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2023 Abilene, Big Country state track and field qualifiers

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CLASS 5A

(Seeding in parethesis)

BOYS

Ryan Blake – discus (4)

Brownwood senior Tyse Savage finishes first in the Boys 800 Meter Relay Friday at the District 5 & 6-4A area meet at Wylie High School April 21, 2023.
Brownwood senior Tyse Savage finishes first in the Boys 800 Meter Relay Friday at the District 5 & 6-4A area meet at Wylie High School April 21, 2023.

CLASS 4A

BOYS

Jay Castillo, Snyder – 400 (1)

Tyse Savage, Brownwood – 200 (4)

Creece Brister, Stephenville –shot put (1), discus (5)

E.J. Hitola, Stephenville – pole vault (8)

Ike Hall, Brownwood – triple jump (8)

GIRLS

Victoria Cameron, Stephenville – 100 (1), long jump (6)

Aunisti Griffin, Sweetwater – 200 (8)

Toreyena Saddler, Sweetwater – shot put (4)

Hannah Deen, Brownwood – high jump (7)

400 relay – Stephenville (Kenna Cashon, Marin Copeland, MacKenzie Gonzalez, Victoria Cameron; alternates: Madison Rust, Presleigh Laduque), (4)

800 relay – Stephenville (Kenna Cashon, Marin Copeland, MacKenzie Gonzalez, Victoria Cameron; alternates: Madison Rust, Presleigh Laduque), (4)

Breckenridge's Sawyer Wimberley, left, and Slaton's Ethan Anzley, near left, battle Brock's Cayden Williams, near right, for the 200 meters title. Wimberely, Anzley and Williams finished 1-2-3 in the event at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium.
Breckenridge's Sawyer Wimberley, left, and Slaton's Ethan Anzley, near left, battle Brock's Cayden Williams, near right, for the 200 meters title. Wimberely, Anzley and Williams finished 1-2-3 in the event at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium.

CLASS 3A

BOYS

Adler Loftis, Breck – discus (6)

Chase Lehr, Breck – 800 (1)

Austin Beard, Jim Ned – 100 wheelchair

Sawyer Wimberely, Breck – 200 (3)

Chris Saling, Jim Ned – 800 (3)

1,600 relay – Breckenridge (Karter Smalley, Angel Alvarado, Jaime Cruz, Chase Lehr; alternates: Braye Cantrell, Alex Sauceda, Chance Stewart), (3)

Clyde's Payton Phillips, third from left, clears a hurdle well in front of the pack in the 100-meter hurdles. Phillips won it in 14.84 to earn her third straight trip to state in the event at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium.
Clyde's Payton Phillips, third from left, clears a hurdle well in front of the pack in the 100-meter hurdles. Phillips won it in 14.84 to earn her third straight trip to state in the event at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium.

GIRLS

Payton Phillips Clyde – 100 hurdles (5), long jump (6),

Jillian Halfmann, Ballinger – pole vault (3)

Ashlynn Galvin, Jim Ned – triple jump (8)

Addison Martin, Ballinger – 800 (1)

Avery Holloway, Merkel – 300 hurdles (2)

CLASS 2A

BOYS

Braxton Smith, Coleman – long jump (4)

Teaghan Knight, Hawley – long jump (7)

Clayton Lackey, Coleman – discus (2)

Luke Peacock, Haskell – discus (5)

Francis Patanpatan, Hawley – 3,200 (7)

Karl Patanpatan, Hawley – 800 (9)

Adam Hill, Albany – 110 hurdles (2), 300 hurdles (4)

Jordan Raschke, Colorado City – 110 hurdles (3)

Guy Powell, Bangs – 100 (5)

Jared Brady, Stamford – 100 (8), 200 (9)

Jaden White, Cisco – triple jump (1)

Cade Gayle, Cisco – pole vault (6)

Nate Roewe, Haskell – shot put (6)

400 relay – Stamford (Kaston Vega, Justin Brady, Rue Dancer, Charles Moore; alternates: Stetson Campbell, Drew Faulks), (3); Cisco (Cade Gayle, Hunter Long, Kelton Desmond, Jaden White; alternates: Gus Hart, Cody Gayle), (5); Bangs (Keygan Pitts, Tyson Woods, Hunter Newton, Guy Powell; alternates: Nathaniel Stoffer, Aden Jones), (9)

1,600 relay – Albany (Cason Fairchild, London Fuentes, Samuel Rosas, Adam Hill; alternates: Jayce Tinkle, Cole Chapman), (8)

Jim Ned's Austin Beards nears the finish line in the 100-meter wheelchair race at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium. He won both the 100 and 400 wheelchair events.
Jim Ned's Austin Beards nears the finish line in the 100-meter wheelchair race at the Region I-3A meet April 29 at ACU's Elmer Gray Stadium. He won both the 100 and 400 wheelchair events.

