TSSAA State Meet Rankings Top 20: Boy's Distance Events

TSSAA State Championship
Ben Thompson

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In 2019, MBA Senior Graham Ragsdale split a 1:52 to bring the Big Red back from a significant deficit in the 4x800m Relay and narrowly edged Christian Brothers for the event championship. 

Event 90  Boys 4x800 Meter Relay AA
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    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 Montgomery Bell Academy                             8:07.88   10   
       2:02.797 (2:02.797)        4:15.495 (2:12.699)        6:15.208 (1:59.714)
       8:07.877 (1:52.670)
  2 Christian Brothers                                  8:08.11    8   
       2:03.147 (2:03.147)        4:08.836 (2:05.690)        6:09.516 (2:00.680)
       8:08.109 (1:58.594)

Thirty or so minutes later he ran close to a season's worst in the 1600m at 4:39 and finished 5th. He could've easily said to himself, "Ok, I'm going to do just enough ...