Sophomore Brooke Stanfield picked the right time to turn in a personal best. Stanfield cleared 5’4″ in the high jump at the state track meet, earning a 4th place medal and all-state designation. Stanfield’s previous best this season had been 5’2″, and she had cleared 5’3″ during her freshman year.
“This year I’ve kind of been in and out of slumps. I’m coming out of them at the right time. The week before districts, awful practicing, then I finally came out at districts and did what I had to do. The same with sectionals,” she says.
Stanfield’s workload is much lighter this year at state, with only two events. She qualified in four events last year.
“I was disappointed with not making it in the 100 and 200,” she says. “There’s definitely a lot less stress. Having two (events) is nice. It’s not as good as last year, but I’ll take what I can get.”
Stanfield failed to qualify for the finals in the 400-meter dash. She ran her preliminary heat in a time of 1:00.50.
Republic has two competitors on day two of the state meet. Haven Lander will compete in the pole vault, and Ryan Way will run in the 1600-meters.
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