Chapel Hill's Aryssa Cooper qualified for state in three events. (Chapel Hill Track)

BULLARD — Several East Texas athletes punched their ticket to the UIL Track and Field State Meet during the Class 4A Region III Track and Field Championships Friday and Monday at Panther Stadium.

The state meet for Class 4A will be May 2 at Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin.

The top two finishers in each event automatically qualify and the best mark across the state that didn’t finish in the top two will qualify as a wild card.

Chapel Hill freshman Aryssa Cooper automatically qualified in the girls 200-meter dash with a time of 25.01 and the triple jump with a distance of 37-4.5. Cooper is also on the 4×100 relay team with Debani Oblitas, R’Nyah Tomlinson and Ilaysha McGregor that won with a time of 48.58.

Chapel Hill’s Jaylon Smith qualified with a second-place finish in the boys 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.44.

Bullard’s Brayden Vining is headed to state in the boys 800-meter run with a second-place finish in a time of 1:54.53.

Bullard’s Carly Tucker placed second in the girls long jump with a jump of 17-9.

Gilmer’s boys won the event with a total of 99 points, well ahead of second-place Burnet (63 points).

Will Henderson won the 100-meter dash for the Buckeyes with a time of 10.44.

The Buckeyes swept the boys relays. Trillyon Butler, Mykah Easley, Ta’Erik Tate and Henderson won the 4×100 relay with a time of 41.10. Butler, Easley, Tate and Dhrvay Smith won the 4×200 relay with a time of 1:25.46. Tate, Connor Dodd, Tru Griffin and Butler took first in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:18.58.

Dodd also qualified in the boys 300-meter hurdles with a time of 39.31.

Brendan Webb won the boys high jump with a distance of 6-5, and Kilgore’s Jacory Walton placed second with a distance of 6-4.

Kilgore’s Braydon Nelson qualified in both the shot put and discus, taking first in both events. Nelson had a distance of 56-2 in the shot put and 187-3 in the discus.

Palestine’s team of Jon Denman, Ja’ron Johnson, Ti’Darion Crawford and Dreylon Spurlock placed second in the 4×200 relay with a time 1:26.71.

Gilmer’s team of Alondria Nelson, Evelyn Applegate, Tasyiah Lewis and Alexis Kemp won the girls 4×200 relay with a time of 1:42.91.

Carthage’s Sanaa Allison placed second in the girls high jump with a height of 5-6.

Henderson’s Cason Weatherton (23-9) and Sammy Meador (9-9) placed first and second in the wheelchair shot put.

Huffman Hargrave won the girls title with 67 points. Gilmer (54) placed second, and Chapel Hill (43) was third.

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CLASS 4A REGION III

TRACK AND FIELD

at Panther Stadium, Bullard

VARSITY BOYS

Team standings: 1. Gilmer 99; 2. Burnet 63; 3. Huffman Hargrave 55; 4. Palestine 35; 5. Jasper 30; 5. Kilgore 30; 5. Salado 30; 8. Lago Vista 28; 8. Center 28; 10. LaGrange 27; 11. Waco Connally 20; 12. Vidor 18; 12. Chapel Hill 18; 14. West Orange-Stark 12; 14. Giddings 12; 14. Hamshire-Fannett 12; 14. Marble Falls 12; 18. Houston Washington 10; 18. Houston North Forest 10; 20. Bullard 9; 20. Hudson 9; 22. Georgetown Gateway 8; 22. Lampasas 8; 24. Silsbee 6; 25. Madisonville 5; 26. Taylor 4; 26. Gatesville 4; 26. Waco La Vega 4; 26. Bridge City 4; 26. Spring Hill 4; 31. Jacksonville 3; 32. Hardin-Jefferson 2; 33. Houston Worthing 1.

Running Events

100 meters: 1. Will Henderson, Gilmer 10.44; 2. Austen Diggs, LaGrange 10.73; 3. Josiah Jacob, Huffman Hargrave 11.00; 4. Noah Crawford, Burnet 11.10.

200 meters: 1. Austen Diggs, LaGrange 21.30; 2. Swayde Griffin, Lago Vista 21.73; 3. Dreylon Spurlock, Palestine 21.91; 4. Jeremiah Burns, Madisonville 22.73.

400 meters: 1. Callen Horn, Hamshire-Fannett 48.87; 2. Sean Armstrong, Houston North Forest 49.70; 3. Tarrence Woods, Houston Washington, 49.77; 4. Daniel Gonzales, Gatesville 49.93.

