Girls, boys Royse City track teams sweep district meet

April 08, 2008 09:58 pm

— By David Claybourn
Herald-Banner Sports Editor

EMORY — Royse City’s Lady Bulldogs almost ran the table, capturing 14 of the 17 events to run away with the District 10-3A girls track and field title on Friday at Wildcat Stadium.
The Royse City Bulldogs also claimed the boys team title after winning five events.
Led by sprinter-long jumper Megan Frausto and hurdler-high jumper Skyler Strahm, the Lady Bulldogs outdistanced the six-team girls field with their winning total of 232 points. Royse City won all but the shot put, discus and 200-meter dash. Wills Point was second with 140, followed by Rains (101), Community (72), Commerce (41) and Quinlan Ford (32).
Frausto, the defending state champion in the 400-meter dash, pulled off a tough middle distance double in winning the 800-meter run (2:18.17) and 400-meter dash (1:00.22). Teammate Jennifer Null, who also won the 1600 at 5:45.13, pushed Frausto hard in the 800, falling by only a tenth of a second. Frausto won the 400 by more than four seconds over teammate Autumn Landers.
Frausto also won the long jump with a leap of 17-3 1/4 and anchored the Lady Bulldogs’ victorious 4x400 team that clocked a 4:18.23. Strahm and Landers joined Frausto and Alex Lopez-Rogina on that team.
Strahm won the high jump, clearing 5-4, plus doubled in the hurdles, taking the 100 with a 16.54 and the 300, nosing out Megan Neagle of Rains with a 50.20 time.
Raven Alexander of Royse City captured the 100-meter dash (13.36) and anchored Royse City’s 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams to victories in the times of 49.71 and 1:47.85.
Alex Lopez-Rogina turned in unselfish duty for the Lady Bulldogs, running leadoff leg on all three victorious relay teams, plus captured the triple jump (33-4 1/4).
Charvia Bell cleared 10 feet under windy conditions to claim the pole vault for Royse City.
Lacy Haren also won the 3200-meter run (13:11.29).
Kara Hoover of host Rains claimed the discus title (113-4) and Shawn Simmons from Quinlan Ford captured the shot put with a heave of 35-1 1/2.
Commerce’s Laci Brewer was a district champion in the 200 (28.14).
Royse City athletic director Greg Strahm, who’s also been coaching girls track and field, was no doubt proud of the Lady Bulldogs’ district title but is looking ahead.
“We’ve got a bigger picture in mind with the region results from last year,” said Strahm, whose Lady Bulldogs tied for the Region II-3A title last year in Commerce.
Strahm wants the Lady Bulldogs to shoot for the region team title in a couple of weeks at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
“You can tell that’s kind of their goal,” he said.
Royse City’s Bulldogs won two relays and finished second in the other on the way to the boys team title with 161 points. Wills Point, led by its distance runners who went one-two-three in two races, was second with 138, followed by Quinlan Ford (101), Community (86), Rains (82) and Commerce (48).
“This was a great meet for the guys,” said Bulldog coach Jason Johnson. “They stepped up. When it’s time to compete these guys really step it up.”
Richard Morrison, B.J. Farrar, Trevor White and Justin Rogers of Royse City took the 4x200 (1:32.71), while Morrison, Farrar and Rogers joined Brian Irby on the Bulldogs’ victorious 4x200 relay (1:32.71).
Royse City claimed two field event titles with Chris Smith in the high jump (6-4) and Luke Beck in the pole vault (13-6) and B.J. Farrar of Royse City won the 200 with a 23.15 into a brisk wind.
Commerce sprinter Terrence Hawkins doubled with wins in the 100 (11.66) and 400 (52.06). The 100 was a photo finish as Richards Williams of Quinlan Ford and Tim Underwood of Community were also awarded the same time of 11.66 and fourth-place finisher Morrison from Royse City was clocked at 11.67 on the automatic timer.
Host Rains won the 4x100 relay (44.53) and also picked up victories from Taylor Marshall in the 110-meter hurdles (16.04) and Montrea Hobbs in the long jump (20-5 1/2).
Jesse Johns of Quinlan Ford won the 300 hurdles with a 42.21 and his teammate Skyler Pruitt tossed the shot 44-5 1/2 to finish first.
Jonathon Ortiz of Community was also a district champion in the discus (134-10).

