Maddie Fuhrman is a closer.
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Silverton’s Maddie Fuhrman smiles as she crosses the finish line in the 4000 meter relay on Friday, April 15, 2016, during the Vikings Relays Twilight Invitational track and field meet at North Salem High School.
The Silverton High School senior finished a big week well.
She won a couple races in a dual meet at Dallas on Wednesday, signed a National Letter of Intent to compete at Hawaii on Thursday and ran a stellar closing leg to win the 4,000 distance medley relay at the Viking Twilight Relays on Friday.
She was understandably a little tired after all that.
But she was relieved to be done with it all, too, especially signing her letter of intent.
“I’m so excited,” Fuhrman said. “When I went on my visit in March, I loved the campus and the team. It was really fun and I had to think about it for a really long time.
“I’m really relieved to have it all done with. I wanted to sign early in November and then I’m signing in track season. It took me a long time to sign, but I’m so excited and it’s going to be awesome.”
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Silverton’s 4000m relay team poses for a picture on Friday, April 15, 2016, during the Vikings Relays Twilight Invitational track and field meet at North Salem High School.
In the Viking Twilight Relays at North Salem on Friday, she ran the final 1,600 meters of the 4,000 meter distance on a team that included Samantha Sinn, Addie Schmitz and Amanda Kuenzi.
With one lap to go, however, Fuhrman was passed for the lead by Tualatin’s Katie Intile.
Fuhrman passed her back with 250 meters to go and gave Silverton the win in 12:57.20. Tualatin placed second in 12:59.10.
“We haven’t done a DMR in years and also we broke the school record by 30 seconds so that was really cool,” said Fuhrman.
“I didn’t know she was right behind me so when she passed me it helped me go a lot faster and definitely helped me finish because I closed in like a 70, which is like really face. It helped me when to time my kick, which helps a lot.”
Silverton’s girls relay teams, which Fuhrman anchored, also placed second in the 800 relay and the 1,600 relay at the meet.
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Silverton’s Brock Rogers and Centennial’s Yelisey Gurzhuy compete in the 110 meter hurdles on Friday, April 15, 2016, during the Vikings Relays Twilight Invitational track and field meet at North Salem High School.
The Foxes’ girls placed second to Tualatin in the meet with 97 points.
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Silverton’s Isaac Rush competes in the pole vault on Friday, April 15, 2016, during the Vikings Relays Twilight Invitational track and field meet at North Salem High School.
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