🗣️ “It was a fun way to open up the season as an opportunity to do something you don’t get to do very often. So we just did it for fun.”
Breaking world records is more fun with your friends. 🐺
This past weekend, the @brooksbeaststc team of @brannonkidder (2:49.60), @bmillertrackstar (46.60), @zay_800 (1:45.75), and @h_wynning (3:52.64) ran 9:14.58 to break the previous mark of 9:15.50 set by @benfblankenship, @gobrandonjohnson, @bspratt400, and @kylemerber back at the World Relays in 2015.
The DMR is a race of controlled chaos, with baked-in surges and constant lead changes. Fortunately, we still have the NCAA indoor meet to keep the event alive, and with multiple college teams having now run 9:16, it may not be long until this record goes down again.
The Beasts did this one the hard way: after Kidder handed it off to Miller, they broke it open and were all by themselves. And with no one there to crowd the lane, Harris displayed his veteran savvy by taking the handoff as deep in...