Mamaroneck HS Relay Team Sets 4X800 Record

MAMARONECK, N.Y. – The Mamaroneck High School girls 4x800 relay team won the national championship and set multiple records at the New Balance Armory in New York City on Saturday night.

The members of Mamaroneck High School's 4x800 relay team celebrate after winning the national championship and setting multiple records with their run Saturday night.
Photo Credit: *Mamaroneck Public Schools*

Jim Barg

03/15/2016 3:00 a.m.

The team -- seniors Shari Rauls, Lauren Chapey, Katie DeVore and sophomore Lauren Shpiz -- ran a time of 8:58.86, which was the seventh-fastest time in American high school history.

The time also broke school, county, sectional and state records.

DeVore set a personal record of 2:08 in the anchor leg to win the first national championship in Mamaroneck girls track history.

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