photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Quitman freshman Stephen Love competes in the high jump event during the District 14-3A Track and Field meet Wednesday April 15, 2015 held in Mineola.

WHITEHOUSE — The biggest competition John Tyler had was from itself.

Boasting the top five athletes in points scored, the Lions easily claimed the District 16-5A boys track and field championship Wednesday at Wildcat Stadium.

The Whitehouse LadyCats, powered by Karlea Duhon, won the girls district title.

The top four finishers in each event advance to the District 15/16-5A area meet next week at Pine Tree’s Pirate Stadium. Wednesday’s meet, originally scheduled for two days, was condensed to one day due to threat of inclement weather on Thursday.

The John Tyler boys trailed Lufkin by seven points as the running finals began but dominated on the track, including three relay victories. The Lions finished with 181 points to easily outdistance the Panthers at 154. Whitehouse finished third at 111.

John Tyler senior DeAndre Williams led all scorers with 24 points on the day. Teammate Thomas Boyd finished second at 21 while teammates Jassavia Reese, Cedric Mosley and Damion Miller all tied for third with Lufkin’s Miguel Harvey.

The Lions torched their way to victory in the 4×100. The team of Miller, Bryston Gipson, Williams and Mosley finished in a blazing 41.46 seconds to top Nacogdoches (41.83).

The 4×200 team, consisting of the same members, followed that up with a victory thanks to Williams making up ground on the final leg to give the Lions a time of 1:28.49, a fraction faster than Nacogdoches’ team that finished in 1:28.67.

The Lions’ Marion Brisco, Boyd, JaVaris Robinson and Duntayviun Gross capped the night with a dominating win in the 4×400 relay.

Mosley took first in the 100, speeding to a 10.90 time. Defending district champion Shemar Smith, of Whitehouse, was the only one keeping JT from a sweep of the top three as he finished in second at 10.96, closely followed by Miller (10.97) and Gipson (11.06).

Reese grabbed two gold medals in throwing events. His shot put mark of 57-1 was 10 feet further than second-place Eric McCoy of Lufkin. He went 138-11 in discus, 3 feet more than Lufkin’s Josh Driver in second.

A trio of varsity football players gave the Lions three of the top four spots in triple jump. Bryson Smith (44-3) won the event, Rodney Bendy (44-0 ½) took second and Damion Miller (43-1 ¾) finished fourth.

Boyd grabbed another gold for the Blue and White with a first-place finish in 300 hurdles, holding off LeVar Jackson of Corsicana with a time of 40.31, .06 ahead of Jackson. Boyd earlier had finished in second in 110 hurdles.

Williams added a second-place finish in the 200 behind Nacogdoches’ Alex Gregory, who defended his title with a time of 21.69.

Gross gave the Lions another silver medal. The junior finished the 400 in 50.44, just behind champion Chance Stephenson of Whitehouse (50.31) and ahead of teammate Marion Brisco (51.20) in third.

On the girls side, Whitehouse racked up 160 points, well ahead of Lindale (109) and Jacksonville (106) in second and third, respectively. John Tyler came in fourth at 76.

Duhon pulled in 24 points to earn top individual honors. Duhon grabbed medals in the 400 (first), 4×100 relay (second), 4×400 relay (second) and long jump (third).

Rebecca Lampin (300 hurdles) and Shea Schmidt (200) also turned in first-place finishe for the LadyCats.

Jacksonville’s DaMonica Franklin, who played in the Azalea All-Star basketball game on Saturday, took gold in both shot put (34-2 ¾) and discus (123-8) to finish behind Duhon for top performer with 20 points.

John Tyler’s Jadia Lampton cruised to gold in the 800-meter. She finished in 2:31.75 to win by nearly 3 seconds over second-place Patsy Elrod of Lufkin.

The Lady Lions finished the day strong by winning the 4×400 relay with the team of Destini Whitehead, Shakendra Tilley, Alyssa Mayfield and Lampton.

Lufkin won the girls 4×100 relay while Jacksonville took the 4×200 relay.

