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A Silver-Studded State Meet for Leps

  • La Grange’s Dylan Truss cleared 16-feet (above) for the first time ever at a meet to win second at state in the pole vault. Photo by Jeff Wick
    La Grange’s Dylan Truss cleared 16-feet (above) for the first time ever at a meet to win second at state in the pole vault. Photo by Jeff Wick
  • The La Grange relay team of, left to right: Bravion Rogers, Jordan Scott, Dana Baker and Trey East. Photos by Jeff Wick
    The La Grange relay team of, left to right: Bravion Rogers, Jordan Scott, Dana Baker and Trey East. Photos by Jeff Wick
  • La Grange senior Trey East hands off the baton to fellow senior Jordan Scott during the 4x200 relay Thursday in Austin. The Leps broke a six-year-old old state record with their time, but Waco La Vega as even faster. Photo by Jeff Wick
    La Grange senior Trey East hands off the baton to fellow senior Jordan Scott during the 4x200 relay Thursday in Austin. The Leps broke a six-year-old old state record with their time, but Waco La Vega as even faster. Photo by Jeff Wick
  • La Grange’s Dylan Truss holds up his state silver medal.
    La Grange’s Dylan Truss holds up his state silver medal.
  • This photo shows just how close the end of the 4x200 relay was as La Grange’s Bravion Rogers, left, crosses the finish line about the same time as Waco La Vega’s Jesse Majors-Sterling. Both are way ahead of the rest of the finishers. Photos by Jeff Wick
    This photo shows just how close the end of the 4x200 relay was as La Grange’s Bravion Rogers, left, crosses the finish line about the same time as Waco La Vega’s Jesse Majors-Sterling. Both are way ahead of the rest of the finishers. Photos by Jeff Wick
  • La Grange’s Dana Baker at the start of the boys 4x200 relay.
    La Grange’s Dana Baker at the start of the boys 4x200 relay.
  • La Grange’s Dylan Truss on his way to silver in the 4A boys pole vault Thursday.
    La Grange’s Dylan Truss on his way to silver in the 4A boys pole vault Thursday.
  • La Grange junior Hailey Bass placed seventh in the 400 meters at the 4A state track meet Thursday.
    La Grange junior Hailey Bass placed seventh in the 400 meters at the 4A state track meet Thursday.
  • La Grange senior Joseph Mueller placed ninth in the 4A boys discus at the state meet on Thursday in Austin.
    La Grange senior Joseph Mueller placed ninth in the 4A boys discus at the state meet on Thursday in Austin.
On the state’s biggest track and field stage Thursday, five La Grange Leopards brought home silver medals from the state meet. The La Grange 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams and pole vaulter Dylan Truss all turned in their best-ever performances to claim state runner-up finishes. “It was so awesome to see something we talked about from our first track meeting actually happen,” said La Grange boys…

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