H.S. Track: Clyde's Phillips proves golden at 3A area meet; Jim Ned's Bryan leads boys

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WALL – Clyde senior Payton Phillips won four events and finished second in another at the Districts 5- and 6-3A area track and field meet Wednesday at Hawk Stadium.

Phillips won the girls long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 2 inches. Wall’s Abbie Boehle was second (17-5½).

The Clyde athlete also won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.88 seconds – well ahead of Ballinger runnerup Ashtyn Wilson (15.63).

Phillips added the 200 (27.34), while Blanco’s Gretschen Grosch was second (27.58). She also teamed with Chloe Ukle, Aven Horn and Abigail Carr to win the 800 relay (1:48.39), beating Wall (1:49.23).

Phillips was second in the triple jump (35-2½)) behind Jim Ned’s Ashlynn Galvin (37-1).

Jim Ned’s Hailey Von Willer won the 1,600 (5:55.38) and 3,200 (13:40.85). Clyde’s Gracie Ortiz was second in the 1,600 (6:01.38), and Jim Ned’s Claire Von Willer was second in the 3,200 (13:56.31).

Clyde’s Carr won the high jump (5-2), Ballinger’s Jillian Halfmann won the pole vault (10-6). Ballinger’s Addison Martin won the 800 (2:21.70).

Coahoma's Tristan Guerrero races toward the finish line in the final leg of the 400-meter relay at the Districts 5- and 6-3A area meet. Isaiah Eleda, Jaidyn Vineyard, Billy Bailey and Guerrero won the event in 43.61 seconds Wednesday at Wall.
Coahoma's Tristan Guerrero races toward the finish line in the final leg of the 400-meter relay at the Districts 5- and 6-3A area meet. Isaiah Eleda, Jaidyn Vineyard, Billy Bailey and Guerrero won the event in 43.61 seconds Wednesday at Wall.

Jim Ned’s Bryan leads boys

Jim Ned’s Samuel Bryan led the boys with a pair of first-place finishes in distance races. The junior won the 1,600 (4:47.90) and 3,200 (10:49.36).

Coahoma’s Tristan Guerrero won the 200 (22.70) and teamedwith Billy Bailey, Jaidyn Vineyard and Isaiah Elda to win the 400 relay (43.61).

Jim Ned’s Breydon Walker won the pole vault (13-0), and teammate Chris Saling won the 800 (1:58.80). Merkel’s Maddox O’Malley won the 110 hurdles (15.15).

Ballinger’s Kam Aguero won the 400 (51.67).

Jim Ned’s Austin Beard won the 100 (18.42) and 400 (1:11.47) wheelchair races.

Wall won swept the team titles. The Hawks (171) beat out Jim Ned (130) for the boys area championship, while Coahoma was third (76).

The Lady Hawks led the girls (152), followed by Clyde (116) and Jim Ned (80).

The top four in each event advance to Region I-3A meet April 28-29 at ACU’s Elmer Gray Stadium

Districts 5- & 6-3A area meet

At Wall

Top four in each event advance to Region I-3A meet April 28-29 at ACU’s Elmer Gray Stadium

BOYS

  • Team – 1. Wall 171, 2. Jim Ned 130, 3. Coahoma 76, 4. Blanco 54, 5. Llano 53, 6. Ballinger 34, 7. Clyde 33, 8. Merkel 22, 9. Florence 20, 10. Ingram Moore 12, 11. Brady 9, 12. Comfort 6.

  • Shot Put – 1. Curtis Wampler, Ingram Moore, 48-3; 2. Reggie Johnson, Blanco, 47-0 ¼; 3. Robert Roman, Ballinger, 46-8; 4. Barrett Browning, Jim Ned, 44-11 ¼; 5. Cayden Rhodes, Merkel, 44-9 ½; 6. Owen Powers, Llano, 42-10.

  • Discus – 1. Reggie Johnson, Blanco, 169-5; 2. Wyatt Cox, Clyde 160-10; 3. Gage Stanaland, Jim Ned 146-8; 4. Jaxon Rhea, Llano, 141-11; 5. Mason Miller, Jim Ned, 139-11; 6. Robert Roman, Ballinger, 139-10.

