Locals Earn Spots at State Track Meet
It was regional track meet weekend, and a host of Fayette County athletes have qualified for the state track meet in two weeks in Austin.
The top two qualifiers in each event advance to state, while some third place finishers can also earn a berth if they are the best bronze medalist out of the four regions.
Here’s a recap of those medal-filled regional track meets:
La Grange
At the Region III-4A meet in League City, here’s how the La Grange boys did:
Jaren Woods won the discus with a throw of 148-feet 8-inches. Woods was also sixth in the shot put with a distance of 48- feet, 4-inches.
Gerald Rodriguez was fourth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.66
The La Grange boys 4x400 relay team of CJ Davis, Gerald Rodriguez, Carson Kemp and Phillip Arceneaux was fourth with a time of 3:25.11
The 4x200 relay team of Kemp, Arceneaux, Jaden Williams and Dana Baker was fifth with a time of 1:29.37.
Here’s how the La Grange girls did:
The La Grange 4x400 relay team of Hailey Bass, Sophia Gardiner, Aysia Grant and Landri Hernandez was second with a time of 4:05.58.
Bass was third in the 400 meters with a time of 59.26.
Grant was fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 37-feet.
Fayetteville, RT-C
At the Region IV-1A meet in League City, the Fayetteville boys were second in the team standings with 48 points. Tilden McMullen County was first with 61.
Individually, for the Fayetteville boys:
Fayetteville’s Cole Fenhaus won the 3200 meter with a time of 10:33, and he was fourth in the 1600 with a time of 4:58.
The 4x400 relay team of Ottis Dominey, Keagan Supak, Logan Fritsch and Reid Gross was was first with a time of 3:36.19.
The 4x200 relay team of Keagan Supak, Logan Fritsch, Reid Gross and Brody Dooley was third with a time of 1:35.09.
In the 300 meter hurdles Ottis Dominey was sixth with a time of 44.35.
Supak was sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 41-feet, 11/5-inches.
For the Fayetteville girls:
Brooklyn Jaeger won the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.57 and she also won the 200 meters with a time of 26.90.
Jaeger was second in the long jump with a leap of 16-feet, 3.5 inches and fourth in the high jump, clearing 4-feet, 10-inches.
The 4x100 relay team of Kailey McClean, Kayme Schley, Jeslyn Moralez and Jaeger was fourth with a time of 52.98.
The 4x400 relay team of Jaden Mings, Emma Jurecka, Kayme Schley and Jeslyn Moralez was sixth with a time of 4:38.97.
Rylie Dyer was fifth in the pole vault, clearing 7-feet and Harper Mau cleared 5-feet, 6-inches.
The Round Top-Carmine girls were third in the team standings at regionals with 47 points. Abbott won the crown with 51 points.
Round Top-Carmine’s Ilse Salinas won the triple jump with a leap of 36-feet, 8-inches, and she also won the long jump with a leap of 17-feet, 1.25-inches. Salinas was also second in the 100 meters with a time of 27.14 and third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.67.
The Cubettes 4x200 relay team of Egypt Woods, Ilse Salinas, Mallory Krause and Tess Eilers was third with a time of 1:54.73.
Kennedy Flinn was sixth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:46.18.
Schulenburg & Flatonia
At the Region IV-2A meet in Kingsville, here’s how Schulenburg athletes fared:
Keanu Anthony was second in the high jump with a leap of 6-foot, 3-inches. He was also fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 43-feet, 09.25-inches.
Drusha Summers was fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.99, and sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 27.18.
Brooke Redding was sixth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.75.
Meredith Magliolo was first in the high jump with a leap of 5-feet, three inches.
And here’s how Flatonia athletes did: Zachary Charanza was third in the discus with a throw of 138-feet, 7-inches.
Kobe Burton was second in the shot put with a mark of 50- feet, 11-inches.
Alli Janecka won the girls discus with a throw of 120-feet, 7-inches.
Ellie Fike was third in the shot put with a mark of 35-feet, 8-inches.
The Flatonia 4x400 relay team was fourth with a time of 3:32.73.