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Matthew C. Perry senior Jane Williams exits her high school career holding the Pacific region records in track and field's 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, along with the Pacific and DODEA-Pacific Far East meet records in cross country.

Matthew C. Perry senior Jane Williams exits her high school career holding the Pacific region records in track and field's 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, along with the Pacific and DODEA-Pacific Far East meet records in cross country. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – Jane Williams was “just an average runner,” her cross country coach said, when she arrived at Matthew C. Perry as a junior transfer from Oak Harbor, Wash., in summer 2022.

Two school years later, the Samurai senior owns every Pacific high school record in track and field’s three distance events and has rewritten the region’s cross country marks as well.

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