Larson goes out in record style

Other Track and Field: Larson goes out in record style

By Seattle Times staff


Jane Larson broke the meet record in the 1,600.

CHENEY — Jane Larson claimed the ninth and 10th individual state titles of her high-school career, leading Bothell\'s Cedar Park Christian to the Class 1A girls track-and-field team championship Saturday.

Larson won the 1,600 meters for the fourth consecutive year, and set a 1A state-meet record of 5 minutes, 1.61 seconds. Cedar Park Christian teammate Abby Jermasek was second.

Larson also ran away with the 800 on Saturday, and ran on the winning 1,600 relay that set a meet record (4:02.95). On Thursday, she won the 3,200 for the consecutive straight year.

Cedar Park Christian (96 points) was followed by girls runner-up Charles Wright (76) and defending champion Seattle Academy (70). Zillah won the 1A boys team title.

The 2A, 1A and B championships all concluded at Eastern Washington University.

Other highlights:

Class 2A

• Pullman swept the boys and girls team titles. The King\'s girls were fourth.

• Klahowya junior Sam Rucker swept the boys 100 and 200.

• Archbishop Murphy junior Nick Snyder won the boys 110 hurdles in 14.89. Danny Sullivan of Foster took the 300 hurdles.

Class 1A

• Seattle Academy\'s Will Moseley edged fellow sophomore Jasen Brown of Brewster in the boys 800 by .23 of a second.

• Seattle Academy\'s Jade Langston was runner-up in the girls 100 hurdles in a photo finish with winner Lauren Mellor of Colfax.

Class B

• Jeff Gudaitis, who won the boys 400 for Tacoma Baptist on Friday, came back to take the 200. The Crusaders swept the boys and girls championships.

• Bear Creek sophomore Kimi Pohlman won the girls 100 and anchored the winning 800 relay.

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