Lincoln Academy’s 4×800 relay team won their fifth straight KVAC championship. Team members are Tommy Thelander, Riley Cushing, Taylor Holmes nad Lauren Pusey-Nazzaro. (Paula Roberts photo)
Lincoln Academy runs in a pack at the KVAC mile championship. Sam Russ (right) won the league crown, David Barnum (middle) placed second and Jarrett Gulden took sixth. In the 3200, Russ placed first, Barnum second and Gulden fourth. (Paula Robert photo)
Riley Cushing runs the anchor leg on the Eagles winning 4×800 relay. Cushing was crowned KVAC 800 champion on Saturday at Morse. (Paula Robert photo)
Lincoln Academy boys track and field team placed second to Winslow in the KVAC championships on May 27 at Morse. The Eagles won four events, including capturing their fifth straight league title in the 4×800 relay. Lincoln won the race in 8:48 with Taylor Holmes, Tommy Thelander, Lauren Pusey-Nazzaro and Riley Cushing running a leg.
Lincoln had three runners place in three events, the 800, 1600 and 3200, and won all three events.
Sam Russ won both distance races, and David Barnum took second in both. Russ won the mile in 4:49 and the 3200 in 10:36. Barnum finished the mile in 4:50 and the two mile in 10:36. Jarrett Gulden placed fourth in the 3200 in 10:47 and sixth in the mile in 4:56.
Cushing won the 800 run in 2:06. John Eddyblouin placed third in the 1600 racewalk in a school record time of 8:46.
The Eagles placed sixth in the 4×400 in 3:48 with Holmes, Thelander, Pusey-Nazzaro and Cushing.
PuseyNazzaro placed third in the 800 in 2:08 and fifth in the triple jump (41′.25”). Holmes placed sixth in the 800 in 2:12.
