In the most anticipated and electric race of the Rockdale Relays, the Tigers boys sprint relay team put on a show last Friday at Tiger Stadium.
The team of Cam’Ron Valdez, Kesean Raven, Levi Baggerly and Will Storey almost pulled off a come from behind victory over Cameron’s 2018 state qualifying team of Malik Thomas, Deonte Williams, Zakorian Spikes and Davion Bynaum.
The Tigers were behind until Baggerly covered ground and handed off to the team’s anchor Storey, who outpaced his competition and came close to catching Bynaum, a UTEP commit. The Yoemen won with a 43.25 over Rockdale’s 43.46.
Cameron’s boys squad also won the meet for the fifth time with 85 points. Taylor was second with 70, Georgetown East View was third with 61. Smithville placed fourth with 59 and Rockdale was fifth with 52 points.
“Our guys came out there and competed,” said Lewis Edmonson, Rockdale High School boy’s track coach. “It wasn’t flawless. But that’s a good thing because if we raced flawless today, we wouldn’t have any reason to keep on working. I think we showed Cameron that we’re right there beside them.
Some other RHS highlights include, the Tigers finishing third in the mile relay behind Smithville and Georgetown Gateway with Valdez, Jace Robinson, Quentin Hughes and Storey for a time of 3:40.56.
Layne Rash ran the 110-meter hurdles in 19.39 and a 47.53 in the 300-meter hurdles. Raven and Crawford both ran in 200-meter dash, running a 24-21 and 24.34 respectively.
Robinson ran a 57.01 in the 400-meter dash, while Hughes ran it in 57.68.
In the field events, Ty Mayberry placed fourth in the shot put throwing 40-4 3/4. Jose Rivera competed in the discus, throwing a distance of 108-4 and Levi Baggerly hit 38-9 in the triple jump that day.
LADY TIGERS —
Andrea Salazar was the only member of the Rockdale Lady Tigers track team with experience in a varsity track competition, for the rest of the team the Rockdale Relays was their first one.
“They were a little nervous but stepped up and took care of business. A lot of improvement is being made with these young ladies,” said Brian Thomas, RHS girl’s track coach. “We had a great showing. The girls came out and competed and didn’t give up.”
Freshmen Taytum Young vaulted a 7-6 in her first high school meet and Salazar threw the discus 86-10. Salazar also competed in the shot put with a mark of 28-11 and Destiny Okara-Clarke threw a 25-1 1/4.
On the track, Anna Harmon, Jena Locklin, Kiley Moore and K’Tacia Mayberry began the meet with a 55.86 in the sprint relay. In the 100-meter dash, Mackenzie Musto ran a 14.36 and Mayberry ran a 15.34.
Locklin, Moore and Mayberry all ran in the 200-meter dash with times of 30.23, 31.81 and 33.52.
Jesenia Navarro ran 70.54 in the quarter and Harmon competed in both hurdles, finishing with 19.42 in the 110 and 56.63 in the
300. Two-time regional qualifier Payton Miller didn’t compete in the 110 due to a quad strain. Georgetown East View won with 172.5 points, doubling second place Troy’s total of 82.5.
Both RHS teams will compete in Giddings at the
60th Rockdale Relays results
Varsity boys
Team standings: 1. Cameron 85; 2. Taylor 70; 3. East View 61; 4. Smith-ville 59; 5. Rockdale 52; 6. Gateway 48; 7. Caldwell 40.833; 8. Elgin 35.333; 9. Troy 34; 10. Milano 28; 11. Brentwood Christian 25; 12. Thorn-dale 24; 13. Academy 21.833; 14. Hempstead 20; 15. Lexington 13; 16. Dime Box, Eastview JV2, Elgin JV2, Giddings and Manor New Tech.
100-meter run: 1. Davion Bynaum, Cameron, 10.84; 2. Devonte Jones, Milano. 11.17; 3. Dushon Orr, Taylor. 11.22; 4. Ronak Naik, Taylor, 11.60;
5. Amantae Chase Smithville, 11.63; 6. LuRico DeBoest, Hempstead, 11.64. 200 run: 1. Orr, Taylor 22.34;2. Bynaum, Cameron, 22.43; 3. Zakorian Spikes, Cameron, 23.47; 4. Naik, Taylor, 23.81; 5. Deon Heath, Smith-ville, 23.87; 6. Joshua Price, Gateway 23.90.
