Afternoon Highlights

• Prezel Hardy (Eagles Pride/Ellison TX sr) hit a US#1 6.75 60 in the final, following a 6.85 in his semi, leading three under 7.00
• Sheroid Evans (Wings/Dulles TX sr), already US#1 with a 21.38 on a banked track, hit 21.87 on the flat to win by more than a second.  He also ran on the Wings' winning 4x200 (1:32.84) and runner-up 4x400 (3:24.09)
• India Daniels (Southern Eagles/Westfield TX soph) won the 60 final in =US#2 7.57, winning by .07. She had led the 60 semis in 7.62, followed closely by Krystal Wynn (Covenant TC/Euless Trinity TX sr) 7.63 who ran US#2 7.58 last week
• Taylor TX sr Mark Jackson US#3 TJ returnee at 49-10.75 (50-6.5w), struck gold in his specialty with US#2 48-7.25
• Seth Arnold (Eagle Pole Valut/New Caney TX sr) clears =US#2 16-0 on his first attempt, topping US#1 (16-06 previously) Mark Thomas (Texas PV Elite/Lorena TX sr), who also made 16-0
• Ryesa Whigham (My Stars TC/Sharpstown TX sr) moved back into US#2 with an 8.62 60H in her semi, then won the final in 8.68
• Clinton Collins (Ft. Worth Select/Fossil Ridge TX sr) took the 400 in 49.04, the best 400 on a flat track this year.  He also anchored his club's winning 3:23.36 4x400
• Kourtney Payne (Wings/Lancaster TX sr) won the 800 in 1:58.27, leading four under 2:00
• World Youth team member and Ozen TX sr A'Lexus Brannon made it a horizontal jumps double with a US#6 38-04.75
• Illinois Elite runners took the 200 and 400, with Aaliyah Brown (Lincoln Way East) taking the short race in 25.07 and Megan Paul (Carmel Catholic IL soph) the longer race in 57.00.  Both ran on the winning 4x200 (1:43.35) and
• On a fast day for miling across the country, Pass Christian MS sr Cory McGee ran away with the mile with a US#8 and meet record 4:57.10 to win by more than 30 seconds
• Lancaster sr Kendall Hayes won the 60H in 7.98
• Macomb MS sr Brittany Harrell racked up another 5-06 to win the HJ

Morning Highlights

• Ryesa Whigham (My Stars TC/Sharpstown TX sr) tops her own US#2 with 8.71 60H prelim (now US#3)
• Ozen TX sr A'Lexus Brannon reaches 19-00.75 to win the girls LJ by almost a foot.
• Jonathan Turner (Corpus Christi Elite/CC Carroll TX jr) took the LJ in US#3 23-04.25
• Rio Grande City TX soph Alex Garza hits 58-00.75 for the boys SP victory
• Swift 60m dash qualifiers from Covenant TC/Euless Trinity TX sr Krystal Wynn (7.60) and Eagles Pride/Ellison TX sr Michael Bryan (6.97).
• Metairie Park Country Day LA sr Merritt Van Meter, current US#1 at 13-2, won the girls PV at 12-06.00
• Amber Jones (Southern Eagles/Aldine MacArthur TX) won the girls SP with a throw of 42-08.50
• Jeron Robinson (After Burner/FB Travis TX sr) cleared 6-08.00 for the boys HJ win     

Featured events and athletes (check club affiliations on entry and start lists)
By John Sullivan

BOYS

60

• Ellison TX sr Prezel Hardy, current US#2 6.80, World Youth 100 champ, TX 5A 100 1st 10.08w (+2.2)
• Ellison TX sr Michael Bryan, current US#3 6.87
• Allen TX sr Jordan Hicks, current US#7 6.98

200

• Dulles TX jr Sheroid Evans, current US#1 21.38, US#13 returnee 21.37

400

• Fossil Ridge TX sr Clinton Collins, TX 5A 5th 48.20, US#16 returnee 47.52
• Gregory-Portland TX sr Brett Parker, TX 4A 4th 48.44

800

• Mesquite TX jr Ronald Vaughn, State 5A 5th

60H

• Lancaster TX sr Kendall Hayes, current US#2 7.92, US#3 returnee 13.71 110H

Long Jump

• CC Carroll TX jr Jonathan Turner, State 5A 2nd 24-0.75w

Triple Jump

• Taylor TX sr Mark Jackson, US#3 returnee 49-10.75 (50-6.5w), State 3A champ

High Jump

• FB Travis TX sr Jerron Robinson, State 5A 4th 6-10

Pole Vault

• Lorena TX sr Mark Thomas, current US#1 16-6, State 3A 2nd 16-0, US#6 returnee
• New Caney TX sr Seth Arnold, State 5A champ, US#10 returnee 15-9
• Lafayette LA jr Andreas Duplantis, current US#3 15-8, World Youth 14th for Sweden

Shot Put

• Rio Grande City TX soph Alex Garza, US#9 returnee 61-4.5, State 5A 6th (as a freshman!)

GIRLS

60

• Euless Trinity TX sr Krystal Wynn, current US#2 7.58
• Dunbar TX sr Ashley Collier, current US#3 7.59
• Lincoln-Way East IL fr Aaliyah Brown, current US#6 7.62
• Plainfield North IL soph Cessily Jones, current US#9 7.63
• Plano East TX soph Jennifer Madu, State 5A 5th 11.75

200

• Lincoln-Way East IL fr Aaliyah Brown, current US#3 24.70
• Elkins TX jr Taylor Houston, current US#4 24.74
• Plainfield North IL soph Cessily Jones, current US#6 24.82
• Dunbar TX sr Ashley Collier, current US#9 25.05
• Westbury TX sr Christy Udoh, current US#10 25.06

800

• Houston Lamar TX jr Bria Guerin, State 5A 4th

Mile

• Pass Christian MS sr Cory McGee, US#9 returnee 1600, Mile PR 4:48.07, 2nd Millrose Mile twice

60H

• Sharpstown TX sr Ryesa Whigham, current US#2 8.73
• Olathe East KS sr Breeana Coleman, current US#4 8.86
• Hightower TX sr Chelsea Stephen, current US#5 8.98
• Fossil Ridge TX sr Erin Morris, current US#6 8.99
• Elsik TX jr Alicia Perkins, current US#8 9.08

Long Jump

• Ozen TX sr A'Lexus Brannon, US#2 returnee 20-0.5, State 4A champ 19-6.75
• Mesquite TX sr Ngozi Onwumere, current US#6 18-7

Triple Jump

• Ozen TX sr A'Lexus Brannon, US#2 returnee 42-0.5, State 4A champ 40-10.5
• Woodlands TX sr Haley Gooch, State 5A 3rd 39-3

High Jump

• McComb MS sr Brittany Harrell, current US#10 5-6

Pole Vault

• Metairie Park Country Day LA sr Merritt Van Meter, current US#1 13-2
• New Braunfels TX sr Demi Payne, US#9 returnee 12-11, State 5A champ 12-6

Shot Put

• Aldine MacArthur TX sr Amber Jones, current US#7 41-5.5