COLUMBIA -- Daniel High junior Laurie Barton won the girls' 800 Saturday at the Taco Bell Classic with a time of 2:10.79, the best girls' time at that distance in the state this year.
State-by-state scoring (ncrunners.com).
Complete recap coming Sunday, more photos and video interviews from Saturday.
Watch video of the 800
Barton set a new PR in the event, besting her previous best by eight seconds.
If this were the state meet, she would have bettered the record of 2:11.34 held by Imani Boatwright since 2013.
In the first finals of the Saturday afternoon session at the Taco Bell Classic, Baldwin High took the girls 4x100 with a time of 46.89.
The Milledgeville, Ga., team, which includes one sophomore and three freshmen, ran in the fifth of seven heats in the finals.
The senior member of the group, sophomore Zykeria Williams, anchored the relay for the Class AAAA school.
The Banniker High (College Park, Ga.) boys won the 4x100, with Ryan Clark securing the win in the anchor leg. The senior wou...
