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Olmsted Falls standout, Katie Clute ran 17:02 in winning the Seneca East Stars, Stripes, and Lights meet yesterday. Her main competition came from last years 8th place finisher at the State CC meet, Evelyn Prodoehl of Lakota West. Clute went out in 5:12 and Prodoehl was already well back. Clute‘s margin of victory was 1:03 over runner-up Prodoehl. In winning the Obetz preview meet three weeks ago, Clute finished only 30 seconds ahead of Prodoehl. Prodoehl, running 18:05 yesterday, ran very well but lost by twice the amount of time she did at Obetz, which leads me to believe we saw an unusually rare performance by Clute yesterday. Katie beat her winning time from last year by 42 seconds. And it’s still early September…
Outside Clute, the fastest time ever run on that course until yesterday, was 18:16 by Elizabeth Whaley last year. As we all know, Elizabeth was poised to break 4:40 in the 1600 later in her senior season.
Outside Clute, the fastest time ever run on that course until yesterday, was 18:16 by Elizabeth Whaley last year. As we all know, Elizabeth was poised to break 4:40 in the 1600 later in her senior season.