I just ran a 4x8 for the Counties against one of the best relay teams in the state and My team and I wrecked their faces... i opened up a 55m lead which we kept! OWNED

 

2nd leg - 4x8 WV state champs 1984 - 8:01 Parkersburg South High School
(got a picture of us after the race around here somewhere)

I ran a 2:01 (how the hell do I remember this stuff?) but I was a slug since 10K was more my thing. When I handed off to our fastest guy (3rd leg) I was so scared that I would drop the baton that I didn't want to let go of it. He had to practially rip it out of my hand. We put our slowest guy as anchor to "fool" the other teams. I still remember the 3 of us who had already ran screaming bloody murder as the fastest 800 meter runner in the state steadily gained on our last guy. Just barely kept the lead when he broke the tape. It was a good day.

Rob Sweet - got shot down in Iraq in 1991, was a POW under Sadam
Bob McElwee - ended up buying a bunch of Miatas
Jay Dawkins - moved to NC. Last time I saw him was in '87
Tom Caplinger - no idea, was a year younger than me. Never really saw him after that.

 

In college I played smoke dope, skip classes, drop out!