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Article: Two runners lap field in 400 meters.(Sports)(State track: Class 3A rivals are only boys under 50 seconds.)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2002
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Byline: CURTIS ANDERSON The Register-Guard
Reedsport's Nathan Baumgartner has lost only one 400-meter race this season, yet he calls it the best moment of his young track career.
Similarly, Junction City's Brandon Nystrom describes a rare defeat in the 4x400 relay as the most fun he's ever had as a high school athlete.
The lesson to be learned, as any coach will be glad to tell you, is that good results are born from good competition.
Baumgartner, a 5-foot-9, 140-pound junior, enters the Class 3A state track and field championships at Hayward Field on Friday as the top seed in the 400.
His personal best of 48.85 seconds was ...