400 run: 1. Justin Henry East View, 53.24; 2. Dmitri Radkevich, Gateway 53.47; 3. Clayton Cobb, Taylor, 53.82;
4. Alexander Munos, Hempstead, 54.23; 5. Kyle Jennings, Caldwell 54.36; 6. Michael Milicia, Brentwood Christian 55.42.
800 run: 1. Luis Andana, East View 2:03.31; 2. Radkevich, Gateway 2:03.84; 3. DeBoest, Hempstead, 2:06.50; 4. Mario Ruiz, Elgin, 2:07.91;
5. Christian Rohlack, Taylor, 2:08.67;
6. Richie Vasquez, East View 2:11.16. 1600 run: 1. Parker Jones, Milano, 4:25.21; 2. Andana, East View 4:37.99;
3. Ruiz, Elgin, 4:45.71; 4. Joel Skrabanek, Caldwell, 4:48.94; 5. DeBoest, Hempstead, 4:51.71; 6. Bryan Castro, Elgin 4:52.87.
3200 run: 1. Andana, East View 10:08.67; 2. Ruiz, Elgin, 10:15.51; 3. Ricardo Araujo-Reyes, Elgin, 10:22.68;
4. Skrabanek, Caldwell, 10:25.22; 5. Gusman,Alvin, East View, 10:33.91;
6. Tucker Flatt, Gateway, 11:38.25. 110 hurdles: 1. Byron Sweet, Taylor, 15.68; 2. Jemarie White, Lexington, 16.13; 3. Jeffery Rutherford, Caldwell, 17.07; 4. Christopher Honstein, East View, 17.10; 5. Callyn Harris, Cameron, 17.15; 6. Kris Carroll, Caldwell, 17.37. 300 hurdles: 1. Devonte Jones, Milano, 40.53; 2. Carlios Ochoa, East View 41.81; 3. Matthew Potter, Troy, 43.19;
4. Max Gaddy, Gateway, 44.47; 5. Rian White, Academy 44.77; 5. K. Carroll, Caldwell, 44:77.
4x100 relay: 1. Cameron, 43:25, Thomas Malik, Williams Deonte, Zakorian, Bynaum; 2. Rockdale, 43.46, Levi Baggerly, Kesean Raven, Cam’Ron Valdez, Will Storey. 3. Smithville 44.00 Clay Padgett, Kirt Hawkins, Brice Chabot, Amantae Chase. 4. Brentwood Christian 45.66, Bru Hague Sam Orick, Chase Blackman, Noah Shelby; 5. Academy 46.32, Dashaun Robinson, Dalton Head, Corbin Bush, Coleman Berg; 6. Elgin 46.86, Bryan Castro, Curtis Tyrique, Daniel Meurin, Terron Johnson.
4x200 relay: 1. Rockdale 1:32.95, Kesean Raven, Valdez, Storey, Quashon Crawford; 2. Cameron 1:35.83, Malik Thomas, Deonte Williams, J.D. Wilson, Spikes; 3. Troy, 1:36.57, Zach Hrbacek, Xavier Hernandez, Ricky Guardiola, Juan Arizmendi; 4. Brentwood Christian, 1:36.58, Isaiah Davis, Sam Orick, Chris Mayo, Phillip Mach; 5. Academy, 1:37.88, Robinson, Braeden Lilly, Head, Jaylin McWilliams; 6. Smithville, 1:39.57, Tharon Green, Clay Padgett, Patrick Nealy, Chase.
