Zelinski won his first state championship when he turned in a dominant performance to claim the Division 1 boys 800-meter title in 1 minute, 51.51 seconds. He was adopted by Kathleen and John Zelinski and moved to Oregon from Ethiopia when he was 11 years old. “It definitely tells me I can strive for whatever goal I set for myself,” Yordanos “Yordi” Zelinski said. “With hard work and the right mindset, it is achievable.”Zelinski came up just short of the Division 1 state record of 1:51.48, set by Eric Brown II of Wisconsin Lutheran in 2013. “I wasn’t too happy about the time because I was going for the state record.

Source: Ethiopian News June 03, 2022 23:57 UTC