Day 1 of the District 7-3A Track & Field Meet saw eight Lions and Lady Lions qualify for the Area Track & Field Meet, and 12 make it to the finals of the running events, which will start at 5 p.m., today, at Hawk Stadium in Iowa Park. The top four qualifiers in each event move on to the Area Track & Field Meet.
Two Lady Lions and two Lions captured event titles in the field events on Wednesday, which was almost a perfect day weather-wise for a track meet. Vernon double-dipped in two events, winning the boy’s and girl’s title for both Triple Jump and High Jump.
Key’Maria McBride captured first in the Girls Triple Jump with a leap of 36-feet, 2.75-inches, while Jamari Chance won the Boys Triple Jump with a personal-best distance of 43-5.75. In the Girls High Jump Breasha Waggoner won when she cleared a personal-best 5-4, and Tevan Evans cleared 6-6 to grab first in the Boys High Jump. Clearing that height places Evans on the Texas Top 50 list.
The lone silver medal belonged to Nadia Gaines, who finished second in Girls Shot Put with a personal-best throw of 35-7.25.
Picking up third place medals were: Klancy Sherrill, who cleared 5-0 in the Girls High Jump; Adarius Williams, who jumped a personal-best 21-4 in the Boys Long Jump; and McBride, who had a jump of 16-2.5 in the Girls Long Jump.
Israel Espinoza had the only fourth-place finish for VHS, and it came in the Boys Pole Vault when he cleared 11-0, a personal best.
Also placing in the Top 6 and winning points for their team were: Lily Beam, fifth in the Girls Long Jump with a jump of 15-6.5; Adrain Felton, sixth Boys Shot Put with a throw of 42-2.5; and Tayten Jasinski, sixth in the Boys 3200 Meter Run.
Going into today’s running finals, Jacksboro is in the lead in the Boys’ Team Standings with 77 points, while Vernon is second with 43 points and Holliday is third with 42 points. The Girls’ Team Standings shows Iowa Park in the lead with 46 points, followed by Holliday with 43 points, Jacksboro with 37 points, and Vernon with 33 points.
In today’s running finals, Vernon will be represented in eight individual races and the relays.
Lady Lions who qualified for the finals in their running events, along with their prelim times, include: Klancy Sherrill in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles with a time of 16.91 seconds, and in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of 47.85; Breasha Waggoner in the 100 Meter Dash with a personal-best time of 13.49; and Brek Payne in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of 53.16, a personal best.
Lions who qualified for the running finals, along with their prelim times, include: Jackson Aydelott in the Boys 200 Meter Dash with a time of 22.42 and in the Boys 400 Meter Dash with a time of 49.12; Tru Gipson on the Boys 100 Meter Dash with a time of 11.46; Mason Ballard in the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of 43.13; Tyce Payne in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles with a personal-best time of 17.69; Kayson Sanders in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles with a time of 18.01; Daniel Freeman in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles with a time of 18.19, a personal best; Jamari Chance in the Boys 200 Meter Dash with a time of 23.29; Ty Scott in the Boys 200 Meter Dash with a personal-best time of 23.37; and Ethan Robledo in the Boys 400 Meter Dash with a personal-best time of 52.90.