BrooksNDone Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 [email protected] Tom Halliburton’s Track Volume 37, Number 1 _____ Feb. 7, 2024 Seems as if it’s been a long winter by Southeast Texas standards. So it may be awhile before our area high school track and field performers can return anywhere close to top form. Yet here’s the beauty of sports we’ve discovered through 56 years of sports writing – you never know. Not many brilliant minds expected a 5A state football champ two months ago from those purple Indians. Hats off to Jeff Joseph and his folks for doing just that. Why do I mention this football stuff in our first 2024 track report? Because when we report in three months at the state meets, our 409 needs some state champions for the schools to honor. On the subject of the state meet, the schedule places the trip to Austin about 10 days earlier in the calendar year than last year. Of course that also means earlier dates for the district, area and regional meets during April. And, you guessed it. The earlier post-season schedule has required a number of regular-season meets to either be canceled or moved much earlier in this year’s schedule. A small handful of schools, including Nederland, are scheduled to visit Huffman Hargrave high school for a meet this week. Most area teams will wait a week or two. No doubt a large field can be expected next week at Nederland for the Bulldog Relays. That should be a showcase for many of the season’s strongest performers. Quite a few will have to trade in their basketball legs for track and field legs as February and March progress. Who are the premier stars? It’s too early to tell but Morgan Campbell certainly has established herself as a superb distance runner. She was a 5A girls state top 20 finisher in last fall’s UIL cross country championships at Round Rock. We’re also hoping for a great senior year from Beaumont Kelly’s Paris Coleman. Then there’s Vidor senior Raegan Stephenson, who snagged the gold medal in Austin at the 5A girls high jump with a leap of 5-7. If Raegan is properly motivated, she is likely to clear a higher mark now. More than 30 schools have provided us with their season track schedules and we thank them for getting more of those on their school websites this time. Much of my area weekly leaders will depend on e-mails from area coaches and officials. Please send them to [email protected]. My wife Donna is in her fourth year of having kidney dialysis at the Davita Port Arthur location. That greatly limits my active participation. You know I will attend meets and report for the Beaumont Enterprise when I can. Feel free to post and/or publish any track info as I send it to you. I’m just trying to recognize our area’s athletes. I don’t need any personal glory at all. Thanks for all your help and God bless. Have a great season, Tom 2024 Area Track & Field Schedule Date Event Site Feb. 8 Lake Houston Relays Huffman Feb. 10 C.L. Hanna Gator Relays Dickinson Feb. 15 Splendora Wildcat Relays Splendora Feb. 16 58th annual Nederland Bulldog Relays Nederland Feb. 17 Humble ISD Zoe Simpson Relays Kingwood Feb. 22 PN-G’s Joe Williamson Relays Port Neches Feb. 22 21st Joe Evans Panther Relays Anahuac Feb. 24 41st annual Sam Mosley Relays Humble Feb. 29 H-FISD Longhorn Relays Hamshire Feb. 29 46th annual BC Cardinal Relays Orangefield Mar. 1 5th annual Ed Taylor Relays Beaumont United Mar. 1 73rd annual Trinity Valley Relays Liberty Mar. 1-2 Texas A&M Bluebonnet Relays College Station Mar. 7 East Chambers Buc Relays Winnie Mar. 7 Deweyville Pirate Relays Deweyville Mar. 7 Vidor Pirate Relays Vidor Mar. 7 Hargrave Falcon Relays Huffman Mar. 7 Livingston Corky Cochran Relays Livingston Mar. 8 Barbers Hill Eagle Relays Mont Belvieu Mar. 8 Clear Creek ISD Ruben Jordan Relays Clear Creek Mar. 14 Mike Gentry Bobcat Relays Orangefield Mar. 14 West Hardin Oiler Relays Saratoga Mar. 14 Kirbyville Wildcat Relays Kirbyville Mar. 15-16 Texas Southern