There they were, Hannah and Haley Meier, coming down the straightaway one more time as they finished the final 1,600-meter race of their high school careers.
It was the Division 1 state track and field championship meet and Hannah and Haley were running 1-2, which has been the norm throughout their careers.
Hannah, who fell before the 1,600 and missed the event as a freshman, finished first for the third straight year in setting an overall state record (4:39.23). Haley was second for the fourth straight year and her time (4:42.43) would have been an overall state record had Tammy Meier not delivered a second child one minute after Haley made her entrance.