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    Tom Halliburton’s Track

Volume 38, Number 2

     A wise man once wrote “comparison is the thief of joy’’ and since we’re here to bring joy to our area track and field community, we shall refrain from making many early season comparisons. It’s too soon to know a lot about area performances in this outdoor season. Some teams have attended only one meet, a few none at all.

    There are a handful conclusions to draw already though. The Bruins and the Titans are pretty much neck-and-neck in a boys sprint relay that ought to become quite a show at the 19-5A district meet in April.  West Brook coach Renwick Johnson served as an assistant coach under Port Arthur’s Darrell Granger. There should be an entertaining amount of competition between their squads this spring.

    Memorial seems stronger in the shorter races while WB owns an edge in the longer ones with junior John Fowler. West Brook looks deeper in the field events so far.

     Beaumont United lacks WB’s depth for sure but first-year head coach Caleb Ceasar has a good chance of owning the area’s best sprinter Emmanuel Shaffers-Jones. And, as usual, the area pole vault leader hails from where? Orangefield, of course. It seems as if it’s been that way forever in Bobcat Country.

    So much for the weaker sex. Coach Becca Peveto’s LC-M girls bring an impressive senior leadership with Dinah Tippins, Janet Le and Mallory Russell. Nederland might have the best juniors hurdler Kiley Havard and distance runner Ella Mecom. PN-G’s depth has been a bit more than Nederland’s so far and senior Shaelyn Cobb really sparkles in the triple jump.

    Port Arthur struggles for enough depth against district competition but Memorial owns promising stars – soph sprinter Jada Guilbeau and junior thrower Tatiyana Crane. Three 4A girls have caught my attention, Silsbee’s Ryann Norsworthy in the 100 meters, BC sophomore distance runner Camryn Cross and Hamshire-Fannett’s junior jumper Mallory Urbina.

    Don’t worry, if I accidentally left out anyone. It’s still only February.

Here’s where they’re going this week

THURSDAY

Bridge City Cardinal Relays

 Bridge City, Orangefield, Kelly, Buna, Jasper, Lumberton, Nederland, Newton, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Port Neches-Groves, Silsbee, Vidor, West Orange-Stark, Woodville

Hamshire-Fannett Longhorn Relays

Anahuac, Evadale, East Chambers, Hamshire-Fannett

FRIDAY

Liberty’s Trinity Valley Relays

Liberty, Dayton, Hardin-Jefferson, Livingston, Huffman, Tarkington

Stafford’s Spartan Relays

Port Arthur Memorial

Lamar Consolidated Relays

Beaumont West Brook, Beaumont United

GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS

DISCUS – Girls: Tatianya Crane, PAMem, 123-5.75; Boys: Joe Bowser, WB, 152-0

SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 39-5.5; Boys: Joe Bowser, WB, 45-8

HIGH JUMP – Girls: Mallory Russell, LC-M, 5-4; Boys: Garrett Williams, H-F, 6-1

LONG JUMP – Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 17-1.25; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 21-6

TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Shaelyn Cobb, PN-G, 35-4.25; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 43-1

POLE VAULT – Girls: Janet Le, LC-M, 9-6; Boys: Gavin Gravett, Orangefield, 13-6

100 M – Girls: Ryann Norsworthy, Silsbee, 12.67; Boys: Emmanuel Shaffers-Jones, Beaumont United, 10.88

200 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PAMem, 25.78; Boys: Brandon Richards, PAMem, 22.14

400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PAMem, 59.58; Boys: Matthew Christian, PAMem, 50.74

100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 15.62

110 M Hurdles – Boys: Hayward Monceaux, Nederland, 15,1

300 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 48.64; Boys: Lincoln Gaulden, LC-M, 40.52

800 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 2:27.3; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 1:55.05

1600 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 5:19.96; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 4:23.73

3200 M – Girls: Marren Crawford, LC-M, 13:01.7; Boys: Isaac Flowers, Lumberton, 10:23.31

400 M Relay – Girls: LC-M 49.04; Boys: WB 42.22

800 M Relay – Girls: LC-M 1:44.42; Boys: PAMem 1:29.87

1600 M Relay – Girls: PAMem 4:16.37; Boys: PAMem 3:29.5

(Coaches will need to provide names in order for them to be included)

EDITOR’S NOTE TO COACHES

 Due to the large number of meets which area schools are attending, please e-mail

as many official results as possible to [email protected]