Benson, Bolin bound for state meet

Two Clarendon High School athletes will run in the State Track Meet this spring after outstanding performances in the Regional competition.

Sophomore stand out runner Madi Benson is the current 2A Region 1 Regional Champion in the 800m run. She claimed the Regional Championship in Canyon at WTAMU and will run on May 2 at the Mike Myers Stadium on the UT campus in Austin at approximately 5:20 p.m.

Benson’s time of 2:25.71 topped the field by less than a second. Elliot Frausto ran the 800m and finished in seventh place with a time of 2:33.48. Benson also ran the 400m dash finishing seventh with a time of 1:04.80 and the 1600m run taking the eighth spot with a time of 5:50.03.

Kaleb Bolin ran a good race in the 400m and finished third with a time of 49.99. He got the wildcard to advance to the State Meet and will run May 3 at 5:00 p.m.

The Bronco mile relay competed in the regional meet and finished 13th in the prelims with a time of 3:38.13. Those running the relay were Bolin, Kaleb Mays, Shane Hagood and Brice Wagner. Mays was a runner in the 100m and finished ninth with a time of 11.41 in the prelims. Bryce Williams ran the 800m and placed 12th with a time of 2:11.04. Wagner ran the 200m and was 14th in the finals with a time of 23.58. Lyric Smith competed in the high jump taking seventh place with his best jump of 6’.

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