LANCASTER — Lancaster proved faster and an area of concern, as expected, for District 16-4A.

The host school located on the southern tip of Dallas raced their way to team titles and a sweep of all six relays to highlight the Class 4A District 15-16 area track and field meet at Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium.

John Tyler’s Andre Jefferson qualified for regionals in four events, the Lady Lions’ Tanisha Vaughn earned a trip to Arlington in three races, and Jacksonville’s Dadria Franklin finished an eventful day with two individual gold medals to lead the East Texas caravan in the newly-created meet.

The top-four finishers continue their seasons at next week’s Class 4A Region II meet on the UT-Arlington campus.

Lindale’s duo of Travicia Acy (high jump) and Mackenzie Bateman (pole vault) teamed up for gold medals while Whitehouse’s Samantha Anderson discovered the precious medal with a win in the 800-meter run.

After reaching state in 3A last year, Acy ascended 5 feet, 8 inches to get one step closer to reaching Austin in 4A. Bateman beat all competitors with a height of 10-6, winning by a full foot.

“We competed great today,” Lindale girls coach Meghan Koonce said. “We knew it would be tough competition. I’m just proud of them and look forward to the next stage.”

John Tyler’s girls gave the team title a run, finishing third with 61 points behind Lancaster (170) and Mansfield Legacy (76).

Lancaster won six girls events, including all three relays. Eboni Coby carried Lancaster with a triple-gold effort in the 100-meter dash and 4×100 and 4×200 relays.

The Lancaster boys mimicked their counterparts, winning seven gold medals and all three relays to pile up 146 points. Whitehouse tied Nacogdoches for third with 62 points, and JT took fifth with 47.

Franklin elevated 6-8 to win the high jump and 6-8. The three-sport start soared 47-3 to claim the triple jump.

Jefferson returned to his dominant ways in the long jump. Jefferson, after nearly going 25 feet to win the national indoor title, jumped 24-8ﾾ to take first by 16 inches. Jefferson placed fourth in the high jump to extend his season in two field events. He later transferred his talents to the track, running blistering legs on JT’s silver-medalist 4×100 relay and bronze-medalist 4×200.

The Lions entered the meet with the nation’s 53rd-fastest time in the 100 and clocked a 42.55 to trail Lancaster (42.09), who has one of the country’s top-20 marks.

The JT girls gained a boost with freshman Dalelasha Rollins’ first-place performance in the triple jump (36-5 1/2).

Vaughn sped to a second-place finish in the 200 (25.58) and anchored JT’s 4×200 to second (1:42.05) and the 4×100 to third (48.68).

Briana Callier competed in five events for the Lady Lions, leaving with two regional berths in the triple jump (fourth) and as a member of the 4×100.

Whitehouse advanced 11 entries to next week’s two-day regional meet (April 26-27) at UT-Arlington, led by double-qualifiers Justin Dunning (110 hurdles, 4×400), Troy Hayden (1600, 3200), Colton Lampin (300 hurdles, 4×400), Tex Pierce (800, 4×400) and Shemar Smith (100, 4×400)

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Class 4A District 15-16 Area Track and Field Meet At Beverly Humphrey Tiger Stadium, Lancaster

Boys Team Totals — 1, Lancaster, 146; 2, Mansfield Legcy, 83.3; 3, Nacogdoches, 62; 3, Whitehouse, 62; 5, John Tyler, 47; 6, Mansfield Summit, 43; 7, Red Oak, 34; 8, Ennis, 30.3; 9, Mansfield Lake Ridge, 29; 10, Jacksonville, 26; 11, Corsicana, 16.3; 12, Arlington Seguin, 16; 13, Lindale, 15; 14, Waxahachie, 10.

Field Events

Long Jump — 1, Andre Jefferson, Tyler, 24-8 3/4; 2, Lafiel Smith, Lancaster, 23-4 3/4; 3, Tobi Fawehinmi, Summit, 23-4; 4, Daniel Hamilton, Lancaster, 22-9 1/2; 5, Jamarion Rose, Waxahachie, 22-6 3/4; 6, D’Ante Riggins, Nacogdoches, 21-8 3/4.

Shot Put — 1, Everett Williams, Legacy, 48-10; 2, Kevin Steward, Red Oak, 47-9; 3, Malik Jenkins, Ennis, 47-2 1/2; 4, Jacob Bragg, Nacogdoches, 47-1 1/2; 5, Lane Walters, Lindale, 45-2; 6, Brandon Besses, Summit, 45-0.

