CYPRESS TEXAS — The Cook Middle School seventh-grade boys and girls, Anthony Middle School eighth-grade girls, and Spillane Middle School eighth-grade boys all clinched their respective track and field district championships at the District Meet, held April 22-24 at Cypress Ranch and Cypress Woods high schools.

Cook won the seventh-grade boys’ competition with 98 points to finish ahead of runner-up Thornton Middle School (83) and third-place Anthony (66).

Cook won the seventh-grade girls’ competition with 116 points, followed by second-place Smith Middle School (61) and third-place Anthony (58).

The Salyards Middle School eighth-grade boys’ track and field team earned their respective team championship at the District Meet. The Bengals earned 90 points to win the title.

Spillane won the eighth-grade boys’ competition with 90 points, ahead of runner-up Aragon Middle School (79) and third-place Watkins Middle School (75).

Anthony won the eighth-grade girls’ competition with 107 points to finish ahead of second-place Bleyl Middle School (82) and third-place Goodson Middle School (78).

Six district track and field records were broken over the three days of competition:

Seventh-grade Girls

• 300-meter hurdles – Rylee Hampton, Cook Middle School, 46.878;
• Discus – Mariana Van Dyk, Cook Middle School, 93-8; and
• Triple Jump – Sydnee Wade, Thornton Middle School, 33-10.75.

Eighth-grade Girls

• 4×200-meter relay – Bleyl Middle School (Dannette Haygood, C’Nai Childress, Audrey Camarillo and Amari Jordan), 1:47.848; and
• 4×400-meter relay – Anthony Middle School (Julia Irving, Kamryn Harvey, Camilla Dore and Aniyah Sanford), 4:10.342.

Seventh-grade Boys

• Pole Vault – Joseph Congi, Aragon Middle School, 10-0.

The following individuals placed in the top three of their respective events:

Seventh-Grade Boys’ Events

100-meter dash: 1, Sebastian Mejia, Thornton, 12.056; 2, Darrius Rodgers, Bleyl, 12.066; 3, Trysttyn Davis, Anthony, 12.325.

200-meter dash: 1, Darrius Rodgers, Bleyl, 24.597; 2, Trysttyn Davis, Anthony, 25.203; 3, Zy’Rion Teamer, Cook, 25.251.

400-meter dash: 1, Daylon Porter, Labay, 56.067; 2, Derrick Miller, Aragon, 56.731; 3, Adin Lathrop, Salyards, 57.442.

800-meter run: 1, Adin Lathrop, Salyards, 2:13.527; 2, Adolfo Venegas, Goodson, 2:19.373; 3, Aydin McWilliams, Cook, 2:20.527.

1,600-meter run: 1, Manuel Vela, Anthony, 5:09.978; 2, Hayden Price, Salyards, 5:15.160; 3, Marco Requejo, Cook, 5:16.324.

Cook Middle School seventh-grade student Rylee Hampton competes in the high jump preliminaries at the District Meet. Hampton set a district record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.878. She was the second-leading point scorer in the seventh-grade girls’ division, placing third in the high jump and fourth in the long jump in addition to sweeping the hurdles.

2,400-meter run: 1, Manuel Vela, Anthony, 8:01.07; 2, Hayden Price, Salyards, 8:16.12; 3, Reid Meekins, Labay, 8:20.40.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Elijah Marsh, Labay, 15.520; 2, Jacob Robinson, Aragon, 15.962; 3, Tim Saunders, Anthony, 15.981.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Oscar Nnanna, Smith, 44.446; 2, Tim Saunders, Anthony, 44.466; 3, Jordan Ford, Thornton, 44.985.

4×100-meter relay: 1, Thornton (Sebastian Mejia, Abdul Bello, Kevin Cadorette and Odir Miranda), 48.493; 2, Watkins (Kenneth Williams, Leonardo Sanchez, Jhase McMillan and Dara Ajiboye), 48.541; 3, Cook (Quinton Jones, Josh Nunez, Zy’Rion Teamer and Gavin Carey), 48.705.

4×200-meter relay: 1, Cook (Gavin Carey, Josh Nunez, Zy’Rion Teamer and Robert Marshall), 1:39.614; 2, Watkins (Jayvion Wolfe, Leonardo Sanchez, Jhase McMillan and Dara Ajiboye), 1:41.114; 3, Thornton (Sebastian Mejia, Adbul Bello, Kevin Cadorette and Connor King), 1:42.066.

