Moon Area's Jacob Puhalla controlled the boys 800 meters all the way through. The junior went to the lead from the gun, and rolled from there, running what is currently a US No. 6 time of 1:52.51 for a PR of over a second.
He was one of two Moon Area state champions on the day. Mia Cochran won the 3K later in the meet.
Watch the hot heat of the boys 800 above and check out the results below.
Boys 800 Meter Run
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Meet Record: ! 1:50.55 3/1/2014 Kyle Francis, Bensalem
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Puhalla, Jacob 11 Moon Area 1:52.51 2 10
2 Fitzgerald, Carter 12 C B West 1:54.12 2 8
3 McCoy, Carson 12 Deer Lakes 1:55.08 2 6
4 Engle, Anthony 11 Twin Valley 1:55.52 2 5
5 Adams, Sean 12 State College 1:55.72 2 4
6 Worrell, Quinn 12 St Joseph Prep 1:56.12 2 3
7 Kelly, Dave 12 Coatesville 1:56.52 2 2
8 Hensinger, Chase 12 Sthern Lehigh 1:56.53 1 1
9 Smith, Jacob 12 Warwick 1:57.12 1
10 Kinne, Zane 12 North Allegh 1:57.25 2
11 Keller, Noah 11 Ephrata 1:58.64 1
12 Nagy, William 12 Westtown Sch 1:58.78 1
13 Comanda, Jesse 12 Kennett 2:00.03 1
14 Rahman, Jadon 12 Canon-McMillan 2:00.06 2
15 Brown, Luke 11 Cathedral Prep 2:00.94 1
16 Fluharty, Ty 12 Riverside (7 2:02.03 2
17 Zielinski, Jake 12 Great Valley 2:02.14 1
18 Wolfe, Ryan 12 Cedar Crest 2:02.24 1
19 Hess, Thomas 11 Lewisburg Ar 2:08.46 2
Moon Area's Jacob Puhalla controlled the boys 800 meters all the way through. The junior went to the lead from the gun, and rolled from there, running what is currently a US No. 6 time of 1:52.51 for a PR of over a second.
He was one of two Moon Area state champions on the day. Mia Cochran won the 3K later in the meet.
