The Devine Arabian track team captured its second consecutive district championship by topping second place Pearsall 176 to 157. Last season, Devine not only won their first district championship since 2009 but also claimed the Area meet championship. That goal still lies ahead for this year’s Arabians as the Area meet is in Devine on April 18.
Team finishes: 1st-Devine-176, 2nd-Pearsall-157, 3rd-Carrizo Springs-149, 4th-Crystal City-74, 5th-Lytle-46.
Results: (top 4 advance to Area): 100m Dash—1st-Aallyah Garcia-Crystal City-13.29, 2nd-Jazmine Velasquez-Carrizo Springs-13.39, 3rd-Sydney Rendon-Devine-13.48, 4th-Gift Owalabi-Carrizo Springs-13.49, 5th-Leandra Gandara-Pearsall-13.82, 6th-Ana Melendez-Carrizo Springs-14.43, 7th-Jeanette Rios-Devine-14.54, 8th-Dana Aaron-Devine-14.57; 200m Dash—1st-Kianna Kebbi-Pearsall-25.59, 2nd-Velasquez-Carrizo Springs-27.31, 3rd-Owalabi-Carrizo Springs-27.93, 4th-Aracely Ortiz-Pearsall-28.49, 5th-Kailyn Gomez-Pearsall-29.03, 6th-Mackenzie Schneider-Devine-29.33, 7th-Rios-Devine-30.36; 400m Dash—1st-Kebbi-Pearsall-1:02.19, 2nd-Brianna Moreno-Pearsall-1:04.8, 3rd-April Parsons-Pearsall-1:04.99, 4th-Espi Mendoza-Devine-1:05.28, 5th-Valerie Benavidez-Carrizo Springs-1:06.04; 6th-Brooke Runyan-Devine-1:07.16; 800m Run—1st-Moreno-Pearsall-2:29.02, 2nd-B. Runyan-Devine-2:30.62, 3rd-Mendoza-Devine-2:35.03, 4th-Lauren Gomez-Lytle-2:35.4, 5th- Bri Bernal-Devine-2:40.27, 6th-Yanel Garza-Carrizo Springs-2:40.61; 1600m Run—1st-Clarissa Cantu-Lytle-5:40.25, 2nd-Mari Murillo-Devine-5:48.41, 3rd-Garza-Carrizo Springs-5:51.61, 4th-Nayeli Garcia-Crystal City-5:53.02, 5th-Bernal-Devine-5:59.51, 6th-Isel Garza-Carrizo Springs-6:11.42; 3200m Run—1st-Cantu-Lytle-12:32.89, 2nd-Garcia-Crystal City-12.44.68, 3rd-Garza-Carrizo Springs-12:49.34, 4th-Murillo-Devine-12:52.15, 5th-Bernal-Devine-12:58.88, 6th-Destiny Medina-Carrizo Springs-13:44.75; 100m Hurdles—1st-Anissa Duck-Carrizo Springs-17.65, 2nd-Tayler Rice-Devine-17.86, 3rd-Megan Runyan-Devine-17.97, 4th-Angelina Charles-Carrizo Springs-18.14, 5th-Alba Dominguez-Pearsall-19.03, 6th-Chevy Landwehr-Lytle-19.37; 300m Hurdles—1st-Charles-Carrizo Springs-50.16, 2nd-M. Runyan-Devine-50.82, 3rd-Duck-Carrizo Springs-50.97, 4th-Rice-Devine-51.1, 5th-Dominguez-Pearsall-55.32, 6th-Abigail Diaz-Carrizo Springs-57.27; Long Jump—1st-Kaylynn Rios-Pearsall-15’10 ½”, 2nd-Rendon-Devine-15’8 ½”, 3rd-Alissa Stehle-Devine-14’9”, 4th-Brylee Sweeten-Carrizo Springs-14’7 ½”, 5th-Dominguez-Pearsall-14’3 ½”, 6th-Brianna Campos-Carrizo Springs-14’1”, 7th-Sydnee Hernandez-Pearsall-14’0”, 8th-Alison Crouch-Devine-13’8 ½”; Shot Put—1st-Kassandra Olveda-Crystal City-33’1 ½”, 2nd-Katelyn Van Dong-Lytle-31’9 ¾”, 3rd-Samantha Jimenez-Pearsall-31’0 ½”, 4th-Alexandra Cruz-Crystal City-30’11”, 5th-Emily Garcia-Lytle-30’ 0 ¾”, 6th-Jessie Ramirez-Devine-29’10”, 10th-Clarissa Ybanez-Devine-25’0”, 11th-Analea Brooks-Devine-24’8”; Discus—1st-Olveda-Crystal City-111’0”, 2nd-Noelia Medina-Lytle-98’6”, 3rd-Brooks-Devine-86’3”, 4th-Alisa Garcia-Carrizo Springs-83’11”, 5th-Samantha Jimenez-Pearsall-82’11”, 6th-Garcia-Lytle-81’8”, 11th-Ramirez-Devine-59’4”; Triple Jump—1st-Stehle-Devine-32’9”, 2nd-Brianna Campos-Carrizo Springs-32’6 ½”, 3rd-Velasquez-Carrizo Springs-31’4”, 4th-Schneider-Devine-30’9”, 5th-Parsons-Pearsall-29’11 ½”, 6th-Dominguez-Pearsall-29’11 ½”; High Jump—1st-Kaylynn Rios-Pearsall-5’3”, 2nd-Moreno-Pearsall-4’9”, 3rd-Owalabi-Carrizo Springs-4’8”, 4th-Gabriella Smith-Carrizo Springs-4’6”, 5th-Madison Van Hecke-Lytle-4’4”, 6th-M. Runyan-4’4”; Pole Vault—1st-Brianna Bowyer-Devine-8’6”, 2nd-Kaylah Hollembeak-Devine-8’0”, 3rd-Parsons-Pearsall-8’0”, 4th-Maycee Howard-Devine-7’0”, 5th-Alamar Garcia-Pearsall-6’6”, 6th-Hunter Gest-Carrizo Springs-6’6”.
Relays: 4x100m—1st-Pearsall-51.13, 2nd-Devine-Rios, Andrea Gomez, M. Runyan, Rendon-52.37, 3rd-Crystal City-53.04, 4th-Carrizo Springs-53.82; 4x200m—1st-Carrizo Springs-1:49.41, 2nd-Devine-Schneider, Stehle, Rendon, Gomez-1:51.39, 3rd-Pearsall-1:53.22, 4th-Crystal City-1:53.62; 4x400m—1st-Pearsall-4:18.17, 2nd-Devine-Gomez, Harlie Walker, Mendoza, B. Runyan-4:22.98, 3rd-Carrizo Springs-4:29.43, 4th-Crystal City-4:43.71.
The Area Meet is in Devine at Warhorse Stadium on Wednesday, April 18 with 3200m and field events beginning at10:00am. Running events will begin at approximately 3:45pm. More information will be in next Wednesday’s Devine News.
By Jerel Beaty
Sports Writer
Arabian track clinches back-to-back championships
