FSU Relays a boon for local athletes

Posted Mar 27, 2010 by Bill Ward

Updated Mar 27, 2010 at 06:42 PM

This weekend’s FSU Relays in Tallahassee have been worth the long drive for several local athletes.

First, there was the school record the Academy of Holy Names established Friday afternoon in the girls 4x800-meter relay at 10 minutes, 1.05 seconds. Later in the day, the anchor runner of that foursome, sophomore Amanda McWilliams, bettered AHN’s record in the open 800 with her fifth-place time of 2:21.62.

To conclude Friday, Freedom senior Jake Khlenenbeck took control of the top spot in the county for the boys 800 when he took seventh place at FSU in 1:56.70 and Chamberlain senior Park Parrish shattered his school’s 36-year-old record in the 3,200 meter run by turning in the county’s fourth-fastest time ever at 9:09.26.

Saturday, Chamberlain sophomore Max del Monte set a new personal best in the 1,600 when he earned third place in 4:20.12, which is also the best mark in the county. The Chiefs’ school record there is 4:15.9, which is held by former Chamberlain star Terry Crews, now a teacher at the school. It was Crews’ record that fell to Parrish on Friday in the 3,200. In another heat of the 3,200, Berkeley Prep senior Tyler Greathouse ran a personal 9:44.47.

In the girls 1,600, AHN’s Colleen Doherty, who is just a seventh grader, assumed the No. 1 spot in Hillsborough with her 5:26.32. Like McWilliams, Doherty was also on Friday’s record-setting 4x800 squad.

Photo: Freedom senior Jake Khelenbeck turned in a county-leading time in the 800-meter run at the FSU Relays at 1:56.70. Photo by Bill Ward.