2024 UIL State Track: Wichita Falls-area qualifiers list
The UIL State Track meet starts Thursday in Austin.
Here is a look at athletes from the Wichita Falls area that will be competing in this week's events.
CLASS 4A
BRAYLON KINZIE, WFHS
Event: 800 meters (5:20 p.m. Thursday); 300 hurdles (7:10 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 800, 1:57.86 (9th); 300 hurdles, 40.01 (9th)
Previous state meet: None.
CLASS 3A
SIMONE MOURAS, HOLLIDAY
Event: 3,200 meters (9 a.m. Thursday); 1,600 meters (7:50 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 3,200, 11:10.13 (3rd); 1,600, 5:08.84 (5th)
Previous state meet: None.
NOAH STROHMAN, HOLLIDAY
Event: 3,200 meters (9:15 a.m. Thursday); 800 meters (5:20 p.m. Thursday); 1,600 meters (7:50 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 3,200, 9:28.31 (1st); 800, 1:55.27 (3rd); 1,600, 4:18.5 (1st)
Previous state meet: Won gold in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters last year. Set Class 3A record in 1,600 meters. Also a two-time cross-country state champion.
RYDER STROHMAN, HOLLIDAY
Event: 3,200 meters (9:15 a.m. Thursday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 9:42.55 (8th)
Previous state meet: Finished seventh in the 1,600 meters last season.
KLEIN ESSLER, HENRIETTA
Event: Discus (11 a.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 177-9 (2nd)
Previous state meet: None.
EMAREI BRANDON, CITY VIEW
Event: High jump (11:30 a.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 5-3 (tied for 4th)
Previous state meet: Brandon won bronze in the high jump last year.
KAMERON PLYLER, VERNON
Event: High jump (11:30 a.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 6-5 (tied for 2nd)
Previous state meet: Plyler finished fourth in the high jump two years ago. He was a member of Vernon’s state championship winning 1,600-meter relay team last year.
LANDRIE VALENZUELA, JACKSBORO
Event: Shot put (12:30 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 40-5.5 (3rd)
Previous state meet: None.
KENLI ATWOOD, HOLLIDAY
Event: 800 meters (5:20 p.m. Thursday); 1,600 meters (7:50 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 800, 2:15.88 (3rd); 1,600, 5:05.37 (2nd)
Previous state meet: Finished second in the 1,600 meters and fourth in the 800 meters last year.
TUCKER JONES, BOWIE
Event: 110 hurdles (5:45 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 14.73 (6th)
Previous state meet: Finished ninth in the 110 hurdles last year.
BREAGAN BLOWERS, HOLLIDAY
Event: 100 meters (6:05 p.m. Thursday); 200 meters (7:30 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 100, 11.77 (3rd); 200, 24.58 (2nd)
Previous state meet: Finished third in the 100 meters and fourth in the 200 meters last year.
ISAAC VILLA, HOLLIDAY
Event: 100 meters (6:05 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 10.39 (1st)
Previous state meet: None.
JEREMIAH DURHAM, CITY VIEW
Event: 100 meters (6:05 p.m. Thursday); 200 meters (7:30 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 100, 10.4 (2nd); 200, 21.77 (1st)
Previous state meet: Finished second in 100 meters in 2022.
HOLLIDAY BOYS RELAY TEAM
Event: 800-meter relay (6:25 p.m. Thursday); 1,600-meter relay (8:20 p.m. Thursday)
Members: 800 relay, Vaughn Hamill, Jr.; Preston Skinner, Jr.; Isaac Villa, Sr.; Parker Jones, Jr.; Canon Faulkner, So. (alternate); Tyce Wittington (alternate); 1,600 relay, Hamill; Villa; Grayson Kafer, Jr.,; Skinner; Tyler Harrison (alternate); Jones (alternate).
Regional mark (state seed): 800 relay, 1:28.82 (7th); 1,600 relay, 3:20.69 (3rd)
Previous state meet: None.
JACKSON AYDELOTT, VERNON
Event: 400 meters (6:45 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 47.45 (1st)
Previous state meet: Aydelott is the defending Class 3A state champion in the 400 meters. He was also a member of Vernon’s 1,600-meter relay state championship team last season.
ELLA KLYN, HENRIETTA
Event: 200 meters (7:30 p.m. Thursday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 25.13 (6th)
Previous state meet: Finished eighth in the 200 meters last year.
HOLLIDAY GIRLS RELAY TEAM
Event: 1,600-meter relay (8:20 p.m. Thursday)
Members: Bailee Bowers, Jr.; Emma Ellis, Fr.; Kai Stockton, So.; Sammi Kirkland, Fr.; Kenli Atwood, So. (alternate); Breagan Blowers, Jr. (alternate); Simone Mouras, Sr. (alternate)
Regional mark (state seed): 3:58.51 (4th)
Previous state meet: Bowers finished eighth in the 800 meters two years ago.
CLASS 2A
CAMERON BELCHER, WINDTHORST
Event: 3,200 meters (9 a.m. Friday); 1,600 meters (8:15 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 3,200, 11:18.9 (1st); 1,600, 5:09.18 (1st)
Previous state meet: Belcher won the 3,200 meters and placed second in the 1,600 meters last year. She finished third in both events two years ago. She finished third in the Class 2A state cross-country meet in November.
GABBY HOEGGER, WINDTHORST
Event: Discus (9 a.m. Friday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 132-3 (5th)
Previous state meet: Hoegger finished fourth in the discus last year.
DWIGHT DON JUAN, QUANAH
Event: 3,200 meters (9:15 a.m. Friday); 1,600 meters (8:15 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 3,200, 9:49.64 (4th); 1,600, 4:31.92 (2nd)
Previous state meet: None.
