Unknown Blog Rule #1: Anytime a SPRINTER lowers their own school record by over a full second, I have to type the result in all caps in the post heading.
On to the details...
So entering today's All-State Championship Meet at Westfield State University, Kylie Lorenzen was seeded 7th in the 400 at 58.54, last week's time. Despite temperatures that peaked at 95 degrees - it was most likely still over 90 when she ran around 5:30 PM, and being in lane 1 of the fast heat, Kylie was on a mission.
At 150m in, she was tied for fifth, a decent amount behind the leaders. But she started moving up, made up a ton of ground on the final turn, and actually pulled into a tie for the lead with 70m to go. Although three girls did pull a bit ahead, consider that the girls that beat her included two All-New England 600m runners from indoors (Sierra Irvin of Hingham and All-American Amy Piccolo of Ursuline), as well as the fastest girl in Central Mass.
As good as she was last year, Kylie's 57.38 is nearly three full seconds faster than her freshman time of 60.3. In the past 15 years, only two Holliston athletes have placed higher than fourth at All-States; Emmaline Berg (shot put, 2009 - went on to be 2nd place at the Ivy League championship this year), and Shawna Rossini (2003 New England champ in HJ, All-Ivy at Cornell).
Rare company indeed.
Heptathlon Monday/Tuesday for Lorenzen as well as Madison and Sydney.