4x400 relay: 1. Smithville 3:36.56, Tharon Green, Deon Heath, Charles Hodge IV, Brice Chabot; 2. Gateway 3:38.67, Mason Werchan, Kip Ross, Radkevich, Price; 3. Rock-dale 3:40.56, Quentin Hughes, Valdez, Storey, Robinson; 4. Brentwood Christian 3:44.40, Gavin George, Chris Mayo, Phillip Mach, Michael Milicia; 5. Taylor 3:45.49, Robert Ramirez, Ben Roberts, Christian Rohlack, Clayton Cobb; 6. Troy 3:45.85, Jacob Morgan, Hrbacek, Ricky Guardiola, Juan Arizmendi.
Long jump: 1. Kirt Hawkins. Smith-ville. 22-0; 2. Deziah Little East View, 20-10 1/4; 3. Arizmendi, Troy, 20-0; 4. Lilly, Academy, 19-6; 5. White, Lexington, 19-4 3/4; 6. Thomas Melton, Cameron, 19-4
Shot put: 1. Corbin Preusse, Thorn-dale, 48-2; 2. Jordan Hood, Elgin, 45-10 3/4; 3. Hanson, Taylor, 40-9 1/4; 4. Ty Mayberry, Rockdale, 40-4 3/4; 5. Ja’Ron Carver, Taylor, 40-0 1/4; 6.Wyatt Bush, Hempstead, 39-3 3/4. Discus: 1. Corey Preusse, Thorndale, 159-8; 2. Justin Hinsen, Gateway, 129-11; 3. Callyn Harris, Cameron, 124-6; 4. Corbin Preusse, Thorn-dale, 121-10; 5. Laurence, Easton, Taylor, 121-9; 6. Aaron Allert, Lexington, 113-4.
Triple jump: 1. Kirt Hawkins, Smith-ville, 44-7 3/4; 2. Chris Preddie, Academy, 42-8 1/4; 3. Kadrian Hammond, Cameron, 41-11 3/4; 4. Orr, Dushon, Taylor, 41-8 1/4; 5. Jemarie White Lexington 41-6 1/4; 6. Clay Padgett. Smithville, 41-5 1/2.
High jump: 1. Kadrian Hammond, Cameron, 6-2; 2. Donovan Jabbar, Caldwell, 6-0; 3. Munos, Hempstead, 6-0; 4. Ben Presley,Troy, 6-0; 5. Williams,Dyson Gateway 5-10; 6. Corbin Bush, Academy, 5-8; 6. Brandon Williams, Caldwell, 5-8; 6. Tim Upton, Elgin, 5-8.
Pole vault: 1. Tanner Welch, Taylor, 14-6; 2. Luke Dickey, Caldwell, 12-0;
3. Benito Ramon, Caldwell, 10-0; 4. Jackson Longoria, Troy 9-6.
Varsity girls
Team standings: 1. East View 174.5;
2. Troy 82.5; 3. Taylor 73; 4. Lexington 55; 5. Caldwell 45.5; 6. Cameron 37;
7. Elgin 34; 8. Academy 33; 9. Manor New Tech 22; 10. Smithville 20; 10. Brentwood Christian 20; 12. Gateway 19.5; 13. Dime Box 4; 14. East View JV2; 14. Elgin JV2; 14. Giddings, 14. Hempstead; 14. Milano; 14. Rockdale;
14. Thorndale.
100 run: 1. Maya Davis. Smithville. 13.01; 2. Kayla Mayo. Brentwood Chrisitian, 13.03; 3. Brooke Myers, Academy, 13.11; 4. Brandi Drake, Cameron, 13.19; 5. Jasmine Carter, Elgin, 13.49; 6. Kennedy Tennell, Caldwell, 13.63; 6. Kayla White, East View, 13.63.
200 run: 1. Maya Davis, Smithville, 26.62; 2. Mariah Washington, Lexington, 27.24; 3. Victory Ifah, Manor New Tech, 27.33; 4. Khaliah Butler, Caldwell, 28.29; 5. Marenn Stoops, East View, 28.35; 6. Makenna Baylor, East View, 28.58.
