These Friars can fly. Costa Catholic wins 2 state relay championships at IESA 8th grade meet

Jay Redfern, Galesburg Register-Mail
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Costa Catholic Academy ran to a pair of state relay championships while competing at the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 1A Eighth Grade State Track & Field Meet on Saturday at Eastside Centre. Pictured from left are: Rahkim McCellan, Leslie Kelley, Rachelle McCellan, Demetrius Watson, Lucas Zeigler, Praise Nwagbo and Keigen Crummer.
Costa Catholic Academy ran to a pair of state relay championships while competing at the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 1A Eighth Grade State Track & Field Meet on Saturday at Eastside Centre. Pictured from left are: Rahkim McCellan, Leslie Kelley, Rachelle McCellan, Demetrius Watson, Lucas Zeigler, Praise Nwagbo and Keigen Crummer.

EAST PEORIA — Costa Catholic Academy ran to a pair of state relay championships en route to a second-place overall team finish at the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 1A Eighth Grade State Track & Field Meet on Saturday at Eastside Centre.

The Friars' Praise Nwagbo, Leslie Kelley, Demetrius Watson and Rahkim McCellan won the 4x2 meter relay with a time of 1:42.31. Normal Epiphany was second in 1:43.21 and LaSalle Trinity Catholic was third in 1:46.71. The state record is 1:41.50 set in 2014.

The same team of Nwagbo, Kelley, Watson and McCellan won the 4x4 relay in 3:57.00. Normal Epiphany was second in 4:02.67 and Urbana University was third in 4:06.19.

Alternates on the two Costa relay teams were Keigen Crummer (4x2) and Lucas Zeigler (4x4).

Danville Schlarman finished first in the eighth grade team standings with 53 points, while Costa was second with 28 and Normal Epiphany was third with 27.

Competing in the girls seventh grade state meet, Costa fifth-grader Rachelle McCellan placed 10th in the long jump.

This article originally appeared on Galesburg Register-Mail: Costa Catholic claims state relay championships at IESA 8th grade meet