Track and field: Aledo teams sweep at Chisholm Trail

In a final warmup for this week’s District 5-5A Meet, Aledo teams swept all four divisions (varsity boys and girls, junior varsity boys and girls) on March 28 at the Saginaw Chisholm Trail Ranger Invitational.

The Bearcats varsity won five gold medals, including two by Tyler Connelly in the 1600-meter and 3200 runs. Adrian Fuller won the 200, Trey Warner the 400, and Luke Schabel captured the 800.

Addison Smith (100, 200) and Micah Neal (1600, 3200) each won a pair of individual gold medals for the Ladycats, with Molly Garrison taking gold in the 800, along with 4x400 relay topping the field.

“As a team, I think we are going into district strong. It’s a much more difficult district with Keller Fossil Ridge (dropped down from Class 6A) this year,” Bearcats coach Andrew Clark said. “They have speed and depth. We are young and will have our hands full bringing home the district title.”

The Bearcats and Ladycats were competing in the District 5-5A Meet at Saginaw High School at press time. The top four finishers in each event will advance to the Area 5/6-5A Meet on April 10 at Tim Buchanan Stadium in Aledo.

“We’re looking pretty strong right now,” Ladycats coach Mike Pinkerton said. “The Chisholm Trail Meet had four teams from district in it and winning all four divisions is a great feeling heading into district.”

Along with Aledo and host Chisholm Trail, Saginaw and Brewer were also competing.

Saginaw Chisholm Trail Ranger Invitational -  March 28

(Running distances in meters, field events in feet)

Aledo Varsity Boys

• 200: 1. Adrian Fuller, 22.03.
• 400: 1. Trey Warner, 48.97.
• 800: 1. Luke Schabel, 2:03.65; 2. Jace Lay, 2:04.33; 3. Dominick Barrera, 2:04.48.
• 1600: 1. Tyler Connelly, 4:30.68; 2. Noah Lay, 4:34.97; 3. Jack Fink, 4:35.63.
• 3200: 1. Connelly, 9:47.77; 2. Lay, 10:00.58; 3. Fink, 10:03.43.
• 110 Hurdles: 3. Isaac Brooks, 15.36.
• 300 Hurdles: 2. Lincoln Tubbs, 39.37; 3. Brooks, 41.30.
• 4x100 Relay: 3. Fuller, Kai Taylor, Alex Patton, Tubbs, 43.00.
• 4x200 Relay: 4. Fuller, Taylor, Patton, Cash Martin, 1:31.22.
• 4x400 Relay: 4. Barrera, Lay, Brooks, Tubbs, 3:31.98.
• High Jump: 6. Caden Cunningham, 6-0.
• Discus: 2. Jake Lancaster, 147-5; 3. Christian Sandoval, 139-8.

Aledo Varsity Girls

• 100: 1. Addison Smith, 12.61.
• 200: 1. Smith, 24.49.
• 400: 2. Emery Thompson, 1:00.42; 5. Mykel Murry, 1:01.83.
• 800: 1. Molly Garrison, 2:18.97; 2. Sofia Brandenburg, 2:19.61; 4. Mayden Mitchell, 2:21.77; 5. Murry, 2:23.36.
• 1600: 1. Micah Neal, 5:13.80; 2. Brandenburg, 5:15.02; 3. Madison Larsen, 5:17.01.
• 3200: 1. Neal, 11:17.84; 2. Larsen, 11:30.30.
• 100 Hurdles: 2. Savannah Thompson, 17.35; 4. Victoria Crews, 17.76.
• 300 Hurdles: 3. Crews, 49.48; 6. Sawyer Voight, 52.76.
• 4x100 Relay: 6. Alexa Plantz, Macie Laidley, Voight, E. Thompson, 49.75.
• 4x200 Relay: 6. Crews, S. Thompson, Jordan Wright, Laidley, 1;50.44.
• 4x400 Relay: 1. Murray, Mitchell, Brandenburg, Smith, 4:01.45.
• High Jump: 2. Voight, 5-2.

Aledo JV Boys

• 200: 1. Gavin Richardson, 23.43; 6. Zane Walker, 24.30.
• 400: 3. Anderson Smith, 55.17.
• 800: 1. Smith, 2:07.08; 2. Shane Noveski, 2:09.02; 4. Reed Murray, 2:13.23.
• 1600: 1. Thatcher Pettit, 4:56.30; 2. Noveski, 4:57.41.
• 3200: 1. Ian Robbins, 10:17.71; 2. Pettit, 10:58.00.
• 110 Hurdles: 1. Rudy Moya, 16.83; 4. Vander Newton, 17.80.
• 300 Hurdles: 1. Sky Bradford, 43.09; 2. Moya, 43.55; 3. Briley Perkins, 44.64.
• 4x100 Relay: 6. Cooper Cheak, Maddux Nurse, Caden Nussbaum, Walker, 46.06.
• 4x200 Relay: 3. Cheak, Walker, Nussbaum, Richardson, 1:35.08.
• 4x400 Relay: 1. Perkins, Richardson, Cooper Hull, Smith, 3:38.65.
• High Jump: 1. Hull, 5-10; 6. Evan Endsley, 5-6.
• Discus: 2. Casen Evans, 124-5.5; 6. Omari Din-Mbuh, 111-2.5.
• Shot Put: 3. Tymon Meeks, 41-10; 6. Deker Sanders, 39-2.25.

