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PEDERSEN AND BOYS 4X400M RELAY PODIUM AT STATE

Ethan Pedersen completed his junior season in great form by placing 6^th in the 3200m at the 4A State Meet which was held at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma May 26^th-28^th. Maintaining his position in the chase pack throughout the race, Pederson not only earned a prestigious spot on the podium, but also ran the best time of his career with a 9:19.33. He finishes the season ranked 4^th on Eastlake’s all-time list.

The boys 4x400m relay also earned a spot on the podium by placing 5^th. Sean Clark, Justin Hom Fin Bueffel and Aaron Heisser got the ball rolling on Thursday evening by placing 2^nd in their heat in a time of 3:24.21, the 9th fastest time run by an EHS team, which qualified them for the finals on Saturday. In the finals Clark, Justin Hom, Connor Hom and Heisser joined forces to earn the 5^th place spot, running a time of 3:24. 64.  Heisser, returning from an injury that sidelined him most of the season ran an impressive anchor leg, splitting 48.7.    

Next Up: The entire team and their families will gather for a banquet on June 9^th to celebrate the season. Several of our seniors will continue their track and field careers in college:

*Emily Van Valkenburg will run cross country and track at Oregon State University.

*Aaron Heisser will run sprints at Indiana Tech University.

*Ariya Mathrawala will run cross country and track at NYU.

*Claudia Wolf will run cross country and the steeplechase at Rensselaer.

*Addy Keller will pole vault at Pacific Lutheran University.

Find more T&F Meet Recaps on the News Page

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Historic XC Season

GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS!
BOYS finish as best ever EHS team at State!

The Eastlake XC team finished the best combined Boys & Girls program in the State with the 5th place finish of the Boys team and the 1st Place finish of the Girls team!

The Boys ran a tough race against an outstanding 4A field of 16 teams and 152 runners. Ethan Pedersen led the squad with a 5th Place finish followed closely by Noah Zahn in 10th place. Ethan earning 1st Team All-State and Noah 2nd Team All-State. The Boys team finished 5th overall, which is the best team finish by an Eastlake Boys XC team at State (previous was 10th place). The boys team was also represented by: Justin Hom (68th), Connor Hom(75th), Chris Lynn(77th), Daniel Montano(116th), and Quinn Hulet(136th).

The Girls team flew out of the start in 1st place at the first mile split and never looked back. Finishing the 5K course with the fastest team average in Eastlake history and beating 2nd place Lewis and Clark by 40 points. Led by Jane Roos in 8th place the Lady Wolves put 4 girls in the top 14 and 5 in the top 24 places out of over 145 runners. Emily VanValkenburg in 11th, Fiona Wolf 13th, Sally Roos 14th, all joined Jane on the podium and earned 2nd Team All-State honors. Alyssa Flindt (24th), Claudia Wolf (53rd), and Ashley Lotzkar (58th) rounded out the amazing Girls team. 

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