Nevada Prep Adds 3,000 Win To 4x800 Title In Jacksonville

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Rising senior Ku Stevens of Yerington NV has a busy month ahead but closed out July with a slew of PRs and a couple top-of-podium finishes at the USATF Junior Olympic Championships in Jacksonville, Fla. 

Stevens is planning to run 50 miles through the Nevada desert in a couple of weeks to memorialize his great-grandfather's escape from Stewart Indian School. STORY BY DAVE DEVINE

Stevens ran 8:44.96 to win the 17-18 boys age group 3,000 meters Saturday. 

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He was part of a winning 4x800 relay team for Lake Tahoe Track Club with Orion Barger, Niklas Pietzke and Dylan Cleary. They won easily in 7:56.76. 

Earlier, Stevens also ran 1:59.11 in the 800 meters prelims but did not advance. He was also sixth in the final of the 1,500 in 4:01.38.