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:
Grand Saline:
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)
Edgewood:
Darrius Rogers - Triple Jump
Trey Brown - Discus
Dillon Parmer - Shot Put
800-Meter Relay Team (Clay Haltom, Darrius Rogers, Cody Sherrard, David Foster)
Canton:
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)
Van:
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
Wills Point:
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)