Kal Lewis, left, at the finish line running his lifetime best 1:54.41 for 800 meters in a Feb. 6 Big Ten track meet.(Credit:Darren Miller/hawkeyesports.com)
Former Shelter Island track star and Iowa University freshman, Kal Lewis, continued his impressive running Saturday in Big Ten competition with his third consecutive lifetime best performance at the University of Nebraska Husker Quad Indoor Track Meet.
Nine athletes from Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Minnesota answered the starter’s gun in the 800-meter run (5 yards less than half a mile). Running on the Corn Husker state-of-the-art Bob Devaney Sport Center’s 200-meter banked oval track, fellow Hawkeye, Alex Still, opened a commanding lead through 400 meters.
Conference Record: 6-0 West Central
At State: Team runner-up in Class A, 11 state entrants, six placewinners
Key Graduates: Tanner Berghuis (43-4, fifth at state at 285 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Kelvin Andrade-Ponce (37-7, sixth at state at 120 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Ramzee Molinaro (32-8, state entrant at 132 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Jesus Cardenas (12-21, state entrant at 195 pounds, section runner-up)
Key Returners: Cole Holien, jr. (40-8, fifth at state at 113 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Brady Holien, jr. (39-10, fourth at state at 126 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Jevon Williams, fr. (40-9, fifth at state at 106 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Jaxon Behm, jr. (33-15, state entrant at 160 pounds, section champion); Hayden Straumann, sr. (28-17, state entrant at 138 pounds, section runner-up); Logan Sherwood, sr. (27-9, fifth at state at 220 pounds, section runner-up); Taylor Fester
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