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Track talk: Bracy winning Texas Relays title is not all the news
Track and Field — posted by Buddy Collings on March, 31 2012 7:01 PM

Marvin Bracy’s blazing fast 10.06-second time (wind-aided) to win the Texas Relays 100-meter dash title on Saturday isn’t the only boys track news of the weekend.

Port Orange Spruce Creek ninth grader Xavier Atkins’ 10.45 to win the Five Star Conference 100 title on Friday may be the best time ever run by an area freshman.

Records are not definitive, but we know Bracy did not run track as a ninth grader. Current Jones junior Levonte “Kermit” Whitfield, who ran a state sophomore record time of 10.31 to win at the Golden South Classic last year, had a freshman best of 10.56. Atkins also won the Five Star 200 with a 21.79 time and led the Hawks to a school record time in the 4×100 relay (42.67).