Jersey Community High School’s Ben Flowers is picking up in the indoor season where he left off in cross country last year.

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Flowers posted a personal best time of 4:28.29 for 1,600 meters indoors in a meet last weekend.

Flowers will be strong this year in any distance from 800 meters, 1,600 meters to the 3,200-meter run, his coach, Harold Landon, said. He also is quite capable in the 400 meters.

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During outdoor track, Flowers many times competes in multiple events. He was fresh for the 1,600 meters run when he posted his best time this past weekend.

“He ran a smart race,” Landon said. “We are very pleased he got his goal to run under 4:30. His 4:28 time is averaging 1:07 quarters.”

Kiara Chapman of Jersey placed ninth in the triple jump in the same meet.

Flowers is a sophomore, so the future is extremely bright for him, Landon said.

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