Discus — 1, Ramon Rife, Red Oak, 148-1 3/4; 2, Everett Williams, Legacy, 146-0 1/2; 3, Jacob Bragg, Nacogdoches, 138-3 1/2; 4, Terence Woodall, Legacy, 137-7; 5, Kevin Steward, Red Oak, 136-10 1/2; 6, Jassavia Reese, Tyler, 132-9 1/2.

Pole Vault — 1, Mason Hardy, Nacogdoches, 15-0; 2, Noah Gilfillan, Corsicana, 14-0; 3, Hunter Carlton, Legacy, 13-0; 4, Reid Perry, Nacogdoches, 13-0; 5, Caleb Nekuza, Ennis, 12-0; 6, Clark Emerson, Lake Ridge, 12-0.

High Jump — 1, Dadrian Franklin, Jacksonville, 6-8; 2, Dzifa Mallet, Corsicana, 6-4; 3, Jordan Taylor, Lake Ridge, 6-2; 4, Andre Jefferson, Tyler, 6-2; 5, Dakota Austin, Lancaster, 6-2; T6, Hector Calvillo, Corsicana, 5-10; T6, Chris Smith, Legacy, 5-10; T6, Davante Edwards, Ennis, 5-10.

Triple Jump — 1, Dadrian Franklin, Jacksonville, 47-3; 2, Tobi Fawehinmi, Summit, 46-9 3/4; 3, David Brefo, Summit, 46-9; 4, D’Ante Riggins, Nacogdoches, 45-6 1/2; 5, Andre Jefferson, Tyler, 44-9 1/4; 6, Daniel Hamilton, Lancaster, 44-4 1/2.

Running Events

3200-meter run — 1, Jeff Weisheit, Legacy, 9:56.99; 2, Jeff Watson, Lindale, 9:57.21; 3, Troy Hayden, Whitehouse, 10:08.36; 4, Jake Weith, Legacy, 10:09.96; 5, Ryan Kallenbach, Lake Ridge, 10:47.59; 6, Andrew Cox, Lindale, 10:59.76.

400-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (Xavier Caffee, Gabriel Wilson, Reggie Garner, Daniel Hamilton), 42.09; 2, Tyler (Bryston Gipson, Andre Jefferson, DeQuante Woods, Reginald Gipson), 42.55; 3, Ennis (Dee Wilson, Devin Smith, DaJuan Jefferson, Jahshawn Johnson), 42.83; 4, Waxahachie (Ladarron Crawford, Jamarion Rose, Craig Renfro, Tracy Morrison), 43.14; 5, Whitehouse (Alex Williams, Chris Reese, Chris Kunzman, Shemar Smith), 43.18; 6, Seguin, 43.21.

800-meter run — 1, Alec Saudceo, Red Oak, 2:00.49; 2, Hunter Wamack, Lake Ridge, 2:02.00; 3, Tex Pierce, Whitehouse, 2:02.42; 4, Gerald Hartford, Lancaster, 2:02.61; 5, Rickey Estrada, Whitehouse, 2:11.01; 6, Xavier Mayfield, Tyler, 2:11.70.

110-meter hurdles — 1, Lafiel Smith, Lancaster, 14.45; 2, Ramesus Stewart-Johnson, Summit, 14.50; 3, Justin Dunning, Whitehouse, 14.54; 4, Brady Burke, Legacy, 14.70; 5, Ladarius Session, Jacksonville, 15.14; 6, Colton Lampin, Whitehouse, 15.14.

100-meter dash — 1, Brandon Jones, Nacogdoches, 10.83; 2, Damarcus Stewart, Seguin, 10.89; 3, Shemar Smith, Whitehouse, 10.96; 4, Reggie Garner, Lancaster, 10.97; 5, Bryston Gipson, Tyler, 11.03; 6, Jimmy Jones, Legacy, 11.13.

800-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (Xavier Caffee, Gabriel Walker, Reggie Garner, Daniel Hamilton), 1:27.08; 2, Nacogdoches (Alex Gregory, James Barnes, Brandon Jones, Jamar Woodard), 1:28.40; 3, Tyler (Terry Ausborne, DeQuante Woods, Justice Liggins, Andre Jefferson), 1:28.65; 4, Whitehouse (Justin Dunning, Roy White, Chris Reese, Shemar Smith), 1:29.53; 5, Jacksonville (Dontavian Thacker, Ladarrius Session, Dadrian Franklin, Londedric Taylor), 1:29.90; 6, Ennis, 1:30.14.

400-meter dash — 1, Eric Age, Lancaster, 48.69; 2, Desmond Anderson, Lancaster, 48.69; 3, Malik Rowson, Seguin, 48.99; 4, Anfernee Robinson, Lancaster, 49.64; 5, Chris Kunzman, Whitehouse, 51.28; 6, Alex Williams, Whitehouse, 52.94.

