VARSITY - Fort Bend Marshall Buffalo Relays

It was an all-day affair at Hall Stadium in Missouri City on Saturday, but it felt more like an entire weekend. The Buffalo Relays is a massive track and field meet with a lot of competitors and a lot of heats. The field events started at 8:30 am and the last race of the day concluded after 6:00 pm. The long day of waiting, compounded by the cold, windy conditions made for a miserable day outdoors. That said, the early season event attracts top-level talent from around the Houston area, and despite the difficult conditions, the Spartans brought home some hardware.

During the early morning field events, Nate Grant and Jack Boyce got the Spartan boys on the board with second-place results in the Long Jump and Discus, respectively. Also faring well were Luke Rives ( 7th in Long Jump) and Joseph Netter (8th in Triple Jump).

During the afternoon session, our sprinters and distance guys got to work and posted more nice results. Luke Rives finished second overall in the 100m dash and Nate Grant was fifth. Our 4 x 100m relay team of Hunter Biehl, Nate Grant, Aaron DeLeon, and Luke Rives raised eyebrows when they won their heat in dominating fashion and placed third overall in a loaded field of sprint relay teams.

In the last event of the day for the Spartans, Daylan Rushing and Jona Morford crossed the finish line second and third place respectively in the 1600m run, just a few steps behind the race winner from Katy Tompkins.

On the girls' side, Niamh Collins fought the wind and the field on her way to a second place result, and Liza Heitmann looked strong in her 400m heat to finish fourth overall. We had a couple more top-10’s with Madelyn Nguyen earning eighth place in the Triple Jump, and Jillian Parks ninth in the Discus.

VARSITY BOYS in Top-20

• Luke Rives - 2nd 100m, 10.75 ; 7th Long Jump, 20-09
• Nate Grant - 2nd Long Jump, 21-09 ; 5th 100m, 11.02
• Jack Boyce - 2nd Discus, 132 -05
• Daylan Rushing - 2nd 1600m, 4:31.70
• Jona Morford - 3rd 1600m, 4:32.14
• 4 x 100m Relay - 3rd, 42.49 (Hunter Biehl, Aaron DeLeon, Nate Grant, Luke Rives)
• Joseph Netter - 8th Triple Jump, 39-02
• Aaron DeLeon - 14th Triple Jump, 37-00
• Nykko McMillan - 11th 110m hurdles, 16.58 ; 11th 300m hurdles, 45.78
• Andrue Williams 15th 110m hurdles, 17.35
• Day’Vonne Singleton - 16th 400m, 54.93
• Hunter Biehl - 16th 100m, 11.39
• Davis Kendall - 18th Long Jump, 18-09
• 4 x 200m Relay - 16th 1:39.96 (Joseph Julun, Emanuel Walls, Joseph Netter, Davis Kendall)

VARSITY GIRLS in Top-20

• Niamh Collins - 2nd 1600m, 5:13
• Liza Heitmann - 4th 400m, 1:03.69
• Madelyn Nguyen - 8th Triple Jump, 32-02
• Jillian Parks - 9th Discus, 87-08
• Cat Botacio - 12th 200m, 26.07
• Paris Strange - 13th 100m, 12.85

The Week Ahead:

Varsity will compete at the Katy ISD Bubba Fife Relays next Saturday, February 24th at Katy Paetow High School.

JV/FRESHMAN - Memorial Sub-Varsity Relays

Our JV and Freshmen got their season started on Thursday evening at Memorial High School against Memorial, Hastings, and Northbrook. In the team points competition, our JV Boys won the Meet Championship, Freshman Boys were second, and JV Girls third.

Mac Greene was the highest point earner in the entire JV boys division, Luke Ickes was Stratford’s freshmen boys high-point earner, and Myrah Howard was the high-point generator for the Stratford JV girls.

JV Boys Results (point earners)

