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Burcham sets meet record in Lexington

April 13, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

The Herald-Dispatch

ONA -- Cabell Midland freshman runner Jacob Burcham set the 1600-meter run meet record Saturday at the Tates Creek Commodore Classic track and field meet in Lexington, Ky.

Burcham's time of 4:26.97 broke the mark of 4:29.43 set in 2006.

He also won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.27.

Cabell Midland set another meet record in the 4x800 relay with Ryan Smith, Brian Lawhon, David Jobe and Matthew Edmunds running a time of 8:25.47. The team is ranked No. 1 in West Virginia.