Saturday March 24, 2012

 

Field Events – 8:00 a.m.

Running Events – 2:30 p.m.

Except 4x1600 is at 9:10 a.m. and 3200m

is the last event of the morning prelims

Full Schedule

 

 

2012 Storyline…

 

 

  …Field Events

 

There could be several vaulters go 16’+ if the weather cooperates.

Dylan Bell, Alvarado, 16-7 last year; 2nd UIL-3A State Meet, (US#5i)
Dillon Lookout, Jenks OK best 16’6”; (US#7i); 2011 OK-6A State Meet Champion
Josh Sonnen, Midlothian, best 16 6”; (US#7)
Marques Hicks, Hallsville 16-1½ (US#4); 2011 UIL-4A State Meet Champion
Chase Jones, Midland 16-0 (US#7)
Barrett Brock, Hallsville; 3rd place in the 2011 UIL-4A State Meet
Hunter Carlton, Mansfield Legacy
Garrett Rose, Irving Nimitz
Jay Roberson, Fairfield
   *Ten vaulters come in to the meet with pr of 15' or better.
  

  Session 2 starts at 11:00 a.m.

 

Jordan Roos, Celina (pr Discus 176-7, Shot Put 63-2 ) led the state in the Shot last year. 2011 UIL-3A State Meet champion

 

Cornelius McCastle, McKinney Boyd, Roland Sales, Arlington Bowie and LaQuivionte Gonzalez, Cedar Hill have all gone 6-8 or better in the High Jump

 

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   …Elite Girls 1600m

 

With the top ranked area girls in the field and those from out-of-state and the Rio-Grand Valley, you can expect this race to be another crowd pleaser.

 

Maggie Montoya from Rogers, Arkansas (AR#1-4:58.60 in 2011); ESPNHS/Gatorade State Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year and
  six time Arkansas State Meet champion in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 800m indoor, 1600m indoor and Cross Country. 
Meghan Shea, McKinney (4:57.90 pr); placed 2nd in the 1600m and 3rd in the 3200m at the 2011 UIL-4A State Meet
Emily Perez, LaJoya Juarez-Lincoln (4:58.89 pr); placed 4th at the 2011 UIL-4A State Meet and 2nd in State Cross Country Meet
Maggie Escobar, Boswell (5:02.08 pr); placed 5th in the 1600m and 2nd in the 3200m at the 2011 UIL-4A State Meet
Courtney Kriegshauser, SL Carroll (5:02.60 pr); (TX#2 indoor) Placed 2nd in 5A State Cross Country Meet.
Kendall Howen, J.J. Pearce (5:03.32 pr); Kendall signed with University of Texas
Jackie Choucair, Hockaday (TX#1 indoor); 2011 SPC State Meet Champion in 1600m and 3200m.

Rebecca Ulrich, Melissa - 2nd in 2011 UIL-2A State Meet
Emily Myers, Cabot, AR (AR#4 indoor) Set 3200m meet record (11:01.32) at the Arkansas MOC which ranks #3 AR all time list.
Ashley Jacobs, Arlington Lamar - ran 5:08.84 at the Disney Classic in Florida last week. Ranked #5 in area as a Freshman.

 

* Three of the top 5 finishers in last year's UIL-4A State Meet are in this race.
  

 Elite Girls 1600m starts at 4:05 p.m.

 

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    …Hurdles

Four of the top 6 hurdles in Texas are entered in the 110m Hurdles - Bryce Grace, Bryan Adams (TX#1) placed 2nd in 2011 UIL-4A State Meet; Tequille Jackson, Lancaster (TX#3); Jaron Thomas, Midlothian (TX#4); Brandon Crear, DeSoto (TX#6) along with standout hurdlers Micah Nelson, Celina; Reggie Davis, South Grand Prairie and  Jordan Bracy, Mesquite.

 

Bryce Grace, Bryan Adams; Ben Thiel, Celina; Tequille Jackson, Lancaster;  Brandon Crear, DeSoto; Reggie Davis, South Grand Prairie all come in to the meet with low times on the 300m Hurdles.

 

 110m Hurdles finals start at 3:00 p.m. / 300m Hurdles finals start at 3:55 p.m.
 

