Bloomington South boys have 3 for the show in sectional in the 200 dash

The Bloomington South boys track team made some history this year — not an easy thing to do considering the talent head coach Larry Williams has had over the past 42 years. But he has a special group of sprinters led by Gabe Taylor, Khaliq Akou and Simon Barnes , who all made it under the state standard in the 200 meter dash, and thus can all race that event in the postseason under the three-participant standard. Normally, schools can enter only two athletes per individual event.

That's a first for the Panthers. More: VOTE Herald-Times Athlete of the Week for May 11-16 presented by IU Health But Taylor is the school record holder in the 100 (10. 75) and been as fast as 21.

78 in the 200; Akou owns the mark in the 200 (21. 62) and has been as fast as 10. 96 in the 100; and Barnes has come on strong to join both of them in meeting the state standard (22.

15) in the 200, and he's also gone 10. 96 in the 100. Combined, not surprisingly, they've lowered the school record in the 4x100 relay to 42.