Tiger Relays Houston Mar. 21 Artie Trahan Raider Relays Lumberton Mar. 21 81st annual Rockhold Relays Baytown Lee Mar. 21 38th annual Gid Campbell Relays Anahuac Mar. 21 45th Barbara Rainey Relays Evadale Mar. 21 Dayton Bronco Relays Dayton Mar. 22 20th PAISD Memorial Titan Relays Port Arthur Mar. 22 28th annual Battlin’ Bear Relays Little Cypress Mar. 22 Shadow Creek Invitational Manvel Mar. 28 60th annual Silsbee Tiger Relays Silsbee Mar. 28 Hull-Daisetta Bobcat Relays Daisetta Mar. 29-30 96th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Austin Mar. 25-27 District 22-3A championships Anahuac (Anahuac, East Chambers, Kountze, Buna, Hardin, Warren, Kirbyville, Orangefield) Apr. 2-3 District 21-6A championships Humble (GPNS, Bmt BU and WB, CEKing, Humble, Atascocita, Kingwood, Summer Creek) Apr. 2-4 District 19-4A championships Silsbee (Silsbee, Jasper, Bridge City, LC-M, Lumberton, Vidor, West Orange-Stark) Apr. 3-4 District 17-5A championships Baytown Lee (PAM, PN-G, Nederland, Barbers Hill, Baytown Lee, Sterling, GCM, Crosby) Apr. 3-4 District 20-4A championships Huffman (H-F, H-J, Liberty, Huffman, Splendora, Livingston, New Caney West Fork) Apr. 4 District 25-2A championships Saratoga (West Hardin, Evadale, Sabine Pass, Deweyville, Hull-Daisetta, Big Sandy) Top four places qualify for the area meet Apr. 10 Area 2A championships Deweyville Apr. 10 Area 3A championships Anahuac Apr. 11 Area 4A championships West Orange Apr. 10 Area 5A championships Angleton Apr. 11 Area 6A championships Deer Park Top four places qualify for the regional meet Apr. 25-26 TAPPS regional championships (all classifications) Bastrop Apr. 19-20 Region IV-2A championships Kingsville Apr. 19-20 Region III-3A championships Hewitt Midway Apr. 19-20 Region III-4A championships Bullard Apr. 19-20 Region III-5A & 6A championships Humble Top two places plus the best 3rd place region performance qualifies for state May 2-4 114th University Interscholastic League state championships Austin May 3-4 TAPPS private & parochial school state championships Hewitt Midway May 17-18 Meet of Champions San Marcos 2023 FINAL AREA OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS DISCUS — Girls: Whitney Cunningham, Bridge City, 110-3; Boys: Caydon Farrell, Hamshire-Fannett, 164-6. SHOT PUT — Girls: Kyra Owens, West Brook, 37-4; Boys: Caydon Farrell, Hamshire-Fannett, 54-5. HIGH JUMP — Girls: Raegan Stephenson, Vidor, 5-8; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 6-7. LONG JUMP — Girls: Alexia Lewis, 18-3.25; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 22-9 TRIPLE JUMP — Girls: Karynton Dawson, H-J, 37-7.5; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 48-5. POLE VAULT — Girls: Morgan Louvier, Bridge City, 11-6; Boys: Grayson Mueller, H-F, 14-6. 100 METERS — Girls: Amya Barefield, H-J, 11.93; Boys: Samaj Pierre, PA Memorial, 10.6. 200 METERS — Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 25.55; Boys: Johnny Banks, West Brook, 21.96. 400 METERS — Girls: Alissa Blue, West Brook, 58.2; Boys: Eli Cowart, Lumberton, 49.38. 800 METERS — Girls: Christine LeFleur, West Brook, 2:18.03; Boys: Lonnie Jessie, Silsbee, 1:57. 1,600 METERS — Girls: Morgan Campbell, PN-G, 5:15.52; Boys: Beau Waldrop, Lumberton, 4:42.5. 3,200 METERS — Girls: Morgan Campbell, PN-G, 11:04.34; Boys: Gage Gordey, Lumberton, 10:19.72. 100-METER HURDLES — Girls: Paris Coleman, Beaumont Kelly, 14.59. 110-METER HURDLES — Boys: John Sanderson, Hamshire-Fannett, 14.03. 300-METER HURDLES — Girls: Baile Randle, Bmt United, 48.12; Boys: John Sanderson, Hamshire-Fannett, 39.98. 400-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont West Brook 48.48; Boys: Lumberton 42.11. 800-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont West Brook 1:43.1; Boys: Bmt West Brook 1:27.23. 1,600-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont Kelly 4:02.74; Boys: Port Arthur Memorial 3:26.45. 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