With 1,000 meters to go in his last 3,000-meter race as a high schooler, Sheldon senior Malachi Schoenherr opened a gap.
Before the race at the OSAA State Track and Field Championships, Saturday, May 30, at Hayward Field, Schoenherr’s coach told him to wait “longer than he thought” to kick. He stretched it out during the first 2,800 meters, then hung on as Jesuit senior Kellen Williams nearly tracked him down at the finish line.
“It’s been a long year,” Schoenherr said. “Long couple of years, actually. I won sophomore year and then winning senior year to bring it back was pretty amazing. I’m just happy with how I raced. I raced gutsy, and that’s what I had to do.”…