Republic will be well represented at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics this week in North Carolina. Two Tiger runners — Ryan Way and Megan Hergesheimer — will compete at the event.
Way qualified in the steeplechase and the 3000-meter run in the 17- and 18-year-old division. He enters the 3000-meter run with the best qualifying time in the field (9:05.01). His steeplechase time was second-best among qualifiers (6:23.82).
Hergesheimer will run in the 1500- and 3000-meter races in the 15- and 16-year-old division. Her qualifying times in both events (5:03.27 and 11:13.36) put her in the top half of the field entering the competition.
The top 8 finishers in each event earn All-American honors.
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