Huntington Captures 4x400m Relay at Millrose Games

Billed as “The World’s Most Prestigious Indoor Track & Field Competition,” the Blue Devil boys’ track 4x400m relay won gold medals at the 115th Millrose Games at The Armory in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.

Huntington’s Nikolai Seferian, Jahmar Francis, Matthew Armstrong and Kender Edouazin ran a great race, despite barely avoiding catastrophe. The Blue Devils clocked in with a time of 3:25.70, nipping Longwood (3:25.90) by two-tenths of a second at the finish line to win the Long Island division of the 4x400m relay. Manhasset (3:30.61), East Islip (3:32.27) and Connetquot (3:42.88) trailed in the distance. The teams and runners qualified for the finals last month.

“We were able to win it despite second leg Jahmar Francis nearly falling face first after being cut off,” said Ron Wilson, Huntington’s head coach.

The Huntington runners were thrilled as gold medals were draped around the necks and they posed for celebratory photos.

“The meet began back in 1908, when the Millrose Athletic Association was formed by employees of the John Wanamaker Department Store,” according to organizers. “For nearly 100 years, Millrose took place at the legendary Madison Square Garden, where legends of the sport such as Loren Murchison, Paavo Nurmi, Eamonn Coghlan, Cheryl Toussaint, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Bernard Lagat and many others made their names and built their legacies. In 2012, the Millrose Games found a new home at the The Armory, a state-of-the-art facility that has been nicknamed ‘The Fastest Track in the World.’ Millrose features top quality competition at every level, with youth, high school, collegiate, professional and masters athletes all coming together to test their limits.”