HOLLAND – Forty-one years in the past, the Holland Christian 4×100 relay group was so excited to set the varsity document that the quartet wore t-shirts to highschool to commemorate the momentous event.

They had been promptly despatched residence from faculty.

In 1982, t-shirts weren’t allowed as a part of the varsity uniform.

However they had been so proud, they did not care.

On Monday, that satisfaction was nonetheless there because the 1982 group shocked the 2023 group that broke their 41-year-old mark final week at regionals.

The 1982 4×100 relay mark was set by Konni Bosman, Kathy Jipping, Carol Holt and Laura Bielby, and was 50.70 seconds.

“It simply love all of them speaking about what it means to them to be part of the group and the friendships they’ve made. Kathy and I nonetheless hang around each week. She was my maid of honor. Monitor is a superb sport to construct relationships as a result of it’s a person factor and a group factor,” Bielby stated. “It has been enjoyable over time to know no person has damaged the document. Then I believe, how for much longer can their document stand? To get 4 that quick is uncommon.”

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The present group of Abbe Baas, Avery Brower, Chloe Chesser and Kyah Hicks ran the regional race in 50.68 to not solely break the document, however win the regional and qualify for the Division 2 state finals.

“It’s tremendous cool to see that they’re completely happy for us and inspiring us. It means loads and pumps us up for the state meet,” Hicks stated. “It was positively eye-opening to see them. They had been speedy and now we’re speedy.”

It was the longest standing document in Holland Christian observe and considered one of – if not the longest – for any of the native excessive faculties.

Hicks was the primary one within the relay, main off at regioanls.

“I used to be excited. We had been making an attempt to win it and make state,” Hicks stated. “However we had enjoyable.”

Hicks then handed off to Chesser.

“It was a extremely good handoff. After I handed off to Avery, I used to be simply screaming,” Chesser stated. “We did not even know they had been coming. I simply received actually excited. To fulfill the individuals who held the document was a once-in-a-lifetime alternative.”

Brower took the baton subsequent.

“It simply means loads. It exhibits that we labored actually exhausting for it,” she stated. “It was actually cool that they got here and met us.”

Then it was the ultimate leg as Baas grabbed the baton and sprinted for the end.

“I knew we had been doing to do effectively. I noticed it unfold and I believed we had this (making state), then I noticed the time. It was loopy,” Baas stated. “I used to be shocked. I’m nonetheless in just a little little bit of disbelief. We actually did that.”

Hicks will run at Adrian School subsequent 12 months.

“It means loads. It offers me an opportunity to go to school and nonetheless do one thing I like,” she stated. “Monitor offers me the steadiness I would like in life. Going there will likely be so nice to maintain that steadiness in my school life.”

The remainder of the present Maroons are sophomores and have a shiny future each within the close to and distant realms.

“It was unimaginable that the earlier document holders got here again. It was so cool that they prayed over us and wish us to succeed,” Baas stated. “That could be very particular.”

Contact sports activities editor Dan D’Addona at Dan.D’Addona@hollandsentinel.com. Observe him on Twitter @DanDAddona or Fb @HollandSentinelSports.   

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