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The DeSoto boys track team found out how it stacked up against state-power Killeen Ellison on Saturday at the 46th annual Jesuit-Sheaner Relays.

The Eagles are off to a fast start this season, but they finally met their match in Ellison, a team they'll see again next week at the Texas Relays in Austin and in early May at the Class 5A Region II meet in Waco.

Led by standout senior sprinter Prezel Hardy, Ellison overwhelmed the Class 5A division at Haggar Stadium and ran away with the prestigious Jesuit-Sheaner Relays team title with a total of 111.5 points.

Lancaster, the two-time defending Class 4A state champion, moved up and competed in the 5A division and finished second with 85 points. The Tigers closed the meet in their usual form, winning the 4x400 relay (3:19.84). Senior Tyler Stephenson also won the 5A 110 and 300 hurdles.

"You don't have any choice but to run fast when you're running against Ellison," Stephenson said. "It will only make us better."

DeSoto finished third with 65 points. The Eagles' day ended badly as they were disqualified in the 4x400 relay because of a false start.

Waxahachie showed its depth by rolling to the Class 4A division team title with 107 points. Madison was second with 66.

Hardy, the Texas A&M signee who won the 5A state 100 title last June in a wind-aided time of 10.08, was the main attraction Saturday. Using a smooth, effortless running style, Hardy wowed the crowd all day.

Hardy started the afternoon running finals by anchoring Ellison – the 5A state runner-up last year behind Rowlett – to a win in the 4x100 relay in 40.66 seconds, the nation's fastest time this year. He ran the 100 for only the second time this season and easily won in 10.45. He also anchored Ellison's 4x200 relay team to a victory (1:26.34) ahead of DeSoto (1:28).

"He's a beast," DeSoto coach Mark Brady said. "We ran well, but Ellison is the best team in the nation and they just happen to be in our region."

Greenhill's Sveinsson runs nation's fastest 1,600: Greenhill junior Chelsey Sveinsson crossed the finish line to a standing ovation in easily winning the girls elite 1,600 race.

Despite battling a steady wind, Sveinsson finished 100 meters ahead of her closest competitor in posting the nation's fastest time this year of 4:45.24. That time shattered the meet record of 4:49.9, set in 2004 – the first time the meet hosted the girls elite 1,600 – by former Plano West standout Erin Bedell.

Plano's Rachel Johnson finished second in 4:59.93, the state's third-fastest time this year, and Coppell's Kim Kirby was third in 5:01.66.

Plano's Warren breaks 38-year-old 800 meters record: Plano senior Sirron Warren continued his impressive start to the season by winning the 5A 800 meters in 1:52.40, equaling the nation's fastest time this year. Warren's time also broke the 38-year-old meet record of 1:53, set in 1972 by Roosevelt's Alvin Crenshaw.

"I felt good out there," Warren said, "but that last 200 in the win was really hard. This is my favorite meet of the season."

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