4×400-meter relay: 1, Cook (Phan Weston, Robert Marshall, Josh Nunez and Aydin McWilliams), 3:54.666; 2, Goodson (Therrence Payne, Angel Delgado, Tristan Calhoun and Adolfo Venegas), 3:56.483; 3, Hopper (M. Gatson, B. Booker, J. Pines and D. Haslerig), 3:59.07.

Long jump: 1, Ajani Cargile, Anthony, 18-9; 2, Sebastian Mejia, Thornton, 18-7; 3, Jhase McMillan, Watkins, 18-4.

Triple jump: 1, Josh Nunez, Cook, 37-4.25; 2, Sabastian Mejia, Thornton, 36-6.5; 3, Copeland, Spillane, 36-2.75.

High jump: 1, Dara Ajiboye, Watkins, 5-10; 2, Jackson, Hamilton, 5-4; 3, Jhase McMillan, Watkins, 5-4.

Shot put: 1, Wheeler, Hamilton, 43-7.25; 2, Jace Marshall, Thornton, 42-8.75; 3, Larry Benton, Smith, 39-11.

Discus: 1, Lenk, Hamilton, 125-10; 2, Wheeler, Hamilton, 115-4; 3, Jace Marshall, Thornton, 114-4.

Pole vault: 1, Joseph Congi, Aragon, 10-0; 2, Tristan Calhoun, Goodson, 9-0; 3, Strunk, Spillane, 8-6.

Seventh-Grade Girls’ Events

100-meter dash: 1, Sydnee Wade, Thornton, 13.330; 2, Anya Jackson, Salyards, 13.359; 3, Annah Williams, Bleyl, 13.677.

200-meter dash: 1, Sydnee Wade, Thornton, 27.331; 2, Anya Jackson, Salyards, 27.389; 3, Anna Williams, Bleyl, 28.245.

400-meter run: 1, Nia Rogers, Truitt, 1:02.957; 2, Kayla Delany, Aragon, 1:03.524; 3, Gabriela Howard, Anthony, 1:03.822.

800-meter run: 1, Carlysia Cresser, Cook, 2:33.848; 2, Star Seals, Anthony, 2:34.627; 3, Prisha Sikka, Anthony, 2:37.829.

1,600-meter run: 1, Melanie Otero, Labay, 5:54.149; 2, Easley, Spillane, 5:57.803; 3, Lindsay Durham, Aragon, 6:01.947.

2,400-meter run: 1, Lindsay Durham, Aragon, 9:26.430; 2, Cameron Wallwin, Smith, 9:30.718; 3, Mirijeta Sylejmani, Watkins, 9:33.008.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Rylee Hampton, Cook, 16.646; 2, Madison Ceasar, Goodson, 16.820; 3, Kendra Taylor, Truitt, 17.925.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Rylee Hampton, Cook, 46.878; 2, Jayla Lewis, Dean, 49.666; 3, Ceasar Madison, Goodson, 50.281.

4×100-meter relay: 1, Bleyl (Annah Williams, Olivia Williams, Londyn Brown and Ma’Riya Vincent), 52.663; 2, Hopper (K. Rose, H. Sloan, A. Davenport and J. Kashindi), 52.827; 3, Kahla (Tobi Babayemi, Quadetra Wilburn, Tomi Babayemi and McKinsey Mayo), 53.298.

4×200-meter relay: 1, Cook (Carlysia Cresser, Layla Anderson, Elissa Garcia and Emily Ammons), 1:51.150; 2, Anthony (Alana Wilson, Dakota Bennett, Abigail West and Gabriela Howard), 1:52.399; 3, Smith (Layla Miranda, Milan Monroe, Layla Hassan and Milan Semien), 1:52.803.

4×400-meter relay: 1, Cook (Carlysia Cresser, Leela Nguyen, Elissa Garcia and Mariana Van Dyk), 4:18.599; 2, Anthony (Abigail West, Alana Wilson, Gabriela Howard and Prisha Sikka), 4:20.705; 3, Goodson (Avri Dennis, Jordan Ledford, Alana Smith and Kaia Goertz), 4:29.494.

Long jump: 1, Anya Jackson, Salyards, 16-0.75; 2, Sydnee Wade, Thornton, 15-2.5; 3, Ainsley Galtier, Smith, 14-11.25.

