UIL track and field 2024 state meet: Which local athletes won state championships?

The 2024 UIL track and field meet is underway, and Fort Worth-area athletes are competing for state championships.

The state meet in Austin, Texas will continue through Saturday. Check back here for updates on Fort Worth-area athletes.

Friday, May 3

Lauren St Peters of Aledo dominated the Class 5A girls shot put, winning the state championship with a 48-9.75 mark. She threw the shot nearly 3feet further than the second place finisher.

In the boys shot put, Mansfield Summit’s Travis Buhake secured third place with a 59-11 mark.

Burleson Centennial’s London Tucker also took third place in her respective event, posting a 18-9.5 mark in the Class 5A girls long jump.

Thursday, May 2

Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis star athlete Angel Sanchez has done it again.

Sanchez claimed the boys Class 4A 3200 state championship, posting a time of 9:14.44, which was nearly five seconds faster than the second place finisher.

Sanchez, a senior, won the cross country state championship in November, defending his 2022 state title. Last year, he was unable to compete in track due to leg injuries.

Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis’ superstar ended his athletic career with another state championship win, finishing first in the 4A boys 1600 with a 4:13.08 time. He finished less than half a second behind Ryan Fernandez of Canyon.

Trevor Upton of Maypearl High School won the boys Class 3A pole vault state championship with a 15-3 mark.

In the Class 4A boys high jump, Aislee Bynum of Bridgeport claimed the gold with a 6-8 mark.

Creece Brister of Stephenville, a TCU football commit, won the Class 4A boys shotput state championship with a 57-3.75 mark.

In the Class 4A girls long jump, Falyn Lott of Frisco Panther Creek won the state title with a 19-0.25 mark. Her brother, Jalen Lott, won the boys Class 4A state title with a 22-9.25 mark.

Falyn Lott also won the state title in the girls’ 300 hurdles.

Abby Elmore of Gunter High School won the Class 3A High Jump state title with a 5-7 mark.

Easton Hatleberg of Grandview won the boys Class 3A shot put state championship with a 59-7.25 mark.

Frisco Panther Creek continued its strong showing at the UIL state meet with Hannah Ford winning the Class 4A girls triple jump with a 40-0 mark.

In the boys Class 3A 4 x 100, Brock secured fourth place with a 42.06 time. In the Class 4A girls 4 x 100, Fort Worth Dunbar finished third with a 47.50 time.

Dunbar also thrived in the Class 4A girls 100 hurdles with Kalani Lawson defending her state championship. Lawson set the UIL state record last year and she recorded a faster time this year, running the hurdles in 13.89 seconds.

In the boys’ class 3A 110 hurdles, Brock’s Dylan Foster narrowly lost the state title, recording a 13.89, which was 0.06 seconds slower than Hunter Vaughn of Pattonville Prairiland.

Foster bounced back with a state championship win in the 300 meter hurdles, posting a winning time of 37.39 seconds.

Thursday’s schedules includes Class 3A and Class 4A field and running events.