BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Keystone Heights High School failed to qualify anyone for state, but did post several season-best performances as well as a school record at the Region 1-2A track and field meet at Jacksonville’s University of North Florida on May 7.
The boys 4x800m relay team of Tyler Griffin, Ryder Thomas, Ryeland Wahl and Hunter Sheppard placed 12th with a time of 8:55.65, breaking the school record for the third time this season.
Kaylee Park, Christine Djavaheri, Kenslee Phillips and Olivia Griffin teamed up to run a 12th-place time of 4:29 in the 4x400m.
The boys 4x400m team of Griffin, Wahl, Jaden Park and Tyler Sapp had a 16th-place time of 3:40, which was its season best.
Also recording a season best was the girls 4x100m team of Djavaheri, Park, Phillips and Laila Briseno. The team ran a time of 56.4, with a bad exchange standing in the way of a possible school record.
Thomas competed in two events individually, placing 15th in the 3200m with a time of 10:27 and 19th in the 1600m with a time of 4:53.
Park placed 17th in the javelin with a distance of 125-8, while Jamari Turner was 21st in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:07.
