Faith girls track team wins eighth district title; boys place third
LEANDER — The Faith Academy track and field teams’ magic number is eight.
The Lady Flames earned 176.5 points to win the District 3-2A championship of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools April 11-12, their eighth district title.
Meanwhile, the boys team only needed eight athletes to finish third in the varsity division at the district meet. The Flames scored 87 points behind Temple Holy Trinity’s 111 and Austin Hill Country’s 90.
The Flames finished the event by winning the 1,600-meter relay in 3 minutes 41.4 seconds with a come-from-behind victory by senior Casey Clendennen for first place in the event.
GIRLS RESULTS: 100 – Gabby Sordelet, 14.44, 4th; 200 – Kentlee Cozby, 28.76, 2nd, Savannah Reed, 29.76, 4th; 400 – Juliette Fisher, 66.16, 1st, Hannah Long, 68.78, 4th; 800 – Sierra Brinkley, 2:35.41, 3rd, Peace Preston, 2:43.81; 1,600 – Christina Lykken, 6:09.95, 4th; 3,200 – Christina Lykken, 14:04.75, 4th, Kristin Cherry, 14:14.24, 5th; 100 hurdles – Kylie Cozby, 18.70, 3rd; 300 hurdles – Kylie Cozby, 51.97, 2nd, Hana Darwin, 53.83, 3rd, Valerie Moses, 57.95, 5th; 400 relay – Faith (Kylie Cozby, Savannah Reed, Hana Darwin, Kentlee Cozby), 53.36, 2nd; 800 relay – Faith (Sierra Brinkley, Savannah Reed, Hana Darwin, Kentlee Cozby), 1:55.74, 2nd; 1,600 relay – Faith (Juliette Fisher, Hannah Long, Christina Lykken, Sierra Brinkley), 4:30.51, 2nd; high jump – Juliette Fisher, 4-8, 4th, Sarah Kiley, 4-6, T-6th; triple jump – Kentlee Cozby, 33-4 1st, Sarah Kiley, 32-1.5, 4th; long jump – Kentlee Cozby, 15-7.25, 1st; pole vault – Bekah Graham, 7-6, 3rd, Ashley Stallard, 6-6, 4th, Sierra Brinkley, 6-0, 5th; shot put – Bekah Graham, 28-3, 3rd; discus – Bekah Graham, 82-8.25, 2nd, Mercy Preston, 66-8.5, 4th.
QUOTABLE: “Only four of our girls that competed at this district meet were at the state track meet last year. Good programs reload, not rebuild. For the first time in school history, we qualified an athlete to regional in all 17 track and field events. I am really excited about that,” Faith head coach Steve McCannon said.
BOYS RESULTS: 100 – Brian Freeman, 11.75, 5th; 200 – Royale Brown, 24.86, 6th; 400 – Freeman, 52.57 (personal best time of 2012), 1st; 800– Casey Clendennen, 2:11.48 (personal best time of 2012), 1st; 300 hurdles – Hunter Worthing, 49.16 (personal best time of 2012); 3,200 – J.C. Perea, 12:16.26 (new personal best), 6th; 400 relay – Faith (Michael Masterson, Clendennen, Jake Diamond, Royale Brown), 46.89, 3rd; 800 relay – Faith (Jake Diamond, Brown, Perea, Masterson), 1:39.29, 3rd; 1,600 relay – Faith (Perea, Diamond, Freeman, Clendennen), 3:41.4, 1st; pole vault – Diamond, 12-0, 1st; triple jump – 37-.5, 3rd; shot put – Clendennen, 35-.5 (new personal best).
UP NEXT: South Regional Meet in Halletsville April 21.