HOUSTON — The Atascocita 4 x 100 boys relay team combined to do something that hasn't been done this century.
At the Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University, they ran the race in 38.92 seconds -- breaking the previous national mark of 39.76 seconds, which was set by Fort Worth Wyatt in 1998.
The Atascocita relay team is made up of Tory Blaylock, Landon Fontenot, Jordan Parker and Jelani Watkins.
Here's video of the race:
The Fort Worth Wyatt relay team of Milton Wesley, Monte Clopton, Michael Franklin and DeMario Wesley set the national record in 1998. That year, they actually set it twice. During the regular season, they ran a 4 x 100 in 39.99 seconds. Then, at the state championship meet in Austin, the team ran their famous 39.76, a mark that wasn't bested until Saturday.
The record was actually broken twice last weekend in Houston. Duncanville's relay team (Ayson Theus, DaKorien Moore, Brayden Williams and Caden Durham) ran a 39.65, which was faster than the 1998 Wyatt team, but a little behind Atascocita in the same race..