Seventeen teams comprised this year’s Medina Valley Panther Relays. Needless to say, that is a lot of teams consisting of many competitors that allowed the Devine Warhorse and Arabian track athletes to compete against some of the better athletes in the San Antonio area.
“This was a very large meet, and competitive in many aspects,” stated Head Coach Khera Vay. “As a coaching staff, we were impressed with the determination of the kids, especially after some nasty weather set in and it was extremely late. The kids hit some good marks again for this early in the season and we feel we are on the right track to meeting our goals of district and area champions, which translates into a large number of kids participating at the regional meet with shots at going to state. We will travel to Bandera this Saturday and hopefully with a great week of workout the athletes can improve upon their times and marks and keep moving forward.”
Arabian standout performances included a 1st place finish for Analea Brooks in Discus, a 2nd place finish by Bri Bowyer in Pole Vault, and 3rd place finishes by Mari Murillo in the 3200m and Alissa Stehle in Triple Jump.
Warhorse standout performances included Guido Zapata’s 1st place finish in the 110m Hurdles and a 2nd place finish in the 300m Hurdles. The Shot Put tandem of Tanner Hardcastle and Tristan Ortiz while Dakota Wofford took 3rd in Discus. Aaron Terrazas, Donavon Camacho, Grant Collins, and Xsavior Martinez took home the gold in the 4x200m Relay while Terrazas, Camacho, and Collins teamed with Zapata to take the silver in the 4x100m Relay.
Varsity girls team rankings: 1st-Medina Valley (Orange)-101.3, 2nd-Cornerstone Christian-92, 3rd-Laredo Cigarroa-90, 4th-Bandera-77, 5th-Cole-62, 6th-Devine-38, 7th-Victoria West-36.3, 8th-Poteet-34, 9th-Laredo Nixon-32, 10th-Hondo-26.3, 11th-San Marcos-14, T12th-Medina Valley (Black)-6, T12th-Lytle-6, 14th-St. Anthony-2.
Arabian results: 100m Dash—Jeanette Rios-11th-13.13, Macey Hein-22nd-13.65; 200m Dash—Alissa Stehle-11th-28.52, Hein-23rd-30.43; 400m Dash—Espi Mendoza-8th-1:07.73, Brianna Bowyer-14th-1:10.15; 1600m Run—Mari Murillo-5th-5:45.19; 3200m Run—Murillo-3rd-12:26.53; 100m Hurdles—Megan Runyan-6th-18.26, Darian Alvarez-14th-19.15; 300m Hurdles—M. Runyan-9th-55.23, Alvarez-12th-57.32; 4x200m Relay—Andrea Gomez, McKenzie Schneider, Aailyah Terrazas, Dana Aaron-6th-1:52.81; 4x400m Relay—Harlie Walker, Brooke Runyan, Mendoza, Gomez-5th-4:32.48; Shot Put—Jessie Ramirez-6th-31’6 ¼”; Discus—Analea Brooks-1st-100’10 ¼”; Triple Jump—Stehle-3rd-32’3”, Schneider-7th-29’11”; Pole Vault—Bowyer-2nd-7’0”.
Varsity boys team rankings: 1st-Medina Valley (Orange)-121, 2nd-Devine-90, 3rd-Cornerstone Christian-80, 4th-San Antonio Cole-61, 5th-San Marcos-54, 6th-Laredo Nixon-54, 7th-Bandera-28, 8th-Hondo-25, T9th-Laredo Cigarroa-22, T9th-Lytle-22, T11th-Medina Valley (Black)-19, T11th-Poteet-19, 13th-St. Anthony-16.
Warhorse results: 100m Dash—Bobby Spicer-5th-10.75; 200m Dash—Aaron Terrazas-8th-23.39, Xsavior Martinez-9th-23.48, Spicer-18th-24.67; 400m Dash—Jayce Hackebeil-5th-54.59, Roy Gutierrez-15th-59.14, Zackariuh Bocanegra-18th-1:02.34; 3200m Run—Xavier Garza-7th-10:56.35; 110m Hurdles—Guido Zapata-1st-13.95; 300m Hurdles—Zapata-2nd-41.04; 4x100m Relay—Zapata, Martinez, Grant Collins, Terrazas-2nd-44.52; 4x200m Relay—Terrazas, Donavon Camacho, Collins, Martinez-1st-1:31.82; 4x400m Relay—Collins, Hackebeil, Gutierrez, Camacho-4th-3:40.90; Shot Put—Tanner Hardcastle-1st-47’0 ¼”, Tristan Ortiz-2nd-46’3 ½”; Discus-Dakota Wofford-3rd-129’2”.
By Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Arabians and Warhorse track at Medina Valley Invitational
