RHS Relays Lead the Knights at

Chamapign Central Invitational

Each Run Season Best - 2 Set Meet Records

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Despite cool and cloudy conditions, each of the Richwoods relay teams ran a season best at the Champaign Central Invitational. The opening act was the RHS 4x800 relay of Olivia Coker, Danielle DesJardins making her 4x800 debut, Michelle Carter and Sravanthi Vegunta which reduced the event best by over 20 seconds when they ran 10:23.76 finishing second in the FAT timed meet.

Not to be outdone, the Knight sprinters immediately responded in the very next event, the 4x100 relay, with DaShay Johnson, Ja'Bree Mitchell, Jenisha Brittine and Shavantay Thomas running a :49.96 which is the 8th fastest in Richwoods' history and appears to currently rate as No. 7 in the state on the Prep Top Times Leaderboard. 

In keeping with the concept of one-upsmanship the next RHS relay, the 4x200 made up of Johnson, Mitchell, Donielle Ross and Thomas, simply blistered the field including pre-meet favorite Cahokia. The Knights were clocked at 1:43.90 - No. 3 in RHS annals and currently No. 4 in the 2008 Illinois season per Prep Top Times. The tone in the event was set as Johnson continued to prove to be among the best in the state out of the blocks in establishing the Knights as the team to beat by the 50 meter mark.

The finale for the day was provided by the 4x400 team of Mitchell, Thomas, Brittine and Ross and their resounding 4:05.79 win with Thomas and Ross both going under the 1:00 mark for their legs of the relay. The result is the No. 4 RHS all time and No. 8 on the 2008 Prep Top Times listing.

Both the 4x200 and 4x400 were meet records.

Knight junior distance runner Rebecca Hanna continued her improvement settin personal bests in both he 3200 (12:43.24) and the 1600 (5:48.73). Jenisha Brittine also continued her improvement in her initial year of hurdling running :17.03 and :50.48 in the hurdle events.

Donielle Ross used the day to continue her return to form in the Triple Jump with a winning jump of 36' 4".

List of those moving onto or up in the RHS All Time Best Performances at Results.