Williams wins gold

By Sandy Anderberg

Senior Wes Williams came on strong in the Regional track meet in Levelland to claim the gold medal in the men’s long jump last week.

His effort of 22’1 ½” bested the field by more than six inches. He is the only Bronco or Lady Bronco who earned the right to compete in the State meet May 11-12. Williams will compete in the long jump in Austin on Friday, May 11 at noon. He also competed in the 100-meter dash where he finished fourth with a time of 11.84. His preliminary time in that event was 11.28.

Several Lady Broncos competed in the Regional meet, but failed to advance to the state level. The 400-meter relay came close to advancing, but fell short finishing third. Only the top two finishers in each event will advance to the state meet. Amber Keelin, Glory Bryley, Marqueda Gaines, and Sarah Luttrell ran a 51.86 in the prelims which tied for the second fastest relay time. Their time of 50.65 in the finals moved them to third place, just one out of advancing. Their hopes were high for a wild card in that event, but their time was one-hundredth of a second off the pace. That same group ran the 800-meter relay finishing fifth with a time of 1:49.41. They ran a time of 1:51.15 in the prelims.

Luttrell competed in the 100-meter dash and finished fifth with a time of 13.70 and Abby Johnson took 9th in the prelims in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:06.71. Audrey Shelton was fourth in the 3200-meter run with a time of 13:02.96 and fifth in the 1600-meter run at 5:54.69. Jentry Shadle was fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.92, and Amanda Powell was 12th in the prelims in the 300-hurdles at 52.77.