The James Wood 1,600 relay took seventh in the 2009 State Track Meet.  James Wood, which finished with a season-best time of 3:26.44, was in better spirits afterward. The Colonels — which feature seniors Doug Stonier, Taylor Wingfield, Travis Bridgeforth and Tim Jenkins — didn’t expect to place after finishing fourth in the slow heat.

“I hadn’t heard our time yet, but I was like, ‘Man, we just got beat so bad, there’s no way we’re going to place,’” Jenkins said. “But when we found out, we were super-excited.

“We did what we wanted to do today. We came out and PR’d and placed. We’ve wanted this since freshman year, and it’s like a fairytale ending to the perfect story.”

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