Mount Vernon's Lizzy Sagar Aims High for Regionals

Distance runner Lizzy Sagar will compete in the mile at the Northern Region Championships.

Mount Vernon High School senior Lizzy Sagar gives her all in everything she does, from the classroom to the track. Sagar, a distance runner and the girls indoor track team tri-captain, is aiming to get a new PR in the mile at the Northern Region indoor track championship at Wakefield High School, which starts Saturday. "I want to break 5:30 in the mile," Sagar said. "It's going to be really competitive. Thirteen runners auto-qualified for the mile." Sagar has been a regional qualifier in the 800 and 1000 meter race for the past two years, MVHS track coach Melissa Ferry told Patch. Running is something she shares with her brothers, who ran for the College of William and Mary.  Sagar has run indoor and outdoor track for three seasons, and …

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