It has been said that good things come to those who wait. In this case, it took until the 10th grade for Stu Way ’97, Nemo Bolin ’97 and Matt Davis ’97 to arrive at Peddie to join Rob Totten ’97, and another year before all of them were together on the track team. The ’96-’97 indoor campaign had a magical run.

Way led the team in scoring as a high jumper and a 55-meter hurdler. Team co-captain Bolin had sprinter’s speed for the 400 and pole vault. Totten was the state champion in the 55 and the 400 and still owns the school record in this latter event (49.89). Co-captain Davis was the state champion in the 800 and the Mercer County Champion in the 1600. The quartet teamed up to win the 4 x 400 relay at the Mercer County championships and closed out the Lavino Relays with a school-record victory time of 3:39.3 in the Sprint Medley Relay (SMR).

The group found its passion in the relay. The Sprint Medley consists of two runners, each running a 200, followed by a 400 runner with the anchor leg running an 800. At the National Championships in Boston, Bolin opened the 200 leg (24.0), followed by Way (23.0) and Totten (49.1). Davis brought the team home (1:59.4) for another school-record time of 3:35.54 – a mark that still stands today. Their sixth-place finish earned the team All-American honors.