The Stratford Girls and Boys Track & Field Teams are the 2022 District Champions in 17-6A. Jersey Village hosted the district meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of last week, and the Spartans climbed to the top of the district again after both teams were the district runners-up in 2021. In all, the Spartans claimed 35 medals and qualified 35 athletes for the Area meet later this week (top four finishers in each district event advance to Area). 

The Stratford girls scored 170 team points, followed by Memorial with 145.5, and Cy Creek with 98.

The Stratford boys scored 183 points, followed by Jersey Village with 135, and Cy Creek with 108.

Point Earners - Girls:

100 meter hurdles - Lily Morrow - 6th place, 16.72

800 meter run - Niamh Collins - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 2:21

100 meter dash - Sarah Akpan - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 11.67

400 meter dash - Mikayla Osborne - 3rd place, 59.14

300 meter hurdles - Sophia Akpan - 2nd place, 42.75

200 meter dash - Sarah Akpan - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 23.86

1600 meter run - Allie Weinhardt - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 5:22;
Maggie Pearce - 3rd place, 5:31

3200 meter run - Maggie Pearce - DISTRICT CHAMPION,12:02;
Anastasia Sciretti - 3rd place, 12:09

4 x 100 meter relay - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, 46.80 - Paris Strange, Sophia Akpan, Mikayla Osborne, Sarah Akpan

4 x 200 meter relay - 3rd place, 1:45.39 - Paris Strange, Kristina Thompson, Evelyn Lavielle, Mia Bent 

Long Jump - Sarah Akpan - 2nd place, 18’7.5”;
Mia Bent - 6th place, 17’5.5”

High Jump - Evelyn Lavielle - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 5’9”;
Emma Hickman - 3rd place, 5’5”

Triple Jump - Mia Bent - 3rd place, 36’10.5”;
Avery Lucksinger- 5th place, 32’4.5”; Lily Morrow - 6th place, 32’1.5”

Pole Vault - Lauren Reed - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 11’0”;
Valentina Chelala - 3rd place, 9’0

Shot Put - Addison Lanning - 2nd place, 35’6.75”;
Valerie Igbikiowubo - 6th place, 33’5”

Discus - Jillian Parks - 5th place, 87’0"

Point Earners - Boys:

110 meter hurdles - Brandon Arenas - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 14.56

800 meter run - Emanuel Galdino - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 1:56.19;
Jackson Potter - 3rd place, 1:59.86

400 meter dash - Austin Beaver - 5th place, 52.18

300 meter hurdles - Carson Jones - 5th place, 42.78;
Brandon Arenas - 6th place, 43.25

200 meter dash - Blake Daniels - 2nd place, 22.05;
Luke Rives - 3rd place, 22.39

1600 meter run - Emanuel Galdino - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 4:24;
David Kalwahali - 3rd place, 4:31; Jackson Potter - 4th place, 4:35

3200 meter run - Emanuel Galdino - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 9:26;
David Kalwahali - 3rd place, 9:55; Daylan Rushing - 4th place, 10:06

4 x 100 meter relay - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, 43.42 - Blake Daniels, Recharde Price, Nate Grant, Luke Rives

4 x 200 meter relay - 3rd place, 1:30.35 - Derrick McGee, Parker Samuelson, Luke Rives, Blake Daniels

4 x 400 meter relay - 3rd place, 3:25.83 - Austin Beaver, Day’vonne Singleton, Maddox Durnell, Recharde Price

Long Jump - Luke Rives - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 23’0”;
Nate Grant - 3rd place, 22’6”

High Jump - Kenneth Owen - 4th place, 5’10”

Triple Jump - Parker Samuelson - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 43’10.5”

Pole Vault - Parker Samuelson - DISTRICT CHAMPION, 15’6”;
Nikolas Rodriguez - 3rd place, 11’6” ; Giancarlo Chelala - 5th place, 11’0”

Shot Put - Travis Dunwoody - 3rd place, 44’9”

The 2022 Area Track Meet for qualifiers from Districts 17/18- 6A will be held on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, April 20th and 21st. All field events and the 3200m run will take place at Stratford on Wednesday, April 20th. The field events will begin at 4:30 pm, and the 3200m run will begin at 6:30 pm. All other running event finals will be held at Cypress Falls HS on Thursday, April 21st, beginning at 4:30 pm.