Lancaster’s girls 4x100 relay did not just win a race last night. They rewrote the record book again, ripping a 43.77 at the Donnie Conner Panther Relays in Midlothian to break the national high school record they already owned. Duncanville rolled in more than a second behind, and Lancaster walked away with something no other program can claim: the three fastest U.S. high school times ever run in the event.
As reported by The Dallas Morning News, the winning quartet was Tateayna Fuller, Vanderbilt signee Lily Pierrot, Texas Tech signee Milan Lathan and Texas signee Saniyah Miller. Their 43.77 not only blew past Duncanville by more than a second, it also edged out Lancaster’s own previous bests of 43.84 and 43.91, the latter of which won last year’s Class 6A state title and already sat atop the all-time list.
Season momentum
The warning signs were there for anyone paying attention. Earlier this month, the same foursome dropped a 44.28 to win the Texas A&M Bluebonnet High School Invitational, a blistering mark that immediately landed among the fastest prep times in the country this season. According to MileSplit, that Bluebonnet run was already one of the quickest U.S. high school efforts of the year. The UIL record book still lists Lancaster’s 43.91 from last May as the state meet standard, which only highlights how much the program has leveled up in a very short window.
Where it sits in the record books
Before Lancaster muscled into the conversation, DeSoto owned the national standard with a 44.24 from 2019, a time that shows up across historical lists and meet materials. Those school and meet records from DeSoto’s run still sit in the archives, but they now trail a new queen of the charts. Lancaster’s trio of sub-44 performances has bumped that 2019 mark down the pecking order.
“It was very special, because this is the exact same meet that we broke it at this time last year,” Lancaster coach LaKeidra Hayes told The Dallas Morning News. Teammate Milan Lathan did not exactly try to tamp down expectations, saying she felt “next year we could break the national record again,” a reminder that this group believes there is still more speed to unlock.
For now, the 43.77 cements Lancaster as the relay everyone else is chasing this spring and gives every Texas sprint program a brutally clear target. The next few weeks of invitationals and district meets will show whether anyone can even make it interesting before the postseason.