Triple jump: 1, Sydnee Wade, Thornton, 33-10.75; 2, Fore, Spillane, 32-2.75; 3, Annah Williams, Bleyl, 31-2.25.

High jump: 1, Kennedy Jones, Aragon, 4-8; 2, Grisby Xanxhae, Watkins, 4-8; 3, Avery Shih, Smith, 4-6; 3, Rylee Hampton, Cook, 4-6.

Shot put: 1, Mariana Van Dyk, Cook, 37-4; 2, Aries Tovar, Hamilton, 35-7; 3, Misi Orundami, Goodson, 33-6.5.

Discus: 1, Mariana Van Dyk, Cook, 93-8; 2, Ashley Mahaney, Arnold, 76-5; 3, Cameron Harless, Smith, 72-9.75.

Pole vault: 1, Jewels Westra, Salyards, 7-6; 2, Avery Shih, Smith, 7-3; 3, Cannon Booker, Smith, 7-0.

Eighth-Grade Boys’ Events

100-meter dash: 1, Jaquaize Pettaway, Aragon, 11.840; 2, Kristine Acho, Labay, 11.849; 3, Kaleb Black, Campbell, 12.080.

200-meter dash: 1, Jonathan Nelson, Salyards, 23.966; 2, Jarred Sample, Smith, 24.216; 3, Robert Sawyer, Anthony, 24.485.

400-meter dash: 1, Myers, Spillane, 52.648; 2, Nathan Thomas, Anthony, 52.763; 3, Jaheim Wiley, Anthony, 54.609.

800-meter run: 1, Bryan Pena, Watkins, 2:08.712; 2, Joshua Orange, Goodson, 2:08.789; 3, Noah Blackshear, Salyards, 2:10.683.

1,600-meter run: 1, Garcon, Spillane, 4:56.454; 2, Luke Morin, Goodson, 5:00.444; 3, John Richardson, Aragon, 5:05.223.

2,400-meter run: 1, Garcon, Spillane, 7:50.870; 2, Luke Morin, Goodson, 7:56.332; 3, Diego Garcia, Dean, 8:05.082.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Darrell Jean, Smith, 15.054; 2, Julius Moore, Aragon, 15.083; 3, Mills, Hamilton, 15.092.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Austin Erhardt, Goodson, 41.488; 2, Darrell Jean, Smith, 41.497; 3, Da’Shawn Adams, Kahla, 42.449.

4×100-meter relay: 1, Watkins (Johnny Hill, Bralen Brown, Thusuan Gibbs and Darnell Green), 45.270; 2, Anthony (Robert Sawyer, Raheim Wiley, Alex Berges and Solomon Davis), 46.164; 3, Campbell (Kaleb Black, Lamarcus Hurrington, Lamar Parker and Yalance Brown), 46.289.

4×200-meter relay: 1, Watkins (Darnell Green, Bralen Brown, Thusuan Gibbs and Bryan Pena), 1:36.680; 2, Smith (Isaiah Gonzalez, Cort Roberson, Jarred Sample and Jacob Roy), 1:37.122; 3, Salyards (J’me Wright, Jonathan Nelson, Fernando Frias and Curtis Payne), 1:38.160.

4×400-meter relay: 1, Anthony (Nathan Thomas, Issac Escobar, Alex Berges and Jaheim Wiley), 3:39.861; 2, Watkins (Darnell Green, Abel Ruiz, Johnny Hill and Bryan Pena), 3:42.024; 3, Spillane (Shultea, Davis, Chambers and Luo), 3:42.505.

Long jump: 1, Myers, Spillane, 19-7; 2, Jonathan Nelson, Salyards, 19-3; 3, Jaquaize Pettaway, Aragon, 19-2.

Triple jump: 1, Jaquaize Pettaway, Aragon, 40-4; 2, Yasenko Narvaez, Kahla, 39-11; 3, Myers, Spillane, 39-4.

High jump: 1, Jaylen Bernard, Smith, 5-8; 2, Jaquaize Pettaway, Aragon, 5-6; 3, Baylor Williams, Salyards, 5-6.

Shot put: 1, White, Spillane, 45-8.25; 2, Ezquiel Arteaga, Arnold, 43-10; 3, Mason Stott, Smith, 43-6.

Discus: 1, Jarra Anderson, Thornton, 146-11; 2, Mateo Ortiz, Dean, 144-10; 3, White, Spillane, 141-5.