  • High Jump – 1. Ryan Allen, Wall, 6-4; 2. Everson Armstrong, Wall, 6-0; 3. Weston Baker, Llano, 6-0; 4. Kayden Petitt, Blanco, 5-8; 5. Alex Kuchara, Llano, 5-8; 6. Landon Aguirre, Comfort, 5-8.

  • Pole Vault – 1. Breydon Walker, Jim Ned, 13-0; 2. Ethan Michalewicz, Wall, 12-0; 3. Chad Pincelli, Llano, 12-0; 4. Thomas Leanos, Wall, 12-0; 5. Zehne Glover, Ingram Moore, 10-6; 6. Blake Musick, Clyde, 10-6.

  • Long Jump – 1. Briggs Jones, Wall, 21-7; 2. Kayden Pruitt Blanco, 21-4¾; 3. Troy Doran, Jim Ned, 21-4¼; 4. Ryan Allen, Wall, 21-2½; 5. Cooper Mascorro, Jim Ned, 20-10½; 6. Jaydin Steward Comfort, 20-5.

  • Triple Jump – 1. Briggs Jones, Wall, 44-3; 2. Carter Wood, Jim Ned, 43-5½; 3. Billy Bailey, Coahoma, 42-6¾; 4. Colton Bailey, Llano, 40-7 ½; 5. Nic Fox, Blanco, 40-6¾; 6. Everson Armstrong, Wall, 40-5¼.

  • 3,200 – 1. Samuel Bryan, Jim Ned, 10:49.36; 2. Jacob Soto, Wall, 10:57.22; 3. Angel Parra Valadez, Florence, 10:59.36; 4. Angel Ramirez, Florence, 11:02.13; 5. Hunter Lackey, Comfort, 11:36.31; 6. Jayton Hill, Wall, 11:39.31.

  • 400 relay – 1. Coahoma (Billy Bailey, Jaidyn Vineyard, Isaiah Elda, Tristan Guerrero), 43.61; 2. Wall, 43.84; 3. Jim Ned (Breydon Walker, Cooper Mascorro, Troy Doran, Carlos Rodriguez), 44.08; 4. Clyde (Kendrick Johnson, Blake Carr, Shawn Wood, Eric Paredez), 44.12; 5. Blanco, 44.13; 6. Brady, 44.50.

  • 800 – 1. Chris Saling, Jim Ned, 1:58.80; 2. Reid Robertson, Wall, 2:02.84; 3. Ethan Hogan, Jim Ned, 2:07.89; 4. Aiden Beuke, Llano, 2:08.83; 5. Braxton Garcia, Wall, 2:09.46; 6. Isaias Mendoza, Brady 2:10.14.

  • 110 hurdles – 1. Maddox O’Malley, Merkel, 15.15; 2. Trey Halfmann, Wall, 15.44; 3. Kaden Blubaugh, Merkel, 15.59; 4. Coy Kelso, Llano, 15.62; 5. Alex Kachura, Llano, 16.47; 6. Colton Bailey, Llano, 17.08.

  • 100 – 1. Kayden Pruitt, Blanco, 10.79; 2. Cooper Mascorro, Jim Ned, 18.81; 3. Briggs Jones, Wall, 10.82; 4. Jaidyn Vineyard, Coahoma, 10.86; 5. Andre Ruskin, Coahoma, 11.06; 6. Ezekiel Jones, Brady, 11.09.

  • 100 Wheelchair – 1. Austin Beard, Jim Ned, 18.42.

  • 800 relay – 1. Wall, 1:30.15; 2. Coahoma (Billy Bailey, Austin Perkins, Andre Rushin, Jaidyn Vineyard), 1:32.72; 3. Jim Ned (Breydon Walker, Cooper Mascorro, Troy Doran, Carlos Rodriguez), 1:33.48; 4. Clyde (Eric Paredez, Kendrick Johnson, Shawn Wood, Blake Carr), 1:34.06; 5. Llano, 1:34.45; 6. Brady, 1:36.69.

  • 400 – 1. Kam Aguero, Ballinger, 51.67; 2. Kameron Barrera, Clyde 51.95; 3. Mason Snowden, Wall, 52.52; 4. Trevor Grimm, Florence, 52.75; 5. Chris Saling, Jim Ned, 52.91; 6. Charlie White, 53.85.

  • 400 Wheelchair – 1. Austin Beard, Jim Ned, 1:11.47.