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District 16-5A Track & Field Championships

Wildcats Stadium, Whitehouse High School

April 15

Girls

Team Results — 1, Whitehouse, 160; 2, Lindale, 109; 3, Jacksonville, 106; 4, John Tyler, 76; 5, Lufkin, 68; 6, Corsicana, 52; 7, Nacogdoches, 43.

Top Individuals — 1, Karlea Duhon, Whitehouse, 24; DaMonica Franklin, Jacksonville, 20; Chassity Sims, Lindale, 18.5; 4, (tie) Shamara Taylor, Corsicana, 18; Shea Schmidt, Whitehouse, 18; Jaylah Wyatt, Lufkin, 18; 7, (tie) Rhyan Rand, Lindale, 17; Jadia Lampton, John Tyler, 17; Alyssa Mayfield, John Tyler, 17; Destini Whitehead, John Tyler, 17.

Field Events

Shot Put — 1, DaMonica Franklin, Jacksonville, 34-2 ¾; 2, Valencia Dunning, Whitehouse, 33-2; 3, Taylor Whitaker, Jacksonville, 32-3; 4, Lauren Lathan, Nacogdoches, 31-3; 5, Sadajia Henry, Nacogdoches, 30-10; 6, Ladashia Canady, Jacksonville, 28-10 ¾.

Discus — 1, DaMonica Franklin, Jacksonville, 123-8; 2, Beth Hood, Whitehouse, 119-1; 3, Ladashia Canady, Jacksonville, 99-0; 4, Alexandra Gonter, Whitehouse, 94-3; 5, Taylor Whitaker, Jacksonville, 91-8; 6, Sadajia Henry, Nacogdoches, 86-8.

Long Jump — 1, Tashaydrien Mosely, Jacksonville, 17-0; 2, Chassity Sims, Lindale, 16-10; 3, Karlea Duhon, Whitehouse, 16-9 ¾; 4, Rhyan Rand, Lindale, 16-4; 5, Brittany Taylor, Lufkin, 16-3 ½; 6, Ryleigh Rand, Lindale, 16-0.

Triple Jump — 1, Rhyan Rand, Lindale, 35-1 ½; 2, Chassity Sims, Lindale, 34-10; 3, Ryleigh Rand, Lindale, 34-1 ½; 4, Kelley Keller, Whitehouse, 33-11; 5, Destini Whitehead, John Tyler, 32-4 ½; 6, Kaycee Graham, Whitehouse, 32-2 ½.

High Jump — 1, Travicia Acy, Lindale, 5-7; 2, Sinclaire McDonald, Whitehouse, 5-4; 3, Alyssa Mayfield, John Tyler, 5-2; 4, Destini Whitehead, 4-10; 5, Jadia Lampton, John Tyler, 4-10; 6, Moesha Tolliver, Corsicana, 4-8.

Pole Vault — 1, Mackenzie Bateman, Lindale, 10-6; 2, Gabriana Dornak, Whitehouse, 9-0; 3, Keely Tiiman, Lindale, 8-0; 4, Morgan Droblyn, Lindale, 8-0.

Track Events

3,200-meter run — 1, Jessica Medina, Lufkin, 12:54.13; 2, Elizabeth Cervantes, Corsicana, 12:54.32; 3, Landen Werts, Lindale, 13:28.08; 4, Bianca Pinuelas, Jacksonville, 13:39.08; 5, Emily Garcia, Lufkin, 13:46.02.

4×100-meter relay — 1, Lufkin (Jaylah Wyatt, Deja McDavid, Chabre Jones, Brittany Taylor), 49.76; 2, Whitehouse (Karlea Duhon, Lauren Smith, Shea Schmidt, Aaliyah Latimer), 49.79; 3, Jacksonville (Jamiya Wynne, Jeilyn Boyd, Lakeria Hamlett, Megan Cumbie), 50.52; 4, Corsicana (Ashley Bradley, Moneisha Daniels, Moesha Tolliver, Shamara Taylor), 50.54; 5, Nacogdoches (Caprice Benton, Valerie Rodriguez, Jasmine Smith, Neketria Duffie), 51.13; 6, John Tyler (Ta’Meia Ware, Tyra Land, Charity Ervin, Shatytiauna Bowie), 51.17.