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   …Middle Distance and Distance

      4A and 5A divisions run together in these races with the top seed in one "hot" heat

 

 800m

 

Nine coming in with times of 1:57.7 or better. Look for records to fall as Brady Turnbull, Frisco Liberty; William Stovall, DeSoto (TX#2 indoor); Trevor Walker, McKinney Boyd, Clay Stocker, North Dallas (TAPPS State Meet Champion) and others compete with Hector Hernandez, Killeen Ellison for a medal.   Hernandez placed 2nd in the 2011 UIL-5A State meet with a time of 1:51.35.
 

 800m starts at 2:40 p.m.

 

1600m

 

This race is loaded with Trevor Gilley, Southlake Carroll who ran a 4:09.37 at the 2011 State Meet; Troy Taylor (TX#3) and Zack Kirkland (TX#2), Justin Northwest; Brady Turnbull, Frisco Liberty (TX#5); Cody Campbell, Gunter; and Houston Strake Jesuit runners
  

 1600m starts at 4:25 p.m.

 

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   …Sprints

 

 400m

 

Aldrich Bailey, Mansfield Timberview - finished the indoor season ranked (US#2i) in the 400m - 46.07 and (US#1i) in the 200m – 20.99 (US#2 All-Time). 2011 UIL-5A State Meet Champion

Richard Gray, Duncanville ran an outdoor pr last year 46.79. Ranked (US#6i) and (TX#1) this year. Placed 3rd at UIL-5A State Meet.
 

400m finals start at 3:40 p.m.

 

 200m

 

Eric Hawkins, Longview - placed 2nd in the 2011 U.I.L State Meet with time of 21.10
Abraham Hall, South Grand Prairie - placed 4th in the 2011 U.I.L State Meet with time of  21.27

Carlos Wiggins, Plano West ran a (US#9) - 21.38 on 2/23/12.
Shon Johnson, Wylie East,  21.47 best time from last year
 

 200m finals start at 4:15 p.m.

 

  100m

 

 Seven of the top 10 times in Texas this year.

Abraham Hall, South Grand Prairie – Ranked (US#3) - 10.41 on 3/12/12

Tremayne Acy, DeSoto - 10.45 (US#6) on 2/25/12

Ridge Jones, DeSoto - 10.48 (US#8) on 3/12/12

Corey Bassett, Plano East - 10.59 (US#15) on 3/17/12

Jonathan Gray, Aledo - best time last year 10.61

 100m finals start at 3:15 p.m.

 

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  …Relays  

 DeSoto leads the nation with the best time in the 4x100 - 40.74 (US#1), 4x200 -1:24.99 (US#1) and 4x400 - 3:14.88 (US#1)

Closely following and challenging will be national ranked teams from;
Duncanville - 41.57 (US#9), 1:26.91 (US#4), 3:15.33 (US#2)
Lancaster - 41.17 (US#3), 1:27.01 (US#5)
Garland - 41.50 (US#6), 1:27.42 (US#10)
Plano East - 41.51 (US#7), 3:17.12 (US#8)

Mansfield Timberview - 3:17.72 (US#10)
 Celina - 2011 State Meet Champion with time of 3:15.39

 

Southlake Carroll, the U.I.L. State Meet cross country team champions and Houston Strake Jesuit who was runner-up to Carroll have already said that they will be out to be number one in the nation in the 4x1600 meter relay after this meet.  Unofficial National Record is 17.04.7 by McCullough High School, March 1, 1986.

 

There may be some new meet records and new national rankings after the relays in this meet.
  

 4x100m starts at 2:30 p.m. / 4x200m starts at 3:25 p.m. / 4x400m starts at 4:55 p.m.

 

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    …2012 Honorary Referees - Bill Melton and Michael Carter

 

Bill Melton, longtime Texas Relays announcer, is Announcing his 6th and final Jesuit-Sheaner Relays before retiring at the end of this Season to spend more time at his home in Colorado. His Track and Field Announcing career covers 47 years.

 

Michael Carter is the American national high school record holder in the shot put with a mark of 81 feet 3½ inches. He is the only athlete to win an Olympic medal and a Super Bowl ring in the same year and he still holds the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays shot put meet record set in 1979 with a throw of 70-0Ό.

See full bios at http://jsrelays.org/referee.htm

 

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Dallas Morning News article by Matt Wixon, 3/22/12

 

 

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