3A Boys State Meet Preview By Event

4x400 Meter Relay

Last year the Oxon Hill boys 4x400 relay was DQ'd at the state meet. This year the Clippers enter the meet with the top 3A boys 4x400 meter time in the state so far. (Photo by Craig Amoss)

TeamSeason BestRegional Performance
Oxon Hill3:32.14 (3A West Regionals)3:32.14 (1st, 3AW)
Linganore3:33.09 (3A West Regionals)3:33.09 (2nd, 3AW)
Digital Harbor3:34.96 (SMAC Classic)3:38.20 (2nd, 3AC)
James H. Blake3:35.42 (MoCo Champs)3:37.51 (3rd, 3AW)
Huntingtown3:35.96 (3A East Regionals)3:35.96 (1st, 3AE)


The final race of the day at the 3A West Regionals may have already given us a state meet preview in the boys 4x400. The Oxon Hill boys held off Linganore as both teams ran nearly two seconds faster than any other 3A squad has run this winter.

The next closest team, Digital Harbor, is the only other team to have clocked a time better than 3:35 so far this winter. They were also involved in a close regional race that saw three teams (Chesapeake, Digital Harbor and Milford Mill) finish within three tenths of a second of each other. Meanwhile, Blake and Huntingtown are the two other teams that have run 3:36.00 or better in the event so far this season.