Watch: Jacob Puhalla Goes US No. 6 To Win The 800


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