Districts 3/4-5A area track results: Coronado's Allen Gant just misses double gold

Coming into the District 3/4-5A area track and field meet at Lowrey Field with the second-best qualifying time, Coronado's Allen Gant knew he needed to push a little harder if he wanted to take home the gold.

Gant found that extra gear Friday in the 100 dash, tying his personal record of 10.49 seconds to emerge with the victory.

"I just tried to stay relaxed and explode off the blocks," Gant said, "and have confidence coming out."

Being more dedicated to his craft, Gant said, has led to his success this season, which now includes district and area championships. Much of it is simply running every day, something he didn't do last year, to keep his body in shape for the sprints.

Gant narrowly missed on another gold medal, taking second in the 200 in 21.77. Abilene Cooper's Jaylen Parker edged Gant at the finish line, finishing in 21.72.

Ranked a three-star recruit on the football field by Rivals, Gant is still sorting out his college options on the gridiron. The Mustang cornerback said he's looking at TCU, Arizona, "trying to get to Texas A&M" and Texas Tech.

Lubbock-Cooper's Michael Dever turns disappointment into prosperity

Confusion arose from Lubbock-Cooper's Michael Dever on Friday afternoon at Lowrey Field.

Dever, by his own admission, was nervous during the boys long jump of the Districts 3/4-5A area track and field meet, scratching on his first attempt. As he awaited his second turn, the official called his name as in the hole, then skipped over him when his time came.

After some questions, and answers he didn't like, Dever's second go was ruled as a pass. He wound up scratching on his third attempt, having to settle for sixth place with a leap of 21 feet, 11 inches, in his preliminary turns.

Dever didn't have much time — actually, none at all — to stew in the disappointment. His second event of the day, the high jump, had begun. He decided to turn that frustration into focus, and it paid off for him.

After surpassing fellow Pirate Vincent Sipowicz after clearing 6-2, Dever kept going, topping out at 6-6 to claim the title.

In addition to the long jump situation, which led to tired legs at the high jump, Dever credited his coaches with keeping his mindset of completing the challenge at hand.

Notable Lubbock-area finishes

Plainview's Ava Rushing ran away with the discus title with a toss of 134 feet, 2 inches (about seven feet further than the second-place finisher). With the win, Rushing became the first Plainview track and field athlete to win an area title since Kaizha Roberts in 2017.

Lubbock High's Reese Peña had little trouble Friday, coasting to titles in the 3,200 and 1,600 runs. She was 25 seconds better than Abilene High's Marin Murry in the 3,200 and 12 seconds better than Mason Murry, also of Abilene High, in the 1,600.

Three Lubbock-Cooper athletes advanced to regionals in the high jump. Brently Preston held off teammate Niomi Wines in a jump-off at 5 feet, eight inches. Sara Goltz added a fourth-place finish. Wines added an easy win in the 200 dash.

Lubbock-Cooper's Chris Carrillo and Sione Vaea went one-two in the shot put, Carrillo having a heave of 51-2 and Vaea topping out at 50-8.

Monterey's Zion Daniels took the title in the boys 400 dash.

Districts 3/4-5A area track meet

at Lowrey Field

Note:Top four finishers in each event advance to the Region I-5A meet April 19-20 at Lowrey Field.

Boys

Team scores: Amarillo High 149, Abilene High 116, Lubbock-Cooper 106, Abilene Wylie 46, Amarillo Tascosa 43, Amarillo Palo Duro 38, Abilene Cooper 33, Coronado 31, Monterey 28, Amarillo Caprock 14, Plainview 12, Lubbock High 4

100-meter dash: 1. Allen Gant, Coronaod, 10.49; 2. Pius Vokes, Amarillo, 10.54; 3. Callan Ritz, Lubbock-Cooper, 10.56; 4. Ryland Bradford, Abilene High, 10.76; 5. Aushaun Wilson, Tascosa, 10.78.

