Heather Buletti
06/18/2006
Heather Buletti of Westhampton Beach HS recorded the fastest 1 mile race walk ever for a high school girl Wednesday at the Eastern States Championships at JFK Bellmore HS in Bellmore, NY.

Buletti's winning time of 6 minutes 49.63 seconds betters the 2004 mark of Maria Michta (7:16.02) from Sachem HS by 26.39 seconds. She is the first U.S. girl to break the 7:00 barrier for the mile race walk. Runner-up Sara Meade of Pearl River HS finished in 8:09.95, 1:20.32 behind Buletti.

We salute Heather as the BreakThru Athlete of the Week!
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