Edinburg North’s Garcia sprints to 800m gold

Edinburg North senior Keyshawn García turned on the burners during the final 200-meters to overtake four runners and win the gold in the Class 6A 800-meter run.

García clocked in at 1 minutes, 51.53 seconds to win the race.

The Cougars senior is the second Edinburg North athlete to win gold during Day 2 of the state meet, joining junior San Juanita Leal.

Garcia is set to run again in the Class 6A 400-meter run later today.

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