PIAA State Champs: Gary Martin 4:01 and 1:51 FTW!!!

He came back the next day and won the 800 in 1:51.24 off of a slow race. He said it was a 56-or 57.

Anyone know how the 4 x 800 went? I know his team ran 8:03.28 for 12th but don't know what he split.

Here is an article on he 1600

buckscountycouriertimes.com

Archbishop Wood's Gary Martin shatters 1,600 record at PIAA track meet

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Archbishop Wood's Gary Martin finished the event in 4:01.56, breaking the previous mark of 4:07.32 set by Upper Moreland's Drew Magaha in 2011.

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and one on the 800

thereporteronline.com

Another first for Archbishop Wood’s Martin

Kev Hunter

SHIPPENSBURG — He already owned the PIAA record in the 3,200-meter run and he broke the PIAA record in the 1,600 on Friday. But Gary Martin felt he still had work to do. “I did not have…

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Looks like he split around a 1:53.52 in the 4x8. It didn't make any sense for him to even run it.

The winner of the 4x8 had a 1:51.1 anchor leg who came back from a 3 second gap to get 1st by less than a quarter of a second.

He split 1:53 and was chasing down the 8th place person in his heat until about 150 to go when the other guy shifted gears. Not saying he packed in the last 150, but I think he realized the medal was gone. Also, 2 heat final, so some of the spots in front of his team were from the 1st heat.

PIAA athletes are lucky compared to MD. Our state meet was moved to PG instead of Morgan State. Cheaper price the only reason. Lousy facility, teams had to set up outside the stadium in a small mud pit.

On top of that because of a thunderstorm on Friday that happened 4-5 hours before the meet was supposed to start, they cancelled the 3a4a first day events and had everyone run together on Saturday. So a 12-14 hour meet.

While even small meets show splits on their results =- of course MPSSAA wouldn't spring the extra couple of bucks for the timer to do splits.

Someone please show Andy Warner the door.

I was the one who got chased down by State Colleges anchor. It was a brutal finish. He closed the lead I had quickly and took a 10 meter lead on me. I chased him down on the homestretch but ran of real-estate splitting a 1:54. If I had kicked sooner I think I would have had the win.

I was the one who got chased down by State Colleges anchor. It was a brutal finish. He closed the lead I had quickly and took a 10 meter lead on me. I chased him down on the homestretch but ran of real-estate splitting a 1:54. If I had kicked sooner I think I would have had the win.

Also, I don't think anyone has mentioned this on this string, but I was at the meet, and Martin got badly boxed in for the first 180 or so of the 800 final. I was thinking as I was watching it that that pretty much killed any chance he had of going after Lewis's 800 state meet record. So for those asking how his Saturday events went, that's the 800 story. The 4x8 was already covered above by someone else.

Are there any race videos of the 4x8 or the 800?

In the 4 x 8 you can never really see him, they are that far back. The 800M Might be up on PaMilesplit?

There’s this, unfortunately doesn’t have the 800 though

Eased considerably? No, it's called fatigue. Yeah, I'm sure he had another 5 seconds in him, LOL! Over analysis can lead to paralysis.

Can we outlaw the 1600, PLEASE!? It should be the mile or the 1500m. Not saying the 1500 makes more sense, but at least it is the established distance internationally. The mile, well, it is just the mile. Historical significant and people can relate to it.

What would have happened if Gary Martin (or someone else in the future), runs a 3:51 1600m? While everyone here debates whether it is one of the greatest 1600/mile races ever run (by a high-schooler), I feel it will hardly make a blip on the outside.

For the sake of the sport, (if not too late!) change the distance!!!

Rant over.

careful with all this Gary Martin coverage or you'll piss of fastwomen!