Chase Lehr Finishes On Top In The 3A Boys 800


Chase Lehr from Breckenridge and Chris Saling from Tuscola Jim Ned had the fastest two times coming into the meet.

Those were your two leaders through 400m just under 55 seconds and were still stride for stride through 500m. Saling tried to make a move on the backstretch, but Lehr was right there to answer every push. Lehr took the lead on the curve and had a ferocious finish over the final 150m.

Lucas Rizo a Junior from Crane and Kale Roethle a Junior from Mount Vernon had superb efforts over the final 75 meters as the pulled ahead of Saling.

Lehr won in 1:55.41, Rizo was second in 1:57.44, and Roethle was third in 1:57.64. The top four finishers could do this all again next season.