By Sandy Anderberg
Several Broncos and Lady Broncos earned the right to advance to the Area Track Meet to be held in Panhandle April 15.
The top four in each event at the District level will move on. The Broncos finished fifth as a team with 88 points, and the Lady Broncos were third with 101.33 points. The JV Broncos were fifth as a team with 41 points, and the Lady Broncos ended the meet in fourth place with 29 points.
The Lady Bronco relays were strong in the meet with all three advancing to the Area meet in third place. The 400m relay’s time was 52.24 and run by Jade Benson, Ashlynn Newsome, Sandrea Smith, and Makayla Brown. The same four ran the 800m finishing at 1:53.53, and the mile was run in 4:54.31 by Mattee Johnson, Kailee Bruce, Kira Weatherton, and Shania Brown. The Bronco sprint relay earned the right to advance after finishing third with a time of 45.35, which was only a second and a half off of the first-place pace. It was run by Ryan McCleskey, Bear Smith, Collin Butler, and Jamal Butler.
Jamal Butler won the District championship in the high jump with a leap of 6’6”. Butler bested the field by eight inches. He also advanced in the triple jump with a distance of 39’9 ¼” for fourth place. Long distance runner and cross-country state qualifier Kenny Overstreet place second in both the 1600m and 3200m races. He ran a 5:01.59 in the 1600 and crossed the line in a time of 10:50.75 in the 3200.
On the Lady Bronco side, Senior Sandrea Smith placed second in the 100m dash with a time of 12.82 and Makayla Brown was fourth at 27.34 in the 200m dash. Madi Smith advanced in the 1600m run with a fourth-place finish at 611.63. Brooke Duncan advanced in the 100m hurdles with a time of 21.00 and a third-place finish. Jade Benson finished third in the high jump at 4’8” to advance.
Other results: Jamal Butler 6th 200m, 24.18; Kailee Osburn 4th high jump, 4’6”, 6th 400m, 1:14.66, 7th triple jump, 29’3 ¼”; Madi Smith 6th 800m 2:43.93; Duncan 5th 300m hurdles 59.06; Kira Weatherton 6th triple jump 31’9”; Ashlynn Newsome 6th high jump 4’2”.
JV results: Lady Broncos: Emeri Robinson 2nd 400m 1:14.18, 6th 100m 14.92, 7th 200m 32.09; Graci Shadle 1st 400m 1:13.12. Broncos: Gaven Nazario 1st shot put 33’7 ¼”, 5th discus 78’; Vincent Vaquera 1st discus 103’4 ½”, 4th shot put 32’4 ½”; Jordan Evans 4th discus 88’4 ½”, 6th shot put 31’7”; Jodee Pigg 2nd 1600m 5:47.50, 5th 800m 2:41.12; Rhett Caison 7th 100m 13.21, 7th 200m 27.91.
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