ELK GROVE — Isaias Hunter and Bikram Thiara are bound for the 98th annual CIF State Track & Field Championships.Hunter made school history for Lathrop on Friday by becoming the first Spartan to achieve the feat, placing second in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters high jump with a new personal record of 6 feet, 8 inches. As far Thiara, his exciting third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles earned him a spot for state.The top three finishers in each event along with anyone who met or surpassed at-large marks will head to Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High in Clovis on June 3-4.Hunter is elated to be among them.“It’s a shock,” Hunter said. “I didn’t think I was going to get that high, but it feels great.”It took a clutch effort for Hunter to punch his ticket to state.
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Hunter is Lathrops 1st state qualifier after runner-up finish in HJ; Thiara advances in 300h