KOLBY TEAKELL, WINDTHORST
Event: Triple jump (1 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 45-1.75 (4th)
Previous state meet: Teakell finished second in the triple jump last year.
GRACI BROWN, NOCONA
Event: 800 meters (5:20 p.m. Friday); 400 meters (7 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 800, 2:20.67 (4th); 400, 58.14 (2nd)
Previous state meet: Brown is the defending state champion in the 800 and 400 meters. She finished fourth in the long jump last year.
ANNIKAH FRANK, WINDTHORST
Event: 100 hurdles (5:45 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 15.32 (5th)
Previous state meet: Frank finished eighth last year and ninth two years ago in the 100 hurdles.
SAIGE ANDERSON, WINDTHORST
Event: 300 hurdles (7:35 p.m. Friday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 46.01 (5th)
Previous state meet: Anderson finished sixth in the 300 hurdles two years ago.
NOCONA GIRLS RELAY TEAM
Event: 1,600-meter relay (8:45 p.m. Friday)
Members: Ava Johnson, So.; Ayden Patton, So.; Megyn Meekins, Jr.; Graci Brown, Jr.; Avery Crutsinger, Jr. (alternate)
Regional mark (state seed): 4:05.41 (7th)
Previous state meet: This same group of girls raced to a sixth-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay last year.
WHEELCHAIR
JAXSON HUBBLE, JACKSBORO
Event: Seated shot put
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 25-6.5 (2nd)
Previous state meet: Hubble finished second last year and third two years ago in the seated shot put.
CLASS A
OLIVIA FAUNTLEROY, THROCKMORTON
Event: Discus (9 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 106-10 (8th)
Previous state meet: None.
ISAAC KING, NEWCASTLE
Event: Pole vault (9 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 13-0 (tied for 6th)
Previous state meet: King finished eighth in the pole vault last year.
ISAAC RENTERIA, GOLD-BURG
Event: 3,200 meters (9:15 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 10:19.88 (4th)
Previous state meet: Renteria finished fourth in the 3,200 meters and seventh in the 1,600 meters last year.
GEO CEDILLO, ELECTRA
Event: Discus (11 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 139-8 (4th)
Previous state meet: None.
TY STRAWBRIDGE, NEWCASTLE
Event: Discus (11 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 137-2 (5th)
Previous state meet: None.
BRENNA BRILES, FORESTBURG
Event: High jump (11:30 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Freshman
Regional mark (state seed): 5-1 (tied for 3rd)
Previous state meet: None.
AUBREE CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE
Event: High jump (11:30 a.m. Saturday)
Grade: Sophomore
Regional mark (state seed): 5-0 (7th)
Previous state meet: None.
REAGAN LADEWIG, FORESTBURG
Event: Shot put (12:30 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 32-10 (9th)
Previous state meet: None.
KATERINA WIGGINS, ELECTRA
Event: Triple jump (1 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Freshman
Regional mark (state seed): 34-6.25 (7th)
Previous state meet: None.
GRAYSON RIGDON, BENJAMIN
Event: Triple jump (1 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 42-5.75 (8th)
Previous state meet: None.
JACOB GASPAR, THROCKMORTON
Event: Shot put (2 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 45-11 (4th)
Previous state meet: None.
THROCKMORTON GIRLS RELAY TEAM
Event: 400-meter relay (5 p.m. Saturday); 1,600-meter relay (8:20 p.m. Saturday)
Members: Mady Shield, Sr.; Summer Shepherd, Jr.; Emma Myer, Jr.; Lily Cunningham, Sr.
Regional mark (state seed): 400 relay, 51.54 (2nd); 1,600 relay, 4:11.27 (1st)
Previous state meet: These four girls finished eighth in the 400 relay and seventh in the 800 and 1,600 relays last year.
LINZIE PRIDDY, PRAIRIE VALLEY
Event: 800 meters (5:20 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Junior
Regional mark (state seed): 2:33.13 (8th)
Previous state meet: None.
BRYSON CALLAWAY, KNOX CITY
Event: 110 hurdles (5:45 p.m. Saturday); 300 hurdles (7:10 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 110 hurdles, 16.0 (6th); 300 hurdles, 42.3 (7th)
Previous state meet: None.
AUBREY FORD, NORTHSIDE
Event: 100 meters (6:05 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 12.69 (2nd)
Previous state meet: Ford finished ninth in the 400 meters two years ago.
BENJAMIN BOYS RELAY TEAM
Event: 800-meter relay (6:25 p.m. Saturday)
Members: Grayson Rigdon, Jr.; Keegan Hayes, Fr.; Tallon Hayes, Jr.; Weston Weatherford, Sr.; Landyn Jackson, Fr. (alternate); Hudson Cates, Jr. (alternate); Jace Trevino, Fr. (alternate)
Regional mark (state seed): 1:34.01 (6th)
Previous state meet: None.
JAYDAH MCCOMACK, BRYSON
Event: 400 meters (6:45 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Freshman
Regional mark (state seed): 1:02.81 (9th)
Previous state meet: None.
LILY CUNNINGHAM, THROCKMORTON
Event: 300 hurdles (7:10 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 48.14 (3rd)
Previous state meet: Cunningham is a member of Throckmorton’s relay team which qualified for all three relays last year.
DEVIN GUILLORY, KNOX CITY
Event: 200 meters (7:30 p.m. Saturday)
Grade: Senior
Regional mark (state seed): 22.94 (8th)
Previous state meet: Guillory finished third in the 400 meters last year.
This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Wichita Falls area qualifiers for 2024 UIL State Track Meet
