Everyone loves fun, wholesome sports content, right? This latest delightful moment is thanks to a super speedy dog, who interrupted a Utah high school track meet in spectacular fashion.
During the final leg of a 4×200 meter relay heat on Saturday, runner Gracie Laney, from Logan High School in northern Utah, was anchoring for her team, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. She had a comfortable lead as she went into the final straightaway, and if she was going to get caught before finishing, she probably didn’t expect to get caught by a dog.
That dog’s name is Holly, according to The Sacramento Bee. And mid-race, she got loose from her humans and hit the track, technically finishing ahead of Laney after running 100 meters in about 10.5 seconds.
A dog ran onto the track during a high school relay race in Utah – and covered 100m in 10.5 seconds pic.twitter.com/pqe3qqACBC
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) April 22, 2021
What a finish! While Holly’s time 100-yard dash time isn’t quite exact, it’s worth noting for comparison that Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record is 9.58, set in 2009.
More via The Salt Lake Tribune:
“I’d say probably about the 50-meters [mark], I could feel something coming on me, and I thought it was a person. I thought it was the runner,” Laney said. “And then I kind of realized that it was really small.”
Laney and Logan High School obviously got the actual credit for winning the race, but that was still an awfully impressive performance on Holly’s part. And luckily for everyone involved, nothing bad happened after Holly (surely unintentionally) cut off Laney at the very end.
As The Sacramento Bee noted, Laney also commented on the video posted on Instagram, writing:
“Lol I can’t believe I got beat by a dog”
A very good dog.
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