The JV Warhorse track team competed well throughout the District 29-4A track meet last Wednesday and Thursday in Devine but came up short on overall points to finish behind Hondo and Carrizo Springs.
There were several bright spots. Matthew Madrid won first in High Jump and Xavier Contreras won first in Pole Vault. Peyton Carr, Hunter Nowicki, and Sage Cruz earned second place honors in their respective events while Andy Cordova, Nowicki, and Matthew Spicer won bronze medals in theirs.
“Of the four track teams that we have at the high school level, this one is our smallest group in terms of number of participants,” said Head Coach Lon Cozby. “For us coaches to be able to roll out 15 or so athletes and finish third is a huge accomplishment for these guys. We were all impressed with their guts and determination to do their absolute best.”
Team standings: 1st-Hondo-192-2nd-Carrizo Springs-137, 3rd-Devine-126, 4th-Crystal City-124, 5th-Pearsall-27.
Warhorses: 100m Dash—7th-Ryan Leal-12.7 200m Dash—2nd-Peyton Carr-24.9, 4th-Sage Cruz-25.66 400m Dash—4th-Weston Byrd-57.67, 5th-Hayden DuBose-58.36 800m Run—3rd-Byrd-2:15.77, 6th-Marcus Espinosa-2:27.62 1600m Run—3rd-Andy Cordova-5:44.46 3200m Run—6th-Cordova-13:18.36 110m Hurdles—6th-Zackary Nowicki-50.33 Long Jump—5th-Cruz-16’5½”, 8th-DuBose-15’9½” Shot Put—3rd-Hunter Nowicki-36’3¾”, 4th-Christian Hernandez-33’6¾”, 14th-Rudy Rodriguez-26’6 ¾” Discus—2nd-H. Nowicki-104’6”, 4th-Quintin Stanfield-100’11½”, 12th-Jacob Delaney-61’9½” Triple Jump—2nd-Cruz-36’11½”, 5th-Z. Nowicki-35’6½” High Jump—1st-Matthew Madrid-5’6” Pole Vault—1st-Xavier Contreras-9’0”, 3rd-Matthew Spicer-8’0”.
Relays: 4x100m—1st-Carrizo Springs-47.1, 2nd-Crystal City-47.27, 3rd-Devine-Dylan Aguirre, Ryan Castro, Cruz, Carr-47.66, 4th-Pearsall-49.13 4x200m—1st-Hondo-1:38.68, 2nd-Crystal City-1:39.53, 3rd-Devine-Jared Fernandez, Castro, Cruz, Carr-1:40.5, 4th-Carrizo Springs-1:42.72 4x400m—1st-Hondo-3:43.67, 2nd-Carrizo Springs-3:46.86, 3rd-Crystal City-3:52.9, 4th-Devine-Aguirre, Joseph Hernandez, DuBose, Byrd-3:53.92.
By Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
JV Warhorses finish 3rd in District track meet
