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STATE LONG JUMP CHAMP – La Conner High School freshman Matty Lagerwey, 15, took the 2B State championship in the long jump with a leap just an inch under 18 feet – which is the state record. – Photo by Emma Lagerwey
The La Conner High girls’ track team made a strong run for the State 2B title in Cheney last week.
And freshman Matty Lagerwey, who earlier this year made great strides for the Lady Braves volleyball and basketball teams, was — by leaps and bounds — a top competitor at the Eastern Washington University campus.
Lagerwey easily won the gold medal in the long jump at 17’-11”, more than a foot longer than runnerup Maggie Nelson of Liberty-Spangle. And then she ran legs of La Conner High’s second place sprint and 4x200 relay entries.
Her performance, plus those of sprinter Emma Lee and...
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