HS girls track & field does well at state meet

By SCOTT W. COLEMAN, Four Points News

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Vandegrift’s contingent of track and field athletes represented the school at the UIL State Track and Field meet last weekend, and though thunderstorms caused a nearly six-hour delay on Saturday, Vandegrift’s athletes were able to finish their events on Friday without being impacted at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

In the 400-meter dash, Carter finished fourth with a time of 55.85. Whitney Williams of Frisco took gold with a time of 53.68.

Carter finished sixth in the 200-meter dash, running a 24.98. McKinney North’s Jania Martin won the race with a time of 23.60.

In both of her individual races, Carter was the only Austin area athlete who qualified to compete at the state meet.

The girls 1600-meter relay team of Taylor Grikis, Emi McCollum, Kyla Peeples and Adeline Carter had a seventh-place finish, running the four laps in 3:56.85 and beating the only other Austin area team in the race, Austin LBJ, who finished eighth. McKinney North’s team took gold with a finish of 3:45.05.

Peeples also competed in the high jump event and finished sixth with a jump of 5 ft 4 inches.

Athletes from both Cedar Park and Rouse also brought home medals at the state meet. Cedar Park’s Javelin Guidry took gold in the Class 5A boys 100-meter dash, finishing with a time of 10.41. Crystal Okunwaife earned gold in the shot put event for the second straight year, with a best throw of 45 feet, 4.25 inches.

Rouse’s Madie Boreman finished of a stellar high school career by taking silver in the Class 6A girls 1600-meter run, finishing in 4:46.55. Houston Lamar’s Julia Heymach finished first with a time of 4:44, just shy of her own record set last year at the state meet.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls high jump event at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Peeples finished sixth with a jump of 5 ft 4 inches.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls high jump event at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Peeples finished sixth with a jump of 5 ft 4 inches.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls high jump event at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Peeples finished sixth with a jump of 5 ft 4 inches.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls high jump event at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Peeples finished sixth with a jump of 5 ft 4 inches.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls 400-meter dash at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Carter finished fourth with a time of 55.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 5A girls 400-meter dash at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Carter finished fourth with a time of 55.85.

Taylor Grikis of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Taylor Grikis of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Emi McCollum of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Kyla Peeples of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift's team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Fans return to the bleachers after a nearly six-hour weather delay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

Fans return to the bleachers after a nearly six-hour weather delay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.