200 dash: 1. Jaylen Parker, Abilene Cooper, 21.72; 2. Allen Gant, Coronado, 21.77; 3. Pius Vokes, Amarillo High, 21.79; 4. Gage Heighten, Wylie, 21.83; 5. Ryder Walter, Plainview, 22.02; 6. Braylen Norman, Palo Duro, 22.18.

400 dash: 1. Zion Daniels, Monterey, 49.71; 2. Blake Moore, Lubbock-Cooper, 50.31; 3. TJ Tillman Jr., Tascosa, 50.36; 4. Joshua Zeissel, Caprock, 51.36; 5. Jackson Howle, Abilene High, 51.40; 6. Creed Perkins, Amarillo High, 51.86.

800 run: 1. Adam Burlison, Amarillo High, 1:56.87; 2. Karter Batten, Abilene High, 2:01.84; 3. Alfredo Haro, Caprock, 2:02.46; 4. Kobe Mireles, Monterey, 2:02.90; 5. Jaiden Esquivel, Plainview, 2:06.31; 6. Jacob Syma, Monterey, 2:06.77.

1,600 run: 1. Adam Burlison, Amarillo High, 4:33.43; 2. Parker Maybin, Amarillo High, 4:44.09; 3. Aiden Seekins, Abilene High, 4:44.29; 4. John Alcanta, Abilene High, 4:47.62; 5. Jerred Lane Kenney, Tascosa, 4:49.33; 6. Abdirisak Saidgurhan, Palo Duro, 4:53.24.

3,200 run: 1. Adam Burlison, Amarillo High, 9:56.16; 2. Parker Maybin, Amarillo High, 10:08.85; 3. Andruw Villa, Abilene High, 10:17.64; 4. Jerred Lane Kenney, Tascosa, 10:18.88; 5. John Alcantar, Abilene High, 10:21.19; 6. Lathan Myers, Coronado, 10:26.49.

110 hurdles: 1. Vern Blair, Palo Duro, 14.39; 2. Josh Melson, Abilene High, 14.56; 3. Kyron Brown, Palo Duro, 14.71; 4. Cole Koatara, Lubbock-Cooper, 14.87; 5. Novaj Lewis, Monterey, 14.99; 6. Carter Harris, Lubbock-Cooper, 15.94.

300 hurdles: 1. Rylan Leathers, Amarillo High, 40.63; 2. Josh Melson, Abilene High, 41.36; 3. Logan Jackson, Amarillo High, 41.79; 4. Cole Kotara, Lubbock-Cooper, 41.87; 5. Novaj Lewis, Monterey, 41.98; 6. Kyron Brown, Palo Duro, 42.02.

400 relay: 1. Abilene High, 41.23; 2. Amarillo High, 41.88; 3. Coronado, 42.13; 4. Monterey, 42.13; 5. Tascosa, 42.53; 6. Palo Duro, 42.97.

800 relay: 1. Lubbock-Cooper, 1:27.62; 2. Abilene High, 1:27.71; 3. Palo Duro, 1:29.25; 4. Plainview, 1:29.83; 5. Amarillo High, 1:30.29; 6. Abilene Wylie, 1:30.35.

1,600 relay: 1. Amarillo High, 3:24.71; 2. Abilene High, 3:25.58; 3. Lubbock-Cooper, 3:26.28; 4. Abilene Cooper, 3:28.98; 5. Caprock, 3:32.95; 6. Abilene Wylie, 3:33.67.

High jump: 1. Michael Dever, Lubbock-Cooper, 6 feet, 6 inches; 2. Vincent Sipowicz, Lubbock-Cooper, 6-2; 3. Hunter Hood, Wylie, 6-2; 4. Jeremy Morrison, Lubbock High, 6-2; 5. Aushaun Wilson, Tascosa, 6-2.

Pole vault: 1. Logan Smith, Abilene High, 14-0; 2. Hayden Wright, Wylie, 14-0; 3. Brett Whatley, Tascosa, 13-6; 4. William Williams, Amarillo High, 13-0; 5. Jeremiah Saldana, Tascosa, 12-0; 6. Shane Thompson, Lubbock-Cooper, 12-0.

