BYU-bound runner Jake Orr captures 800-meter title with personal best in national meet

FILE - Runners begin their race during the Utah state boys track meet finals at BYU’s track and field complex in Provo on Saturday, May 18, 2019. BYU-bound Jake Orr of Corner Canyon High won the 800-meter run at the prestigious The Outdoor Nationals. | Silas Walker, Deseret News

Jake Orr, a BYU-bound senior from Corner Canyon High, won the 800-meter run at the prestigious The Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore., Saturday.

The meet features the top high school track and field athletes in the nation.

Orr, who is 6-foot-6, covered the metric half-mile in a personal-best time of 1:50.92 to win his heat by .03 of a second over Michigan’s Miles Brown. He also had the fastest time among the five heats, which consisted of 38 athletes.

Another Utahn, Austin Klingler, was fourth with a time of 1:52.45.

Orr signed with BYU last month and will compete for the Cougars after serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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