300-meter hurdles — 1, Anthony Robinson, Lancaster, 38.05; 2, Garrett Moore, Legacy, 38.31; 3, Lafiel Smith, Lancaster, 39.72; 4, Colton Lampin, Whitehouse, 39.87; 5, Ramesus Stewart-Johnson, Summit, 40.54; 6, Conner Lind, Lindale, 42.04.

200-meter dash — 1, Xavier Caffee, Lancaster, 22.28; 2, Devin Smith, Ennis, 22.37; 3, Jamar Woodard, Nacogdoches, 22.44; 4, Calier Stinson, Lancaster, 22.65; 5, Eriell Peters, Lake Ridge, 22.73; 6, Alex Gregory, Nacogdoches, 22.76.

1600-meter run — 1, Jeff Weisheit, Legacy, 4:34.39; 2, Troy Hayden, Whitehouse, 4:35.58; 3, Ryan Kallenbach, Lake Ridge, 4:37.44; 4, Hunter Wamack, Lake Ridge, 4:41.90; 5, Jake Weith, Legacy, 4;42.43; 6, Jeff Watson, Lindale, 4:56.80.

1600-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (Desmond Anderson, Anfernee Robinson, Eric Age, Sherman Waters), 3:17.44; 2, Legacy (Zavonte McGriff, Jeff Weisheit, Gentry Ivery, Garrett Moore), 3:25.50; 3, Summit (David Brefo, Michael Adedire, Tyler Smith, Ramesus Stewart-Johnson), 3:25.77; 4, Whitehouse (Alex Williams, Chris Kunzman, Colton Lampin, Tex Pierce), 3:26.81; 5, Red Oak 3:26.85; 6, Lindale (TJ Griffin, Nathan Evans, Damian Howard-Hines, Kolten Pierce), 3:33.59.

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Girls

Team Totals — 1, Lancaster, 170; 2, Mansfield Legacy, 76; 3, John Tyler, 61; 3, Arlington Seguin, 61; 5, Mansfield Summit, 59; 6, Lindale, 46; 7, Whitehouse, 33; 8, Red Oak, 26; 8, Ennis, 26; 10, Waxahachie, 18; 11, Mansfield Lake Ridge, 14; 12, Jacksonville, 11; 13, Corsicana, 10; 14, Nacogdoches, 9.

Field Events

Long Jump —1, Briona Oliver, Summit, 18-9; 2, Victoria Johnson, Legacy, 18-6 3/4; 3, Tonea Marshall, Seguin, 18-2; 4, Jasmine Parson, Jacksonville, 17-6; 5, Alexis Flores, Lancaster, 17-0 3/4; 6, Dalelasha Rollins, Tyler, 16-10 3/4.

Shot Put — 1, Tochi Nlemchi, Waxahachie, 44-7 1/2; 2, Jacquetta Cannon, Lancaster, 41-6; 3, Deja Erskine, Lancaster, 40-0; 4, Keandra Bass, Lancaster, 36-6; 5, Justice Lockett, Nacogdoches, 35-8; 6, Domonica Franklin, Jacksonville, 33-0 1/2.

Discus — 1, Jacquetta Cannon, Lancaster, 134-6; 2, Tochi Nlemchi, Waxahachie, 123-1; 3, Domonica Franklin, Jacksonville, 108-11; 4, Keandra Bass, Lancaster, 108-5 1/4; 5, Delisha Jernigan, Lancaster, 108-4; 6, Justice Lockett, Nacogdoches, 103-2.

Pole Vault — 1, Mackenzie Bateman, Lindale, 10-6; 2, Alyssa Fincher, Ennis, 9-6; 3, Noah Vittrup, Lindale, 9-0; 4, Alexis Allen, Ennis, 8-6; 5, Taylor Rockwell, Lancaster, 8-6; 6, Sophia Hoenig, Lake Ridge, 8-0.

High Jump — 1, Travicia Acy, Lindale, 5-8; 2, Fulani Petties, Whitehouse, 5-8; 3, Monique Parks, Nacogdoches, 5-4; 4, Symonne Brookins, Lindale, 5-2; 5, Kayln Dixon, Legacy, 5-0; 6, Aubrey Ridgeway, Seguin, 4-10.

Triple Jump — 1, Dalelasha Rollins, Tyler, 36-5 1/2; 2, Alexis Flores, Lancaster, 36-5; 3, Emma Villegas, Summit, 36-0; 4, Briana Callier, Tyler, 34-10; 5, Kavlei Waldie-Oliver, 34-10; 6, Ivy Walker, Summit, 34-8 3/4.

