Wildcat JV tops 3rd straight meet

Ninth-grader DeJuan Shelton vaults to second place in the JV long jump.

The Wildcat junior varsity boys track team continued its march to district with a firstplace finish at the Wildcat Relays last Thursday. After taking second place at Pine Tree and Hallsville to open the year, the JV has won its last three meets.

The Wildcats won eight of 17 events and finished in the top three of each event except the 4x100 relay.

Whitehouse racked up 195 points in first, with Marshall (140) and Hallsville (109) following. Arp, Tatum, Kilgore, Pine Tree and Lufkin followed.

The varsity boys finished seventh, trailing Tatum (164), Marshall (121), Hallsville (105), Arp, Pine Tree and Kilgore. Lufkin was eighth.

The varsity Ladycats ended in fourth place with 90 points. Lufkin (160), Hallsville (107) and Marshall (100) grabbed the top three spots. Kilgore, Pine Tree, Arp and Tatum rounded out the girls division.

The district track meet will be April 8-9 at Hallsville. The JV boys are the current leaders in several district events, according to head track coach Don Garlitz.

Photos/Charlotte Smith Chris Ervin, ninth grade, clears the bar in the JV high jump competition.

Here are the complete results for the JV boys division:

100 meter dash: Chad Lewis, first, 11.39; Kevin Hickman, second, 11.47; Arp, third, 11.49; Tatum, fourth, 11.54; Marshall, fifth, 11.59; Marshall, sixth, 11.77.

200 meter dash: Shundrick Beasley, first, 22.94; Marshall, second, 23.70; Kilgore, third, 23.72; Tatum, four th, 23.98; Lewis, fifth, 24.44; Hallsville, sixth, 24.58.

400 meter dash: Arp, first, 53.04; Chris Rogers, second, 54.22; Hallsville, third, 54.72; Marshall, fourth, 54.74; Tatum, fifth, 54.96; Simon Webb, sixth, 55.10.

800 meter run: Marshall, first, 2:09.80; Webb, second, 2:13.99; Marshall, third, 2:15.47; Tatum, fourth, 2:17.28; Marshall, fifth, 2:17.80; Hallsville, sixth, 2:17.88.

Photo courtesy Sherri Priest Garrett Ehrmann clears the mark in the 300 meter hurdles, placing fourth.

1600 meter run: Jacob Ziegler, first, 5:07.99; Marshall, second, 5:08.26; Marshall, third, 5:14.22; Hallsville, four th, 5:17.19;

Colton York, fifth, 5:22.97; Tatum, sixth, 5:32.83.

3200 meter run: Ziegler, first, 11:31.08; Marshall, second, 11:36.70; Hallsville, third, 11:43.27; York, fourth, 11:50.61; Marshall, fifth, 11:58.45; Tatum, sixth, 12:13.08.

4x100 meter relay: Marshall, first, 44.15; Arp, second, 44.71; Pine Tree, third, 44.87; Tatum, fourth, 45.49; Hallsville, fifth, 45.56; Kilgore, sixth, 46.29.

4x200 meter relay: Whitehouse, first, 1:32.22 (Tyler Bloom, Beasley, Hickman, Lewis); Marshall, second, 1:35.07; Tatum, third, 1:36.37; Kilgore, fourth, 1:36.62; Hallsville, fifth, 1:37.09; Pine Tree, sixth, 1:37.76.

4x400 meter relay: Hallsville, first, 3:42.14; Arp, second, 3:42.91; Whitehouse, third, 3:43.44 (Webb, Chris Er vin, Demonta Brown, Rogers); Marshall, fourth, 3:45.11; Tatum, fifth, 3:50.22; Kilgore, sixth, 3:51.36.

Sophomore Jennifer Brown gets a clean start in the varsity girls long jump competition. The Ladycat team finished in fourth place overall.

110 meter hurdles: Trey

Metoyer, first, 15.48; Marshall, second, 15.64; Marshall, third, 16.55; Jordan Osborne, fourth, 17.64; Tatum, fifth, 17.67; Jacob Gardner, sixth, 18.02.

300 meter hurdles:

Metoyer, first, 41.30; Marshall, second, 41.98;

Gardner, third, 43.88; Marshall, fourth, 43.93; Tatum, fifth, 45.50; Osborne, sixth, 45.96.

Long jump: Pine Tree, first, 19'-6"; DeJuan Shelton, second, 19'-2 ¾"; Arp, third, 18'- 10"; Josh McGill, fourth, 18'- 6 ¼"; Kilgore, fifth, 18'-4 ½"; Kilgore, sixth, 18'-2 ¾".

Alicia Cordova reaches for extra inches in the long jump.

Shot put: Hallsville, first, 44'- 10 ½"; Hallsville, second, 44'-5 ½"; Clint Gupton, third, 40'- 10 ½"; Michael Willis, fourth, 40'-10"; Hallsville, fifth, 40'-2"; Kilgore, sixth, 39'-7 ¾".

Discus: Kilgore, first, 134'-4"; Pine Tree, second, 128'-0 ½";

Gupton, third, 124'-3"; Hallsville, four th, 122'-6"; Marshall, fifth, 106'-9"; Kilgore, sixth, 102'-4 ½".

Triple jump: Shelton, first, 42'-4 ¾"; Arp, second, 41'-10"; Metoyer, third, 40'-11"; Hallsville, fourth, 38'-10 ¼"; Tatum, fifth, 38'-7"; Hallsville, sixth, 37'-10 ¾".

High jump: Marshall, first, 5'- 10"; Metoyer, second, 5'-8"; Hallsville, third, 5'-8"; Hallsville, fourth, 5'-6"; Hallsville, fifth, 5'- 6"; Marshall, sixth, 5'-6".

Pole vault: Hallsville, first, 12'- 6"; Hallsville, second, 10'-6"; Brandon Marble, third, 10'- 0"; Hallsville, fourth, 9'-6".

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Here are the Whitehouse results in the varsity boys division:

400 meter dash: Jacob Holmen, third, 50.77.

1600 meter run: Tim Priest, fourth, 4:57.46.

3200 meter run: Priest, second, 10:55.84.

4x400 meter relay: Whitehouse, fifth, 3:38.61 (Heath Mayo, Holmen, Matt Struble, Garrett Ehrmann).

300 meter hurdles: Ehrmann, fourth, 42.41.

+++ Here are the Whitehouse results in the varsity girls division:

100 meter dash: Shan Butler, third, 12.87.

400 meter dash: Mollie Jamison, fifth, 1:03.30.

800 meter run: Kate Mohr, third, 2:28.33; Brittany Wilkens, fifth, 2:30.11.

1600 meter run: Mohr, third, 5:55.97.

3200 meter run: Wilkens, third, 13:20.27.

4x200 meter relay: Whitehouse, third, 1:46.04 (Jesse Allen, Butler, Janea Lacy, Holly Brown).

4x400 meter relay: Whitehouse, fourth, 4:15.01 (Jamison, Allen, Wilkens, Brown).

100 meter hurdles: Chaisty Stewart, second, 15.30; Sarah Stanley, fifth, 17.69.

300 meter hurdles: Stewart, second, 48.49.

Long jump: Alicia Cordova, fifth, 14'-1 ¼".

Discus: Stephanie Alexander, sixth, 98'-2".

Triple jump: Emily Miller, fourth, 32'-1".

Pole vault: Alexander, first, 8'- 6".