Friday Boys finals - Friday Boys prelims - Friday Girls Finals - Friday Girls Prelims -

Awarded "Most Outstanding High School Athlete"
Sarah Cocco, Boulder (Colo.) Fairview HS

• Was victorious in the 1,600 meters (5:01.85)
• Anchored her team to the 4x800-meter relay title (9:24.45)
• Opened for the winning distance medley relay team (12:25.70)

SATURDAY
SP Kamorean Hayes 48-1.75 & Cameron Tabor 57-8.75
Cold and wet weather take their toll as many athletes choose to scratch from Finals


FRIDAY

Rynell Parson

Bianca Knight

photos by Kirby Lee

FINALS:
Boys Pole Vault
Clear Brook TX sr Maston Wallace clears 16-6 on his 1st attempt. That was enough for the win, as Aledo TX sr Joseph Farley also cleared 16-6 with more attempts.

Boys High Jump
Mansfield TX sr Grant Lindsey soars 7-0 for the gold.

Boys Long Jump
Hearne sr Chris Carter put it together on his final jump, leaping 23-7 (+3.1w) in round 6. Hutto sr Jeremy Kerley had taken the lead in round 5 with his 23-5 (+3.2w), which was good enough for 2nd.

Boys 3200
Little Cypress-Mauriceville TX sr Drew Bean, the state 4A XC champ (in the 2nd fastest time of the day, wedged between Foot Locker finalists from the 5A race) took over with 2 laps to go in windy conditions, and broke the tape in 9:22.37. Coppell sr Taylor Ray nabbed silver in 9:26.78.

Boys 4x800 Relay
Southlake Carroll TX gets a fine anchor from Foot Locker finalist jr Colby Lowe, passing Jenks OK to win 7:56.16 to 7:59.52 in windy conditions.

Boys Sprint Medley Relay
Cypress Falls TX battled with Skyline TX, and it came down to the highly-anticipated anchor between Skyline soph Howard Shepard and Cy Falls jr Blake Shaw,
1-2 respectively at last year's USATF Jr Olympics in 1:52.25 (that's right, as a freshman!) to 1:53.61.  Not to be denied this time, Shaw sat on Shepard's shoulder through
a 51-point first 400 and pulled away on the 2nd lap for a fine 3:28.18 winning time.  Skyline held on for silver in 3:28.89.

Boys 2000 Steeplechase
Dripping Springs TX sr Brandon Chiuminetta topped the field with a 6:07.28 clocking.

Girls Pole Vault
Vandebilt Catholic LA jr Rachel Laurent wins with fewer misses at 13-4 over Mansfield TX soph Shade Weygandt, duplicating their Nike Indoor National finish.  This was PR for
Laurent.  Both were unsuccessful at 13-8, which would have been a US soph class record for Weygandt.

Girls High Jump
Current US# Marshall sr Brittani Carter ekes out a win over 2 others at 5-7, as weather continues to deteriorate with cool , windy conditions expected to turn very rainy overnight.

Girls Long Jump
Greenville TX sr LaQuinta Ross claimed the title with a 19-8.24 effort (+2.6w), followed by Odessa TX sr Bree Carter's 19-4.75 (+3.1).

Girls 3200
McKinney North TX sr Samantha Means pulled away late for the 10:38.82 victory over fellow Foot Locker finalist Bishop Lynch TX sr Kinsey Farren in 10:41.73.

Girls 4x800 Relay
Fairview CO struck gold in 9:24.45.  Sara Cocco, 2:07.56 as a junior last year, ran the anchor for the winners, closing a big gap on the first lap.

Girls Sprint Medley Relay
Houston Lamar TX took the title in 4:02.81, holding off A&M Consolidated TX in 4:04.60.  



PRELIMS:
Boys 100
US#1 Stevens TX soph Rynell Parson rides a +3.8 wind to an impressive 10.34 heat winner.  Tomorrow's final will be a dogfight between these qualifiers:
     10.34w (+3.9) Rynell Parson, soph, Stevens TX
     10.41w (+2.9) Terrell McNeil, jr, Ball TX
     10.49w (+2.1) Aldrick Ribinson, sr , Waxahachie TX 
     10.55    (+1.2) Whitney Prevost, sr Texas City TX
     10.55w (+2.5) Marcus Wright, jr, Reagan TX
     10.60    (+1.5) Marcus Boyd, sr, North Crowley TX      
     10.61w (+2.5) Mychal Dungey, sr, Austin TX
     10.62w (+2.5) Chris Givens, jr, Wylie  TX (2nd in his heat to Wright)
Melvin Green has the misfortune of being fastest non-qualifier at 10.67 behind Prevost in heat #1  

Boys 110H
Dallas Carter TX sr Oscar Spurlock leads qualifiers with 13.72 (Copperas Cove TX soph Robert Griffin 13.79, Tatum TX sr Darnius Moore 13.86)

Boys 4x200 Relay
Klein Forest TX takes heat 4 in the fastest time, 1:26.29.  Other heat winners were Judson TX 1:26.76, Garland TX 1:26.96, West Monroe LA 1:27.40, North Mesquite TX 1:27.47
and Angleton TX 1:28.02 (the current US leader at 1:25.84).

Boys 4x400 Relay
Current US#1 DeSoto TX cruised to a heat 1 win in 3:14.83, as all 8 finals qualifiers broke 3:20.

Girls 100
Ridgeland MS sr Bianca Knight blasts 11.36 (+1.6w) in heat 1, taking down the meet and stadium record.  Not to be outdone, Killeen TX sr Tiffany Townsend motors
11.26 in heat 5, alas with a gusty 2.9 tailwind, over the 2.0 mps limit.

Girls 100H
Lancaster TX sr Tenaya Jones had some fierce indoor battles with US#1 outdoor returnee Skyline TX sr April Williams.  Today in heat 4, Jones powered away for a 13.84 to 14.02
victory to lead all qualifiers.  Humble TX sr Karyn LaCour won her heat in 13.94. 

Girls 4x200 Relay
Current US#1 Timberview TX sets the standard while winning heat #1 in 1:37.58 (Skyline TX 1:39.34, Ft Bend Marshall TX 1:39.38, Judson TX 1:39.77 and Lancaster TX
1:39.95.

Girls 4x400 Relay
Lancaster TX improved its US leading mark to 3:43.35 (55.9, 55.4, 55.0, 57.1) in winning heat #1.  Ft Bend Marshall TX was next best at 3:51.79. 

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