Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A New World Record!

I photographed my first World Record this past weekend at the 2013 Pepsi Florida Relays.  And... it was in my all-time favorite track event... the Shuttle Hurdles.  What an exciting event!  It's like the demolition derby of running.  Runners are running with each other, sometimes opposite each other in adjacent lanes, and to throw in an extra wrinkle, track workers are running on and off the track during the race attempting to reset hurdles.  Some of the worst disasters I've seen on the track have been during the Shuttle Hurdles... a photographer's dream.

No disasters this year in Gainesville... but excitement all the same.  The BoogieFast Track Club set a World Record of 50:78 in the women's Shuttle Hurdle.  Wow!  That's impressive!  To give appropriate credit, the relay team was made up of:  Nia Ali, Kristi Castlin, Yvette Lewis and Queen Harrison.  This is Queen Harrison on the last leg of the relay:



Also got some pics of the Star Athletics team comprised of (in picture order): Jackie Coward, Kellie Wells, Tenaya Jones and Lavonne Idlette.






Of course, the men provided some excitement too...



And that little Kennesaw State college must have one heck of a hurdles coach.  They lost Kendell Parks this year and still put together a competitive shuttle Hurdle team of (in picture order) Dorian Powell-Harris, Joshua Mulder, Andre Dorsey and Bilal Abdullah.






See more photos of the 2013 Pepsi Florida Relays here:

2013 Pepsi Florida Relays


See much more at wlpearce.com where it's all about the photos!

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