800-meter run — 1, Jadia Lampton, John Tyler, 2:31.75; 2, Patsy Elrod, Lufkin, 2:34.48; 3, Joanna Moran, Whitehouse, 2:35.20; 4, Sydney Hacker, Lindale, 2:35.80; 5, Allyson Moore, Whitehouse, 2:41.80; 6, Ariana Morris, Jacksonville, 2:42.87.

100-meter hurdles — 1, Taylor Roberts, Corsicana, 18.01; 2, Ashlynd Ray, Corsicana, 18.02; 3, Lakeria Hamlett, Jacksonville, 17.01; 4, Macy Smith, Whitehouse, 16.21; 5, Ariel Morris, Nacogdoches, 17.02; 6, Shatytiauna, John Tyler, 17.17.

100-meter dash — 1, Jaylah Wyatt, Lufkin, 12.53; 2, Tyra Land, John Tyler, 13.05; 3, Jamiya Wynne, Jacksonville, 13.08; 4, Destiny Lampkin, Nacogdoches, 13.11; 5, Chassity Sims, Lindale, 13.34; 6, Deja Austin, Whitehouse, 13.42.

4×200-meter relay — 1, Jacksonville (Jamiya Wynne, Jeilyn Boyd, Megan Cumbie, Tashaydrien Mosely), 1:46.53; 2, Whitehouse (Aaliyah Latimer, Shea Schmidt, Lauren Smith, Gabriana Dornak), 1:47.00; 3, Lufkin (Brittany Taylor, Chabre Jones, Deja McDavid, Jaylah Wyatt), 1:47.31; 4, John Tyler (Charity Ervin, Alyssa Mayfield, Shakendra Tilley, Ta’Meia Ware), 1:48.51; 5, Nacogdoches (Valerie Rodriguez, Ahleya Brown, Neketria Duffie, Jasmine Smith), 1:49.96; 6, Lindale (Jade Mauldin, Iana Noakes, Chassity Sims, Ryleigh Rand), 1:52.60.

400-meter dash — 1, Karlea Duhon, Whitehouse, 59.65; 2, Shamara Taylor, Corsicana, 1:01.10; 3, Destini Whitehead, John Tyler, 1:02.65; 4, Alyssa Mayfield, John Tyler, 1:03.34; 5, Shelby Mallard, Whitehouse, 1:06.14; 6, Diamond Moreland, Lufkin, 1:06.47.

300-meter hurdles — 1, Rebecca Lampin, Whitehouse, 48.73; 2, Ariel Morris, Nacogdoches, 51.21; 3, Tyra Rodden, Lindale, 51.35; 4, Madison Jacks, Whitehouse, 51.76; 5, Mychellette Andrews, Corsicana, 53.37; 6, Ashlynd Ray, Corsicana, 53.61.

200-meter dash — 1, Shea Schmidt, Whitehouse, 26.22; 2, Shamara Taylor, Corsicana, 26.37; 3, Jeilyn Boyd, Jacksonville, 27.01; 4, Aaliyah Latimer, Whitehouse, 27.36; 5, Brittany Taylor, Lufkin, 27.4; 6, Moneisha Daniels, Corsicana, 27.60.

1,600-meter run — 1, Allie McClellan, Nacogdoches, 5:49.58; 2, Landen Werts, Lindale, 5:55.76; 3, Joanna Moran, Whitehouse, 5:56.31; 4, Elizabeth Cervantes, Corsicana, 5:59.00; 5, Sydney Hacker, Lindale, 6:00.01; 6, Patsy Elrod, Lufkin, 6:10.01.

4×400-meter relay — 1, John Tyler (Destini Whitehead, Shakendra Tilley, Alyssa Mayfield, Jadia Lampton), 4:13.59; 2, Whitehouse (Karlea Duhon, Gabriana Dornak, Shelby Mallard, Cheyanne Arnett), 4:15.22; 3, Lindale (Rhyan Rand, Ryleigh Rand, Iana Noaks, Travicia Acy), 4:33.51; 4, Corsicana (Mychellette Andrews, Kara Schlenk, Phalijanai Simmons, Latia Christmas), 4:35.98; 5, Jacksonville (Ariana Morris, Diana Lozano, Megan Cumbie, Lindsey Johnston), 4:39.23.