District 10-3A track and field
Wildcat Stadium, Emory
Thursday-Friday

VARSITY BOYS
Team standings — 1. Royse City 161, 2. Wills Point 138, 3. Quinlan Ford 101, 4. Community 86, 5. Rains 82, 6. Commerce 48.
100-meter dash — 1. Terrance Hawkins, Commerce, 11.66; 2. Richard Williams, Quinlan Ford, 11.66; 3. Tim Underwood, Community, 11.66; 4. Richard Morrison, Royse City, 11.67; 5. Barry Askew, Commerce, 11.77; 6. Jeremichael Heard, Rains, 12.07.
200-meter dash — 1. B.J. Farrar, Royse City, 23.15; 2. Barry Askew, Commerce, 23.89; 3. Tim Underwood, Community, 23.92; 4. Clint Titlow, Community, 24.22; 5. Steven Cunigam, Wills Point, 24.52; 6. Lewis Battles, Wills Point, 24.59.
400-meter dash — 1. Terrence Hawkins, Commerce, 52.06; 2. Phillip McEntyre, Community, 52.89; 3. Keifer Davis, Wills Point, 53.29; 4. Brian Irby, Royse City, 53.36; 5. Randall Barber, Community, 55.23; 6. Justin Jacobs, Royse City, 55.60.
800-meter run — 1. Dillon Flowers, Community, 2:03.32; 2. Keifer Davis, Wills Point, 2:03.62; 3. Brian Irby, Royse City, 2:05.39; 4. Enrique Garza, Wills Point, 2:07.99; 5. Jeremy Smith, Quinlan; 2:09.69; 6. Michael Enriquez, Quinlan Ford, 2:09.76.
1600-meter run — 1. Michael Morris, Wills Point, 4:43.18; 2. Nathan White, Wills Point, 4:48.99; 3. Justin Wilson, Wills Point, 4:59.57; 4. Zack Witherspoon, Quinlan Ford, 5:06.81; 5. Michael Enriquez, Quinlan Ford, 5:08.22; 6. Luke Beck, Royse City, 5:12.04.
3200-meter run — 1. Michael Morris, Wills Point, 10:27.48; 2. Nathan White, Wills Point, 10:32.99; 3. Justin Wilson, Wills Point, 11:09.22; 4. Zack Witherspoon, Quinlan Ford, 11:14.26; 6. Mathew Sosa, Community, 11:14.26.
4x100-meter relay — 1. Rains (Montrea Hobbs, Jermichael Heard, Taylor Marshall, Johnny Sillers), 44.53; 2. Royse City, 44.70; 3. Community, 44.86; 4. Wills Point, 45.10; 5. Commerce, 48.07.
4x200-meter relay — 1. Royse City (Richard Morrison, B.J. Farrar, Trevor White, Justin Rogers), 1:32.71; 2. Quinlan Ford, 1:33.73; 3. Rains, 1:36.20; 4. Wills Point, 1:36.74; 5. Community, 1:37.64; 6. Commerce, 1:38.97.
4x400-meter relay — 1. Royse City (Brian Irby, Richard Morrison, B.J. Farrar, Justin Rogers), 3:30.01; 2. Community, 3:34.35; 3. Commerce, 3:35.45; 4. Quinlan Ford, 3:40.89; 5. Wills Point, 3:43.02; 6. Rains, 3:48.18.
110-meter hurdles — 1. Taylor Marshall, Rains, 16.04; 2. Jesse Johns, Quinlan Ford, 16.05; 3. Ty Johnson, Royse City, 16.75; 4. Cornelius Hamilton, Wills Point, 17.55; 5. Wynn Posey, Royse City, 17.57; 6. Nick Hancock, Rains, 18.32.
300-meter hurdles — 1. Jesse Johns, Quinlan Ford, 42.21; 2. Taylor Marshall, Rains, 43.48; 3. Wynn Posey, Royse City, 43.68; 4. Ty Johnson, Royse City, 43.91; 5. Ty Young, Royse City, 44.95; 6. Josh Bell, Wills Point, 45.30.
Long jump — 1. Montrea Hobbs, Rains, 20-5 1/2; 2. Stevie Flores, Quinlan Ford, 19-7 1/2; 3. Steven Cunigan, Wills Point, 19-3; 4. Clint Titlow, Commmunity, 19-1/4; 5. Justin Rogers, Royse City, 19-0; 6. Cameron Nichols, Royse City, 18-10 3/4.
Shot put — 1. Skyler Pruitt, Quinlan Ford, 44-5 1/2; 2. Brock Wempa, Royse City, 44-2; 3. Cody Cantwell, Royse City, 42-8; 4. Joshua Pryor, Quinlan Ford, 40-9; 5. Bryan Schaubroeck, Wills Point, 38-3; 6. Tyler Northcutt, Quinlan Ford, 37-11.
Discus — 1. Jornathon Ortiz, Community, 134-10; 2. Skyler Pruitt, Quinlan Ford, 132-2; 3. Micah Gibbs, Royse City, 128-8; 4. Cameron Nichols, Royse City, 125-1; 5. Cody Cantwell, Royse City, 123-9; 6. Joshua Pryor, Quinlan Ford, 120-0.
Triple jump — 1. Steven Cunigan, Wills Point, 42- 11 3/4; 2. Montrea Hobbs, Rains, 42-7 1/4; 3. Marquise Burch, Wills Point, 41-0; 4. Chris Smith, Royse City, 40-3 3/4; 5. Stevie Flores, Quinlan Ford, 40-1; 6. Matthew Lynn, Community, 37-3.
High jump — 1. Chris Smith, Royse City, 6-4; 2. Montrea Hobbs, Rains, 5-10; 3. Cornelius Hamilton, Wills Point, 5-8; 4. Tyler Northcutt, Quinlan Ford, 5-8; 5. Marquise Burch, Wills Point, 5-8; 6. Marcus Underwood, Community, 5-6.
Pole vault — 1. Luke Beck, Royse City, 13-6; 2. Cody Henderson, Wills Point, 12-6; 3. Wynn Posey, Royse City, 12-6; 4. Cyle Henderson, Wills Point, 12-0; 5. Matthew Wolford, Rains, 11-0.

