Track News

05/10/2008

Skyline girls defeat DeSoto to win Class 5A track title

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Skyline's Charaschiea Lockhart (front) takes the baton from teammate Candace Jackson to win the Class 5A girls 4x100-meter relay.

For the second consecutive year, the Class 5A girls team championship came down to the 4 x 400 relay between Skyline and DeSoto. Both teams entered the final event Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium tied at 30 points. Unlike in 2007, Skyline outlasted DeSoto with a time of 3:42.25, and the title was theirs.
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UIL track and field notebook
Duncanville junior Brigetta Barrett upset the heavy favorite, Midland's Victoria Lucas, in the Class 5A high jump. Lucas is the nation's top jumper this season at 6-0¼ , and she won the 2007 state meet with a jump of 6-1.

05/11/2008

UIL state track and field results

05/10/2008

Rowlett junior track athlete puts on a show
Around Mike A. Myers Stadium, fans and track officials were talking about the guy who won the long jump by more than two feet. And that was before Marquise Goodwin won four more medals and helped Rowlett pile up 70 points to win the Class 5A title, writes columnist Matt Wixon.

Lancaster girls win a crazy eighth state track and field title

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Danielle Hill (left) takes the baton from Tiara Miller during Lancaster's victory in the 4x400 meter relay.

Lancaster won an eighth consecutive state title by topping the 4A field with 84 points, followed by Dunbar with 58 points. Dunbar unseated Lancaster's reign in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays – it had won the races for six and four years in a row. Yet, Lancaster's depth was too much to overcome.
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Friday's UIL track notebook
Fort Worth Dunbar senior Victoria Jordan was part of two record-breaking victories Friday in the girls 4A state meet.

UIL state track and field results

05/08/2008

Rowlett junior will be busy at state track and field meet 

MIKE STONE / Special to DMN

Marquise Goodwin practices his triple jump at Rowlett High School Tuesday.

Marquise Goodwin will be a busy young man Saturday, perhaps the busiest of all the athletes at the UIL state track and field meet. Goodwin, a junior at Rowlett, has qualified in five events – the UIL maximum.
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05/09/2008

Ursuline's Crain signs with Oklahoma
Ursuline senior Natalie Crain, a three-time TAPPS 6A state champion in the 400 meters, has signed a national letter of intent to run track at Oklahoma

05/08/2008

Krum runner qualifies for two state events
As his feet pound against the track, Coleby Borchardt turns into a tactician. It's the mental aspect of running that has allowed Borchardt to qualify in two events for his first UIL state track and field meet Saturday in Austin.

05/07/2008

Lancaster relays the key, but door's open to individuals

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Ashley Starks (right) and her Lancaster teammates are shooting for a seventh straight title in the 4x100 relay.

Lancaster girls track coach Bev Humphrey would like to set the record straight. Relays may be front and center for her team, but not at the expense of an individual's growth. "Every girl on my team runs only two relays and an open event," Humphrey said. As Lancaster goes for its eighth consecutive team title, balance may prove to be significant.
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State track and field: Girls 1,600 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 200 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 400 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 100 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 800 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 100 hurdles preview

State track and field: Girls 300 hurdles preview

State track and field: Girls 3,200 meters preview

State track and field: Girls 4x100 relay preview

State track and field: Girls 4x200 relay preview

State track and field: Girls 4x400 relay preview

State track and field: Girls discus preview

State track and field: Girls high jump preview

State track and field: Girls long jump preview

State track and field: Girls pole vault preview

State track and field: Girls shot put preview

State track and field: Girls triple jump preview

State track and field: Boys 100 meters preview

State track and field: Boys 110 hurdles preview

State track and field: Boys 1,600 meters preview

State track and field: Boys 200 meters preview

State track and field: Boys 300 hurdles preview

State track and field: Boys 3,200 meters preview

State track and field: Boys 400 meters preview

State track and field: Boys 4x100 relay preview

State track and field: Boys 4x200 relay preview

State track and field: Boys 4x400 relay preview

State track and field: Boys 800 meters preview

State track and field: Boys discus preview

State track and field: Boys high jump preview

State track and field: Boys long jump preview

State track and field: Boys pole vault preview

State track and field: Boys shot put preview

State track and field: Boys triple jump preview

Track and field: Skyline sprinter aims for 200 gold
Skyline sprinter Candace Jackson isn't a stranger to the UIL state meet. She competed on all three of Skyline's relay teams last year as a sophomore.

Track and field: Prosper junior soccer star making a sprint to state meet
You need to be a sprinter to keep up with Prosper junior Kim Castleberry's schedule.

Track and field: Full-time decision put McKinney North's Ganter on track for future
McKinney North senior Stephanie Ganter's decision to become a full-time runner is paying off as she prepares to make her state track and field debut in the Class 4A 1,600 and 3,200 meters.

Track and field: Plano East's Allen quickly gets up to speed in the high jump
Plano East junior Toddrick Allen admits he got serious about the high jump only a year ago.

Track and field: Richardson junior makes successful shift in middle distance
It wasn't easy convincing Richardson's Cetarracca Rockwell that she was better suited to compete in the 800 meters than the 400.