GIRLS

Agatha Skelton, Hawley – 1,600 (8)

Kaidynce Ornelas, Roscoe – 1,600 (9)

Kiana Roberson, Hawley – discus (1), shot put (1)

Reagan Bruner, Cisco – pole vault (3)

400 relay – Stamford (Kayla Cantu, Laniee Lefevre, Laylonna Applin, Deavine Hoadley; alternates: Jameson Bell, Emma Follis), (9)

800 relay – Stamford (Emma Follis, Lainee Lefevre, Jameson Bell, Deavine Hoadley; alternates: Kayla Cantu, Laylonna Applin, Raylynn Villanueva, Emily Muhlestein), (3)

1,600 relay – Stamford, (Emma Follis, Lainee Lefevre, Jameson Bell, Deavine Hoadley; alternates: Laylonna Applin, Emily Muhlstein, Raylynn Villanueva, Kayla Cantu), (4)

CLASS 1A

BOYS

Jett Jackson, Bronte – 800 (3)

Wesley Koenig, Aspermont – 800 (8)

Stryker Reed, Gordon – 110 hurdles (5), 300 hurdles (4), pole vault (8)

Kaden Crow, Gordon – 110 hurdles (6)

Bruce Brown, Santa Anna – 110 hurdles (8), 300 hurdles (6)

Jordan Daniel, Rotan – 100 (1), 200 (3)

Griff Reel, Jayton – 400 (1), triple jump (5)

Devin Guillory, Knox City – 400 (3)

Chris Garcia, Munday – 400 (4)

Nicholas Romo, Woodson – 400 (9)

Kyler Cummings, Blackwell – shot put (6)

Orin Curry, Gordon – shot put (9)

Robert Freeman, Strawn – discus (2)

Brody White, Benjamin – discus (3)

Jake Bell, Rising Star – discus (4)

Dakota Kitchens, Baird – high jump (6)

Sean Stanaland, Jayton – high jump (9)

Dakota Higgins, Rising Star – long jump (7)

Levi Vazquez, Blanket – long jump (9)

Aiden Loper, Munday – shot put (2)

400 relay – Cross Plains (Asher Moses, Gray Albrecht, Noah Moses, Ryan Reed; alternates: Theron Albrecht, Dusty Wyatt, Coltyn Barron), (6)

800 relay – Cross Plains (Asher Moses, Gray Albrecht, Noah Moses, Ryan Reed; alternates: Theron Albrecht, Coltyn Barron), (6); Gordon (Kaden Crow, Riley Reed, Asher Salinas, Albert Esquivel; alternates: Jack Stallings, Josh Whitlock), (8)

1,600 relay – Gordon (Asher Salinas, Brayden Walters, Riley Reed, Stryker Reed; alternates: Kaden Crowe, Maddox Stewart), (4); Cross Plains (Theron Albrecht, Ryan Reed, Ryder Reed, Noah Moses; alternates: Kade Purvis, Asher Moses), (5); May (Lane Goodson, Damian Salinas, Ben Harrell, Bryson Guerrero; alternates: Braden Steele, Ryland Biladea), (6)

GIRLS

Hailee Garmer, Roby – 3,200 (3), 800 (6)

Jace Chisum, Jayton – 3,200 (6)

Sydney Partin, Priddy – 3,200 (7), 800 (5), 1,600 (3)

Kinley Cummings, Blackwell – 800 (2)

Lilly Benson, Roby – 800 (4), 1,600 (7)

Alli Scott, Moran – 100 hurdles (1), 300 hurdles (5), high jump (1)

Emily Jackson, Bronte – 100 hurdles (2), 300 hurdles (6), long jump (4)

Payton Reed, Gordon – 100 hurdles (8)

Natalie Immel, Robert Lee – pole vault (3)

Jaden Baxter, Knox City – 400 (5)

Ava Hawkins, Gordon – 400 (7), long jump (9)

Autumn Caffey, Sidney – 400 (9)

Taylor Jeffrey, Roby – 200 (6)

Daylee Chisum, Jayton – 1,600 (2)

Ronni McClain, Zephyr – pole vault (5)

Amanda Harrell, May – discus (3), shot put (7)

Milly Hughes, Strawn – discus (4)

Mackenzie Castillo, Roby – discus (4)

Savanna Sullivan, Woodson – discus (8)

Emalyn Bohensky, Bronte – high jump (2)

Caitlyn Parsons, Gordon – high jump (4)

Delila Crain, Gorman – high jump (9), triple jump (5)

Sydney Hancock, Hermleigh – pole vault (7)

Calie Hernandez, Roby – shot put (2)

Madison Munoz, Westbrook – triple jump (2)

Abbigale Shephard, Cross Plains – triple jump (3)

Mady Shield, Throckmorton – triple jump (7)

400 relay – Cross Plains (Lindsey Sparks, Abbigale Shephard, Addison Long; alternates: Avery Switzer, Alivia Allison, Briley Garrett),(1), TLCA-Abilene (Kiara Brown, Kymera Robertson, Symbri Miller, Janiah Pinson; alternates: Lyla Smith; Emily Jones), (5); Throckmorton (Mady Shield, Emma Myer, Summer Shepherd, Lilly Cunningham), (9)

800 relay – Throckmorton (Summer Shepherd, Mady Shield, Emma Myer, Lilly Cunningham), (9);Aspermont (Mylee Van Meter, Peyton Calamaco, Ashlyn Holson, Addi Shugart; alternates: Matti Polk, Kenzy Blankenship, Shelby Martin), (7)

1,600 relay – Cross Plains (Lindsey Sparks, Abbigale Shepherd, Addison Long, Katie Goains; alternates: Kelsie Gunter, Emerson Moore), (3); Roby (Taylor Jeffrey, Chasity Benson, Lilly Benson, Hailee Garmer; alternates: Laja Mawick, Avery Carreron), (4); Throckmorton (Summer Shepherd, Emma Myer, Mady Shield, Lilly Cunningham), (9)

This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: 2023 Abilene, Big Country state track and field qualifiers