Guam High senior Cameron Brantley beat the Far East 300 hurdles meet record with a time of 39.88 seconds. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Two Guam High senior sprinters joined distance stars Jane Williams and William Beardsley in closing out the Far East track and field meet in record-breaking style Friday.

Aaron Johnson broke the 14-year-old long-jump record and Cameron Brantley a 12-year-old 300-hurdles mark at Yokota High School’s Bonk Field.

“It feels like a blessing. It’s my last year. I have to make it my best year,” said Brantley after becoming the first 300 hurdler to go under 40 seconds in a Far East meet, with a time of 39.88.

That topped the 2012 mark of 40.15 set by Yokota’s Fred Gustafsson. The Pacific record is 39.25, set in 2003 by Darrell Bradford of Simon Sanchez of Guam.

On a sunny day with temperatures in the mid 70s, Brantley passed his opposition on the back stretch before breaking clear on the turn. “Once I hit the curve, I just ran my own race,” Brantley said.

In the long jump, Johnson leaped 6.71 meters on the second of three tries in the preliminary jumps. That mark stood through Johnson’s three final attempts.

“I just give thanks to everyone who supported me,” said Johnson, who like Brantley is a three-sport star who also played football and basketball. He credited runner-up John Sakaguchi of Christian Academy Japan, who leaped 6.67, for elevating his game.

“Everyone out here is competitive and that helped elevate my level of competition. And John is a great competitor,” Johnson said.

Guam High's Aaron Johnson descends toward the end of his Far East meet-record long jump of 6.75 meters. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Eyeing the display timer to her left, Matthew C. Perry senior Jane Williams completes the first lap en route to a meet and Pacific record in the 800. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

St. Mary’s William Beardsley closed his high school career as owner of the Far East meet and Pacific 1,600- and 3,200-meter record holder, along with the Far East meet, Pacific region and Asia-Pacific Invitational cross country records set last fall. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Ja'lilah Brice won both the 100 hurdles and the long jump, helping Nile C. Kinnick repeat as Division I school champion. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Kadena senior Sharday Baker won the girls 100 despite being hampered by a right hamstring injury. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Humphreys senior Reagan McGuire took first place in the girls 400. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Guam High's Alexandria Levy emerged victorious in the girls 300 hurdles. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

The two Guam High meet records helped culminate a two-day meet that also saw Matthew C. Perry’s Williams beat the region and Far East meet records in the 800 and St. Mary’s Beardsley the Pacific and Far East 3,200 marks.

Williams took down the long-standing 800 meet and region records with a time of 2:17.98.

That bested the previous Far East mark of 2:21.02 set in 2015 by Seisen’s Brittani Shappell. It also topped the Pacific s standard of 2:19.4, set in 1996 by Cathleen Nylin of Yokohama International.

“I was nervous” entering the race, said Williams, a senior who has committed to Division I Utah State next year and holds Pacific records in cross country and track and field marks in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

“I honestly felt like I dead-sprinted the entire way, I was going all out the entire time,” Williams said. “I knew coming around, it was going to be fast. The competition brings out the best in me.”

The one record Williams could not beat was the Far East 3,200 meet mark. She was aiming for Shappell’s 11:04.56, also set in 2015; Williams clocked 11:24.52 in the meet’s penultimate event.

“Not to make excuses, but it was hot out there and I was a little gassed from other events,” Williams said.

Beardsley followed by besting his own meet and Pacific 3,200 records, running 9:09.07. That beat his old record of 9:10.67, set in last year’s Far East meet.

“I’m not happy about it,” Beardsley said of the result. He had American School In Japan’s Kai Liljequist on his shoulder the first two laps, but pulled away. “Running by myself in the home stretch is a challenge.”

He credited Liljequist and fellow ASIJ senior Sam Barbir with pushing him in other meets this season. “I’m glad to see their hard work pay off,” Beardsley said.

Beardsley exits the Pacific now owning the region and Far East meet records in the 1,600 and 3,200, as well as the Far East meet, Pacific region and Asia-Pacific Invitational meet records for cross country. He’s committed to Division I Michigan for next school year.

In the team standings, both Nile C. Kinnick and Yokota repeated as overall school champions, the Red Devils winning both the boys and girls Division I team titles, the Panthers taking the girls and Zama the boys banners in Division II.

It was a Red Devils team thought to be rebuilding, particularly the boys squad, but coach Luke Voth said his charges sped up the timetable.

“They did rebuild. I had some good upperclassmen step up,” Voth said of athletes such as sprinter Jaelin White and hurdler Ja’lilah Brice. “There’s a whole slew of them who found ways to improve the team.”