Relays
Girls 4 x 200m relay HS Div II Prelims - Long Beach Wilson blazed to a 1:37.13 in the opening heat. Dallas Skyline countered with an impressive 1:36.49 in heat 3. State leader North Shore, Coached by former UT sprinter Kim McGruder, false started in heat 5. All these heats were contested without blocks.
Boys 4 x200m HS Div. II Prelims - No one could match Lancaster’s blistering 1:25.86 in heat one. Jenks OK was next best and only other team within a 0.5 second with their 1:26.21.
4x 800m Girls final - The rain stopped, by the wind picked up significantly for the first long relay of the meet. Plano West’s Erin Bedell opened with a splendid 2:15, but by the second leg, Wilson was back in charge. Near even splits of 2:23, 2:21 and 2:20 finished off any challengers. Their final time was 9:24.62. Plan West faded on the final two legs while South Lake Carroll finished with two strong legs( last was 2:19) to place second in 9:27.36.
4 x 800m Boys final - Klein got out fastest with a 1:58 and 2:03. PSJ Alamo North challenged them on the third leg bringing Rockwall with them. By the final leg, North had fallen back. Rockwall handed off with San Antonio Reagan a tick behind. Reagan’s anchor spurred by a chance for a win, shot into the lead, but by the first lap was caught by Rockwall’s anchor. Final time was 7:57 for Rockwall.
Hurdle Prelims
A brief shower this morning turned into a steady downpour for the prelims that started at 1:30PM.
110m Boys - Jason Richardson looked best in the hurdles. Despite the rain, he got a good
start a flew to unchallenged 13.75. Jeremy Jackson was the next fastest, 14.18, but didn’t look as impressive in winning heat 5. Tyler Whittam came on strong late to post a 14.22 to win
heat 2. Lance Moss battled back and held off William Vese for a narrow victory, 14.34 to 14.44 in the final heat.
100m Girls Hurdles - Alandra Sherman skimmed over the hurdles to post the fastest time, 13.89, in the 4th heat. LeeAndra Robinson posted an impressive win in the 5th heat posting a 14.11. Frosh April Williams won the 6th and final heat with a 14.29.
Girls 100m Dash Div II prelims
The prelims of both boys and girls Div II(run simultaneously using both straights) were switched to North to South to avoid the strong gusts. That worked some of the time as some gained an advantage and others didn’t. Krystin Lacy blazed to a prelim leading 11.96(+1.3) in heat one. Cleo Tyson came back to post a 11.97 into a –0.4 wind. Gyaisha Hall 12.06 to win in heat 6 was an impressive effort considering it was run into a –0.6 wind.
1 Krystin Lacy 11 Dallas Skyline 11.97q 1.3 1
2 Cleo Tyson 12 Huntsville TX 11.98q -0.4 3
3 Gyaisha Hall 11 Austin Reagan 12.07q -0.6 6
4 Sandy Wooten 10 Mineral Wells 12.26q 1.3 1
5 Britney Orville 11 Houston Westbury 12.31q -0.6 6
6 Andrea Rosemond Hightower 12.32q 1.3 1
7 Cherry Goodman 12 Austin Reagan 12.33q -0.6 6
8 Elizabeth Adeoti 10 Alief Taylor 12.35q -0.7 4
9 Melissa Ikono 11 Frisco High School 12.41q 2.4 8
Boys 100m dash Div II Prelims
Jacob Norman (Temple HS) legitimized his 10.40 run earlier this season with a 10.65w(+2.1) in the first heat. Bradley Green led from start to finish to claim the 2nd fastest time of the prelims, 10.70, out of heat 5. He looked to be saving some for the final as he eased up 5 meters from the finish. Adrian Peterson, 10.79, chased to the line by strong second 50. Marcus Pugh looked quick in winning his prelim in 10.77. His teammate, Jay Cooper ran into a slight -0.5 headwind to win the 5th heat. Ivory Williams did not start heat 5.