400 run: 1. Ifah, Manor New Tech, 1:00.51; 2. Washington, Lexington, 1:03.68; 3. Elizabeth See, Caldwell, 1:04.47; 4. Laci Ward, Troy, 1:04.66;
5. Mia Rowe, East View 1:04.87; 6. Madi Gawthorp, Gateway, 1:05.24. 800 run: 1. Rowe East View, 2:22.20;
2. Jenna Brazeal, Academy, 2:25.81;
3. Ifah, Manor New Tech, 2:27.96; 4. Alexia Tapia, East View, 2:29.46; 5. Mary Brown, East View, 2:31.49; 6. Cassidy Halfmann, Troy, 2:37.09.
1600 run: 1. Mary Brown, East View, 5:41.42; 2. Halfmann, Troy, 5:51.28; 3. Anna Richison, East View, 5:56.64; 4. Tiare McConnell, East View 5:57.59; 5. Zoe Zwernemann, Caldwell, 6:05.14;
6. Karla Avalos, Caldwell, 6:10.07. 3200 run: 1. Tapia East View, 11:59.43;
2. Richison, East View, 12:53.37; 3. McConnell, East View, 12:59.19; 4. Avalos, Caldwell, 13:02.85; 5. Alyssa Salinas, Elgin, 13:33.06; 6. Hannah Villarreal, Taylor, 13:49.08.
100 hurdles: 1. Madison Kennedy, East View, 16.46; 2. Mae Jones, East View, 17.62; 3. La’Mya Joseph, Elgin, 17.67; 4. Taylor Valadez, East View, 17.90; 5. Bailey Long, Caldwell, 17.91;
6. Jacey Vykukal, Caldwell, 18.06. 300 hurdles: 1. Madison Kennedy, East View, 49.34; 2. Joseph, Elgin, 50.37; 3. Mae Jones, East View, 50.82; 4. Elexus Cooper, Lexington, 52.40; 5. Vykukal, Caldwell, 52.64; 6. Bailey Long, Caldwell, 52.76.
4x100 relay: 1. Lexington, 51.40, Micah Villalobos, Aaliyah McFarland, Washington, Cooper; 2. Taylor 51.86, Ashlyn Collier, Kaylee Turner, Miriah Williams, Latavia Anderson; 3. Cameron 52.04,Ciani Wilkerson, Brandi Drake, Brooklyn Balch, Ashlee Balch;
4. Caldwell 52.10, Bell, Melodie Parker, Kennedy Tennell, Khaliah Butler;
5. Troy 52.39, Alexis Tippit, Rachel Ramirez, Graycee Mosley, Emily Jarolik; 6. Brentwood Christian 52.74, Alicia Gardner, Julia Glenn, McKenzie Gatlin, Kayla Mayo.
4x200 relay: 1. Troy 1:51.53, Tippit, Ramirez, Graycee Mosley, Emily Jarolik; 2. East View 1:51.56, Baylor, Kayla White, Andrea Graham, Marenn Stoops; 3. Taylor 1:52.49, Ashlyn Collier, Miriah Williams, Aiyanna Thompson, Latavia Anderson; 4. Academy 1:53.29, Kylah Hulsey, Williams, Miria Botz, Brooke Myers; 5. Cameron 1:53.81, Wilkerson, Drake, B. Balch, A. Balch; 6. Caldwell, 1:54.26, Bell, Delayni Drgac, Tennell, Hailey Vess. 4x400 relay: 1. East View 4:16.65, Tapia, Brown, Burke, Cindy Powell; 2. Taylor 4:21.74, Collier, Williams, Anna Cathryn Griffith, Thompson; 3. Caldwell 4:22.91, Drgac, Melodie Parker, Kate Urbanovsky, See; 4. Troy 4:24.14, Laci Ward, Mosley, Lewis, Emily Jarolik; 5. Elgin, 4:32.48, Jania Monroe, Kole Lee, Joseph, Skylar Evans; 6. Gateway 4:34.04, Natalie Weisbach, Mackenzie Mabrey, Madison Knisley, Gawthorp.
