Teanna Clark wins Class 2A state javelin title
TACOMA — Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark won the Class 2A javelin state championship in style on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School, breaking her own Port Angeles record by more than two feet with a throw of 136-feet, 3-inches.
Clark’s throw beat runner-up Avery Barnhart of Prosser by 12 feet.
She previously broke the school’s 23-year old javelin record during a home meet April 24.
Clark threw the javelin 134-feet, 2-inches to beat the previous record holder Holly Dimmels (125-10), according to former Riders’ track coach Bob Sheedy.
Her throw is the fourth-longest overall distance across all classifications in the state this year entering the state championship meets.
High schools switched to a college-standard javelin with a different center of gravity after the 2002 season to make the event safer.