VARSITY GIRLS
Team standings — 1. Royse City 232, Wills Point 140, 3. Rains 101, 4. Community 72, 5. Commerce 41, 6. Quinlan Ford 32.
100-meter dash — 1. Raven Alexander, Royse City, 13.36; 2. Precious Spencer, Wills Point, 13.56; 3. Camisha Harper, Royse City, 13.63; 4. Laci Brewer, Commerce, 13.63; 5. Shelby Cunningham, Wills Point, 13.88; 6. Alisha Hobbs, Rains, 14.00.
200-meter dash — 1. Laci Brewer, Commerce, 28.14; 2. Jamelyn Thompson, Wills Point, 28.51; 3. Kayla Cernosek, Community, 28.81; 4. Autumn Landers, Royse City, 28.88; 5. Tiarra Alexander, Royse City, 28.98; 6. Brooke Smith, Wills Point, 30.18.
400-meter run — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 1:00.22; 2. Autumn Landers, Royse City, 1:04.83; 3. Whitney Green, Rains, 1:05.03; 4. Kerri Guinn, Community, 1:05.06; 5. Amber Martin, Community, 1:06.93; 6. Cecilia Hernandez, Wills Point, 1:08.43.
800-meter run — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 2:28.17; 2. Jennifer Null, Royse City, 2:28.27; 3. Kaitlyn Mitchell, Wills Point, 2:30.04; 4. Kerri Guinn, Community, 2:34.31; 5. Saci Wreath, Wills Point, 2:38.41; 6. Kalani Richard, Wills Point, 2:38.61.
1600-meter run — 1. Jennifer Null, Royse City, 5:45.13; 2. Kalani Richard, Wills Point, 5:58.26; 3. Lacy Haren, Royse City, 6:01.28; 4. Erin Penney, Wills Point, 6:08.79; 5. Tiffany Patterson, Wills Point, 6:18.18; 6. Mireya Navas, Community, 6:24.24.
3200-meter run — 1. Lacy Haren, Royse City, 13:11.29; 2. Erin Penney, Wills Point, 13:26.93; 3. Dusti Hickey, Wills Point, 13:53.20; 4. Tiffany Patterson, Wills Point, 14:12.38; 5. Mireya Navas, Community, 14:35.27; 6. Nancy Levya, Community, 15:12.81.
4x100-meter relay — 1. Royse City (Alex Lopez-Rogina, Jocelynn Denham, Carmisha Harper, Raven Alexander), 49.71; 2. Wills Point, 51.52; 3. Rains, 51.97; 4. Community, 52.14; 5. Commerce, 53.81.
4x200-meter relay — 1. Royse City (Alex Lopez-Rogina, Carmisha Harper, Jocelynn Denham, Raven Alexander), 1:47.85; 2. Rains, 1:51.26; 3. Wills Point, 1:52.52; 4. Community, 1:53.09; 5. Quinlan Ford, 1:56.33; 6. Commerce, 2:02.50.
4x400-meter relay — 1. Royse City (Alex Lopez-Rogina, Skyler Strahmn, Autumn Landers, Megan Frausto), 4:18.23; 2. Community, 4:25.27; 3. Rains, 4:27.10; 4. Quinlan Ford, 4:33.14; 5. Wills Point, 4:34.51; 6. Commerce, 4:38.68.
300-meter hurdles — 1. Skyler Strahm, Royse City, 50.20; 2. Meagen Neagle, Rains, 50.24; 3. Charvia Bell, Royse City, 52.14; 4. Sarah Freeman, Wills Point, 53.14; 5. Amanda Harkins, Commerce, 53.17; 6. Shelbi Wellman, Rains, 54.01.
Long jump — 1. Megan Frausto, Royse City, 17-3 1/4; 2. Carmisha Harper, Royse City, 16-9; 3. Laci Brewer, Commerce, 15-9 1/2; 4. Payton Hooten, Rains, 15-7 1/4; 5. Kayla Cernosek, Community, 15-7 1/4; 6. Alisha Hobbs, Rains, 14-11 1/4.
Shot put — 1. Shawn Simmons, Quinlan Ford, 35-1 1/2; 2. Olivia Williams, Community, 34-3; 3. Breanna Spigner, Rains, 33-3; 4. Stephanie Hall, Commerce, 31-8; 5. Fayrina Merrick, Royse City, 30-7; 6. Courtney Kuhel, Wills Point, 29-8.
Discus — 1. Kara Hoover, Rains, 113-4; 2. Shawn Simmons, Quinlan Ford, 102-3; 3. Olivia Williams, Community, 99-0; 4. Courtney Kuhel, Wills Point, 96-2; 5. Katie Westberry, Wills Point, 92-8; 6. Xenia Qualls, Wills Point, 89-4.

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