Jonny ran in the Licking County League Championship today for the 800 meter run and 4×400 meter relay titles today, The venue today was at Licking Heights High School.
He ran in the Buckeye Division, which is for the larger schools in the county. They also have a Cardinal division for the smaller schools. Before they used to run all the schools together and the smaller schools hardly stood a chance, especially in the relay races. Even though the group of competitors is smaller to run against now, it’s good for the smaller schools to compete against each other instead of having to go against schools many times larger their size.
The weather was dry, breezy and cool with the temps in the low 60’s to upper 50’s.
First up was Jonny’s 800 Meter Run. He got off to a good start and kept himself near the front. He took the lead at the 400 meter mark and was challenged a little at the end and finished strong to hold on. He finished 1st with a time of 1:58.56
800 Meter Run
Boys 4×400 took 2nd with a time of 3:34.14 Jonny ran the final leg. He got the baton in 3rd place thanks to a final push, but he was about 60 meters behind 1st and 20 meters behind 2nd. He ended up passing the 2nd place kid in the final 30 meters. His split was 50.3.