The Ropes Eagles and Lady Eagles, Whitharral Panthers and Lady Panthers, Whiteface Antelopes and Sundown Roughettes track & field programs all competed at their respective State Championship meet this past weekend at the Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, resulting in nine local athletes earning top five finishes.
Adalyn Falls of Ropes finished as the State Runner-Up in the 2A girls 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles. In the 100mH, Falls ran a 14.33, and in the 300mH, she ran a 43.30.
In the 2A boys 100-meter dash, Kolter Dockery of Ropes ran a 10.67 to finish as the State Runner-Up.
In the 1A boys triple jump, Brent Robinson of Whitharral placed as the State Runner-Up with a jump of 45’-1.75”, followed by his teammate Greg Johnson in fourth place with a jump of 44’-0”. Johnson would also place ninth in the 1A boys long jump with a jump of 19’-10”.
In the 1A boys discus, Nate Sansom of Whitharral placed as the State Runner-Up with a throw of 153’-7”.
In the 2A boys shot put, Victor Saenz of Ropes placed fourth with a throw of 51’-5”, and in the 2A boys 300-meter hurdles, Isaak Soliz of Whiteface placed fifth with a time of 40.02.
In the 1A girls 100-meter dash, Kalyn Bates of Whitharral placed fifth with a time of 12.57, and in the 2A girls 200-meter dash, Elexis Robinson of Sundown placed eighth with a time of 25.99.
In the team standings, the Panthers finished eighth out of all the 1A boys teams, the Lady Eagles finished 12th out of all the 2A girls teams, the Eagles finished 15th out of all the 2A boys teams, the Antelopes finished 55th out of all the 2A boys teams and the Lady Panthers finished 50th out of all the 1A girls teams.