Long jump: 1. Josh Hierholzer, Amarillo High, 23-7.75; 2. Jaylen Parker, Abilene Cooper, 22-11; 3. Brayden Henry, Abilene High, 22-7.75; 4. Aushaun Wilson, Tascosa, 22-2.75; 5. Taurean Johnson, Tascosa, 21-11.5; 6. Michael Dever, Lubbock-Cooper, 21-11.

Triple jump: 1. Andre Washington, Wylie, 44-10.5; 2. Jaterrious McChristian, Tascosa, 44-10.5; 3. Jaylen Parker, Abilene Cooper, 44-1; 4. Tiylyan Harris, Palo Duro, 43-1; 5. Josh Hierholzer, Amarillo High, 42-11.5; 6. Ethan Nichols, Lubbock-Cooper, 42-11.

Shot put: 1. Chris Carrillo, Lubbock-Cooper, 51-2; 2. Sione Vaea, Lubbock-Cooper, 50-8; 3. Hunter Spier, Amarillo High, 50-1.5; 4. Ethan Hoffman, Wylie, 48-11.5; 5. Cole Stanzione, Lubbock-Cooper, 47-6.25; 6. (tie) Frnklin Cobb and Miles Murray, Tascosa, 45-7.25.

Discus: 1. Cameron Vann, Wylie, 174-4; 2. Rafael Quiles, Amarillo High, 166-5; 3. Cade Hays, Lubbock-Cooper, 156-8; 4. Chris Carrillo, Lubbock-Cooper, 151-5; 5. Hunter Spier, Amarillo High, 145-10; 6. Danzon Espinosa, Monterey, 141-11.

100 wheelchair: 1. Isaac Montoya, Lubbock High, 18.31; 2. Tristan West, Caprock, 18.50.

400 wheelchair: 1. Isaac Montoya, Lubbock High, 1:17.00; 2. Tristan West, Caprock, 1:19.5.

Shot put wheelchair: 1. Tristan West, Caprock, 15-7; 2. Isaac Montoya, Lubbock High, 12-2.25.

Girls

Team scores: Amarillo High 137, Amarillo Tascosa 99, Lubbock-Cooper 81, Abilene Cooper 75, Abilene High 60, Monterey 45, Coronado 29, Abilene Wylie 28, Lubbock High 26, Plainview 18, Amarillo Palo Duro 12, Amarillo Caprock 10.

100 dash: 1. Anne-Lie Waite, Abilene Cooper, 11.96; 2. Keagan Galmor, Lubbock-Cooper, 12.18; 3. Memori Hibbler, Amarillo High, 12.27; 4. Aniyah Burley, Palo Duro, 12.55; 5. Malia Williams, Abilene High, 12.62; 6. Abilene High, 12.75.

200 dash: 1. Niomi Wines, Lubbock-Cooper, 24.09; 2. Anne-Lie Waite, Abilene Cooper, 24.74; 3. Sofia Quiles, Amarillo High, 25.66; 4. Alana Davis, Palo Duro, 26.06; 5. Ly'Ric Hargers, Coronado, 6. Zariah Johnson, Tascosa.

400 dash: 1. Sierra Cornell, Amarillo High, 2:19.54; 2. Zoe Vann, Abilene High, 2:19.74; 3. Zanashia Harris, Coronado, 2:20.04; 4. Carolina Hernandez-Acosta, Lubbock High, 2:24.41; 5. Kylee Costley, Amarillo High, 2:26.69; 6. Lila Murillo, Abilene Cooper, 2:29.05.

1,600 run: 1. Reese Pena, Lubbock High, 5:22.60; 2. Mason Murray, Abilene High, 5:34.94; 3. Marin Murray, Abilene High, 5:36.79; 4. Zoe Vann, Abilene High, 5:36.95; 4. Maribel Montelongo, Plainview, 5:50.41; 6. Kylee Costley, Amarillo High, 6:00.17.

3,200 run: 1. Reese Pena, Lubbock High, 11:39.56; 2. Marin Murray, Abilene High, 12:03.90; 3. Mason Murray, Abilene High, 12:13.11; 4. Bailey Springer, Monterey, 12:18.00; 5. Marible Montelongo, Plainview, 12:33.19; 6. Elizabeth Throckmorton, Amarillo High, 12:51.18.

