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Valley Vista's Nelson wins 2 major sprint state titles

Edges teammate Denmon for 200 meter titles

MESA — Blaise Nelson says he didn’t compete to his full potential — even as a sophomore.

On May 14, the Valley Vista junior seemed to get a lot more out of his sprinting ability, at least in terms of placing.

Nelson narrowly won the Division I 100- and 200-meter finals Saturday at this year’s state track and field championships. Those wins were improvements over his seventh- and second-place finishes in those two events in 2021.

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