BrooksNDone Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago [email protected] Tom Halliburton’s Track Volume 38, Number 3 OK, our Golden Triangle-area high school track and field coaches and athletes have a lot to be thankful for as far as February was concerned. We had cooperative weather for our area meets at H-F, BC, PN-G and Nederland. No freezing cold nor rain. Unless I’m unaware, we did not sustain a rash of significant early season injuries either. Our last newsletter posted a Triangle-area leader in all 34 UIL state events and we have some impressive news from the meets on the final February weekend. Twenty-six of the 34 events produced an area-best improvement in the top performance. That number – 13 girls and 13 boys events – impressed this track observer. What impressed the most? That’s tough but Port Arthur Memorial junior Tatiyana Crain threw the discus 129-4 and that broke a 15-year-old school record in that event. LC-M’s Janet Le clears 10-0 in the pole vault Roger Cacak/kogt.com photo It’s a crowded field at Bridge City in the boys 800-meter run Roger Cacak/kogt.com photo My information is based on the Memorial school website which displays the school record in the girls discus in 2011 at 113-10.5 by Alyssa Remo. Now, it’s time to discuss a couple of standout coaches, Renwick Johnson at one end of the Triangle and Becca Peveto at an opposite end. Johnson wears a visible smile because Beaumont West Brook’s boys are humming. Peveto has enjoyed seeing her Little Cypress-Mauriceville’s girls dominate the area’s team competition. The Bruins sport area leaders in eight of 17 boys events. The West End tracksters posted six area-best performances Friday in Rosenberg at the Lamar Consolidated Relays. The lone gold medal winner, junior John Fowler, delivered a most impressive time of 9:32.92 in the 3,200-meter run. Recognition also belongs to fellow juniors Aidan McLaughlin in the mid-distance events, Joe Bowser in the throwing events and D’Andre Carter in the jumps. While we honor LC-M’s girls, we pay tribute to the team champions from the Cardinal and Longhorn Relays – the Lady Bears, the Nederland boys of coach Michael Broussard and the Hamshire-Fannett boys and girls of coach Jeremy Abshier. LC-M racked up 142.5 points at Bridge City to take its second team title in as many outings. Janet Le and Dinah Tippins were the individual winners along with two relay squads. PN-G, Nederland, and Lumberton will give LC-M a competitive run as well but those three may lack LC-M’s depth in the point totals. If Abshier’s Longhorns can continue to improve their times in relay events, those H-F country boys are going to go somewhere… and it might be clear to Austin. Port Arthur’s girls are mighty young but the Lady Titans can say they made a big splash Friday at the Spartan Relays in Stafford. Memorial came home with eight new area-best performances, five in the girls events and three in the boys. Crain’s school record discus throw jumped to the top of the list but the work of Delia Washington, Jalexis Neal, Jada Guilbeau and Jahzarea Jacquet belonged among the more honorable mention athletes as well. Here’s a word of thanks to long-time friend and media brother Gary Stelly of kogt.com for all his help and support with this week’s newsletter. Roger Cacak took these photos and that reminds me to encourage other photos to be sent in upcoming meets. E-mail them, as well as results, to [email protected] . The Golden Triangle weather forecast for March calls for above-average temperatures. So let’s keep working hard at improving our times and lengths this month before we enter those all-important district championships in April. Here’s where they’re going this week THURSDAY Vidor Pirate Relays Anahuac, Bridge City, Buna, Orangefield, Hamshire-Fannett, Hardin-Jefferson, Kelly, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Lumberton, Nederland, Newton, Silsbee, Vidor, West Orange-Stark Huffman Hargrave Falcon Relays Barbers Hill, Dayton, East Chambers, Huffman, Liberty, Port Neches-Groves Lloyd Weatherspoon Memorial Relays Kirbyville, Jasper, Woodville Deweyville Booster Club Relays Deweyville, Evadale, Legacy Christian, West Hardin FRIDAY Sonny Donaldson Relays (Aldine Davis HS) Beaumont United, Beaumont West Brook, Port Arthur Memorial GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS DISCUS – Girls: Tatiyana Crain, PAMem, 129-4; Boys: Joe Bowser, WB, 153-8 SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 39-6; Boys: Keagan Trahan, BC, 45-8.5 HIGH JUMP – Girls: Addelyn Hooper, PN-G, 5-6; Boys: Garrett Williams, H-F, 6-1 LONG JUMP – Girls: Delia Washington, PAMem, 17-8; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 22-8 TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Shaelyn Cobb, PN-G, 35-4.25; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 44-0 POLE VAULT – Girls: Janet Le, LC-M, 10-0; Boys: Gavin Rubio, Hardin-Jefferson, 14-0 100 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PAMem,12.19; Boys: Emmanuel Shaffers-Jones, Beaumont United, 10.88 200 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PAMem, 24.94; Boys: Brandon Richards, PAMem, 21.88 400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PAMem, 59.58; Boys: Matthew Christian, PAMem, 50.09 100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 15.36 110 M Hurdles – Boys: Hayward Monceaux, Nederland, 14.99 300 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 48.38; Boys: Stacy Shay, Vidor, 39.06 800 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: Ella Mecom, Nederland,11:27.04; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 9:32.92 400 M Relay – Girls: H-F (Karlee Fillyaw, Shalynn Guidry, Myhanise Green, Brianca Barclay) 49.95; Boys: WB (Lucas Johnston, Jay’vier Fair, Jacob Johnston, Willie Clark) 41.73 800 M Relay – Girls: PAMem (Jada Guilbeau, Jalexis Neal, Delia Washington, Jahzaren Jacquet) 1:43.83; Boys: WB (D’Andre Carter, Willie Clark, Lucas Johnston, Dareion Nixon) 1:28.42 1600 M Relay – Girls: PN-G (Alyah Rodriguez, Aubry Garcia, Alisson Gutierrez, Hayley Francis) 4:12.35; Boys: PAMem (Matthew Christian, Brandon Richards, Malcolm McCrea, Serlandric Fieldings) 3:24.33 Coaches will need to provide names in order for them to be accurately included. Due to the large number of meets which area schools are attending, please e-mail as many official results as possible to [email protected] navydawg31 1 Quote
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