Acton-Boxborough sprint medley quartet places 3rd at nationals – Wicked Local Boxborough

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On Saturday the Acton-Boxborough boys indoor track team took on the nations best high school athletes at New Yorks Armory track for the New Balance National indoor track and field championships.

The Colonial boys ran the championship section of the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay (200, 200, 400, 800).

Leading things off, Matt Antes ate the first turn up and rounded the one lap in 23.4, then handing the baton off to Brendan Flaherty for another swift 23.4.

From there, Will Collins cruised a 50.99 400m split, handing off to Colin Grip for the final 800 leg. Grip stalked the four runners in front of him and picked them off one by one. Grips split was 1 minute, 53.54 seconds, giving A-B third place in the nation and securing All-American status.

Their time of 3:31.31 eclipsed the previous school record of 3:31.50 set in 2013 (at the same meet and track) by another All-American team of Will Tejeda, Andrew Doelp, Brian Sommers and Tim Cox.

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