Reagan San Antonio sr Mark Teter hit the national charts when he won the Texas 5A 400 meters 2 weeks ago in 46.15. He confirmed that mark here with a seemingly effortless lap in 46.39. Jimmie Gordon 46.99 was second.

Teter appeared to cruise through the first half of the race before accelerating swiftly on the far turn to end the argument. Teter afterward said that was his style. "I try to pace myself to the turn and then judge what the others are doing and react accordingly," Teter said, "unless I am in an outside lane. Then I just go hard from the start. The track was good here, but the altitude got to me. It was help from God that got me through."

Next up for Teter is AOC Raleigh, where he looks forward to facing "X-man" Xavier Carter, who is the only boy in the country to run the one-lapper faster than Teter this year (45.88 and 46.08).

Jimmie Gordon (458) and Teter (500) in the stretch

Mark Teter's start

Boys 400 Meter Dash
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 Sponsor: Buddy and Geri Robertson
Gr Southwest: + 46.44  1988        Albert Ranson, Denver, CO                   
 HS National: * 44.69  1982        Darrell Robinson, Tacoma, WA                
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 Mark Teter                   San Antonio, TX          46.39+  2   10  
  2 Jimmie Gordon                Arlington, TX            46.99   2    8  
  3 William McCaskill         11 Altus, OK                48.14   2    6  
  4 Chris Edison                 Santa Fe, NM             48.42   1    5  
  5 Noah Ferruzi                 Denver, CO               48.65   2    4  
  6 George Pincock            12 Reno, NV                 48.85   1    3  
  7 Nate Terry                12 Loveland, CO             48.98   2 
  8 Michael Hilbe             11 Chandler, AZ             49.17   2 
  9 Izzy Owens                11 Weatherford, OK          49.46   1 
 10 Neil Valdez               12 Albuquerque, NM          49.49   1 
 11 David DeGraaf             12 Cedar City, UT           49.69   1 
 12 Jerome Brower             12 Tucson, AZ               49.97   1 
 13 Josh Stokes                  Hyrum, UT                50.28   1 

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