800 meters: 1. Victor Aviles, Burnet 1:52.66; 2. Brayden Vining, Bullard 1:54.53; 3. London Jessie, Silsbee 1:55.69; 4. Daniel Anderson, Salado 1:57.06.

1600 meters: 1. Victor Aviles, Burnet 4:19.40; 2. Connor Graves, Hudson 4:19.43; 3. Luke Anderson, Salado 4:23.14; 4. Tyler Hamblin, Marble Falls 4:23.64.

3200 meters: 1. Victor Aviles, Burnet 9:22.86; 2. Luke Anderson, Salado 9:24.42; 3. Tyler Hamblin, Marble Falls 9:28.04; 4. Coulson Boyd, Salado 9:30.21.

400 relay: 1. Gilmer (Trillyon Butler, Mykah Easley, Ta’Erik Tate, Will Henderson) 41.10; 2. Huffman Hargrave 41.67; 3. Palestine 41.71; 4. Jasper 42.12.

800 relay: 1. Gilmer (Trillyon Butler, Mykah Easley, Ta’Erik Tate, Dhrvay Smith) 1:25.46; 2. Palestine 1:26.71; 3. West Orange-Stark 1:27.13; 4. Center 1:28.53.

1600 relay: 1. Gilmer (Ta’Erik Tate, Connor Dodd, Tru Griffin, Trillyon Butler) 3:18.57; 2. Huffman Hargrave 3:20.42; 3. Waco Connally 3:21.26; 4. LaGrange 3:23.81.

110 hurdles: 1. Swayde Griffin, Lago Vista 14.35; 2. Jaylon Smith, Chapel Hill 14.44; 3. Blake Richards, Vidor 14.89; 4. Brendan Webb, Gilmer 15.19.

300 hurdles: 1. Blake Richards, Vidor 39.15; 2. Connor Dodd, Gilmer 39.31; 3. Caleb Small, Georgetown Gateway 40.20; 4. Lonnie Sawyer, Waco La Vega 40.28.

FIELD EVENTS

Long jump: 1. Garrett McNeil, Huffman Hargrave 22-8.25; 2. Grant Jones, Burnet 22-7.5; 3. Lance Wilburn, Center 22-4.5; 4. Jayvin Mayfield, Chapel Hill 21-10.

Shot put: 1. Braydon Nelson, Kilgore 56-2; 2. Demetris Dean, Jasper 52-11; 3. Tyler Davis, Giddings 50-10; 4. Syris Corley, Taylor 49-4.25.

Discus: 1. Braydon Nelson, Kilgore 187-3; 2. Demetris Dean, Jasper 184-2; 3. Lucas Cano, Gilmer 179-5; 4. Camden Kelly, Bridge City 149-8.

Triple jump: 1. Emonte Cross, Center 45-4.75; 2. Ke’Are Riley, Waco Connally 44-2.5; 3. Elvis Dupree, Jasper, 44-2; 4. Cameron Kelley, Chapel Hill 43-9.75.

High jump: 1. Brendan Webb, Gilmer 6-5; 2. Jacory Walton, Kilgore 6-4; 3. Swayde Griffin, Lago Vista 6-4; 4. Garner Krause, Burnet 6-2.

Pole vault: 1. Brayden Hill, Burnet 15-6; 2. Jackson Bragg, Salado 15-6; 3. Brady Rygaard, Burnet 15-3; 4. Kalius Northcutt, Lago Vista 13-6.

Wheelchair shot put: 1. Cason Weatherton, Henderson 23-9; 2. Sammy Meador, Henderson 9-9.

VARSITY GIRLS

Team standings: 1. Huffman Hargrave 67; 2. Gilmer 54; 3. Chapel Hill 43; Waco La Vega 39; 5. Splendora 32; 6. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 30; 7. Bullard 29; 8. Salado 27; 9. Gatesville 26; 10. West Ford 25; 11. Giddings 23; 11. Lago Vista 23; Houston North Forest 20; 14. Carthage 18; 14. China Spring 18; 16. Hardin-Jefferson 17; 17. Vidor 14; 18. Houston Yates 12; 18. Jarrell 12; 18. Hamshire-Fannett 12; 18. Houston Washington 12; 22. Robinson 11; 23. Lumberton 8; 24. LaGrange 6; 24. Madisonville 6; 24. Smithville 6; 27. Waco Connally 5; 28. Kilgore 4; 28. Henderson 4; 28. Spring Hill 4; 31. Center 3; 31. Hudson 3; 33. Palestine 2; 33. Georgetown Gateway 2; 35. Manor New Tech 1; 35. Rusk 1; 35. Lampasas 1.

