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Richmond Hill's Walker sets 800 record
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Richmond Hill's Shaquille Walker. - photo by BYU file photo
Ted O'Neil
Updated: Apr 11, 2016, 12:00 PM
Published: Apr 11, 2016, 12:05 PM

Richmond Hill alumnus Shaquille Walker ran the fastest 800-meter race in the nation so far this year Saturday for Brigham Young, according to byucougars.com, clocking in at 1:44.99.

Walker’s performance came at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona, and improved upon his own school record of 1:46.97, which he set in January.

“We’ve been preparing for this for quite some time now,” Walker told byucougars.com. “I’ve been having dreams of what was going to happen in this race. It feels amazing to come out and perform well.”

Walker finished third at the NCAA Indoor Championships last month and won a gold medal at the World University Games last summer.

He is now just one of seven All-Americans to ever break the 1:45 mark in the 800, according to byucougars.com.

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All-Region picks for spring sports announced
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Ted O'Neil
Updated: May 21, 2018, 12:38 PM
Published: May 21, 2018, 12:39 PM

Richmond Hill placed several players on their respective All-Region teams in Region 2-AAAAAA for tennis and soccer after all four teams made it to their respective state tournaments this spring.

In girls’ soccer, first-team selections were Grace Kiser, Ruthie Riley, Carly Vargas and Ellie Filamonczuk. Honorable mention went to Bella Martinez. Arianna Page and Lexi Merry.

For boys’ soccer, Joseph Petrino, Agboade Sobowale, Roman Alvarez, Trever Blitchington and Cristian Marquez made first team.

For girls’ tennis, Hannah Yontz, Megan Bausch and Stephanie Harter all made the second team at singles, as did the doubles team of Bailey Lopata and Caren Bausch.

For the boys, Jackson Martin was first team singles and Alec Shermer was second team singles. Zach Sewell received honorable mention.

The All-Region baseball teams were announced earlier this month. You can find that information at: http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/97/article/53381/.

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