Mt. Sac Relays 2009

Senior Cory Thorne of the University of Louisville men’s track and field team set a school record while running an NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying and nation’s fastest time of 8:39.19 in the invitational 3,000-meter steeplechase on day one of the Mt. SAC Relays on Thursday.

The Dana Hills boys were very serious and confident they could run much faster in the 4x800 meter relay this weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays than their 7:45 performance several weeks ago. Tyler Valdez for Dana Hills pointed out last weekend at the Arcadia Invite that their 7:45 squad at the California Relays did not include Zak Phillips, who he felt could run a sub 1:55 leg for them once placed on the relay. Valdez and his teammates were not lying as the current US leaders in three distance relays (4x800, DMR, and 4xMile) dropped five seconds on the US #1 time in the 4x800 with a 7:40.30 victory at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday. The quartet from Dana Point, California is knocking on the door of their team moving onto the US top 25 all-time list in the event with their splits on Friday of 1:57.3 for Cole Guerin, 1:54.9 for Phillips, 1:54.4 for Tyler Valdez, and 1:53.9 for anchor Ryan Valdez. Two other teams ran US top 10 teams in the race including Upland (US #6 7:51.72) and Torrey Pines (US #10 7:53.51). (Photo right by Margot Kelly of CalRunners.com, a MileSplit US affiliate) Mt. SAC Relays High School Results: Friday