‘We crushed it’

If you are the track and field coach at Philip Simmons or Bishop England High School, you might want to have a giant eraser handy as you update your school’s record book.

 

That was the case on March 25 as the Iron Horses and Bishops competed in the Region 6 Coaches Classic Qualifier, which was held at Woodland High School. The meet was one of seven qualifiers across the Palmetto State for the Elite Coaches Classic, which will be held April 22.

 

The Iron Horses boys’ and girls’ teams both finished in third place in the meet, one of the top meets contested in the regular season.

 

The Iron Horse boys finished in third place behind Wando and Lucy Beckham. Wando won with 82 points, the Bengals were second with 74 points and the Iron Horses third with 63.5 points.

 

In the girls’ meet, the Iron Horses finished third behind Class AAAAA heavyweights Wando and Summerville. Wando won with 142 points and the Green Wave was second with 66 2/3 points and the Iron Horses were third with 64.5 

 

Bishop England also fared well. The girls finished in seventh place with 37 2/3 points while the Bishop boys were 12th with 18 points.

 

“Every week it’s a case of setting new school records,” said PSHS boys coach Cory Magwood. “We crushed it.”

 

Seventh-grader Laura Perry led the Iron Horse girls with a gold medal in the 3,200-meter run and silver in the 1,600 with respective times of 11:22.14 and 5:16.97. The 3,200 clocking was a school record. She is ranked in the top 10 in Class AAA in the Palmetto State in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 runs. She is ranked No. 2 nationally among seventh-graders in the metric mile and two-mile runs.

 

Senior Zhaire Mack broke her school record in the javelin with an effort of 126-3 and set the mark in the shot put with a heave of 31-2.

 

Sophomore Vallencia Starkes broke her own record in the discus with an 89-11 effort. 

 

Junior Alex Peredia shattered the school record with a time of 17.32 in the 110-meter high hurdles. He also owns the record in the 400 hurdles. 

 

Bishop England also crushed it.

 

The BE girls’ team celebrated six personal records and two school records. The BE boys set 10 personal records and two school records.

 

Bishop England freshman Nora Brahim set two new school records with a time of 5:11.39 in the 1,600-meter run to break her own record of 5:11.68.  She then ran 11:28.07 in the 3,200 run to break the previous school record held by Jeanne Stroud, who ran 11:38.04 in 2010.

 

Bishop England junior Justin Hafner set two school records in boys’ events. He ran 1:57.08 in the 800-meter run to break Aidan Richter’s record. He also broke his own record in the 1,600 run with a 4:19.62.

 

The complete field for the Coaches Classic Elite will be announced later this week.