Running Events

100 meters: 1. Carde Moore, Houston North Forest 11.86; 2. Amya Barefield, Hardin-Jefferson 12.21; 3. Aryssa Cooper, 12.24; 4. Madison Sweezer, Houston Yates 12.49.

200 meters: 1. Carde Moore, Houston North Forest 24.71; 2. Aryssa Cooper, Chapel Hill 25.01; 3. Dinah Tippins, Little Cypress-Mauriceville 25.10; 4. Kaydyn Edwards, Jarrell 25.79.

400 meters: 1. Ariana Brown, Waco La Vega 57.90; 2. Sierra Jackson, Splendora 58.19; 3. Jade Clements, Lago Vista 58.90; 4. Aubri Williams, Waco Connally 59.15.

800 meters: 1. Rika Witt, Huffman Hargrave 2:15.26; 2. Celeste Cantu, Huffman Hargrave 2:15.47; 3. Zoie Adcox, Salado 2:18.31; 4. Ruby Almanza, Kilgore 2:21.55.

1600 meters: 1. Cade Harris, Salado 5:16.029; 2. Rika Witt, Huffman Hargrave 5:21.89; 3. Adison Richard, Hamshire-Fannett 5:22.78; 4. Kaitlin Wilson, Giddings 5:25.84.

3200 meters: 1. Cade Harris, Salado 11:22.08; 2. Vania Martinez, Gatesville 11:24.93; 3. Kaitlin Wilson, Giddings 11:33.73; 4. Adison Richard, Hamshire-Fannett 11:34.84.

400 relay: 1. Chapel Hill (Debani Oblitas, R’Niyah Tomlinson, Ilaysha McGregor, Aryssa Cooper) 48.58; 2. Splendora 48.79; 3. Gilmer 48.94; 4. Houston Yates 49.01.

800 relay: 1. Gilmer (Alondria Nelson, Evelyn Applegate, Tasyiah Lewis, Alexis Kemp) 1:42.91; 2. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 1:43.14; 3. West Fork 1:43.50; 4. Jarrell 1:43.57.

1600 relay: 1. Huffman Hargrave (Doryn Davis, Celeste Cantu, Abigail Dempsey, Lilly Sarbeck) 3:56.66; 2. Waco La Vega 3:57.65; 3. Gilmer 3:59.68; 4. Lago Vista 4:02.04.

100 hurdles: 1. Janey Baker, China Spring 14.61; 2. Barrett Boyd, Gatesville 15.14; 3. Paisley Angelle, Little Cypress-Mauriceville 15.48; 4. Madalyn Aaron, West Fork 15.50.

300 hurdles: 1. Jade Williams, Huffman Hargrave 43.22; 2. Janey Baker, China Spring 43.28; 3. Macie Collier, La Grange 45.13; 4. Zariah Turner, Spring Hill 45.96.

Field Events

Long jump: 1. Jade Williams, Huffman Hargrave 18-2.5; 2. Carly Tucker, Bullard 17-9; 3. Paige Barrett, Bullard 17-6.5; 4. Sierra Jackson, Splendora 17-5.75.

Shot put: 1. Kaylon Metcalf, Giddings 41-6; 2. Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton 40-2; 3. Destiny Allison, Carthage 36-10.5; 4. Mallory Tate, Gilmer 36-1.75.

Discus: 1. Shaniece Powell, Houston Washington 126-1; 2. Tynslee Richards, Waco Robinson 118-10; 3. Brooke Collie, Gilmer 116-3; 4. Madison Powell, Vidor 112-0.

Triple jump: 1. Aryssa Cooper, Chapel Hill 37-4.5; 2. Karynton Dawson, Hardin-Jefferson 37-4.5; 3. Carly Tucker, Bullard 36-9.5; 4. Briyanna Sampson, Smithville 36-3.5.

High jump: 1. Raegan Stephenson, Vidor 5-7; 2. Sanaa Allison, Carthage 5-6; 3. Angela Carroll, Waco La Vega 5-3; 4. JaKayla Teague, Carthage 5-2.

Pole vault: 1. Barrett Boyd, Gatesville 12-1; 2 Lilah Smith, Lago Vista 11-6; 3. Rieze De Kock, Bullard 10-6; 4. Ana Sofia Abshire, West Fork 10-0.