Jonny went to the Fulton Relays held at the Lancaster High School this evening. This was another all relay meet like the Elks Relay last week. Jonny ran in the 4×1600 Meter Relay and the Middle Medley Relay.
The first event of the evening was the 4×1600 Meter Relay. Jonny ran the 2nd leg in that relay and got the baton while the team was in 6th place. Even though the team was in 6th place, they were only about 2 and a half second out of first place. Jonny quickly passed a number of kids and went to 2nd place. He and the first place kid distanced themselves from the rest of the group. Jonny ran very well and posted a 4:30.8 in his mile run. The team ran the entire 4 miles in 18:05.92 and placed 2nd in the event against a Watkins team that boasts one of the best 1600 meter runners in the nation. The boys earned Granville 8 points for their effort. The boys also set a school record in the 1600 meter relay by 49 seconds!
His next event was the Middle Medley Relay. In this event the first leg is 800 Meters, the second and third legs are 400 Meters and the final leg is another 800 Meters. Jonny was running the final leg. The team dominated right from the start. By the time Jonny got the baton Granville was comfortably in 1st place. With no one to compete with, he put it in cruise control and finished his 800 Meter leg in a comfortable 2:02. It’s amazing how easy he makes that pace look and doesn’t appear to be laboring at the end of the race. The boys took 10 points in that relay and Jonny helped earn 18 points out of the entire teams 24 points at the meet. They also broke another school record by 20 seconds this time. I hope they give him a chance to run the 800 meter again with some competition to show his true talent and hard work. I did get some video of this race, but the camera was acting up and I didn’t get it started until Joe had already finished about 300 meters of his 800 meters.