Lakeside sets sights on Class 1A state title after near miss last season | Track and field
May 19—If Lakeside sprinter Brody Doran has his way, a 1A state track and field championship will be secured long before the last event. Lakeside fell a half point shy of a state title a year ago. King's leapfrogged past the Eagles of Nine Mile Falls to claim the championship in the last event, the 4x400-meter relay.
King's collected six points for third, finishing with 66. 5 and Lakeside earned three for sixth for 60. Accepting the trophy for second was difficult considering Lakeside, sitting in third in the relay finale, was third before being passed 5 meters from the finish line.
"It's definitely going to make us compete better, compete harder, and push ourselves to get as many points as we can," Doran said. "We really want to make a statement. " Doran, Jett Winger and Mel Hatch, all seniors, accounted for the majority of Lakeside's points last year.
They'll carry the load again when state is held May 28-30 at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima. "They were pretty heartbroken," Lakeside coach Casey Monahan said. "They're back with a renewed focus.
" Doran and Winger ran legs on Lakeside's state title-winning 4x100. Winger also captured gold in the javelin and Hatch did likewise in the discus and was second in the shot put. "There were so many places where we could have gotten one more point," Hatch said.
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