Oregon
Mia Brahe-Pedersen gets the chase down in girls 4×200-meter relay as Lake Oswego nets new state record at Oregon Relays
Lake Oswego junior Mia Brahe-Pedersen confirmed that no lead is secure within the relays so long as she’s nonetheless but to run.
Going into the ultimate leg of the ladies 4×200-meter relay, Wilson Excessive College (of Lengthy Seaside, California) was in first place. After the primary 400 meters of the occasion, Wilson was forward by over a second. As Brahe-Pedersen grabbed the baton, Wilson’s Ma’Nia Tidwell was already heading across the flip at Hayward Discipline.
Then the gang erupted.
Brahe-Pedersen, who holds the state file in each dash occasion and has been on the prime of each nationwide competitors over the previous 12 months, gained floor in a short time.
Within the remaining steps, Brahe-Pedersen had overtaken Tidwell. Lake Oswego completed first with a time of 1 minute, 39.86 seconds. The mark is a brand new state file for Brahe-Pedersen, Riley Ha, Josie Donelson and Marina Turpen.
The earlier file was 1:40.5 set by Benson in 2003.
— Nik Streng, nstreng@oregonian.com, @NikStreng