  • 300 hurdles – 1. Alex Kachura, Llano, 43.53; 2. Gavin Brooks, Jim Ned 42.57; 3. Austin Perkins, Coahoma, 43.12; 4. Maddox O’Malley, Merkel, 43.40; 5. Aidan Schwarz, Comfort, 43.42; 6. Monte McKinnon, Ballinger, 44.70.

  • 200 – 1. Tristan Guerrero, Coahoma, 22.70; 2. Ryan Allen, Wall, 23.16; 3. Nathan Tomlinson, Blanco, 23.19; 4. Ezekiel Jones, Brady, 23.65; 5. Kayden Petitt, Blanco, 23.65; 6. Luke Kemp, Wall, 23.66.

  • 1,600 – 1. Samuel Bryan, Jim Ned, 4:47.90; 2. Jacob Soto, Wall, 4:48.82; 3. Chris Saling, Jim Ned, 4:56.61; 4. Karter Killam, Wall, 4:59.36; 5. Erick Ramirez, Florence, 5:00.87; 6. Angel Parra Valadez, Florence, 5:03.55.

  • 1,600 relay – 1. Wall, 3:25.05; 2. Ballinger (Luke Rollwitz, Noah Peacock, Leo Rangel, Kam Aguero), 3:2952; 3. Coahoma (Billy Bailey, Noel Loya, Nicholas Tutle, Tristan Guerrero) 3:29.98; 4. Jim Ned (Garett Harbuck, Gavin Brooks, Juston Armour, Jake Rushing), 3:31.50; 5. Llano, 3:34.57; 6. Florence, 3:37.22.

GIRLS

  • Team – 1. Wall 152, 2. Clyde 116, 3. Jim Ned 80, 4. Ballinger 72, 5. Coahoma 46, 6. Blanco 41, 7. Merkel 34, 8. Llano 30, 9. Brady 15, 10. (tie) Comfort 10, San Angelo Grape Creek 10, 12. Florence 9, 13. Ingram Moore 5.

  • Shot Put – 1. Kamryn Williams, Wall, 37-2; 2. Bree Lewis, Coahoma, 35-10; 3. Olivia Watts, Clyde, 35-3 ½; 4. Daniela Hernandez, Brady 31-11 ½; 5. Alexia Villareal, Ballinger, 31-10 ½; 6. Remi Easley, Llano, 31-4.

  • Discus – 1. Kamryn Williams, Wall, 120-9; 2. Madeline Stephens, Wall, 13-6; 3. Olivia Watts, Clyde, 112-11; 4. Daniela Hernandez, Brady, 110-3; 5. Skyler Soldwisch, Blanco, 108-2; 6. Slade Yocham, Wall, 101-10.

  • High Jump – 1. Abigail Carr, Clyde, 5-2; 2. Jaycee White, Wall, 5-0; 3. Annabelle Reed, Ballinger, 5-0; 4. Kylene Kramer, Blanco, 4-10; 5. Alexandria Farmer, Merkel, 4-10; 6. Cadence Woodruff, Ingram Moore, 4-10.

  • Pole Vault – 1. Jillian Halfmann, Ballinger, 10-6; 2. Kindal Dacus, Jim Ned, 10-0; 3. Baylor Wright, Coahoma, 10-0; 4. Baylee Shriver, Jim Ned 9-6; 5. Landry Meyer, Blanco, 8-0; 6. Tylee Shires, Blanco, 7-0.

  • Long Jump – 1. Payton Phillips, Clyde 18-2; 2. Abbie Boehle, Wall, 17-5 ½; 3. Gwyn Burnett, Llano, 17-5 ¼; 4. Sealie Hughes, Wall, 16-2; 5. Ashlynn Galvin, Jim Ned, 15-7½; 6. Sidney Johnson, Blanco, 14-11.

  • Triple Jump – 1. Ashlynn Galvin, Jim Ned, 37-1; 2. Payton Phillips, Clyde, 35-2 ½; 3. Matilda Galvan, Ballinger, 34-5; 4. Sidney Johnson, Blanco, 11-0; 5. Carleigh Dotson, Blanco, 33-2; 6. Emerson Hawkins, Florence, 31-6 ½.

  • 3,200 – 1. Hailey Von Willer, Jim Ned, 13:40.85; 2. Claire Von Willer, Jim Ned, 13:56.31; 3. Stephanie Rangel, Ballinger, 14:02.22; 4. Addy Easterwood, Brady, 14:06.16; 5. Amirah Navarrette, Merkel, 14:49.17; 6. Katie Turner, Llano, 14:54.34.

