The Area 17/18 Track and Field Meet was held on our campus on Friday, and thirteen Spartans advanced to the Regional round by finishing top-4 in their respective events. In team points, our boys were third in the standings and our girls were tied for fifth.

REGIONAL QUALIFIERS

• Niamh Collins - 1st 3200m (11:20.01) ; 1st 800m (2:16.69)
• Avery Jackson - 1st Pole Vault (9-6 and new PR)
• Liza Heitmann - 2nd 400m (1:00.56)
• Gretchen Loveless - 2nd Discus (120-5 and new PR)
• Ben Pearce - 1st 1600m (4:23.27) ; 1st 3200m (9:40.36)
• Luke Rives - 1st Long Jump (22-2), 2nd 100m (10.97), 4th 200m (22.30)
• Kenneth Owen - 2nd High Jump (6-6)
• Aaron DeLeon - 3rd 100m (10.99 and new PR) ; 3rd 200m (22.04 and new PR)
• Zach Prudhomme - 3rd Shot Put (49-0)
• Day'Vonne Singleton - 3rd 400m (49.67 and new PR)
• Andrew Hopkins - 4th 800m (1:57.94 and new PR)
• Nykko McMillan, Daylan Rushing, Andrew Hopkins, Day'Vonne Singleton - 3rd 4 x 400m Relay (first boys 4 x 400m Relay to qualify for Regionals since 2016)

OTHER TOP-6 POINT EARNERS

• Madelyn Nguyen - 5th Triple Jump (35 -1 1/2)
• Jona Morford - 5th 1600m (4:30.34)
• Owen Duggan - 6th 3200m (10:10.77)

*Our boys 4 x 100m Relay had an unfortunate baton drop that resulted in a disqualification. As our fourth runner was sprinting toward the finish line in a tight battle for first and second, his arm and the arm of the runner to the left of him collided and the baton fell to the track. Had that not happened, they appeared to be in position to win the race. It was purely accidental and no fault of anyone, but it was a painful and cruel way for this talented group of guys to go out. Hunter Biehl, Aaron DeLeon, Nate Grant, and Luke Rives ran extremely well and had an outstanding season together as a relay squad.

UPCOMING - REGION III TRACK and FIELD MEET

The Region III 6A/5A meet will be held at Humble ISD’s Turner Stadium on Friday and Saturday of this week. Our Spartan qualifiers will be competing for a chance to advance to the UIL Texas State Meet, but must finish top-2 in their event(s) to do so.

If you are a track and field fan and/or may just be looking for an entertaining way to spend next Saturday afternoon, you won’t want to miss it. The talent on display will be outstanding and the atmosphere will be electric.

Event information: https://www.humbleisd.net/page/regional-track

Congratulations to all athletes that competed at Area and thank you to our coaches for their great work in preparing our athletes to compete - Coach Drayton, Coach Guthrie, Coach Karcher, Coach Dawes, Coach Boland, and former Coach Bramanti. We appreciate all of you!