GMLOKS’s Kirtz misses out on 800-meter finals
Published 9:42 pm Friday, June 5, 2015
McKenzie Kirtz of GMLOKS pursues Marissa Fiecke of Howard Lake-WW in the Minnesota Class A state track and field meet in Hamline Unviversity in St. Paul. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
ST. PAUL — GMLOKS senior McKenzie Kirtz missed out on the 800-meter run finals by less than a second at the Minnesota Class A state track and field preliminaries in Hamline University Friday.
Kirtz finished with a time of 2:19.42 and she finished in 10th place. Kritz’s prelim time was two seconds faster than her qualifying time, but she was .05 of a second from reaching the finals.
Kirtz will run in the 1600-meter run Saturday at Hamline.
