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All Running?

 When a person thinks of track and field the first thing that comes to mind is running, lots and lots of running! This, however, is not all of track and field; it is only the “track” part. The other part consists of shot put, discus, long jump, high jump, and hurtles. This is where the junior high track competitor, Sarah O’Leary, has began to shine. Not only has she shown she is a dangerous competitor, but has shown that she can conquer as well.

The Susan B. English junior high track team arrived at the Soldotna Middle School track meet late, due to circus excitement from earlier that day, the team then found out that the throwing competition was already over. After the disappointing news, came the good news that Mariah Turner and O’Leary allowed to throw while staff cleaned up. This changed the standings of the ribbon winners, as O’Leary bumped all the other competitors down a spot when she threw over seventy feet in the discus and over 27 in the shot put, taking first at the meet in both events. Turner tried a new running event by competing in the 200 meter dash, placing fourth out of eight. Both competitors will end their season at the Boroughs meet in Soldotna at Soldotna High School, hosted by Seward Middle and High Schools.

Timmy O’Leary traveled as the only competitor for the SBE High School Track Team. Tim O’Leary and coach Tim Winters traveled to Seward on Tuesday to compete in the Seward Invite. The results are not yet posted and will be posted in the near future. Timmy O’Leary will also be traveling to Soldotna to compete at Boroughs this weekend, however, he will have one more meet, the regional meet, to determine if he will continue on to the state competition.