  • 400 relay – 1. Wall, 49.86; 2. Merkel (Micah Holloway, Avery Martin, Sofia Rodriguez, Avery Holloway), 51.08; 3. Coahoma (Nevaeh Kerby, Christian Everett, Kaedyn Lee, Karleigh Burt), 51.25; 4. Jim Ned (Preslie Gwinn, Lexi Wishert, Landri Smoot, Natalie Reid), 51.81; 5. Blanco, 52.00; 6. Llano, 52.20.

  • 800 – 1. Addison Martin, Ballinger, 2:21.70; 2. Abigail Carr, Clyde, 2:28.47; 3. Sealie Hughes, Wall, 2:28.53; 4. Gracie Ortiz, Clyde, 2:32.52; 5. Evelyn Trammell, Blanco, 2:34.40; 6. Ciara Hays, Llano, 2:43.51.

  • 100 hurdles – 1. Payton Phillips, Clyde, 14.88; 2. Ashtyn Wilson, Ballinger, 15.63; 3. Madison Ford, Jim Ned, 15.79; 4. Laynee Porsche, Wall, 16.03; 5. Madison Hunter, Blanco, 16.34; 6. Sidney Johnson, Blanco, 17.09.

  • 100 – 1. Cale Neighbors, Wall, 12.38; 2. Gwyn Burnett, Llano, 12.45; 3. Star Trujillo, San Angelo Grape Creek, 12.69; 4. Kenley Gerhart, Clyde, 12.78; 5. Emerson Herring, Florence, 12.88; 6. Mina Broyles Blanco, 12.99.

  • 800 relay – 1. Clyde (Chloe Ukle, Aven Horn, Abigail Carr, Payton Phillips). 1:48.39; 2. Wall, 1:49.23; 3. Coahoma (Nevaeh Kerby, Christian Everett, Kaedyn Lee, Baylor Wright) 1:49.48; 4. Ballinger (Matilda Galvan, Ashtyn Wilson, Megan Booher, Addison Martin), 1:52.15; 5. Ingram Moore, 1:54.21; 6. Brady, 1:56.51.

  • 400 – 1. Lexi Slaughter, Wall, 1:00.10; 2. Victoria Kessova, Comfort, 1:01.34; 3. Sealie Hughes, Wall, 1:02.24; 4. McKenna Bluhm, Jim Ned, 1:03.53; 5. Klareece Arldt, Florence, 1:04.02; 6. Katherine Lewis, Wall, 1:04.46.

  • 300 hurdles – 1. Gwyn Burnett, Llano, 46.75; 2. Avery Holloway, Merkel, 47.81; 3. Preston Morgan, Jim Ned, 49.30; 4. Sara Thomas, San Angelo Grape Creek, 51.25; 5. Sidney Johnson, Blanco, 51.67; 6. Madison Hunter, Blanco, 52.16.

  • 200 – 1. Payton Phillips, Clyde, 27.34; 2. Gretschen Grosch, Blanco, 27.58; 3. Abbie Boehle, Wall, 27.60; 4. Elli Harle, Jim Ned, 27.74; 5. Brylyn Watts, Wall, 28.24; 6. Chloe Lucas, Llano, 28.70.

  • 1,600 – 1. Hailey Von Willer, Jim Ned, 5:55.38; 2. Gracie Ortiz, Clyde, 6:01.38; 3. Amriah Navarette, Merkel, 6:05.46; 4. Ella Morrison, Florence, 6:05.96; 5. Chloe Jones, Wall, 6:11.15; 6. Addy Easterwood, Brady, 6:21.05.

  • 1,600 relay – 1. Wall, 4:09.71; 2. Ballinger (Ashtyn Wilson, Matilda Galvan, Megan Booher, Addison Martin), 4:12.16; 3. Clyde (Chloe Ukle, Aven Horn, Gracie Ortiz, Abigail Carr), 4:17.81; 4. Coahoma (Nevaeh Kerby, Baylor Wright, Kaedyn Lee, Christian Everett), 4:21.33; 5. Blanco, 4:22.06; 6. Comfort, 4:22.54.

This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Clyde's Phillips leads Big Country athletes at area track meet