1 Jacob Norman 12 Temple High School 10.65q 2.1 1
2 Bradley Reed 12 Greenville HS 10.70q 1.0 7
3 Marcus Pugh 12 Jenks High School 10.77q 0.6 6
4 Adrian Peterson 12 Palestine HS 10.79q 1.0 7
5 Josh Bennett 12 South Grand Prai 10.83q 2.1 1
6 Richard Crawford 12 Plano High School J10.87q 2.0 2 10.8632
7 Dykes Chris 11 aldine high school J10.87q 0.6 6 10.8641
8 Rick Culbert 12 Vidor High School J10.87q 2.1 1 10.8660
9 Donald Harrell 12 Houston Nimitz 10.88q 1.0 7 10.8765
10 Ravyn Hayward 12 Tyler Lee 10.88 1.1 3 10.8782
11 Otis Mc Daniel 12 SA Taft High School 10.89 1.1 3
12 Hugh Charles 12 Keller High School 10.92 0.6 6
13 Jay Cooper 12 Jenks High School 10.99 -0.5 5
Boys Pole Vault
The event was delayed an hour because of the steady rain. Scott Duckworth cleared 16-08 to win. The bar was raised to a height of 17-00, but his attempt fell well short of the bar. “ The weather did affect my opening height. I wanted to start at 15-06, but instead started at 15-0 and missed once.” Jimmy Heath posted a very good 15-06 considering the conditions.
Boys HJ
Texas’ two seven footer could have had better weather. The rain left the apron and grass field most of the jumpers used for additional run-up wet. Sellers cleared on his first attempts at 6-05, 6-07, 6-09 and 6-11. Jonas had a chance to knock off Sellers at 7-00, but missed badly on his three attempts. Sellers had had one good attempt on his third, but seemed out of sync.
Girls 4 x 400m Relay Div II prelims
Fortbend Thurgood Marshall claimed the early lead running 3:51.30( 57,57,58.5, and 57.9) in the first heat. Long Beach Wilson set the standard for the day wit their 3:47.48(55.5,58,58,55.3). Leopard clad Lancaster nearly claimed the prelim leading time with its 3:47.90 in heat 4( 58.7, 56.0, 56.5,56.2). Houston Westbury, 3:49.87, was the only other team under 3:50. Converse Judson, 3:51.05, Dallas Skyline, 3:51.79, and Hightower, 3:50.34 all had fast qualifying times with wins in their heats.
Boys 4 x 400m relay Div. II prelims
Beaumont Ozen had the fastest time with their 3:16.90 in heat 6. Jenks OK had a great anchor, 47.4, to win heat 3 in the 3rd best time of the day,. Converse Judson’s anchor of 48.6 brought them in with a fine time of 3:17.21; good enough for second best. San Antonio East Central’s anchor, 48.8, helped them to a 3:17.87. The finals should be competitive as 8 schools are within 1.5 seconds of each other.
Girls Pole Vault
Despite an hour delay due to the mid-afternoon rain, Britni Lawrence soared to a new Texas Relays best of 13-01.50. She then moved the bar to 13-03.5, but missed. Lawrence’s technique is exciting to watch. Resting the bar on her shoulder on her run-up, she quickly grabs the pole before planting and catapulting herself over the bar. Amazing! She entered late taking a run through at 11-06. No other competitor could top the 12-00 mark.
From Texas Relays Staff
“ Texas Relays is my favorite meet of all time. I love this stadium, there’s lots of people, the runway's fast, and I have a great time. Many of my family and friends were here and I wanted to do well to be a Texas relays Champion. I’m shooting for a height of 13-08 which should break the national record.”
Girls 3200m run HS
The deuces were extremely entertaining as everyone came to the line wanting to run fast in near perfect conditions. Christina Henderson streaked to a 73 opener to distance herself from the pack that included some of the best in the state. Callie Wells led the charge some 3-5 seconds in arrears. Henderson kept the lead with a pair of circuits of 80 and 82.5. Behind her Wells continued to lead the chase pack with Hallie Bullin, Cassie Hostick, Lyndsy Bedell, and Amy Fowler lined up single file. Henderson reached 1600m in 5:19.1. The efficient running Bullin took over chasing chores and by the fifth lap(83.5 for Henderson), she had closed the gap to nil. Bullin then went into the lead. Henderson didn’t back down and sat in second. Hostick, Wells, and Bedell kept the pack intact. The sixth lap was 83.1. Bullin’s lead was short lived as the gutsy Henderson shot back into the lead on the pentultimate lap, 84.3. One lap remained and Henderson kept pressing easing away from Bullin, Hostick and Wells. 150m to go and a dead sprint began. The remarkable Henderson still had something left in the tank and held the challengers at bay. She split 70.4 for her last 400m!
