Morgan City High alum helps Team USA set mixed 4x400 relay world record

(NEXSTAR) -- Hours after the track competition gets underway in Paris, Team USA is already setting records, including an athlete from Acadiana. 

The U.S. mixed 4x400 meter relay team set a world record when Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown finished the four laps in 3 minutes, 7.41 seconds to break the mark of 3:08.80 set at world championships last year.

Norwood is an alumnus of Morgan City High School.

"We just wanted to execute on...