Article: Taye, other athletes beat heat Portland junior runs away with two golds and silver at meet

ORONO - Many of the best performances of the USATF Junior Olympic Region 1 Track and Field Championships were saved for the last day despite some sweltering heat and humid conditions.

Ayalew Taye and the hundreds of other athletes competing in Sunday's events at the University of Maine's Beckett Track Comlpex turned in top performances while qualifying for the national meet.

Taye, who will be a junior at Portland High School, qualified for the nationals in three different events (4x800, 1,500, 800), and was Maine's top performer.

Taye's middle event, the 1,500, was probably the best of the three. He just missed breaking the four-minute barrier, running a strong race, finishing in 4 minutes, ...

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