 

Boys

Team Results — 1, John Tyler, 181; 2, Lufkin, 154; 3, Whitehouse, 111; 4, Nacogdoches, 65; 5, Corsicana, 39; 6, Jacksonville, 36; 7, Lindale, 30.

Top Individuals — 1, DeAndre Williams, 24; 2, Thomas Boyd, John Tyler, 21; 3, (tie) Jassavia Reese, John Tyler, 20; Cedric Williams, John Tyler, 20; Damion Miller, John Tyler 20; Miguel Harvey, Lufkin, 20; 7, LaVonte White, Lufkin, 19; 8, Alex Gregory, 18; 9, LaVontye Williams, Lufkin, 16; 10, Ezell Woods, Jacksonville, 15.

Field Events

Shot Put — 1, Jassavia Reese, John Tyler, 57-1; 2, Eric McCoy, Lufkin, 47-3 ¼; 3, Khyree Key, Whitehouse, 46-4 ¾; 4, TyLaylen Barlow, Lufkin, 44-6 ½; 5, Eric Smallwood, Lufkin, 42-11 ¼; 6, Connor Lind, Lindale, 41-4.

Discus — 1, Jassavia Reese, John Tyler, 138-11; 2, Josh Driver, Lufkin, 135-11; 3, Eric McCoy, Lufkin, 125-6; 4, Jerrod Johnson, Lufkin, 125-4; 5, Jayson William-Reese, John Tyler, 120-7; 6, Spencer Bullington, Whitehouse, 119-8.

Long Jump — 1, Keke Coutee, Lufkin, 21-9; 2, Isaac Warren, John Tyler, 21-4; 3, DeAndre Williams, John Tyler, 20-6 ¾; 4, Ezell Woods, Jacksonville, 20-5 ¼; 5, Ken’navius Rogers, Nacogdoches, 20-4; 6, Nate Brooks, Whitehouse, 20-3 ¾.

Triple Jump — 1, Bryson Smith, John Tyler, 44-3; 2, Rodney Bendy, John Tyler, 44-0 ½; 3, Ken’navius Rogers, Nacogdoches, 43-3; 4, Damion Miller, John Tyler, 43-1 ¾; 5, Kobe Poole, Nacogdoches, 41-2 ¼; 6, Dequan Batiste, 40-9.

High Jump — 1, Dakota Bristow, Whitehouse, 6-2; 2, Ezell Woods, Jacksonville, 6-0; 3, Jake Williams, Lindale, 6-0; 4, LeVar Jackson, Corsicana, 5-10; 5, Nate Brooks, Whitehouse, 5-10; 6, Javier Neal, 5-8.

Pole Vault — 1, Zeph Whittenberger, Lindale, 12-6; 2, Seth Dolan, Whitehouse, 12-0; 3, Nick Means, Whitehouse, 11-6; 4, Connor Lind, Lindale, 11-6; 5, Taylor Farnham, Lindale, 11-0; 6, Jesse Darden, John Tyler, 10-6.

Track Events

3,200-meter run — 1, Miguel Harvey, Lufkin, 10:30.02; 2, LaVontye Williams, 10:31.63; 3, Christian Guerrera, Lufkin, 10:39.82; 4, Juan Tapia, Nacogdoches, 10:47.52; 5, Allen Alvarez, Jacksonville, 11:12.01; 6, Marcus Montgomery, Lindale, 11:15.18.

4×100-meter relay — 1, John Tyler (Damion Miller, Bryston Gipson, DeAndre Williams, Cedric Mosley), 41.64; 2, Nacogdoches (Brandon Jones, Pearce Adams, Alex Gregory, Luther Berry), 41.83; 3, Lufkin (Savon Fields, Malik Jackson, Keke Coutee, TyDreque Martin), 42.43; 4, Whitehouse (Tre Staples, Justin Dunning, Shemar Smith, Keatlon Coffer), 42.47; 5, Jacksonville (Deahvion Spencer, Ezell Woods, Braylon Parish, Isiah Mayfield), 43.70.

