Mark Teter and Jimmie Gordon, who were 1-2 in the open 400m, picked up Alief Elsik's Marvin Stevenson and Reagan Austin's Irie Williams for a formidable combination that ran away with this race. This meet traditionally has state all-star teams, so it counts as a meet record, but it won't make the national record lists for same-school teams in Jack Shepard's HIGH SCHOOL TRACK. That book shows only one high school time faster, the national high school record of 3:07.40 by Hawthorne CA in 1987.

Exchange 2 - Marvin Stevenson to Jimmie Gordon.

Jimmie Gordon gets underway

Exchange 3 - Gordon to Mark Teter

Anchor Mark Teter is all alone at the end.

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
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 Sponsor: John Nichols
Gr Southwest: + 3:12.33  2002        Texas, TX                                 
 HS National: * 3:07.40  1985        California, CA                            
    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 Texas  'A'                                          3:08.16+   10  
     1) Jimmie Gordon                   2) Marvin Stevenson               
     3) Mark Teter                      4) Irie Williams                  
  2 Texas  'B'                                         x3:15.47  
     1) Kerron Clement                  2) Jason Richardson               
     3) Esmond Gordon 11                4) Caesar Bueno                   
  3 Colorado  'A'                                       3:15.85     8  
     1) Nate Terry 12                   2) Ronnie Reams                   
     3) Noah Ferruzi                    4) Jason Zichterman 12            
  4 New Mexico  'A'                                     3:17.13     6  
     1) Neil Valdez 12                  2) Landon Steffensen 12           
     3) Chris Edison                    4) Robert Velasquez 12            
  5 Arizona  'A'                                        3:18.34     5  
     1) Michael Hilbe 11                2) Jerome Brower 12               
     3) Bryan Haynes 11                 4) Zach Richards 12               
  6 Oklahoma  'A'                                       3:19.02     4  
     1) Izzy Owens 11                   2) Casey Lynn 10                  
     3) Mortez Ray 12                   4) William McCaskill 11           
  7 Utah  'A'                                           3:19.38     3  
     1) Dan Hutson 11                   2) Jon Wangsgard 12               
     3) David DeGraaf 12                4) Josh Stokes                    
  8 Nevada  'A'                                         3:22.19  
     1) George Pincock 12               2) Chad Monrreal                  
     3) Rayland Currie 12               4) Alan Thomas 12       

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