 1600 meters. The boys time of 10:37.14 was less than a second from the winning time and 29 seconds faster than 3rd place out of the 16 teams that participated. Also they broke the school record from the previous year, which Jonny was part of, by 20 seconds! Jonny ran the 1200 meter in 3:13.9.
In the 4×400 Steeplechase relay Granville took 5th out of 15 teams with a time of 4:16.65 and hold a new school record in this event as well. Jonny ran the final leg in 60.3.
It was a very late night as the last race was starting around 10:45 and the kids still had over a two hour bus ride home. Jonny didn’t get home until after 2:00 am. They didn’t eat on the way home like he had hoped and after he ate something, and showered it was almost 3:30 by the time he was heading to bed.
A big thank you goes out to Mr. Pappas for taking some video of Jonny during the 4×400 Steeplechase Relay.