tom halliburton's track volume 38, number 5

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            Tom Halliburton’s Track

Volume 38, Number 5

    An abbreviated schedule with the overlapping spring break weeks delayed several of our region’s stronger track athletes from improving on their season-best performances but a few top numbers resulted from last week’s meets at Orangefield and Sour Lake.

    Most interesting item could be Little Cypress-Mauriceville senior Dinah Tippins (handing the baton to Jordyn Chargois in this adjacent photo).

    Tippins was timed at 24.70, improving her area lead in that event. She placed sixth in the state meet at the same event last year in a time of 24.60. Dinah’s Orangefield time outlasted teammate Brianca Barclay by nearly a full second.

     Why do we list this comparison? Two reasons. First, our LC-M sprinter has two months to work on the possibility of lowering that time if she’s able to return again to state.

     Second, and more importantly, track and field – when practiced properly – is HARD work. This sport lacks the team glamour of football, basketball and baseball. It generally attracts very little spectator or media interest. If people jump up and down about it, those people usually jump up and down after the athlete’s accomplishment.

      LC-M’s girls have captured the team title in each meet they have entered this spring. That speaks to the work of coach Becca Peveto and the work habits that already have been in place. But hard work must continue. The margins in track success usually are extremely tiny.

      Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent with the Beaumont Enterprise

Here’s where they’re going this week

THURSDAY

Wildcat Relays at Kirbyville

   Jasper, Kirbyville, Newton

Barbara Rainey Relays at Evadale

   Bridge City girls, Hamshire-Fannett girls, Hardin, Evadale, Deweyville,

West Hardin, Beaumont Legacy

40^th Gid Campbell Relays at Anahuac

   Anahuac, Beaumont Kelly, Buna, Hamshire-Fannett, Hardin-Jefferson

FRIDAY

C.E. King Panther Relays at Houston

   Beaumont United and West Brook, Port Arthur Memorial

Dayton Bronco Relays 

   Barbers Hill, Dayton, East Chambers, Huffman, Liberty, Nederland, Port Neches-Groves

The following schools are not scheduled to compete in a meet this weekend

   Bridge City boys, LC-M, Lumberton, Orangefield, Silsbee, Tarkington, West Orange-Stark

          GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS

DISCUS – Girls: Tatiyana Crain, PAMem, 129-4; Boys: Joe Bowser, WB, 153-10

SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 40-0; Boys: Ace Reeves, PN-G, 45-10

HIGH JUMP – Girls: Addelyn Hooper, PN-G, 5-6; Boys: Kobe Prejean, H-F, 6-7

LONG JUMP – Girls: Delia Washington, PAMem, 17-8; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 22-8

TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Jaislyn Heater, Vidor, 35-8.75; 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 & Dinah Tippins, LC-M,12.19; Boys: Emmanuel Shaffers-Jones, Beaumont United, and Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett, 10.88

200 M – Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 24.70; Boys: Brandon Richards, PAMem, 21.88

400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PAMem, 57.85; Boys: Terence Mouton, WB, 48.93

100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 15.34

110 M Hurdles – Boys: Hayward Monceaux, Nederland, 14.99

300 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 47.92; Boys: Shay Stacy, Vidor, 38.16

800 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 2:24.21; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 1:55.05

1600 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 5:14.99; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 4:21.49

3200 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland,11:27.04; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 9:32.92

400 M Relay – Girls: PAMem (Ariana Leday, Jada Guilbeau, Alicia Francis, Jalexis Neal)

48.16; Boys: WB (Lucas Johnston, Jay’vier Fair, Jacob Johnston, Willie Clark) 41.73

800 M Relay – Girls: LC-M (Amaya Meadows, Dinah Tippins, Janet Le, Brianca Barclay)

1:43.57; Boys: WB (D’Andre Carter, Willie Clark, Lucas Johnston, Dareion Nixon) 1:28.42

1600 M Relay – Girls: PAMem (Jalexis Neal, Delia Washington, Torrie Washington, Jada

Guilbeau) 4:08.56; Boys: PAMem (Matthew Christian, Malcolm McCrea, Cam’Ron Roberts, Jaylen Gibson) 3:20.59

Due to the large number of meets which area schools are attending, please e-mail as many official results as possible to [email protected]