GARDEN CITY - The Grady Wildcats and Garden City Bearkats were in Garden City last Thursday competing in the Area Track and Field Championships.
The top four finishers from both the District 7 and District 8 championships combined to compete in Area. Now, the top four finishers from Area move on to the Region I Class A Track and Field Championships at South Plains College in Levelland on Apr. 29-30.
In the girls division, Borden County won the team title with 129 points followed by Garden City in second scoring 94 points and Grady and Sands tied for third place with 90 points each. The rest of the team standings were Whitface in fifth placed follow by Klondike, Wellman-Union, Meadow, Whitharral, Loop, and Dawson.
Individual results:
3200 M Run
2. Yareli Rodriguez, Grady, 13:53.64
5. Aislynne Mendoza, Grady, 14:40.54
4x100 M Relay
5. Garden City (Amber Schwartz, Jade Kemp, Ella Braden, Kelsey Gully) 58.14
800 M Run
4. Mara Fuchs, Garden City, 2:42.74
5. Makayla Oviedo, Grady, 2:53.24
100 M Hurdles
2. Sydney Gonzales, Grady, 17.24
3. Tatum North, Grady, 17.54
4. Emma Parker, Grady, 18.54
100 M Dash
1. Barbara Wittrein, Garden City, 13.34
6. Kaylee Coody, Grady, 14.44
4x200 M Relay
4. Grady (Kaylee Coody, Skye Shock, Emma Parker, Tatum North) 1:57.34
5. Garden City (Amber Schwartz, Jade Kemp, Bailey Dehlinger, Elissa Colunga) 1:58.54
400 M Dash
7. Mara Fuchs, Garden City, 1:10.94
300 M Hurdles
1. Emma Parker, Grady, 52.34
3. Bailey Dehlinger, Garden City, 54.94
4. Tatum North, Grady, 55.44
200 M Dash
1. Barbara Wittrein, Garden City, 27.14
1600 M Run
3. Yareli Rodriguez, Grady, 6”23.74
4. Rylan O’Donnell, Grady, 6:35.54
4x400 M Relay
3. Garden City (Elisaa Colunga, Mara Fuchs, Jade Kemp, Barbara Wittrein) 4:33.14
Discus
7. Mercedes Jimenez, Grady, 72-03
High Jump
1. Barbara Wittrein, Garden City, 4-10
5. Cassidye Shock, Grady, 4-04
Long Jump
1. Bailey Dehlinger, Garden City, 15-05
4. Barbara Wittrein, Garden City, 14-09.50
5. Elissa Colunga, Garden City, 14-09.50
Pole Vault
1. Sydney Gonzales, Grady, 10-00
2. Bailey Dehlinger, Garden City, 8-06
3. Elissa Colunga, Garden City, 8-00
4. Ella Braden, Garden City, 7-06
Shot Put
6. Mercedes Jimenez, Grady, 28-07.25
Triple Jump
1. Sydney Gonzales, Grady, 32.01.00
4. Emma Parker, Grady, 30- 11.50
In the boys division, Klondike claimed the team crown totaling 169 points and Garden City was second with 131 points. The rest of the team race started with Whitharral in third with 104 points followed by Whiteface, Meadow, Sands, Borden County, Grady, Loop, and Wellman-Union. Individual results:
3200 M Run
2. Hagan O’Donnell, Grady, 11:16.64
4x100 M Relay
2. Garden City (Mason Walker, John Lopez, Denton Roe, Sebastian Balcazar) 45.44
7. Grady (Gunner Cherry, Logan Aaron, Austin Aaron, Kody Cates) 47.74
800 M Run
4. Alan Luna, Garden City, 2:13.84
110 M Hurdles
3. Logan Seidenberger, Garden City, 17.74
5. Preston Dehlinger, 19.04
100 M Dash
7. Mason Walker, Garden City, 12.14
4x200 M Relay
5. Garden City (Keith Latch, Blain Walts, Logan Seidenberger, Kamdyn Roe) 1:39.44
6. Grady (Austin Aaron, Blaise Warren, Logan Aaron, Austin Snider) 1:39.94
400 M Dash
5. Denton Roe, Garden City, 56.34
300 M Hurdles
1. Sebastian Balcdazar, Garden City, 42.34
3. Preston Dehlinger, Garden City, 46.54
4. Keith Latch, Garden City, 47.24
200 M Dash
2. John Lopez, Garden City, 23.34
4. Kamdyn Roe, Garden City, 23.94
1600 M Run
4. Hagan O’Donnell, Grady, 5:23.34
4x400 M Relay
2. Garden City (Mason Walker, John Lopez, Denton Roe, Sebastian Balcazar) 3:34.94
Discus
3. Colt Carson, Grady, 119- 04
4. Kody Cates, Grady, 116- 06
5. Jim Kinnibrugh, Garden City, 100-01
7. Cooper Wallin, Grady, 95-10
High Jump
3. Texas Brinkley, Garden City, 5-04
4. Logan Seidenberger, Garden City, 5-04
Long Jump
4. Sebastian Balcazar, Garden City, 19-02.75
8. Logan Aaron, Grady, 17- 05
Pole Vault
1. Sebastian Balcazar, Garden City, 10-06
2. Blain Wlats, Garden City, 10-00
5. Preston Dehlinger, Garden City, 8-06
Shot Put
4. Mason Walker, Garden City, 41-08.25
5. Cooper Wallin, Grady, 40-04.75
6. Nathan Balcazar, Garden City, 39.03
7. Owen Seidenberger, Garden City, 38.01.25
Triple Jump
2. John Lopez, Garden City, 39-09.75
6. Austin Snider, Grady, 37- 00.25
The following qualified for the Regional Track Meet:
Garden City Athletes:
Elissa Colunga- Pole Vault, 4x400m Relay
Bailey Dehlinger- Pole Vault, Long Jump, 300m Hurdles
Barbara Wittrein- High Jump, Long Jump, 100m, 200m, 4x400m Relay
Mara Fuchs- 800m, 4x400m Relay
Jade Kemp- 4x400m Relay
Ella Braden- Pole Vault, 4x400m Relay
Amber Schwartz- 4x400m Relay
Sebastian Balcazar- Pole Vault, Long Jump, 4x100m Relay, 300m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay
John Lopez- Triple Jump, 4x100m Relay, 200m, 4x400m Relay
Jordan Jones- 4x400m Relay
Kamdyn Roe- 200m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay
Logan Seidenberger- High Jump, 110m Hurdles
Mason Walker- Shot Put, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay
Keith Latch- 300m Hurdles
Blain Walts- Pole Vault, 4x100m Relay
Texas Brinkley- High Jump
Preston Dehlinger- 300m Hurdles
Alan Luna- 800m
Denton Roe- 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay
Grady Athletes
Yareli Rodriguez – 3200 M Run, 1600 M Run
Sydney Gonzales – 100 M Hurdles, Pole Vault, Triple Jump
Tatum North – 100 M Hurdles, 4x200 M Relay, 300 M Hurdles
Emma Parker – 100 M Hurdles, 4x200 M Relay, 300 M Hurdles, Triple Jump
Kaylee Coody - 4x200 M Relay
Skye Shock - 4x200 M Relay
Rylan O’Donnell – 1600 M Run
Hagan O’Donnell, 3200 M Run, 1600 M Run
Colt Carson – Discus
Kody Cates – Discus