2026 High School Boys' 4x800 Heats

Event 303Friday 9:20 AM
Twelve fastest teams from Events #301-304 qualify for Championship Final, Event #571 (Saturday, 2:55 PM). Calabar (JAM) sped to the early lead in the first leg, creating a 20-meter gap on the field by the time the field reached the first exchange. The remainder of the field hit the first exchange at the same time, causing IMG Academy (FL) to fall within the exchange zone but before passing the baton to their second runner (going from 5th to 13th place in the process). The rest of the chase field, led by Penncrest (PA) and Haddonfield Memorial (NJ), managed to complete the first exchange with no additional incident. Calabar held onto their lead, but they were passed by West Springfield (VA) and Penncrest at 500m. West Springfield and Penncrest continued to battle for the lead for the remainder of the 2nd leg, with Penncrest holding a 1 step advantage over West Springfield at the second exchange. Alphansus Davis (JAM) joined the top two within 100m into the third leg. The lead pack expanded to five teams by 400m, as Central Bucks East (PA) and IMG Academy joined the group. West Springfield and IMG Academy broke away from the top group at 600m and reached the final exchange together, followed closely behind by Plymouth-Whitemarsh (PA). IMG Academy moved into the lead at the 150m, but West Springfield stayed close. IMG and West Springfield continued to battle for the remainder of the anchor leg, while Plymouth-Whitemarsh dropped back. IMG Academy had the edge over West Springfield as they entered the final straightaway and managed to hold off West Springfield to win the heat by 2 steps.

Results

PL School/Affiliation Mark Athletes ID
1 IMG Academy  (Bradenton, FL) 7:48.74 Jose Cedeno (2:01.35), Juan Moncayo (1:57.33), Lucas Brighty (1:55.00), Matthew Dodds (1:55.08) YA
2 West Springfield  (Springfield, VA) 7:49.13 Elias Dean (1:59.62), Gavin Smith (1:55.81), Kyler Roberts (1:58.09), Edison Dean (1:55.62) YB
3 Plymouth-Whitemarsh  (Plymouth Meeting, PA) 7:51.52 Joshua Bucko (1:59.95), Christopher Gekonge (1:58.97), William Waerig (1:55.41), Brett Westerfer (1:57.20) YD
4 New Rochelle  (New Rochelle, NY) 7:53.41 Anthony Athanase (1:59.73), Riley ORourke (1:58.27), Adonis Boymandjia (1:58.76), Jackson ORourke (1:56.68) YN
5 Christian Brothers  (Memphis, TN) 7:53.99 Jacob Perez (2:01.77), Frank Plumley (2:00.55), Dylan Hunter (1:59.87), Noah Mullenix (1:51.81) YI
6 Alphansus Davis  (Clarendon, JAM) 7:55.07 Tyrie Hopkins (2:00.74), Raheem Palmer (1:55.95), Jephton Campbell (2:03.96), Nicholas Fedrick (1:54.44) YK
7 Central Bucks East  (Doylestown, PA) 7:57.37 Kyle Smith (1:58.79), Jack Reilley (1:59.36), Jack Helminiak (2:00.51), Tyler Tomlinson (1:58.73) YR
8 Upper Darby  (Upper Darby, PA) 7:57.69 Chalie Hegarty (2:00.46), Sam Surmandah (2:05.36), David Benda (2:00.16), Joshua Sharp (1:51.73) YE
9 South Lakes  (Reston, VA) 7:59.30 Noah Jacks (2:00.64), Ryan Quinn (1:59.17), Gavin Silva (1:59.47), Isaac Yudkowsky (2:00.04) YM
10 Morris Hills  (Rockaway, NJ) 8:00.76 Hunter Iorio (2:00.70), Sarosh Poondla (2:01.47), Nolan Ribeiro (2:01.78), Nicholas Falcone (1:56.83) YP
11 Haddonfield Memorial  (Haddonfield, NJ) 8:01.05 Brandon Stoner (1:57.89), Owen Snyder (2:03.31), Peter Simpson (1:58.29), John Leibrandt (2:01.57) YG
12 Calabar  (Kingston, JAM) 8:01.42 Justin Webb (1:55.67), Kevaughn Richards (2:04.56), OBrien Clarke (2:00.40), Odane Davidson (2:00.81) YC
13 Pinkerton Academy  (Derry, NH) 8:04.81 Jason Robie (2:01.29), Sean Hayes (2:01.73), Austin Cipriano (2:04.95), Joseph Gustavson (1:56.85) YF
14 Ridge  (Basking Ridge, NJ) 8:05.49 Tristan Frank (2:02.18), Matias Valle (2:04.09), Jack Schon (1:58.17), Owen James (2:01.06) YH
15 Penncrest  (Media, PA) 8:07.08 Rowan Carr (1:57.47), Sean Holst-Rightley (1:57.74), Brendan Kawan (2:04.84), Andrew Hausch (2:07.04) YL
16 Amity Regional  (Woodbridge, CT) 8:07.92 Cooper Tomaszewski (2:02.44), Luke Cushing (1:59.44), Benjamin Tomaszewski (2:02.14), Lucas Cohen (2:03.91) YJ
17 Ocean Lakes  (Virginia Beach, VA) 8:11.27 Isaac Richardson (2:01.82), Fenton Million (2:01.53), Nathen Varghese (2:03.51), Cameron Lawrence (2:04.43) YU
18 Ridley  (Folsom, PA) 8:15.97 Olma Mathews (2:04.98), Paul Oluwa (2:00.48), Nick Lanci (2:04.51), Nick Kane (2:06.01) YO
19 Kearny  (Kearny, NJ) 8:19.59 Miguel Betancourt (2:00.98), Kaden Santos (2:06.64), Cristano Esteves (2:07.98), Braidan Logue (2:04.01) YS
20 Springfield DelCo  (Springfield, PA) 8:20.79 Benjamin Hofrichter (2:05.39), Liam Harris-Iveson (2:03.83), Ryan Shields (2:05.29), Christopher Cardie (2:06.30) YT

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