The Ridge boys lit up the track with one of the greatest performances in state and U.S. history when the powerhouse program won the distance medley relay in 9:56.63 at the Nike National Championships on Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Ridge’s time of 9:56.53 is No. 3 in NJ history and No. 12 in U.S. history!!!

The only NJ teams to ever run faster than Ridge are St. Benedict’s Prep (9:51.97) and West Windsor-Plainsboro North (9:54.78), who ran those times when they finished 1-2 at the 2011 New Balance National Championships.

Senior Andrew McCabe got things rolling when he split 3:06.58 on the 1,200 leg to put Ridge in third-place. Junior Patrick Doran followed with a 50.18 400, and he handed the stick to James Kisker in third-place. Kisker, a senior, then blasted a 1:51.17 to put Ridge in the lead. Jackson Barna then secured the win and widened the gap with a 4:08.71 anchor carry. Ridge won the race by nearly six seconds over Rogue Valley of Oregon, second in 10:02.47.

The victory completes a DMR national sweep for Ridge, who set the national indoor record when it finished first in 9:54.30 at the New Balance Nationals Championships in March.

McCabe, Doran, Kisker, and Barna, who also won the 4×800 at the NB Indoor Nationals, will try to pull off the same double when they return to the track tonight to defend Ridge national title in the 4×800.