Pole vault: 1, Gabe Lowery, Aragon, 10-7; 2, Jacob Gelder, Goodson, 10-7; 3, Ethan Benitez, Aragon, 10-0.

Eighth-Grade Girls’ Events

The Anthony Middle School eighth-grade girls’ track and field team earned 107 total points to win their respective team championship at the District Meet.

 

100-meter dash: 1, Ayers, Spillane, 13.779; 2, C’Nai Childress, Bleyl, 13.789; 3, Ezeoka, Spillane, 14.058.

200-meter dash: 1, C’Nai Childress, Bleyl, 27.634; 2, Camryn Clark, Aragon, 27.961; 3, Julia Irving, Anthony, 28.028.

400-meter dash: 1, Heaven Davis, Hopper, 1:00.370; 2, Olivia Granderson, Cook, 1:01.514; 3, Naysa Martin, Hamilton, 1:02.341.

800-meter run: 1, Naysa Martin, Hamilton, 2:26.605; 2, Kennedy Hill, Anthony, 2:29.538; 3, Camryn Adams, Smith, 2:30.874.

1,600-meter run: 1, Emma Elsbury, Smith, 5:43.832; 2, Brooke Hensley, Salyards, 5:48.525; 3, Chloe Newport, Anthony, 5:54.887.

2,400-meter run: 1, Kennedy Hill, Anthony, 8:59.928; 2, Hewan Abunei, Goodson, 9:10.995; 3, Brooke Hensley, Salyards, 9:20.601.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Haley Roy, Hamilton, 16.605; 2, Botello, Spillane, 16.643; 3, Nancy Guerra, Anthony, 16.797.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Dannette Haygood, Bleyl, 48.540; 2, Grace Villatoro, Cook, 49.838; 3, Nancy Guerra, Anthony, 50.165.

4×100-meter relay: 1, Hopper (Angelica Davis, Kashyra Oliver, Heaven Davis and Mariel Medrano), 51.909; 2, Bleyl (Amari Jordan, Lauryn Cockrell, Dannette Haygood and Audrey Camarillo), 52.015; 3, Goodson (Jordan Columbus, Emma Opalacz, Megan Huang and Alyssa Jolly), 52.640.

4×200-meter relay: 1, Bleyl (Dannette Haygood, Amari Jordan, C’Nai Childress and Audrey Camarillo), 1:47.848; 2, Anthony (Julia Irving, Kamryn Harvey, Camilla Dore and Aniyah Sanford), 1:49.598; 3, Hopper (Mariel Medrano, Anniyah Johnson, Kashyra Oliver and Angelica Davis), 1:50.425.

4×400-meter relay: 1, Anthony (Julia Irving, Kamryn Harvey, Camilla Dore and Aniyah Sanford), 4:10.342; 2, Goodson (Miya Savanah, Alyssa Jolly, Chalyn Jones and Rainey Johnson), 4:20.881; 3, Hamilton (Naysa Martin, Olivia Garcia, Julia Chrapliwy and Aliyah Yahsir), 4:21.006.

Long jump: 1, Alyssa Jolly, Goodson, 16-3; 2, Bickham, Spillane, 16-0; 3, Kamryn Harvey, Anthony, 15-9.

Triple jump: 1, Dannette Haygood, Bleyl, 35-8.25; 2, Camryn Clark, Aragon, 33-6.5; 3, Heaven Davis, Hopper, 33-3.25.

High jump: 1, Julia Irving, Anthony, 5-2; 2, Amari Chambers, Hamilton, 5-0; 3, Kennedy Kays, Salyards, 4-10.

Shot put: 1, Xavier Hill, Smith, 33-5; 2, China Nwoltoro, Watkins, 31-9; 3, Emma Thomas, Hamilton, 30-8.

Discus: 1, Mehgan Joseph, Thornton, 99-7; 2, Trinity Allen, Salyards, 91-9; 3, Heather Partridge, Hamilton, 87-2.

Pole Vault: 1, Sierra Pavlesic, Goodson, 9-0; 2, Emma Opalacz, Goodson, 8-9 3, Sophie Postell, Salyards, 8-3.

Hopper Middle School eighth-grade student Stephen Scott competes in the 200-meter dash preliminaries at the District Meet. Scott finished fourth in the finals and sixth in the 100-meter dash.

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