Lady Kat/Wildcat Track headed to Region Championship in Lubbock

The Kennedale Wildcat track team won the 7-4A Championship this year while the Lady Kats took second place at the district meet held in Godley April 16-17. {{more}}

Last week at the the 7-8 4A Area Track meet held April 22-23 in Springtown both the Lady Kats and the Wildcats finished in 2nd place (after having winning relay teams disqualified). But Kennedale qualified at least 20 for the the Region 1 Championship this weekend.

Kennedale Wildcat 2015 Track

Team

At the Area meet held at Springtown, in the women?s division Alvarado finished first with 135 points, ahead of second-place Kennedale, which had 116 points. In the men?s division, Springtown won the title with 127 points, followed by the Wildcats at 126 points and Alvarado in third with 122 points. The Kennedale Wildcat 4×400 set an area record.

The area meet paired the top four competitors from each district meet. The top four finishers at the area meet qualified for the Class 4A Region I championships May 1-2 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The top two competitors at regionals will advance to the UIL Class 4A state championship May 15-16 in Austin.

Lady Kat Region Qualifiers:

• Hailey Patterson1st in 100m (12.32)
• Hailey Patterson 1st in the long jump (16-06.25)
• Hailey Patterson 1st in 200m (25.47)
• Maiya Burgess 2nd in the 200m (25.86)
• Heather Parsons 4th in the 200m (26.57)
• Maiya Burgess, Kathyrn Mosley, Heather Parsons and Hailey Patterson 1st in the 4x100m relay (50.54)
• Trezur Hereford, Nia Brown, Julia Mosley and Heather Parsons 2nd in the 4x200m relay (1:46.78)
• Musheleus (Lucy) Benson 3rd in the 400m (1:01:32)
• Trezur Herford 3rd in the 300m hurdles (49.39)
• Madison Moss 2nd in high jump (4-10.0)
• Jasmyn Poe 1st in triple jump (35-01.25)

Other Lady Kats that advanced from district to compete at Area:

• Taleah Hereford 5th in the 800m (2:30.81)
• Bianca Braz 8th in the 3200m (14:36.24)
• Trezur Hereford 5th in the 100m hurdles (16.75)
• Muschelus Benson, Nia Brown, Maiya Burgess and Taleah Hereford (DQ ? lane violation after wining the race) in 4×400
• Jasmyn Poe 8th in high jump (4-06.00)
• Kylie Howard 5th in shot put (31-10.75)
• Kathryn Mosley 6th in shot put (31-09.25)
• Kathryn Mosley 5th in discus (88-10)
• Kylie Howard 7th in discus (81-10)

Wildcats Region Qualifiers:

• Taylor Thibeau 1st in 100m (11.48)
• Taylor Thibeau 1st in the high jump (6-02.00)
• Taylor Thibeau 2nd in the long jump (20-09.25)
• Derrick Williams 1st in the 200m (22.67)
• Derrick Williams 1st in the long jump (20-11.25)
• Price O’Brien 1st in 400m (50.38)
• True Gipson 4th in the 110m hurdles (16.51)
• Pryce O’Brien, Taylor Thibeau, Derrick Williams and Dailyn Wells 1st in 4×100 relay (42.83 area record)
• Kaiser McGlothen, Dailyn Wells, Blake Ingram and Price O’Brien 2nd in the 4×400 relay (3:29.24)
• VJ Hughes 4th in the high jump (6-00.00)
• Quardraiz Wadley 3rd in triple jump (40-10.25)
• Gjemar Daniels first in shot put (47-01.00)
• Gjamar Daniels 3rd in discus (126-10)

Juwan Washington will be competing in both the 4×100 and 4×400 at the region meet.

 

Other Wildcats that advanced at district to compete at Area were

• Daniel Escobar 7th 800m run (2:12.06)
• Trey Burke 6th in the 3200m (10:52.62)
• True Gipson, Derrick Williams, Dailyn Wells and Taylor Thibeau (DQ ? exchange after winning the race) 4×200 relay
• Tyler Charbono 7th in pole vault (9-06.00)
• Mason Malone in pole vault
• Brent Reed 6th in shot put (39-04.75)
• Jonathon Zielinksi 7th in shot put (39-03.75)