Henderson told the Texas Relay staff
“ Coming into the meet I felt nervous. Winning was a priority, but I really just wanted to break my time and I was able to accomplish that. I broke my PR by 10 seconds. I like to go out fast like I did and if someone catches me, I just try to stay with them. When I got passed I was a little discouraged, but I knew I had to stay with her. I saw her slowing down a little before the last lap so I took off and hoped I could finish strong and I did.”
1 Christina Henderson 10 Coppell High School 10:41.05
2 Cassie Hostick 12 Cedar Park HS 10:42.04
3 Hallie Bullin 12 Cedar Park HS 10:42.82
4 Callie Wells 12 The Woodlands 10:42.86
5 Lyndsy Bedell 12 Plano West 10:46.22
6 Amy Fowler 11 Lake Travis HS 10:47.44
7 Marissa Daniels 12 Pearland HS 10:54.09
8 Anissa Angelosante 11 Marble Falls 10:59.89
9 Jocelyn Gardner 11 A&M Consolidated 11:02.37
10 Danielle Selner 10 Kingwood HS 11:02.70
Boys 3200m Run HS
Oftentimes, talk is cheap. People say and do things, but when push comes to shove, it doesn’t materialize. That was not the case in this edition of the Texas Relays 3200m. At the outset, it was apparent that this would be a special race. No wait-and-see tactics here as Scott MacPherson bolted through the first 200m in 30 seconds. Logan Sherman shadowed him closely as contingent of 5 lined up in single file. By 400m, reached in 63, the tone was set. MacPherson gave way to Sherman who proceeded to keep the pedal to the metal. A 67. 2 brought MacPherson back into the lead by a step over Sherman. Brian Sullivan, Brett Olson, a surprising(and tall) Jaziel Cristosomo, and Dane Hurtibise were tucked in right behind.
Sherman continued to keep the pace stiff with another circuit of 67.6 and 68.1 to hit the 1600m in 4:26.1. He finally gave way to MacPherson who’s 69.1 brought the now threesome to 5:35 at 2k. MacPherson now dictated the pace as Sullivan, who was smart not to take the lead, sat on him. MacPherson clipped off a 69.8 as the antsy Sullivan came up on his shoulder and regained the lead briefly opening up some daylight on MacPherson. MacPherson would have none of it and with 500m to go, he began to dig deep and pass Sullivan at the top of the straight. Sherman at this point could not respond and began to fade with the sudden acceleration of the top two.
MacPherson kept up his acceleration hitting the second to the last lap in 66.5. Sullivan seemed broken as MacPherson kept up his charge down the backstretch and into the final bend. MacPherson though was tiring and his form began to show some weakness. Sullivan, seeming to sense an opening began to drive and came onto the home straight blazing. He kept up the acceleration to the finish. His last 200m was an incredible 28 seconds and final 400m was 61. MacPherson was 29 and set a Texas junior class record shattering Eric Henry’s mark by 0.4 of a second.
Brian Sullivan
“ Me and Scott have been talking a lot. Ever since Foot Locker, I don’t know if you remember about making this race really special that we could all remember. Going through the first mile, I felt good. They were switching leads and I just figured, I’m going to tuck in right here. Stay right on them and cover any move they made. We came through really well the first mile, 4:26. I tried taking the lead on the very end of the sixth lap. I tried to hold it and try to push it. Scott came around me and that was the impetus to go again and try and kick all out in the final 200m.”
RQ: Did you guys come up with a plan before the race to alternate the lead?
Sullivan: They actually talked about it before. I didn’t find out about until afterwards. They had apparently raced against each other last week and probably talked about it there. They decided to switch leads out at least for the first 5 laps or something. When I saw that happen, I didn’t want to mess up anything they were planning. I just stayed right there and stayed out of the way.”
RQ: When Scott went by with 500m to go, what were you thinking?
Sullivan: I was like, you know what, he’s a gutsy runner and I’ll see if he can hold it for the entire time. When it comes down to the last 200m, I’m going to give it all I got. If he has more, then more power to him. I wasn’t really surprised that he went with 200m to go, but that really helped a lot.”
RQ: How does the time feel?
Sullivan: it feels awesome. I think I could have run a little faster, but I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging or anything. I feel really happy with what I did.
