Wednesday, May 23, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Stepping to the starting
line for the 1,500 meters
on Saturday afternoon at
Hayward Field in Eugene,
Jordan Pollard knew he
owned the fastest time of the
season among 4A runners
at 4:01, but that there was
another runner on the track
who would do everything
possible to beat Pollard. That
runner, John Kavulich of
Scappoose, won the 4A cross-
country title over Pollard in
November by blasting from
the start, daring everyone to
chase him. Pollard could not
make up the gap and finished
second.
Pollard turned the tables
this time as Kavulich chose
to keep things under control.
Pollard didn’t want a slow
pace, so he kept things honest
for 900 meters at which point
Kavulich and another runner
passed him.
“When they passed me
with 600 to go I wasn’t wor-
ried,” said Pollard. “I decided
to stay with Kavulich until the
final 100, knowing I would
be able to out-kick him.”
P ol l ar d’s confi dence
was justified as he shifted
gears and crossed the line
in 4:03.68 to Kavulich’s
4:04.31. Kavulich had won
the 3,000 meters Friday
morning, while Pollard’s
double was yet to come about
90 minutes later in the 800
where once again he was the
guy to beat.
But it’s a tough track dou-
ble to carry out, especially
if other runners have fresh
legs, which was the case as
junior Connor Hathaway
of Gladstone pulled off the
upset winning with a career-
best time of 1:57.81. Pollard
finished third at 1:58.45, right
on the heels of Shane Davis
of Yamhill-Carlton who
clocked 1:58.45. Pollard and
Jake Healy of Mazama, who
finished sixth, were the only
two 800 finalists who also ran
the 1,500.
Pollard was not quite fin-
ished collecting medals, how-
ever, as he had three team-
mates, Korbin Sharp, Hayden
Sharp, and Brody Anderson
to join for the final running
event of the meet: the 4x400-
meter relay. What a barn-
burner it turned out to be!
Korbin Sharp started
things off and ran a strong
leg before handing off to his
brother Hayden, who briefly
took the lead in the second
lap. The Outlaws stayed in
second place through the
third leg, run by another
frosh, Brody Anderson.
Pollard took the baton for the
anchor leg and battled, but
the team ended up in third.
The winner, La Grande,
finished in 3:26.13, Crook
County snagged second in
3:26.49, and Sisters clocked
its best time of the season at
3:26.98.
“Those guys gave it their
all and the race could not
have been more exciting,”
said Head Coach Jeff Larson.
On Friday, sophomore
Garrett Kersavage made it to
the awards stand with a tie for
eighth place in the pole vault
by clearing 11 feet 6 inches.
The winner, Chase Howerton
of Marshfield, soared 14 feet
6 inches.
For Larson the state meet
included two facets. One was
witnessing Jordan Pollard
achieve his dream of being a
state champion. “Once a state
champion, always a state
champion,” he said.
The other was seeing the
younger athletes on the team
experience the state meet.
“All of the other qualifiers
will be back next year and
they got to see what they
need to do to be a factor at
the state meet in 2019. We
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Jordan Pollard is state champion in the 1,500 meters.
had numerous boys there
watching who were learning
and preparing themselves
to compete at the state level
next season,” he said.
The site of next year’s
meet has not yet been deter-
mined as Hayward Field is
getting a complete overhaul
in preparation for hosting the
2021 World Track and Field
Championships. The final
competition at the current
facility will be the NCAA
Championships set for
June 6-9.
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