Chantz Sawyers was already the indoor 500 state record holder with a 1:02.10 and the outdoor 400 state record holder with a mark of 46.35. On Saturday Sawyers broke Lamarr Davis' (East Wake) indoor 400 state record of 47.57 from 2007.
Sawyers raced at Marshall University's over sized 300m oval at the Marshall High School Invitational where second place was 4 and a half seconds behind him. Sawyers clocked a 47.16 breaking his own meet record of 47.99 from a year ago. Sawyers also moved to NC#7 All-Time Indoors in the 200 later that day breaking former teammate Daniel Estrada's meet record running 21.57.
Sawyers sat at NC #3 All-Time prior to Saturday with his 47.88 at New Balance Indoor Nationals a year ago. He will return to that event in just a few weeks and look to improve on his current state record. Sawyers has a great shot at becoming the first North Carolina boy under 47 seconds indoors.
Below list the top 25 all-time performances in the indoor 400m dash.
Boys 400 (Full Boys Indoor All-Time Top 25)
Rank | Name | School | Time | Year |
1 | Chantz Sawyers | Platinum Sports | 47.16 | 2017 |
2 | Lamarr Davis | East Wake | 47.57 | 2007 |
3 | Anthony Hendrix | New Bern | 47.73 | 2009 |
4 | Karjuan Williams | New Bern | 47.99 | 2006 |
5 | Dave Adair | Garinger | 48.06 | 1991 |
6 | Andrew Hendrix | New Bern | 48.15 | 2009 |
7 | Andre Steele | Salisbury | 48.27 | 1990 |
8 | Marquavious Johnson | Knightdale | 48.33 | 2013 |
9 | Chris Wylie | Myers Park | 48.36 | 1996 |
10 | Brett Wilson | Northeast Guilford | 49.00 | 2001 |
11 | Bobby Grier | West Charlotte | 49.02 | 2008 |
12 | Jamaree Murray | Southeast Raleigh | 49.08 | 2014 |
13 | Shane Bechtold | Forsyth Country Day | 49.16 | 2000 |
14 | Kokayi Cobb | Christ School | 49.19 | 2017 |
15 | Handy Dawes | Nash Central | 49.29 | 2007 |
16 | Kwame Donyinah | Myers Park | 49.37 | 2013 |
17 | Jarrod Wiley | Mount Tabor | 49.38 | 2002 |
18 | Jayon Woodard | Southeast Raleigh | 49.45 | 2016 |
19 | Lamont Jackson | R.J. Reynolds | 49.46 | 2009 |
20 | Xavier Jones | Ragsdale | 49.51 | 2012 |
21 | Marcus Gladden | North Rowan | 49.70 | 1990 |
22 | Saadiq Sweezer | Eastern Alamance | 49.82 | 2014 |
23 | Demari Boswell | Ben L. Smith | 49.90 | 2011 |
24 | Jalen Buxton | Wakefield | 49.92 | 2014 |
25 | Eric Winfrey | Byrd | 49.92 | 2010 |
