The Slippery Rock boys' 4x800 relay squad's effort at the Hermitage Invitational Saturday was, well, record-breaking.

The quartet of Ryan Thompson, Braden Sloan, Ty Udy and Brock Sloan placed first in the event with a time of eight minutes, 9.35 seconds.

The performance broke a school record that had stood for 31 years. The prior standard was 8:10.9 set in 1981.

“We felt this team had a good chance to break the record this year,” said Slippery Rock coach Tony Consbruck. “We were going for the meet record (8:08). If it had been a nice day, we would have been around eight minutes flat.”

The same four teammates captured second place in the 4x400 relay (3:29.43) as the Rocket boys placed fourth overall out of 41 teams.

Slippery Rock's girls placed fifth. Freshman Megan Stephenson finished fifth in the 100 dash and eighth in the 200.

Following are the Slippery Rock athletes who medaled at the Hermitage Invite by placing in the top eight.

BoysTrack Events3,200-meter relay: 1-Ryan Thompson, Ty Udy, Braden Sloan, Brock Sloan 8:09.35;

110 hurdles: 4-Davis Dimit 15.84;

1,600 run: 4-Ryan Thompson 4:29.39;

400 dash: 3-Braden Sloan 52.92; 4-Ty Udy 52.98;

3,200-meter run: 3-Jason Anna 10:07.28;

1,600-meter relay: 2-Ryan Thompson, Ty Udy, Braden Sloan, Brock Sloan 3:29.43

GirlsTrack Events3,200-meter relay: 3-Sarah Kadlubek, Anna Cessar, Olivia Green, Jessica Bennett 10:24.43;

100 dash: 5-Megan Stephenson 13.31;

1,600 run: 3-Anna Cessar 5:35.51; 5-Olivia Green 5:36.98;

300 hurdles: 8-Michaela Ripley 51.75;

200 dash: 8-Megan Stephenson 28.2;

3,200 run: 3-Jessica Bennett 12:00.24

Field EventsShot put: 5-Emily Campbell 35-4;

Discus: Bre Northcott 99-7• In a meet held Friday, Butler's boys crushed North Hills 133-17.The Tornado were led by double individual winners Travis Reed (shot put, discus) and Jake Alston (100, 400).Butler's girls won all seven field events — including Ava Bonetti's effort in the shot put and discus — as the Tornado defeated the Indians 82-68.• Sam Logan won the 400, 200 and the high jump as Knoch's girls beat Valley 107-42 on Friday.

BoysButler 133, North Hills 17Track Events

3,200-meter relay: Butler (Cratty, Steighner, Rundle, Geibel) 8:57.6;

110 hurdles: Sanchez (B) 15.8;

100 dash: Alston (B) 11.19;

1,600 run: Rader (B) 4:45.67;

400 dash: Alston (B) 52.12;

400 relay: Butler (Lockley, Roskovski, Vernick, Burdine) 47.01;

300-meter hurdles: Ubinger (NH) 41.22;

800-meter run: Cratty (B) time not available;

200-meter dash: Roskovski (B) 23.35;

3,200-meter run: Andreassi (B) 10:26.1;

1,600-meter relay: Butler (Lockley, Rader, Widenhofer, Geibel) 3:49.3

Field EventsHigh jump: Yurkovich (B) 6-2;

Long jump: Malecky (B) 19-2.5;

Triple jump: Murray (B) 43-3.25;

Shot put: Reed (B) 49-3;

Discus: Reed (B) 143-2;

Javelin: Shoemaker (B) 156-4;

Pole vault: Paterno (B) 12-0.

GirlsButler 82, North Hills 68Track Events3,200-meter relay: North Hills 9:16.5;

100 hurdles: Nicole Andler (B) 15.53;

100 dash: O'Connell (NH) 12.3;

1,600 run: Malone (NH) 5:34.5;

400 dash: O'Connell (NH) 57.34;

400 relay: Butler (Paige Allen, Kristen Knass, Kennedy Evans, Jasmine Bailey) 53.67;

300 hurdles: Kennedy Evans (B) 46.95;

800 run: Malone (NH) 2:14.36;

200 dash: O'Connell (NH) 25.8;

3,200 run: Malone (NH) 11:35.4;

1,600 relay: North Hills 4:10.7

Field EventsHigh jump: Paige Rittelmann (B) 5-2;

Long jump: Kennedy Evans (B) 16-1.25;

Triple jump: Kristen Knass (B) 32-3.5;

Shot put: Ava Bonetti (B) 36-6;

Discus: Ava Bonetti (B) 106-9;

Javelin: Natalie Barkus (B) 109-4;

Pole vault: Becky Arturo (B) 10-0.

GirlsKnoch 107, Valley 42Track Events3,200-meter relay: Knoch 10:54;

100 hurdles: Broeren (K) 16.5;

100 dash: Pitts (V) 12.78;

1,600 run: Meuroni (V) 6:00;

400 dash: Sam Logan (K) 58.41;

400 relay: Knoch 53.53;

300 hurdles: Green (K) 52.66;

800 run: Ward (V) 2:36;

200 dash: Sam Logan (K) 26.28;

3,200 run: Durci (K) 15:02;

1,600 relay: Knoch 4:20

Field EventsHigh jump: Sam Logan (K) 5-0;

Long jump: Pitts (V) 17-0;

Triple jump: Pitts (V) 35-7;

Shot put: Kroneberg (K) 29-6;

Discus: Hill (V) 88-10;

Javelin: Armstrong (V) 81-7 ;

Pole vault: Plutyk (K) 7-0.

Butler captured first place at the Hempfield Tournament on Saturday.After managing a 7-5 record in round-robin play, the Golden Tornado spoiled their host's day by beating Hempfield 25-19 in a first-round playoff.Butler then disposed of Norwin 25-12 in the quarterfinals and Cochranton 25-22 in the semifinal round.The squad won the championship by downing Latrobe 25-22.Xavier Krause dropped 55 kills on the competition while teammate Jacob Black tallied 25.Steve Stauffer totaled 65 assists and Cole Chamberlain 64 for the Golden Tornado.