3A-4A wrap-up: Girls break three state meet records

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Editor's note: More coverage coming all weekend. 
COLUMBIA - New state meet records were set in three girls events Saturday at the SCHSL Championships, and though the boys didn't set in new marks, there were four impressive performances on the track - all turned in by one athlete.

On the girls' side, new meet records were turned in in the Class AAAA 4x100, and 400 meter hurdles, while a new mark was set in the Class AAA 800 meters.

The Wando
 4x100 meter team started the record-breaking morning for the girls early in the day, winning that event in 46.33 and smashing the previous state meet record of 46.8 set 34 years ago by Eau Claire.  

That was the oldest state meet record until Saturday's performance by the Wando girls, led by sophomore Zeniyah Lawrence, who would later take the 100-meter dash, and junior Cierra Smalls, who placed fifth in the 100.

Another Lowcountry sprinter, sophomore Imagine Patterson of Summerville, set a new state meet record in the 400-meter hurdles, crossing the fi...