The Cedar Park Christian girls track and field team won the 1A State Championship on May 25 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. The boys finished seventh.

The girls team was fueled by a state-meet record in the 400-meter relay and Eagle titles during three individual events.

Cedar Park won the meet with a team score of 67 points, 23 better than second place Riverside.

Eagle Sally Larson had a career day, winning two state titles and placing well in a third event. She won the state title in the 1,600 meters, finishing in 5 minutes, 3.62 seconds, more than seven-seconds better than the second-place runner. She came right back and won the 3,200 meters as well (11:08.03). Larson also took second during the 800-meter run final with a time of 2 minutes, 16.60 seconds.

Eagle athlete Erin Beezhold won the state title in the 400 meters with a time of 57.99 seconds, beating the second-place competitor by nearly a full second. She also achieved a rare feat by coupling her track event victory by placing high in a field event. Her long jump distance of 17 feet, 3 inches placed her fourth overall.

Larson joined Beezhold and teammates Jessica Kerlee and Arielle Van Peursem to win the 1,600-meter relay. The team’s time of 4 minutes, 2.77 seconds tied the previous 1A state record and broke the Cedar Park Christian High School record.

The team of Jillian Kraker, Allison Beezhold, Victoria Kvasyuk and Peursem finished second during the 400-meter relay for Cedar Park with a time of 50.71 seconds.

Peursem also took third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.95 seconds.

Three Cedar Park athletes finished 10th during field events. Kristen Barclay finished 10th in the javelin, as her best throw was 106 feet, 5 inches. Teammate Haley Zepernick finished 10th in the high jump, leaping to 5 feet during her best attempt of the day. And Kate Dedo was 10th in the pole vault at 9 feet.

Boys team

The Cedar Park Christian boys track and field team finished seventh overall with 23 points.

Dylan Keene finished fourth in the 200 meters (22.82) and sixth in the 100 meters (11.44). Kyle Cole was fifth in the 1,600 meters (4:27.88) and eighth in the 800 meters (2:03.51). Anthony Almeida finished 13th in the javelin (144 feet, 3 inches) and 14th in the triple jump (38 feet, 0.5 inches).