Mustangs compete well at Texan Relays
Marble Falls varsity boys place 3rd out of nine teams at Texan Relays with 104.5 points
WIMBERLEY — Compete. That’s the message Marble Falls athletic director Todd Dodge emphasized to the Mustangs, and the athletes are heard him. The Mustangs continue to finish in the top five in meets across central Texas, and that should bode well for the District 25-4A Meet April April 11-12.
RESULTS: 100: Cody Schulz, 10.84, 1st; 200: Schulz, 22.26, 1st, Fred Watson, 23.33, 5th; 400: Aaron Hinojosa, 52.40, 4th, Johnny Garcia, 52.84, 5th; 3,200: Anjel Guerrero, 10:19, 2nd; 400 relay: Marble Falls (Hinojosa, Aidin Parnell, Austin Jones, Keelan Gamble), 44.94, 4th; 800 relay: Marble Falls (Parnell, Jones, Gamble, Watson), 1:34.75, 4th; 1,600 relay: Marble Falls (Brian Shrubar, Hinojosa, Garcia, Schulz), 3:26.12, 2nd; long jump: Schulz, 21-4.75, 1st; shot put: Rey Baltazar, 47-10, 2nd; discus: Baltazar, 119-4.5, 3rd, Layo Zurita, 111-10, 4th; triple jump: Hinojosa, 40-6.5, 3rd, Parnell, 39-10.25; high jump: Parnell, 5-8, 5th;
TOP PERFORMER: Schulz continues to pace the Mustangs, winning gold in three individual events and helping a relay team earn silver in a fourth event.
QUOTABLE: “It’s all real exciting right now. We are really proud of what our kids are doing and getting after it. We’re expecting quite a bit of success,” Mustangs head coach Kyle Futrell said.
UP NEXT: Daybreak Rotary Mustang Relays 8:30 a.m. March 31 at Mustang Stadium and Leonel Manzano Track, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.
Marble Falls varsity girls place 5th out of nine teams at Texan Relays with 59.5 points
WIMBERLEY — One of the challenges for the Lady Mustangs is getting the best performances from the fewest number of athletes of the four Marble Falls teams, head coach Kyle Futrell said. Still, he remains enthusiastic because he can see improvement from the squad.
Dripping Springs won the meet with 115.2 points followed by Wimberley with 110.5 and Hays Consolidated with 102.
RESULTS: 100: Kelsey Bauers, 13.55, 5th; 400: Haley Stephens, 1:03.85, Sarah Stripling, 1:03.91; 800: Stripling, 2:27.40, 3rd; 300 hurdles: Sarah Lewis, 48.48, 1st; 800 relay: Marble Falls (Haley Stephens, Haley Coulter, Lewis, Whitney Ulbricht), 1:53.82, 6th; 1,600 relay: Marble Falls (Lewis, Ulbricht, Stephens, Stripling), 4:14.21, 2nd; shot put: Teagan Hall, 32-5, 2nd; high jump: Priscilla Martinez, 5-6, 1st.
TOP PERFORMER: Stripling finished in the top six in two individual events and helped the 1,600-meter relay team to the Lady Mustangs’ best finish in any running event.
UP NEXT: Daybreak Rotary Mustang Relays 8:30 a.m. March 31 at Mustang Stadium and Leonel Manzano Track, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.
Marble Falls junior varsity boys place 3rd out of nine teams at Texan Relays with 115 points
WIMBERLEY — The junior varsity Mustangs have been the most consistent performers, finishing in the top three for the third straight meet. The athletes also are showing their versatility as they’ve earned the most points of any Marble Falls team.
RESULTS: 100: Keith Jerome, 11.68, 2nd; 200: David Spurlock, 56.16, 2nd; 1,600: Jordan Wright, 4:58.83, 1st, James Ramos, 5:18.57, 6th; 3,200: Wrigth, 10:35.07, 1st, D’Anthony Wall, 11:31.74, 3rd; 300 hurdles: Austin Bird, 43.32, 1st; 400 relay: Marble Falls (Jerome, Steven Petroky, Cody Seelig, Spurlock), 47.00, 4th; 800 relays: Marble Falls (J.T. Watson, Jerome, Bird, Petrosky), 1:35.82, 2nd; 1,600 relay: Marble Falls (James Bryer, Cody Skipper, Petrosky, Bird), 3:46.58, 3rd; long jump: Jerome, 18-7, 1st, Spurlock, 18-0, 6th; shot put: Jacob Bryer, 38-10.5, 4th; high jump: Ja. Bryer, 5-8, 2nd.
UP NEXT: Daybreak Rotary Mustang Relays 8:30 a.m. March 31 at Mustang Stadium and Leonel Manzano Track, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.
Marble Falls junior varsity girls place 2nd out of nine teams at Texan Relays with 99.5 points
WIMBERLEY — The junior varsity Lady Mustangs have the responsibility of setting the tone for all four 1,600-meter relay teams since their event is before the other three. Head coach Kyle Futrell credits the Lady Mustangs for firing up the others.
RESULTS: 400: Mattie Johnson, 1:03.37, 1st; 800: Tess Johnson, 2:38.98, Danielle Rios, 2:41.35, 2nd; 1,600: T. Johnson, 6:01.24; 100 hurdles: Blanca Fonseca, 18.17, 3rd; 400 relay: Marble Falls (M. Johnson, Erin Downey, Shelby Jordon, Lacie Long), 55.47, 5th; 800: Marble Falls (Jordon, Long, Meghan Gonzales, Monica Adame), 2:03.61, 6th; 1,600 relay: Marble Falls (M. Johnson, Downey, T. Johnson, Rios), 4:33.82, 3rd; long jump: Downey, 13-11.5, 2nd; discus: Jessica Winn, 79-9.5, 1st, Jackie Winn, 66-3, 6th; pole vault: Tiffany Winters, 7-6, 1st;
UP NEXT: Daybreak Rotary Mustang Relays 8:30 a.m. March 31 at Mustang Stadium and Leonel Manzano Track, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls.