Over the course of an hour, the Arizona high school track and field record book was rewritten again and again and again and again.<\/p>\n
Four state records were broken by runners at the Arcadia Invitational in Southern California on April 8, according to the Arizona Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n First Williams Field High School (Gilbert, Ariz.) runner Saira Prince won the 100-meter hurdles in 13.58 seconds. She cleared al 10 hurdles and broke the previous mark of 13.59, which was set in 2014.<\/p>\n Defending Div. I state champion Tyler Mathews of Red Mountain High School (Mesa, Ariz.) was the next Valley resident to break an Arizona record. He ran the 800-meter in 1:49.32, eclipsing the former record of 1:50.12. Mathews finished second in the race, falling to someone else with an Arizona connection: Newbury Park star Aaron Sahlman, who is committed to Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n Mountain Pointe High School (Phoenix) senior Jayden Davis then broke the 400-meter record with a time of 46.45 seconds, besting the previous one by .02 seconds. He finished third in the race.<\/p>\n Davis told the Republic that he felt inspired after watching Prince and Mathews break records.<\/p>\n “Seeing all those Arizona athletes being able to do that, I definitely felt that time, that race at Arcadia was that moment to set the state record,” he said<\/a>. “Going into it, I was like, ‘This is the time to do it.’”<\/p>\n Prince wasn’t done for the night. She finished the wild hour of Arizona racing in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds that broke the previous state record of 41.38.<\/p>\n With that, Arizona runners left their mark on the prestigious California high school race over the course of 60 remarkable minutes.<\/p>\n Visit the Arizona Republic to read more about Saira Prince<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n