Anderson's Kyle Johnson and Yorktown's Hunter Hoffman The tightest race of last night's Sectional preliminaries was the 400-yard freestyle relay. Yorktown built an early lead, gave it up on the 2nd leg, and the Tigers were more than a half-body length down to Anderson heading into the final exchange.
That's when former Anderson Highland teammates Kyle Johnson and Hunter Hoffman put on a show for the fans who stuck it out and stayed for the end of the meet.
Hoffman used a strong break out and a nice first turn to take a slight lead over Johnson with 50 yards to go. Hoffman held onto that lead heading to the final turn. Johnson delivered a fantastic turn, pulled even with Hoffman as they surfaced, then both gave it all they had in a dead out sprint to the finish line. Johnson had just enough to out-touch Hoffman and give Anderson the victory over Yorktown, 3:14.56 to 3:14.69.
Both young men have endured the difficult task of losing their former high school going into their season year. But they've handled it with class, and it sure hasn't hurt their speed, their competitive fire, or judging by the scene above, their FRIENDSHIP.
Great example to the younger kids, and just wait 'til these two guys anchor their teams again in Saturday's final event. Make sure you stay this time--it'll be well worth the extra few minutes to witness history.
GO TIGERS!
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