Chandler Destroys Own World Record, Becomes First Woman to Break 8 Minutes
Current world record holder, Milton High School senior Jamie Chandler, destroyed her own world record and became the first woman to go under 8 minutes for the Burrito Mile by eating her 1.1 pound Joey Bag burrito from Moe's in an amazing 1:21.9 (yes a minute twenty-one, point-nine!) and then ripped off a 5:59.8 mile, (full mile, 1609 meters) to record a new world record of 7:21.7.
Jamie received her burrito from Allie Amos, the anchor leg (and fastest
female leg) of her intersquad relay team (Green Team) and began to eat almost a full minute ahead of Ryan Price as their anchor leg, Meredith Naylor delivered Ryan's burrito from the Dream Team. Ryan looked to be savoring his burrito while Jamie was intent on getting the entire burrito down in as little time as possible and did just that.
On-lookers were stunned when Jamie left the table just after one minute and 20 seconds (1:21.9 to be exact) and began to hammer her mile. She was on 5:40 mile pace for over 700 meters but then began to slow.
Ryan on the other hand, ate as good as he could and started his mile after eating his burrito in almost 3 and a half minutes. Although being a full 2 laps behind, Ryan ran strong until his burrito decided to make a second appearance and thus slowed Ryan a bit.
Jamie continued strong, also slowing but saved the best for last, and using her famous strong kick, brought her mile home in sub-6 minutes (5:59.8) to destroy her own world record by a full 50 seconds!!
Ryan eventually finished and went straight to the trash can to purge himself.
This was the 3rd edition of the relay and burrito mile hosted by Milton High School in Alpharetta, Georgia, and every year a world record has been broken. Milton athletes also have the distinction of having the first male to break 7 minutes (Christian Scholz in 2007) and the first female to break 8 minutes (Jamie Chandler in 2009)
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