Going into Thursday’s District 8-1A Track & Field Championships at Garden City, Sands Coach Steve Keith felt if it came down to the final race of the day the Mustang boys would have a chance at bringing home a title.
The Mustangs have one of the fastest Class 1A 1600-meter relays in the state.
They indeed won that race on Thursday, breaking their own school record with a sizzling time of 3:30.12.
As it turned out, however, they didn’t even need it to win the district title.
Sands finished with 158 points to win the district title. Klondike was second with 126 points, followed ...