The District 26-3A Track and Field Meet will be one of the toughest in the area, as six talented teams from around South Texas will compete for positions in the Area Meet (District 25/26 3A). Athletes from Poth, Karnes City, Cole, Jourdanton, Fox Tech and Natalia will battle this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, at Jourdanton’s brand new facility.
“We have worked hard all season and we are excited about the challenge that awaits us in Jourdanton,” Coach Martin Alvarez said.
The meet will begin on Tuesday, April 11th at 9:00 a.m. as the 3200 M. Final Running event will begin. The order will be (JVG, VG, JVB, VB).
Starting at 10:00 a.m., the following Field Events will begin:
High Jump (VB, VG), Discus (VG, JVG), Shot (VB, JVB), Triple Jump (VG, JVG), Long Jump (VB, JVB) and Pole Vault (VG, VB).
At 1:00 p.m., the following running events will take place in the following order:
100 M. Hurdles (JVG, VG), 110 M. Hurdles (JVB, VB), 100 M. Dash (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 400 M. Dash (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 300 M. Hurdles (JVG, VG), 300 M. Hurdles (JVB, VB) and 200 M. Run (JVG, VG, JVB, VB).
On Wednesday, April 12th the meet will continue at 1:00 p.m. with the following Field Events in this order:
High Jump (JVB, JVG), Discus (VB, JVB), Shot Put (VG, JVG), Long Jump (JVG, VG), Triple Jump (VB, JVB) and Pole Vault (JVG, JVB).
At 5:00 p.m., the running finals will begin as follows:
400 M. Relay (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 5:20 p.m. 800 M. Run (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 5:40 p.m. 100 M Hurdles (JVG, VG), 110 M Hurdles (JVB, VB), 6:00 p.m. 100 M. Dash (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 6:20 p.m. 800 M Relay (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 6:30 p.m. 400 M. Dash (JVG, VB, JVB, VB), 6:50 p.m. 300 M Hurdles (JVG, VG, JVB, VB), 7:10 p.m. 200 M. Dash (JVG, VB, JVB, VB), 7:20 p.m. 1600 M. Run (JVG, VG, JVB, VB) and 7:45 p.m. 1600 M. Relay (JVG, VG, JVB, VB).
Be sure to travel to Atascosa County and support the boys girls in blue and white.
By Eric Smith
Staff Writer