800-meter run — 1, Drew Jackson, Lufkin, 2:06.03; 2, Jonathan Scott, Whitehouse, 2:06.42; 3, Justin Bush, Whitehouse, 2:11.91; 4, Quennial Brooks, Lufkin, 2:12.01; 5, Fredie Barboza, Nacogdoches, 2:15.40; 6, Jordan Deck, Whitehouse, 2:16.51.

110-meter hurdles — 1, DeMonte Chatman, Lufkin, 16.07; 2, Thomas Boyd, John Tyler, 15.66; 3, Ke’tavion Humber, John Tyler, 15.79; 4, LaVonte White, Lufkin, 15.09; 5, Cade Parrish, Whitehouse, 15.11; 6, LeVar Jackson, Corsicana, 16.11.

100-meter dash — 1, Cedric Mosley, John Tyler, 10.90; 2, Shemar Smith, Whitehouse, 10.96; 3, Damion Miller, John Tyler, 10.97; 4, Bryston Gipson, John Tyler, 11.06; 5, JaMicah Polk, Corsicana, 11.10; 6, Jaylon Maxie, Nacogdoches, 11.52.

4×200-meter relay — 1, John Tyler (Damion Miller, Bryston Gipson, Cedric Mosley, DeAndre Williams), 1:28.49; 2, Nacogdoches (Alex Gregory, Pearce Adams, Luther Berry, Brandon Jones), 1:28.67; 3, Corsicana (Kishawn Kelley, JaMicah Polk, Jerry Hall, Trey Owens), 1:29.92; 4, Jacksonville (Ezell Woods, Dedrick Tatum, Braylon Parish, Deahvion Spencer), 1:30.22; 5, Lufkin (TyDreque Martin, Keke Coutee, Malik Jackson, Savon Fields), 1:30.24; 6, Whitehouse (Tre Staples, Justin Dunning, Kolton Johnson, Javier Neal), 1:31.78.

400-meter dash — 1, Chance Stephenson, Whitehouse, 50.31; 2, Duntayviun Gross, John Tyler, 50.44; 3, Marion Brisco, John Tyler, 51.20; 4, John Woods, Corsicana, 52.75; 5, JaQuorey Angton, Lufkin, 52.86; 6, Eric Black, Whitehouse, 52.87.

300-meter hurdles — 1, Thomas Boyd, John Tyler, 40.31; 2, LeVar Jackson, Corsicana, 40.37; 3, LaVonte White, Lufkin, 41.94; 4, Dedrick Tatum, Jacksonville, 42.12; 5, DeMonte Chatman, Lufkin, 42.28; 6, Cade Parrish, Whitehouse, 42.34.

200-meter dash — 1, Alex Gregory, Nacogdoches, 21.694; 2, DeAndre Williams, 22.13; 3, Braylon Parish, Jacksonville, 22.26; 4, Shemar Smith, Whitehouse, 22.29; 5, Justin Dunning, Whitehouse, 22.42; 6, Luther Berry, Nacogdoches, 22.86.

1,600-meter run — 1, Miguel Harvey, Lufkin, 4:42.35; 2, LaVontye Williams, Lufkin, 4:46.97; 3, Christian Guerrera, Lufkin, 4:54.20; 4, Juan Tapia, Nacogdoches, 4:57.21; 5 Marcus Montgomery, Lindale, 4:58.25; 6, Joseph Mohr, Whitehouse, 5:02.42.

4×400-meter relay — 1, John Tyler (Marion Brisco, JaVaris Robinson, Thomas Boyd, Duntayviun Gross), 3:28.56; 2, Whitehouse (Chance Stephenson, Eric Black, Colby Duhon, Jonathan Scott), 3:32.77; 3, Lufkin (LaVonte White, Bronson Massie, JaQuorey Angton, Blake Brooks), 3:35.21; 4, Corsicana (John Woods, Trey Owens, DJ Jones, Ryan Brown), 3:36.11; 5, Lindale (Johnathan Threet, Spence Griffith, Kadin Harmon, Kale Ridge), 3:45.76.