• 100m dash - Mac Greene 1st, 11.58; Jake Weinhardt 2nd, 11.90;  Arad Moghaddon 6th, 12.67
• 200m dash - Mac Greene 2nd, 24.09; Nathan Hirst 3rd, 24.58; Keelan Seahorn 4th, 24.68
• 400m dash - David Zelaya 1st, 54.20; Gabe Wylie 2nd, 54.99; Dan Alas 3rd, 55.51
• 800m run - Kaleb Bernat 2nd, 2:15.39; Liam Osbon 3rd, 2:17.97; Ethan Shuck 5th, 2:18.15
• 1600m run - Eli Roberts 2nd, 4:59.97; Nathan Scott 4th, 5:06.76; Liam Osbon 5th, 5:20.33
• 3200m run - Owen Duggan 1st; Eli Roberts 3rd; Samuel Jordan 4th
• 110m hurdles - Colton Muehr 2nd, 17.96
• 300m hurdles - Colton Muehr 1st, 45.14
• 4 x 100m relay - 3rd, 47.08 (Wyatt Koy, Gavin Guzman, Derrick Calhoun, Nathan Hirst)
• 4 x 200m relay - 3rd, 1:41.41 (Wyatt Koy, Gavin Guzman, Derrick Calhoun, Nathan Hirst)
• 4 x 400m relay - 2nd, 3:50.08 (Gabe Wylie, Diego Ruiz, Wyatt Koy, Gavin Guzman)
• Long Jump - Mac Greene 1st, 20-5; Keelan Seahorn 5th, 16-9 3/4; Alexis Alvarez 6th, 16-7 1/2
• Shot Put - Kenneth White 1st, 40-5; Foard Polley 3rd, 37-8 3/4
• Discus - Jack Ruisard 1st, 95-1; Foard Polley 5th, 82-8; Clayton Nonhoff 6th, 78-7
• Triple Jump - Alex Hohertz 2nd, 36-8 1/2; Gavin Guzman 4th, 31-5
• Pole Vault - Jake Weinhardt 1st, 10-0; Foster Burton 3rd, 9-6; Ethan Shuck 5th, 8-6

JV Girls Results (point earners)

• 100m dash - Zoe Thompson 4th, 14.10
• 200m dash - Zoe Thompson 3rd, 29.50
• 800m run - Angie Salel 1st, 2:40.10; Laura Lozano 5th, 2:50.03
• 1600m run - Laura Lozano 1st, 6:16.68; Amanda Gonzalez 5th, 7:47.04
• 100m hurdles - Caroline White 2nd, 18.27; Myrah Howard 3rd, 19.12
• 300m hurdles - Myrah Howard 1st, 56.31
• 4 x 100m relay - 4th, 56.77 (Zoe Thompson, Leah Rosas, Peyton Price, Sophia Handal)
• 4 x 200m relay - 3rd, 2:01.40 (Peyton Price, Adele Louis, Riley Harvey, Sophia Handal)
• 4 x 400m relay - 3rd, 4:56.84 (Angie Salel, Lila Paullo, Adele Louis, Madeline Box)
• 800m Sprint Medley Relay - 2nd, 2:13.30 (Abigail Williams, Autumn Rutz, Lila Paullo, Madeline Box)
• Long Jump - Sarah Hickman 1st, 14-9
• Shot Put - Queen Cotton 5th, 18-0 3/4
• Discus - Queen Cotton 3rd, 59-5
• Triple Jump - Caroline White 1st, 32 - 3 1/4
• High Jump - Sarah Hickman 2nd, 4-8; Myrah Howard 4th, 4-6
• Pole Vault - Maddy Morris 1st, 6-0

Freshmen Boys Results (point earners)

• 400m dash - Ashton Campbell 2nd, 58.02; Jamiel Wright 3rd, 59.22; Dylan Gobin 4th, 1:04.58
• 800m dash - Wesley Shuck 4th, 2:26.91; Cooper Avila 5th, 2:47.19
• 1600m run - Braddox Overstreet 3rd, 5:13.49; Wesley Shuck 5th, 5:34.25; Bobby Carter 6th, 5:45.17
• 3200m run - Braddox Overstreet 1st, Bobby Carter 3rd
• 110m hurdles - Brayden Botary 2nd, 18.43; Jonathan Shaw 3rd, 18.44
• 300m hurdles - Jonathan Shaw 1st, 46.54; Brayden Botary 2nd 46.86
• 4 x 200 relay - 2nd, 1:45.31 (Luke Schiffano, Amoree Johnson, Joey Mundwiller, Nathan Bell)
• 4 x 400 relay - 1st, 3:56.22 (Elliot Young, Jamiel Wright, Wesley Shuck, Ashton Campbell)
• Long Jump - Jamiel Wright 4th, 14-10
• Shot Put - Nathan Edwards 1st, 40-2
• Discus - Wyatt Throckmorton Kahn 3rd, 88-5; Nathan Edwards 6th, 75-3
• Triple Jump - Luke Ickes 1st, 10-0
• Pole Vault - Luke Ickes 1st, 10-0; Nathan Bell 2nd, 7-0

The Week Ahead:

JV and Freshman Teams will be back in action on Thursday, February 29th at Stratford High School.