For Immediate Release
Date: February 16, 2019
Contact: Tori Parks, 208-991-7987
E-mail: media@simplotgames.com
Dawson Mann of Sanford, Manitoba, Wins Boys’ 800 Meters at the 2019 Simplot Games
Pocatello, Idaho – Dawson Mann, a senior from Sanford, Manitoba, wins the boys’ 800 meters with a time of 1:56.58 at the 2019 Simplot Games.
Treyton Pernitsky, a senior from Saskatoon, Canada, took second with a time of 1:57.32. Joseph Corbridge, a senior from American Fork, Utah, took third with a time of 1:58.25.
More than 2,200 athletes will come from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to participate in the 41st annual Simplot Games. Simplot Games remains the nation’s premier high school indoor track and field event. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company since 1979, the Simplot Games are held at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
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