RQ: Did you get chance to talk to Scott?
Sullivan: Yeah, I did. I talked to him afterwards. He actually ran the fastest junior time by a Texan. He beat Eric Henry’s junior time of 8:54.9. He was really please with that actually. It turned out to be a great race for both of us and we’re very please with how we did.
RQ: Where does it go from here?
Sullivan: State meet. I don’t know what I’m going to run at the state meet. Districts is in a couple of weeks and I’ll decide there. But I really want to run a good mile this year and if I have to drop the mile to do that so that I’m fresh, I just might do that. I still really don’t know. State meet is what I’m going for.
RQ: What school are you going to?
Sullivan: I’m going to Indiana nest year.
1 Brian Sullivan 12 The Woodlands 8:52.92M
2 Scott MacPherson 11 Plano High School 8:54.50S
3 Logan Sherman 12 Richardson Pearc 9:05.82
4 Alejandro Ruiz 12 Elgin High School 9:07.81
5 Brett Olson 12 Flower Mound 9:08.55
6 Tom Wensrich 12 Kingwood HS 9:14.02
7 Cody Stark 12 CC-Calallen High S 9:14.81
8 Matt Daniels 10 Grace Prep Academy 9:17.06
9 Colby Keithan 12 Cinco Ranch 9:20.30
Girls 1600m Sprint Medley Relay
Long Beach Wilson was out fastest with a 50 for their first two legs of 200. They kept the lead until Houston Westbury reclaimed it briefly on the 400m leg split of 55.3. Wilson was able to get back into the lead on the 800m leg, but Westbury’s anchor ran a 62 on her opening 400m to bridge the gap. In the final straight, Westbury was able to outrun Wilson to the line. Westbury’s anchor was 2:12.8. Wilson was 2:13 and change.
1 Hou-Westbury High School 3:58.00 2
1) Jessica Ohanaja 12 2) Britney Orville 11
3) Jemetra Stitt 12 4) Crysta Swayzer 12
2 Long Beach Wilson High School 3:58.82 2
1) Shelise Williams 09 2) Ebony Collins 09
3) Tiana Hood 11 4) Marina Young 11
Boys 1600m Sprint Medley
Klein’s anchor, Erik Stanley, waited patiently as his teammate barreled toward him. Jacob Hernandez’s team, Magnolia was well out of it some three seconds behind Stanley when Hernandez finally got the baton. 500m later, Hernandez had moved into second and was within 3 meters of Stanley. Heading down the backstretch, Hernandez began to show the wear of his 4 x 400m anchor and his super fast first lap. Stanley looked strong as he headed into the final turn for what looked like a win. BUT Hernandez, had one more gear and into the final 100m he began to accelerate, gobbling up chunks of track on the seemingly standing still Stanley. He pulled up on his shoulder and out leaned Stanley a the finish to notch a win.
TCU bound, Jacob Hernandez:
“ I gave it all I could. I went out the first 400m with a mile relay mentality. Erick and I are good friends. We race each other all the time. I was really feeling it going into the last 100m. It was just instinct to take off.”
1 Magnolia High School 3:28.46 2
1) Chad Hilton 12 2) Ross Phillips 10
3) Luke Hancock 12 4) Jacob Hernandez 12
2 Klein High School 3:28.68 2
1) Jared Hawkins 11 2) Adrian Thomas 12
3) Eric Gomez 11 4) Erik Stanley 12
Girls High Jump
Lanky Destinee Hooker wasn’t able to match her season best of 6-00, but still came away with a narrow victory over fellow sophs, Epley Bullock and Allison Hightower. She actuall beat Bullock on fewer misses. Destinee Hooker, younger sister of Marshavet Hooker told Tecas Relays Staff “ I was doing really well until 5-11 and I think my form just started to slow down. I’ve cleared 6-0 before, but I guess I haven’t worked hard enough for this weekend. Texas Relalys is one of my biggest competitions. The weather was fine tonight. I like this better than San Antonio’s heat.”
Boys steeplechase
Miler Jake Morse got a strong challenge from Cedar Park’s Chris Miller in this fast 2k HS steeple. Morse’s 5:57.83 bested the meet and stadium record set by Joe Thorne(Lakeside, GA) in 2002 by nearly 5 seconds. Miller also cracked Thorne’s 6:02.67 with his 6:00.49. |
