LHS track teams cool off a bit at Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Relays

PHOTO BY CALVIN TYNER LHS' Lucan Ballard finished sixth in the junior varsity pole vault, clearing a height of 9 feet, six inches.

The Lampasas High School track teams claimed three team golds and a bronze in their first two meets, with the girls mining golds at the Bangs Meet and Gatesville Relays and the boys grabbing a gold and a bronze, respectively.

Neither team was able to generate that kind of success Saturday at the Fredericksburg Relays. The varsity girls finished 11th, and the varsity boys placed ninth. At the junior varsity level, the LHS girls placed 11th, and the boys finished 10th.

Pflugerville Hendrickson won the varsity girls' division with 174 points, 54 points better than second place Fredericksburg and 102 better than third-place Taylor.

Fredericksburg won all three of the remaining divisions, outscoring second-place Hendrickson 140-123 in the varsity boys' division.

On the varsity girls' side, the high jump was the best event for the Lady Badgers. Jennifer Howard and Jontell Ritz tied for third place at four feet, 10 inches.

In the 300 hurdles, Courtney Carpenter placed fifth in a time of 50.2 seconds. She qualified in a time of 50.1.

In the 200 meters, Ashley Summers had the fifth-best time (28.2) in the qualifying round but missed the finals.

In the pole vault, Jessica Sterling finished just out of the points, placing seventh with an up-and-over of 7 feet, six inches, and the 400 relay team of Summers, Makayla Valles- Donaldson, Sarah Pillow and Howard also finished seventh in a time of 52.5.

On the varsity boys' side, senior high jumper Clay Tyner finished second in the high jump at 6 feet, two inches. Fredericksburg's Josh Weirich won the event at 6 feet, six inches.

In the long jump, Aaron Reyna edged teammate Tyler Phelan via the jumps tiebreaker. Reyna finished fifth and Phelan sixth, both jumping 20 feet, one inch on their best effort.

The 800 relay team of Cory Summers, Aaron Reyna, Tyler Phelan and Angelo Hardy finished fifth in its finals heat in 1:36.23. That was the sixth best time of the day and would have placed second in the other finals heat.

Kooper Liverman finished sixth in the 300 hurdles in 42.13.

Heath Cofield finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 43 feet, 1/2 inch, edging teammate Brode DuBose's throw of 42-111/4.

In junior varsity girls, Karalyn Capps placed third in the 100 hurdles in 18.5 after qualifying on a time of 18.0.

Nicole Durante placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 27 feet, three inches.

Emily McCullough and Zoie Adams each claimed sixth-place finishes.

McCullough threw the discus 78 feet, one inch, and Adams cleared 4 feet in the high jump.

In junior varsity boys, Jeff Arevalo finished sixth in the 300 hurdles in 46.84, and Eric Sooter claimed sixth in the discus with a throw of 92 feet, 11 inches.

Lucan Ballard claimed a sixthplace finish in the pole vault, clearing 9 feet, six inches, and Alex Paddy contributed sixth-place points in the triple jump, traveling 34 feet, 21/2 inches.

The Badgers and Lady Badgers will be home this week, playing host to the Lampasas Badger Relays on Friday.