Long jump: 1. Anna Cathryn Griffith, Taylor, 17-2; 2. Tippit, Troy, 16-11 3/4;
3. Mayo, Brentwood Christian, 16-5 1/2; 4. McFarland, Lexington, 16-1;
5. Drake, Cameron, 16-0; 6. Washington, Lexington, 15-11 1/2.
Shot put: 1. Roberson, Elgin, 37-5 3/4; 2. Portia Leathers, East View, 36-2 1/2; 3. Tori Ranco, East View, 35-4; 4. KeKe Brown, East View, 33-11 1/4; 5. Aliyana Dunn, Lexington, 33-0 3/4; 6. Taylor Strimiska, Academy, 32-4.
Discus: 1. Strimiska, Academy, 107-11; 2. Leathers, East View, 107-5; 3. Mosley, Troy, 98-10; 4. Dunlap. Troy. 95-7; 5. Thompson, Elgin, 92-8; 6. Anahi Rodriguez, Cameron, 89-4. Triple jump: 1. Tippit, Troy, 34-10 3/4;
2. White, East View, 34-4; 3. Washington, Lexington, 33-6 3/4; 4. Drake, Cameron, 32-11 1/4; 5. Villalobos, Lexington, 32-10 1/4; 6. Alauna Ortega, East View, 32-7 1/2.
High jump: 1. Ja’Kerra Holt, Cameron, 5-0; 2. Collier, Taylor, 4-10; 3. Savannah Sebek, Troy, 4-10; 4. Jaclyn Wishard, Brentwood Christian, 4-10;
5. Caelyn Schroeder, Gateway 4-8; 5. Helena Lewis, Troy, 4-8.
Pole vault: 1. Griffith, Taylor, 11-0; 2. Gawthorp, Gateway, 10-0; 3. Randa Minzenmayer, Gateway, 9-6; 4. Brandi Caffey, Dime Box, 9-6; 5. Rachel Ramirez, Troy, 9-0; 6. Blanton Shylynn, Gateway, 9-0.
JV boys
Team standings: 1. Elgin 138; 2. East View 136; 3. Smithville 83.5; 4. Caldwell 67.5; 5. Hempstead 48.5; 6. Cameron 34; 7. Brentwood Christian 32; 8. Taylor 17; 9. Giddings 16; 10. Rockdale 14; 11. Troy 12; 12. Academy 6; 13. East View JV2 5.5; 14. Lexington 4; 14. Gateway 4; 16. Elgin JV2 2; 17. Dime Box; 17. Manor New Tech;
17. Milano; 17. Thorndale.
Rockdale results
200 run: Jabez Dunn 25.13; Kobe Mitchell 25.69. 800 run: 4. Albert Silva 2:17.56; Creeks Windham; Koye Bleacker.; 1600 run: 5. Issasc Fuentes 5:13.48, Andrew Hick; 3200 run: Andrew Hick, Issasc Fuentes; 4x100 relay: 6. 47.46, Jabez Dunn, Jalyn Davis, Kobe Mitchell, Mekhi Crawford. 4x200 relay: 5. 1:40.06 Anthony Dansby, Eathan Hughes, Dunn, Mitchell. Shot put: 6. 35-0 1/2, Keymoni Hamilton 35-0 1/2. Discus: 6. Brandon Hernandez 90-5.
JV girls
Team standings: 1. East View 200.5;
2. Giddings 96; 3. Caldwell 49; 4. Cameron 47; 5. Taylor 39; 6. Troy 38;
7. Manor New Tech 35; 8. East View JV2 34; 9. Lexington 28; 10. Elgin 17;
11. Academy 16; 12. Rockdale 11.5;
13. Smithville 2; 14. Brentwood Christian; 14. Dime Box; 14. Elgin JV2; 14. Gateway; 14. Hempstead; 14. Milano;
14. Thorndale.
Rockdale results
100 run: 6. Delz, Hannah 14.66. 200 run: 5. Delz, Hannah 30.25 2. 800 run:
5. Ivanna Luna Hernandez 2:48.31. 1600 run: 4. Ivanna Luna Hernandez 6:10.60 4. 3200 run: 5. Barcak, Cady 14:15.69 2. Shot put: Makailah Huff. Discus: 6. Justiss Mayberry 71-0 0.5; Alyssa Grady
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