Marble Falls track athletes set personal bests at district meet
MARBLE FALLS — Just how cruel was the District 25-4A track and field meet for Marble Falls High School April 11-12?
Two athletes — sophomore Teagan Hall in the shot put and senior Anjel Guerrero in the 1,600 meters — and the varsity girls 1,600-meter relay team all set new personal bests but still failed to finish in the top three in order to advance to the Class 4A Region IV meet.
Guerrero finished in 4 minutes 40.63 seconds for fifth overall. Senior Whitney Ulbricht also was fifth in the 100 meters in 13.07 seconds. Hall earned a mark of 33 feet 11 inches but was a half-inch short from tying for third and finished fourth.
Meanwhile, the relay team again set a school record, clocking 4:07.52 and finishing fourth.
“That was the fourth time they set the school record in the mile relay,” Marble Falls head coach Kyle Futrell said. “We have all the respect in the world for (the seniors’) loyalty and effort for years.”
Marble Falls varsity boys, 5th out 7 teams with 76 points
RESULTS: 100 – Cody Schulz, 10.86, 1st; 200 – Schulz, 22.14, 1st; 400 – Johnny Garcia, 52.17, 3rd; 1,600 – Anjel Guerrero, 4:40.63, 5th; 300 hurdles – Austin Bird, 43.16, 7th; 400 relay – Marble Falls (Keelan Gamble, Fred Watson, Austin Jones, Aidin Parnell), 45.10, 7th; 800 relay – Marble Falls (Parnell, Gamble, Jones, Bird, Watson, Hinojosa), 7th, 1:36.61; 1,600 relay – Marble Falls (Brian Shrubar, Aaron Hinojosa, Johnny Garcia, Schulz, Bird), 3:24.19; high jump – Parnell, 5-08, 7th; pole vault – Justin Gregg, 10-0, 9th; long jump – Schulz, 22-.5, 1st, Hinojosa, 18-04, 14th, Gamble, 17-1.5, 18th; triple jump – Parnell, 39-8, 8th, Hinojosa, 39-3.25, 10th; shot put – Rey Baltazar, 47-.5, Travis Sparks, 35-04, 17th; discus – Baltazar, 140-11, 1st, Layo Zurita, 114-0, 10th, Andres Compean, 84-10, 18th.
Marble Falls varsity girls, 6th out 7 teams with 53 points
RESULTS: 100 – Whitney Ulbricht, 13.07, 5th; 400 – Madison Johnson, 63.38, 7th; 800 – Sarah Stripling, 2:23.71, 1st, Darby Hibbs, 2:30.16, 6th; 1,600 – Hibbs, 5:50.20, 8th; 300 hurdles – Sarah Lewis, 48.10, 3rd; 400 relay – Marble Falls (Johnson, Haley Coulter, Shelby Jordon, Erin Downey), 54.24, 7th; 800 relay – Marble Falls (Haley Stephens, Lewis, Coulter, Ulbricht, Jordon, Downey), 1:52.93, 7th; 1,600 relay – Marble Falls (Lewis, Ulbricht, Stephens, Stripling, Johnson), 4:07.52, 4th; high jump – Priscilla Martinez, 5-2, 1st; pole vault – Tiffany Winters, 8-0, 3rd; long jump – Kelsey Bauers, 14-5, 12th, Erin Downey, 13-5, 16th; triple jump – Coulter, 30-4, 10th, Downey, 29-11, 11th; shot put – Teagan Hall, 33-11, 4th; discus – Hall, 98-07, 4th.
Marble Falls junior varsity boys, 5th out 7 teams with 43 points
RESULTS: 100 – Keith Jerome, 11.82, 4th; 200 – David Spurlock, 24.36, 8th; 800 – James Ramos, 2:17.21, 6th; Raphael Villareal, 2:18.55, 7th; 1,600 – Ramos, 4:49.95, 5th, Jordan Wright, 5:14.57, 20th, D’Anthony Wall, 5:15.55, 21st, Colten Hagood, 5:35.88, 37th; 300 hurdles – James Bryer, 44.15, 5th, Ty Coffey, 46.35, 8th; 800 relay – Marble Falls (Ishiah Carson, Jerome, Fred Watson, Steven Petrosky, Cody Seelig), 1:37.39, 6th; 1,600 relay – Marble Falls (Bryer, Petrosky, Coffey, Spurlock, Jordan Wright), 3:53.80, 6th; high jump – Bryer, 5-4, 5th; pole vault – Raphael Villarea, 10-0, 3rd; long jump – Jerome, 18-01, 9th, Spurlock, 17-10.5, 10th, Petrosky, 17-04, 13th; shot put – Jacob Bryer, 41-1.75, 2nd, Samuel Kohutek, 33-11, 12th, Josh Robles, 28-5, 24th; discus – Bryer, 104-07, Raul Martinez, 86-07, 18th, Jonathan Sharp, 84-04, 20th, Kohutek, 81-09, 21st, Robles, 63-06, 25th.
Marble Falls junior varsity girls, 6th out 7 teams with 36.5 points
RESULTS: 200 – Blanca Fonseca, 29.30, 4th; 400 – Danielle Rios, 68.67, 5th, Meghan Gonzales, 71.33, 7th; 800 – Danielle Rios, 2:42.55, 8th; 1,600 – Tess Johnson, 5:52.03, 2nd; 100 hurdles – Fonseca, 17.31, 4th; high jump – Jessia Winn, 4-6, 2nd, Gonzales, 4-2, 5th; discus – Je. Winn, 79-0, 6th, Jacqueline Winn, 71-03, 8th.
NEXT MEET: Class 4A Region IV meet at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio April 27-28.