Running Events

3200-meter run — 1, Maria Castillo, Legacy, 12:05.83; 2, Abagail Delarosa, Red Oak, 12:14.85; 3, Claudia Charles, Lindale, 12:17.22; 4, Isela Sandoval, Ennis, 12:18.48; 5, Anna Hayden, Whitehouse, 12:46.53; 6, Tiffany Miller, Legacy, 13:12.21.

400-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (Ayanna O’Neal, Eboni Coby, A’Driana Berkalter, Jazzkia Jones), 47.97; 2, Seguin (Jessica Smith, Tiauna Jefferson, Tonea Marshall, Bria Washington), 48.65; 3, Tyler (Sydney Jenkins, Christina Lampkin, Briana Callier, Tanisha Vaughn), 48.68; 4, Summit, 49.09; 5, Corsicana, 49.85; 6, Lindale, 50.32.

800-meter run — 1, Samantha Anderson, Whitehouse, 2:19.09; 2, Alicia Harris, Lancaster, 2:19.60; 3, Aubrey Ridgeway, Arlington Seguin, 2:23.26; 4, Kayla Howard, Lake Ridge, 2:26.09; 5, Deja Morehead, Legacy, 2:35.06; 6, Kaylah Callaway, Lindale, 2:37.69.

100-meter hurdles — 1, Victoria Johnson, Legacy, 14.26; 2, Ayanna O’Neal, Lancaster, 14.79; 3, Jaisha Washington, Summit, 14.81; 4, Tonea Marshall, Seguin, 15.05; 5, Gracie Tucker, Lidnale, 15.39; 6, Briana Callier, Tyler, 16.89.

100-meter dash — 1, Eboni Coby, Lancaster, 11.81; 2, Briona Oliver, Summit, 12.22; 3, Dori Richard, Red Oak, 12.36; 4, Bria Washington, Seguin, 12.50; 5, Christina Lampkin, 12.59; 6, Sydney Jenkins, Tyler, 12.83.

800-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (A’Driana Berkhaulter, Alexus Rose, Alexis Flores, Eboni Coby), 1:39.79; 2, Tyler (Breuna Gipson, Christina Lampkin, De’Shalyn Jones, Tanisha Vaughn), 1:42.05; 3, Seguin (Jessica Smith, Tiauna Jefferson, Aubrey Ridgeway, Chasmine Dangerfield), 1:42.43; 4, Lake Ridge (Tateana Williams, Kemba Rollins, Brena Palmer, Sierra Castleberry), 1:44.04; 5, Corsicana, 1:45.69; 6, Summit, 1:46.17.

400-meter dash — 1, Brianna Stone, Legacy, 57.51; 2, Taylor Rockwell, Lancaster, 58.65; 3, Alicia Harris, Lancaster, 58.71; 4, Atiya Muhammad, Summit, 58.78; 5, De’Shalyn Jones, Tyler, 59.77; 6, Catalina Heredia, Whitehouse, 62.64.

300-meter hurdles — 1, Victoria Johnson, Legacy, 44.36; 2, Ayanna O’Neal, Lancaster, 44.87; 3, Tiara Golden, Lancaster, 45.27; 4, Emoni Taylor, Summit, 45.97; 5, Jade Caldwell, Tyler, 49.31; 6, Gracie Tucker, Lindale, 50.54.

200-meter dash — 1, A’Driana Berkhaulter, Lancaster, 25.05; 2, Tanisha Vaughn, Tyler, 25.58; 3, Dori Richard, Red Oak, 25.73; 4, Brianna Stone, Legacy, 25.75; 5, Ernisha Ballard, Corsicana, 25.83; 6, Sierria Castleberry, Lake Ridge, 26.05.

1600-meter run — 1, Isela Sandoval, Ennis, 5:35.55; 2, Anna Hayden, Whitehouse, 5:36.20; 3, Abagail Delarosa, Red Oak, 5:38.19; 4, Claudia Charles, Lindale, 5:39.47; 5, Morgan Cain, Summit, 5:45.82; 6, Maria Castillo, Legacy, 5:48.96.

1600-meter relay — 1, Lancaster (Jazzkia Jones, Taylor Rockwell, Alexis Flores, Alicia Harris), 3:55.48; 2, Legacy (Victoria Johnson, Deja Morehead, Kaylei Waldie-Oliver, Brianna Stone), 3:56.78; 3, Seguin, 3:57.77; 4, Summit (Atiya Muhammad, Jennifer Shealey, LaDee Maxie, Emoni Taylor), 4:04.83; 5, Whitehouse (Samantha Anderson, Catalina Heredia, Kenslie Dews, Erin Strickland), 4:12.23; 6, Tyler (De’Shalyn Jones, Sha’Kendra Tilley, Jasmine Lane, Elwena Key), 4:20.15.