Track and field: Close second drove Highland Park senior to return
After missing almost the entire season with a mild sports hernia, Highland Park senior Patrick Todd returned in time for another shot at a state title in the 800 meters.

Track and field: Woodrow Wilson's Furlough shows he can run quite a bit faster
Woodrow Wilson senior Kelvin Furlough has been too good for his own good in the 400 meters.

Track and field: Garland relay quartet wants to finish with a bang
For Jacques Caldwell, Alex Williams and Jarrett Ben, running relay races has been a way of life.

Track and field: Mesquite Poteet senior finally makes jump to state meet
Senior Courtnie Allen remembered watching her older sister Jordan competing in the hurdles and thinking how cool it would be to do the same.

Track and field: Persistence the key for Rockwall pole vaulters
One's a football player. The other's a cheerleader. Yet Rockwall's Grant Gunderson and Shelby Kennard both have the fearlessness and tenacity to succeed in the pole vault.

Track and field: Waxahachie sophomore sacrifices to help team at state
When it comes to the hurdles, Sam Gagliano is a quick learner.

Track and field: Cedar Hill junior thrower has had up-and-down season
Tyler Washington has been a little bit of a puzzle for Cedar Hill boys track and field coach Sandra Mitchell.

Track and field: Young Kimball hurdler feels no pressure in first state meet
Kimball's Lauren Blackburn thought about her 100-meter hurdles time at the 4A Region II track and field meet, then thought about how far she had come in a year.

Track and field: Colleyville Heritage distance runner's inexperience hardly hinders
To track followers, Colleyville Heritage freshman Alyssa Nielson became a blip on the distance running radar when she placed 24th in the 6,000 meters at a national meet near San Diego in mid-February.

Track and field: Mansfield junior pole vaulter motivated to go higher
Mansfield junior Shade Weygandt has won the last two 5A pole vault titles and set the state meet record last year with a vault of 13 feet, 7 inches.

Track and field: Lewisville senior hurdler likes to keep competition clearly in his sights
It won't be surprising if Lewisville's Brandon Tucker beats everyone in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles at the 5A state meet. It will be surprising, however, if he beats everyone to the first hurdle.

Q&A with Pinkston distance runner Pinya Issa
At age 10, Pinkston senior Pinya Issa fled the war-torn country of Sudan with his family and settled in Dallas. When Issa was a seventh-grader, his middle school teacher, Pinkston coach Don James, introduced him to track. Issa went on to become the Dallas ISD's first four-time district cross country champion and won four consecutive district titles in the 1,600 meters in track. He qualified for the 4A state meet by winning the 1,600 and 3,200 titles at the Region II meet.

Study Hall: Twin tussle
Midlothian juniors Eric and Vince Frawley are identical twins, so they're hard to tell apart. But during track practice the last two years, it was usually pretty easy.

D-FW pipeline: Jonathan Jackson
The senior won the triple jump at the Penn Relays with a school-record leap of 54-3 ¾ .

D-FW pipeline: D'Andra Carter
The junior won the discus at the Oklahoma Invitational with a throw of 189 feet, 5 inches, breaking the school record for the third time this season.

Away from the game: Hockaday's Adriane McCray
McCray is president of the Voices In Harmony gospel choir at Hockaday. She coordinates practices, prints out sheet music, selects attire and arranges transportation for performances.

05/04/2008

Bishop Lynch boys, Ursuline girls win 6A
The Bishop Lynch boys won six events to capture the TAPPS 6A state track meet, and Ursuline won the girls title Saturday.

TAPPS state track results
TAPPS state track results

Southlake Carroll, Plano West battling for All-Sports Award
Southlake Carroll and Plano West are going down to the wire for the Class 5A championship of SportsDay's annual high school All-Sports Awards.

05/02/2008

SPC track and field championships
Despite a grueling daily schedule, St. Mark's track standout Jacques Barjon wakes up each morning with no regrets.

Greenhill freshman distance runner owns record in mile

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Greenhill's Chelsey Sveinsson (right) set a meet record with a time of 4:44.70 in the 1,600-meter run at this year's Texas Relays.

On April 24, Greenhill distance runner Chelsey Sveinsson competed in the mile run at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. As she approached the final curve, she heard her mother's voice, "Run! Sprint!" Chelsey placed third but ran the fastest mile ever by a Texas high school girl (4:43.51), according to DyeStat.com, a track and field Web site.
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05/01/2008

SPC track and field championships
SPC track and field championships

04/30/2008

Track and Field Replay
Track and Field Replay

SportsDay's girls track and field athlete of the week: Mesquite Horn's Olivia Amy
Amy, a junior, reached state for the first time by winning the 100 hurdles (14.91) and placing second in the 300 hurdles (43.32) Saturday at the 5A Region II meet at Baylor.

SportsDay's boys track and field athlete of the week: Lancaster's Howard Shepard
The junior won the 800 in 1:53.19 at the 4A Region II meet Saturday at North Texas. He was also part of the victorious 4x400 relay team (3:15.56).