The Lake Wales High School 4x800 meter track relay team set a new Polk County record at the George Jenkins Invitational tournament Feb. 16. Their time of 8:04.29 bested the school record by 3 seconds and is now the 2nd fastest in the state and nation.

Relay team members in their running order were Stephen Ward, 12th grade; Ladarius Tellis, 10th grade; Joesem Torres, 10th grade; and Anderson Denton, 11th grade. They won the race by 19 seconds.

Denton also finished first in the 3200 meter with a new personal record of 9:34.72. That was 32 seconds better than his best time last year. His ti...