100 hurdles: 1. Keely Harper, Amarillo High, 15.26; 2. Willow Cornell, Amarillo High, 15.40; 3. Mysia Lewis, Monterey, 15.56; 4. Adriahna Peeples, Abilene High, 16.15; 5. Jessie Houston, Lubbock-Cooper, 16.28; 6. Sienna Cavalier, Amarillo High, 16.37.

300 hurdles: 1. Samarah Green, Abilene Cooper, 45.09; 2. Keely Harper, Amarillo High, 45.39; 3. Willow Cornell, Amarillo High, 45.47; 4. Adriahna Peeples, Abilene High, 46.44; 5. Thereza Enduki, Wylie, 46.50; 6. Maren Peck, Tascosa, 46.99.

400 relay: 1. Lubbock-Cooper, 48.59; 2. Abilene Cooper, 48.69; 3. Tascosa, 49.19; 4. Monterey, 50.48; 5. Abilene High, 50.75; 6. Palo Duro, 51.41.

800 relay: 1. Coronado, 1:43.72; 2. Amarillo High, 1:45.57; 3. Monterey, 1:46.81; 4. Tascosa, 1:47.57; 5. Lubbock-Cooper, 1:50.51; 6. Palo Duro, 1:51.42.

1,600 relay: 1. Amarillo High, 3:58.55; 2. Tascosa, 4:06.42; 3. Wylie, 4:08.94; 4. Monterey, 4:10.15; 5. Abilene High, 4:12.46; 6. Lubbock High, 4:13.28.

High jump: 1. Brently Preston, Lubbock-Cooper, 5-8; 2. Niomi Wines, Lubbock-Cooper, 5-8; 3. Mysia Lewis, Monterey, 5-2; 4. Sara Goltz, Lubbock-Cooper, 5-2; 5. Kennadi Payne, Amarillo High, 5-0; 6. Grace Hughes, Amarillo High, 5-0.

Pole vault: 1. Cailyn Lott, Caprock, 10-6; 2. Rachael Sorensen, Wylie, 10-0; 3. Hollis Stowe, Tascosa, 10-0; 4. Kierly Raef, Amarillo High, 9-6; 5. Lawsyn Everrett, Lubbock-Cooper, 9-6; 6. Jocelyn Smith, Abilene Wylie, 9-6.

Long jump: Jaclyn Hatcher, Abilene Cooper, 19-3; 2. Saphina Stanley, Tascosa, 18-8.25; 3. Asharee Davis, Abilene Cooper, 17-11.5; 4. Kynlee Phillips, Lubbock-Cooper, 17-9; 5. Sienna Cavalier, Amarillo High, 17-7.75; 6. Arayla Archie, Amarillo High, 17-2.

Triple jump: 1. Saphina Stanley, Tascosa, 37-5.75; 2. Asharee Davis, Abilene Cooper, 36-7.75; 3. Jazlyn hatcher, Abilene Cooper, 36-6.75; 4. Arayla Archie, Amarillo High, 35-11.75; 5. Brooklyn Campbell, Tascosa, 35-7; 6. Kahlen Whitley, Lubbock-Cooper, 35-1.5.

Shot put: 1. Emmalynn Reilly, Amarillo High, 37-6.75; 2. Ava Rahlfs, Amarillo High, 37-4.25; 3. Raelee Blevins, Tascosa, 37-3.75; 4. Riley Curtis, 36-3.5; 5. Avery LaCroix, Wylie, 35-11.75; 6. Mindy Gooden, Coronado, 32-8.25.

Discus: 1. Ava Rushing, Plainview, 134-2; 2. Maggie Marhefka, Tascosa, 126-10; 3. Syliva Cardona, Tascosa, 124-8; 4. Tayli Sneed, Tascosa, 121-2; 5. Kate Powell, Wylie, 113-4; 6. Madalynn Campos, Monterey, 99-10.

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