The Canyon Lake foursome of Mariah Ellis, Brookelynn Helmke, Hannah
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Sophomore Mariah Ellis is Thumbs Up for this years Relay team in Regions
Each year they are at the doorstep knocking on that door for the State Meet. With times in the 4:10 area this team seems to be the closest in that line of 1600 Meter Relay teams to break that 4:10 barrier.
That will be something they will need to accomplish in order to give them a legitimate chance of being one of the last two Relay Teams standing.
Mariah Ellis will be running in her second Region Meet this week and certainly had a spectacular run at District 27-3A two weeks ago on her leg.
Ellis made up a some ground and caught several teams on that back stretch to get the baton to Amber Ramsey for her anchor leg.
“All I was thinking was I want to make Regions,” Mariah said with resolve. “When everyone is cheering for you it pushes you to go.”
Go, is what Ellis did on that night as she had the home crowd cheering her and the other group of girls for a place to keep having a chance of advancing.
Canyon Lake did not have their best time in district but they were not off much from their run in the Hawk Relays where they had the best 4×400 Relay time ever for the Hawks.