Republic wins four events at SBU

Republic won both the boys and girls 4x400m relay races at the SBU High School Invite in Bolivar, Monday. Landen Finley and Miller Rountree also won individual events, as Republic’s boys and girls teams finished second and fifth, respectively.
The girls and boys 4x400m relay teams both came out on top in the last two races of the night. In the girls race, Aaliyah Vasquez, Gracie Woods, Alaina Norman, and Kristin Probst finished first with a time of 4:11.76. In the boys race, Landen Finley, Miller Rountree, Will Fronabarger, and Devon McMillin finished first with a time of 3:30.43.
Earlier in the day, Finley won the 400m dash with a time of 51.49. Miller Rountree finished first in the 300m hurdles with a time of 40.95.
Republic also set two school records during the competition at Bolivar. The girls 4x800m relay team of Miha Nambara, Gracie Troester, Misora Nambara, and Kristin Probst cut 24 seconds off their previous best time, finishing second and beating the old school mark (set at state last year) by about three seconds in a time of 9:48.89. Alaina Norman’s javelin toss of 37.43m broke her own school record in that event.