Area athletes advance past district round

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Both Luling and Nixon-Smiley competed in the District 27-3A track and field meet, with top four athletes advancing to the area round. As a team, the Luling boys team placed fourth with  95 points while Nixon-Smiley placed sixth with 36. Yoakum took the crown with 158 points. On the girls side, Luling was fifth with 62 points and Nixon-Smiley was sixth with 28 points. Yoakum girls placed first as a team with 165 points.

Top six athletes (varsity boys):

  • 100-meter dash
    • Xavier Arias, sixth, 11.93 (Nixon-Smiley)
  • 200-meter dash
    • Ulysses Esparza, third, 23.43 (Luling)
    • Javen Mendiola, sixth, 24.70 (NS)
  • 400-meter dash
    • Antonio Rangel, third, 56.15 (NS)
    • Robert Garcia, fifth, 57.46 (NS)
  • 800-meter run
    • Thomas Roberts, first, 2:03.47 (LHS)
  • 1600-meter run
    • Edwin Zamudio, first, 4:41.10 (LHS)
    • Aden Gonzales, second, 4:44.52 (LHS)
  • 3200-meter run
    • Edwin Zamudio, first, 10:03.78 (LHS)
    • Aden Gonzales, second, 10:07.61 (LHS)
    • Jesus Osario, third, 10:38.16 (LHS)
  • 110-meter hurdles
    • Alex Salas, fifth, 18.14 (LHS)
  • 300-meter hurdles
    • Alex Salas, fourth, 46.37 (LHS)
    • Dario Jantes, sixth, 48.72 (NS)
  • 4X100-meter relays
    • Nixon-Smiley, fifth, 46.51
  • 4x200-meter relays
    • Luling, fourth, 1:35.81
  • 4x400-meter relays
    • Luling, first, 3:35.12
    • Nixon-Smiley, fourth, 3:47.23
  • Long jump
    • Xavier Arias, third, 19-3 (NS)
    • Jesus Vasquez, sixth, 17-3 (NS)
  • Triple jump
    • Jeremiah Solis, sixth, 38-1 ¾ (LHS)
  • Shot put
    • Zacary Perez, third, 40-10 ¾ (NS)
    • Russell Bosquez, fifth, 38-11 (LHS)

Top six athletes (varsity girls):

  • 100-meter dash
    • McKenzie Dees, third, 13.56 (LHS)
    • Valerie Bermudez, fourth, 13.86 (LHS)
  • 200-meter dash
    • Caitlin Smith, second, 26.86 (LHS)
  • 400-meter dash
    • Julie Ivey, third, 1:08.23 (NS)
    • Greenlee Houseton, fourth, 1:16.60 (NS)
    • Lilliana Jenks, fifth, 1:20.06 (NS)
  • 1600-meter run
    • Vidi Muñoz, fifth, 6:03.01 (LHS)
    • Gimena Olvera, sixth, 6:14.01 (LHS)
  • 3200-meter run
    • Vidi Muñoz, fifth, 12:58.84 (LHS)
    • Gimena Olvera, sixth, 13:29.48 (LHS)
  • 4x100-meter relay
    • Luling, second, 51.47
    • Nixon-Smiley, sixth, 55.06
  • 4x200-meter relay
    • Nixon-Smiley, third, 2:00.46
  • High jump
    • Taylin Anderson, second, 5-2 (LHS)
  • Long jump
    • Vidi Muñoz, fourth, 15-4 (LHS)
    • Caitlin Smith, fifth, 14-10 (LHS)
  • Triple jump
    • Taylin Anderson, second, 35-11 (LHS)
  • Shot put
    • Katy Tschoepe, fifth, 29-11 (NS)

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