The Taco Bell Classic was a positive meet for both the veterans and younger athletes on Nansemond River High School’s outdoor track and field team.

For some of NR’s athletes, the South Carolina-based event this weekend came just a week after their big performance in the Texas Relays over spring break.

Warriors coach Justin Byron said those athletes showed resilience at the Taco Bell Classic, which is a large meet.

“The ones that didn’t go to Texas, I think getting the experience at such a huge meet will be beneficial for them moving forward,” he said.

The Lady Warriors’ 4×100-meter relay team won in South Carolina with a time of 47.02 seconds.

The team competed in a significantly different form than the one that broke the Virginia state record with a 45.73-second time the week before in Texas.

It was scheduled to be the same team competing in the same order, but senior Dajaé Goulet, who runs the anchor leg, was not feeling 100 percent, so Byron called on freshman Kori Carter to take her place.

The 4×100 happens so quickly that the handoffs are especially difficult to perform while ensuring that a certain level of speed is maintained throughout.

“Kori has never received a baton before on an anchor leg,” Byron said, so he decided to move her to the first leg.

This displaced senior Morgan Towe, who Byron moved to the third leg, which had been senior Brandeé Johnson’s spot. Johnson moved to the anchor leg, and junior Syaira Richardson remained assigned to the second leg.

As for why he moved Towe and Johnson to the final two slots, Byron said, “I just kind of relied on their experience and them being veterans in the sport with high track IQ.”

It paid off, as the baton made it all the way around and the shuffled lineup still produced an elite time of 47.02 seconds.

In addition to that performance by the Nansemond River A team, Byron said he was “really impressed with the B team running 48.2(8).”

The time is second only to the A team as the fastest in Virginia so far this season. The B team featured senior Monae Bynum, junior Kiara Howard, senior Kiara Price and sophomore Asia Crocker.

Richardson took fourth place in the girls’ 400-meter dash with a time of 55.09 seconds.

“She did everything a coach could ask her to do in the 400, and she was rewarded with starting her season with a (personal record),” Byron said.

Lady Warriors freshman Tre’Breh Scott-McKoy ran the 100-meter hurdles in 14.83 seconds during prelims and finished in 14.92 seconds during the finals, tying for sixth place.

“She broke 15 seconds, which 15 is kind of one of those barriers where you start to get noticed,” Byron said. “Going under 15 seconds twice is pretty big for a freshman.”

Dajaé Goulet placed seventh in the 200-meter dash with a 24.83-second time, and Nansemond River senior Kevin Tohak beat his previous outdoor PR in the boys’ 800-meter run by four seconds with a time of 2:04.66.

Nansemond River holds many of the top times in the state for the young 2016 outdoor season. Richardson has the fastest girls’ 100- and 400-meter dash times, Goulet has the fastest 200 time, Johnson has the fastest times in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles and the Lady Warriors have the two fastest 4×100 times.

“Right now, in the early stages of the season, we’re in a solid place,” Byron said.