1B Prep Track & Field: Naselle's Miller nabs 400-meter State title

Around the Track – Comet girls collect points to place 5th at State; plus The Wahkiakum update

Naselle freshman June Miller clears a hurdle during a race at the 1B State Championships, Saturday, May 31, at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima. Miller won the State title in the 400-meter race. / Photo by Dylan Wilehm of The Chronicle

By Drew Lawson for Blast Zone Media

High School Track and Field

YAKIMA— June Miller raised her tired arms in relief and celebration as she crossed a blustery finish line Saturday afternoon.

That’s because the Naselle freshman had just taken home the state title in the 1B girls 400-meter race at the WIAA 1B State Track Championships with a victorious 1:01.19 mark.

“It was really good. I’m so happy that I got first,” Miller said. “The wind was a huge, major effect on my 400 meter. It wasn’t my best time, but it was still a good time due to the wind.”

Miller’s State title was just one part of the 44.5 points that the Naselle girls put together to take home a fifth-place finish in the state meet.

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