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Article: PREPS PLUS: WIAA TRACK AND FIELD DIVISION 2 AND 3 Junior paces 3,200 Memorial takes first-day lead
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2009
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La Crosse -- Tactically, it wasn't the race John Luterbach had
dreamed of running. The finish, though, was perfect.
The Catholic Memorial junior didn't challenge his personal best
Friday in the 3,200-meter run final at the WIAA Division 2 state
track and field meet at UW-La Crosse's Veterans Memorial Stadium.
He did, however, win the race by a comfortable margin, finishing
in 9 minutes 35.24 seconds, 3.8 seconds ahead of runner-up Jessop
Keene of Prescott. Shorewood junior Ben Tyler was third (9:42.26).
"My best time this year was 9:27, and I wanted to get closer to
9:20 today," Luterbach said. "I got too comfortable with the pace
and didn't trust my training enough to push it any harder."
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