8th Colts win 29-4A District Championship!

8th grade Colt Cade Gould won 2nd place at District in the triple jump.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The 8th grade Colts track and field team won the District Championship for 29-4A on April 2 as they scored 164 points against the remaining four teams. Bandera placed runner-up with 140 points.
The Colts won 8 gold medals in all led by three-time winner Tatum Hebert (110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 4x200m) and two-time winners Sean Thompson (200m Dash, 4x200m) and Brandon Fancher (High Jump, 4x200m).
Gionni Perez was the second leg of the winning 4x200m Relay foursome.
Silver medal winners included Herbert, Thompson, Fancher, Ronnie Ortiz, Cade Gould, and three-time winner Rafael Rodriguez.
Josiah Pena won the team’s only bronze medal.
Congratulations to all Colts and coaches on their District 29-4A Championship!
Team rankings
1st Devine 164, 2nd Bandera 140, 3rd Pearsall 127, 4th Carrizo Springs 103, 5th Morales-Uvalde 80.
Colts results
Running Events 100m Dash—6th Ronnie Ortiz 12.65, 9th Gionni Perez 12.78, 10th Cade Gould 12.81 200m Dash—1st Sean Thompson 24.24, 12th James Morrison 27.71 400m Dash—8th Cole Maxwell 1:03.18, 9th J. Morrison 1:04.04, 10th Ty Stehle 1:04.53 800m Run—2nd Rafael Rodriguez 2:20.51, 5th Maxwell 2:30.13 1600m Run—2nd Rodriguez 5:34.94, 7th Mikey Guemes 6:09.29, 11th Zachery Morrison 6:15.02 2400m Run—2nd Rodriguez 8:27.18, 5th Guemes 9:09.03, 8th Z. Morrison 9:36.11 110m Hurdles—1st Tatum Herbert 19.06, 2nd Gould 20.43 300m Hurdles—1st Herbert 46.94, 2nd Ortiz 48.06, 4th Gould 49.48.
Relays 4x100m—2nd Herbert, Brandon Fancher, Ortiz, Thompson 48.11 4x200m—1st Herbert, Perez, Fancher, Thompson 1:41.15 4x400m—5th Perez, Stehle, Maxwell, Fancher.
Field Events Shot Put (4kg)—6th Coltyn LaFond 34’4.5, 7th Casen Briscoe 34’4 Discus (1kg)—6th LaFond 103’10, 7th Marcus Cervantes 102’7.5 High Jump—1st Fancher 5’2, 3rd Josiah Pena 4’10 Pole Vault—4th Maxwell 7’6, 5th Stehle 7’6, 7th Jayln Perez 6’6 Long Jump—2nd Hebert 17’1, 4th Gould 16’11.75, 10th Ortiz 15’8 Triple Jump—2nd Gould 35’9, 6th Stehle 32’7.5, 7th J. Morrison 32’5.