Jamie Larsen just keeps going higher and higher for Kentwood’s girls track & field team.
Larsen, in just her second year on the track circuit, broke the school’s all-time record in the pole vault last Thursday, delivering a 10-foot mark, which was three inches higher than the school’s previous best mark of 9-9 established by Nikki Ironside in 1999.
On Saturday, Larsen went even higher in Pasco, elevating herself up to 10-3, good enough for sixth place.
Larsen was hardly Kentwood’s lone female standout on Saturday.
Dana Wareham continued to post solid numbers, taking third in the 800 (2:36.4) while Alyx Toeaina added a third-place finish in the shot put (38-05).
Add them up and the performances helped the Conquerors bring home a fourth-place team finish with 31 points, just behind third-place Emerald Ridge (35). Jesuit of Oregon took home the team title with 56.5 points followed by Southridge at 52.
“There were a lot of PRs and great times,” Roche said.
Kentridge freshman Katherine Lake also enjoyed a nice afternoon, taking third in the long jump with a leap of 17 feet.
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