Meridian High School (Washington)

For other schools of a similar name, see Meridian High School.

Meridian High School
Location
194 W. Laurel Road Bellingham, WA 98226
Information
Type	Public
Established	1911
Principal	Derek Forbes
Enrollment	467 (as of May 2011)
Information	(360) 398-8111
Colors Mascot	Black, White, and Vegas Gold Trojans
Website	[1]

Meridian High School is a public secondary school located in the little North-Whatcom community Laurel, Washington (north of Bellingham). During the 2010–11 school year, official enrollment was documented at 467 students in grades 9–12. It is currently the only high school in the Meridian School District.

Athletics

Beginning in the 2006–07 school year, Meridian teams compete once again in the WIAA "1A" classification. From 1997 through 2006, Meridian was classified as "2A" but had been "1A" pre-1997.

State championships

Teams

• Football: 1999 (2A), 2003 (2A), 2006 (1A)
• Volleyball: 1998 (2A), 2004 (2A)
• Girls soccer: 2007 (1A)
• Track and field state meet champions:

Boys

• 1975 Mile Relay Team (4 × 440 yards) Darrell Stieber, Paul Parsons, Dan Staton, Andy Zamudio 3:34.4 (state meet) season best, 3:28.6
• 1982 Mark Steiber, long jump, 22'-3 3/4"
• 1988 Meridian 4 × 400 meters relay 3:28.3
• 1988 John Karusa, 100-meter 10.9 and 200-meter 22.3
• 1990 Kirk Palmberg, 110-meter hurdles 14.8
• 2004 Dustin Knight, shot put 52'-1"
• 2007 Kyle Aamot, pole vault 13'-6"
• 2008 Andrei Lintz, shot put 55-1 1/4"

Girls

• 1980 800 meters relay team 1:46.6
• 2002, 2003 (2A) Kira Harrison, 1600 meters 5:13.28 and 5:02.47
• 2005 (2A) Miranda Heslip, 800 meters 2:19.74
• 2005 Angie Alvord, high jump 5'-6"
• 2008 Anna Fast, triple jump 34'-5 1/4"
• 2010 Alicia Wolf, 100 meters 13.12 and 200 meters 26.46
• 2011 400 meters relay team 50.36

External links

• Official School Website
• MeridianFootball.Com