Aledo JV Girls

• 200: 5. Hannah Hubley, 28.65.
• 400: 1. Tiara Butler, 1:04.81; 4. Jenessa Valadez, 1:09.19.
• 800: 1. Kjersten Loy, 2:39.47; 2. Carley Couch, 2:43.50.
• 1600: 1. Hadleigh Walton, 5:45.19; 2. Loy, 5:58.13; 3. Couch, 6:05.21.
• 3200: 1. Walton, 12:26.21; 2. Paula Redondo, 12:57.00; 3. Loy, 13:00.17.
• 100 Hurdles: 2. Braylin Wiggins, 18.79; 4. Blakely Spain, 19.88.
• 300 Hurdles: 3. Wiggins, 54.02; 6. Malia Belanger, 55.88.
• 4x100 Relay: 5. Brooklyn Clark, Hubley, Wiggins, Evie Revard, 54.80.
• 4x200 Relay: 5. Clark, Hubley, McKenna Smith, Revard, 1;56.30.
• 4x400 Relay: 1. Valadez, Allison Fearneyhough, Butler, Walton, 4:27.58.
• High Jump: 4. Kimber Perkins, 4-4; 6. Smith, 4-4.

Texas Relays

Two members of the Bearcats traveled to Austin March 26-29 to compete at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. The meet features some of the top high school and college athletes from across the nation in their respective categories.

Braylon Brown finished ninth the boys pole vault B division. He cleared 15 feet, 1 inch.

Brown placed third at the Class 5A State Meet in 2024 in the same Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus.

Adam Avarett was 26th in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a time of 15.06 seconds.

Eagles have strong showing in own meet

The Willow Park Trinity Christian Eagles placed second in their own meet on March 27. The Eagles scored 91 points, behind only Arlington Pantego Christian with 146.

The Eagles won four gold medals by Owen Coates (110-meter hurdles), Kadin James (discus), and Jonathan Wright (shot put), along with the 4x200 relay. Ella Cockrum won the discus for the Lady Eagles.

TCA Eagles Invitational

(Running events in meters, field events in feet)

Varsity Boys

Area team scores

Trinity Christian Willow Park, 91, second place; Weatherford Christian Academy, 44, sixth place; Garner, 27, ninth place.

• Top individuals
• 3200: 2. Bo Merrill, Park 10:37.58.
• 4x100 Relay: 2. Trinity Christian Willow Park, 44.28; 4. Weatherford Christian Academy, 47.24; 5. Garner, 48.64.
• 800: 6. Jonas O'Dell, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 2:12.34.
• 110 Hurdles: 1. Owen Coates, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 16.07.
• 4x200 Relay: 1. Trinity Christian Willow Park, 1:34.87; 3. Weatherford Christian Academy, 1:37.35; 5. Garner, 1:42.37.
• 400: 2. Gavyn Prickett, Weatherford Christian Academy, 55.46.
• 4x400 Relay: 2. Weatherford Christian Academy, 3:49.34; 4. Trinity Christian Willow Park, 3:53.59; 6. Garner 4:14.21.
• Discus: 1. Kadin James, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 135-2.
• Long Jump: 3. Carter Austin, Garner, 20-7.75; 4. Owen Coates, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 20-3.50.
• Shot Put: 1. Jonathan Wright, Garner, 41-5.25; 3. Kadin James, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 38-11.
• Triple Jump: 2. Garrett Gough, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 37-8.

Varsity Girls

Area team scores

Trinity Christian Willow Park, 44, seventh place; Garner, 31, eighth place; Weatherford Christian Academy, 13, ninth place.

Top individual results

• 3200: 5. Tianna Geiger, Victory Christian Academy, 13:20.80.
• 4x100 Relay: 3. Garner, 54.71; 5. Trinity Christian Willow Park, 56.49; 6. Weatherford Christian Academy, 1:00.18.
• 100 Hurdles: 5. Evelyn Woody, Weatherford Christian Academy, 20.53.
• 100: 4. Laney Horton, Garner, 13.94; 6. Tarryn Wakefield, Garner, 14.13.
• 300 Hurdles: 5. Evelyn Woody, Weatherford Christian Academy, 1:00.45.
• 200: 4. Laney Horton, Garner, 28.38; 5. Natalie O'Neal, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 28.53.
• Discus: 1. Ella Cockrum, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 140-0; 3. Addison Shoppach, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 90-11; 5. Sadie Berry, Weatherford Christian Academy, 84-2.50.
• Long Jump: 2. Avery Huffman, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 15-11.50; 3. Tarryn Wakefield, Garner, 15-4.50.
• Shot Put: 2. Ella Cockrum, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 33-8; 3. Addison Shoppach, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 33-1.
• Triple Jump: 4. Tarryn Wakefield, Garner, 29-8; 6. Valerie Gillispie, Weatherford Christian Academy, 27-3.

JV Boys

Area team scores

Trinity Christian Willow Park, 3, eighth place; Garner, 1, ninth place.

Top individuals

• 3200: 5. Layne Parker, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 12:26.61; 6. Brock Beavers , Garner 12:53.84.
• 1600: 6. Layne Parker, Trinity Christian Willow Park, 6:03.52.

JV Girls

Area team scores

Garner, 28, sixth place.

Top individuals

• 800: 1. Kinslee Plowman, Garner, 3:16.17; 3. Sophia Lino, Garner, 3:19.32; 6. Kaitlyn Black, Garner, 3:44.22.
• Discus: 5. Sophia Lino, Garner, 58-3; 6. Victoria Manriquez, Garner, 57-6.
• Shot Put: 2. Brooke Gaston, Garner, 22-2.