Garza Qualifies for State Meet

By LARRY GAGE
Special to the PRESS

Port Isabel High runner Natalie Garza has qualified for the UIL State Track and Field Meet.  She did it by placing a close third in the 400-meter dash at last week’s Region IV meet in Kingsville.

Garza ran a personal-best 57.52 seconds in the finals of the 400 meters.  It was a photo finish as her time was just one-hundredth of a second slower than the second place finisher, Watson Acacia of Wharton.  Sinton’s Marlee Serrano was first with a time of 56.50.

“She ran a really good race,” P.I. track coach Julie Breedlove told the Press this week.  “I asked for a review on the camera and they got back to me and let me know that the other girl’s torso did cross the line first.”

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