Regional Track Meets Back On For County Athletes

One day after cancelling all regional track meets due to the swine flu outbreak, University Interscholastic League officials have put the meets back on the schedule.

On April 29, UIL officials cancelled the regional meets, and announced that the top four competitors in the region in each event - based on performances at district meets - would advance to state.

On April 30, the UIL reversed itself, allowing regional meets to be rescheduled. Van Zandt County in Class 3A will compete at Texas A&M Commerce on May 15-16. Class 2A Grand Saline and Edgewood will be at Tarleton State University on the same days.

The state meet will be June 5-6 at Myers Stadium at the University of Texas inAustin.

Among the county athletes that will be competing at regional meets are:

Colton Ross - Pole Vault

Josh Carpenter - Pole Vault

Chris Guerra - Pole Vault

Derek Calvert - Shot Put, Discus

Arny DeLaFuente - 3200-Meter Run

Dylan Cleere - 110-Meter Hurdles, 300-Meter Hurdles

Taylor Phelps - 800-Meter Run, 1600-Meter Run

Morgan Reynolds - 3200-Meter Run, 1600-Meter Run, Discus

Lauren Rodgers - 400-Meter Run, Long Jump, Triple Jump

Janae Wilt - Pole Vault

400-Meter Relay Team (Brianne Lovette, Bethany Hejny, Taylor Davis, Lauren Rogers)

1600-Meter Relay Team (Brianne Lovette, Diana Wilt, Janae Wilt, Lauren Rogers)

Darrius Rogers - Triple Jump

Trey Brown - Discus

Dillon Parmer - Shot Put

800-Meter Relay Team (Clay Haltom, Darrius Rogers, Cody Sherrard, David Foster)

Destry Hesskew - Discus, Shot Put

Seni Lajqui - Shot Put

Devon Talley - Triple Jump

Devin Faber - Pole Vault

Evan Fike - 3200 Meters, 1600 Meters

400-Meter Relay Team (Harris, Termin, Franklin, Williams)

Kika Prox - Shot Put, Discus

Kaitie Gummelt - Long Jump, 100-Meter Dash,

Brittany Arnold - 100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash, 400-Meter Dash

Heather Sterling - 3200 Meter Run, 1600 Meter Run

Sam Bratcher - 3200-Meter Run, 1600 Meter Run

800-Meter Relay Team (Heard, Wilkerson, Smallwood, Gummelt)

1600-Meter Relay Team - (Heard, Gummelt, Smith Nixon)

Treston Parsons - 400-Meter Relay, 800-Meter Relay, 200-Meter Dash

Cody Goodin - High Jump

Jacoby Alexander - Discus, 110-Meter Hurdles

Jace Huddle - Discus

Brad Bogue - Pole Vault

Seth Potter - 400-Meter Relay, 100-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Relay

Michael Terry - 400-Meter Relay, 100-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Relay

Tory Parsons - 800-Meter Relay, 300-Meter Hurdles, 1600-Meter Relay,

Joey McMinn - 1600-Meter Relay,

Addison Neal - 300-Meter Hurdles, 1600-Meter Relay

Jean Ambler - 800-Meter Run, 400-Meter Run, 1600-Meter Relay

Chase Rabe - 400-Meter Relay

Caitlin Galloway - Triple Jump

Katie Rhodes - High Jump

Shawntelle Shiflet - Pole Vault

Jennifer Picinich - 400-Meter Dash

Brittney Tunnell - 800-Meter Dash

Steven Cunigan - Triple Jump

Nathan White - 3200-Meter Run, 1600-Meter Run

Brandon Morris - 100-Meter Dash

Zac Bean - 400-Meter Run

Kiefer Davis - 800-Meter Run

1600-Meter Relay Team (Bean, Hamilton, Lane, Davis)

Xenia Qualls - Discus

Precious Spencer - Long Jump

Ashley White - Triple Jump, 400-Meter Run

Jessica Smith - Pole Vault

Erin Penney - 3200-Meter Run

Erica Darcie - 100-Meter Dash

Kaitlyn Mitchell - 800-Meter Run

400-Meter Relay Team (Smith, Darcie, White, Spencer)

800-Meter Relay Team (Smith, Spencer, White , Darcie)

1600-Meter Relay Team (White, Gatlin, Satullo, Conner)

1600-Meter Run - Sarah Clifton)