Most Memorable State Track Meet Performances I Witnessed....

[kaorder1999]

What are yours?


MOST MEMORABLE were these two years...she was unbelieveable!!

2001

100 Meters

1. Spears, Ychlindria, Luling, 11.88;
2. Wilson, Lisa, Wilmer Hutchins, 11.93;
3. Henderson, Anne, Kaufman, 12.15;
4. Davis, Meoucha, Hempstead, 12.30;
5. Cherry, Tiffany, Vernon, 12.37;
6. Garner, Ashley, Manor, 12.46;
7. Mitchell, Dollie, Denver City, 12.57;
8. Fowler, Daphne, Diboll, 12.60

200 Meters

1. Spears, Ychlindria, Luling, 24.16;
2. Henderson, Anne, Kaufman, 24.36;
3. McCarty, Ashley, Sanger, 24.46;
4. Esiere, Jasmine, Stafford, 24.69;
5. Carter, Lacey, Springtown, 25.25;
6. Neal, Trama, Crockett, 25.54;
7. Richardson, LaToya, Vernon, 25.74


Triple Jump

1. Spears, Ychlindria, Luling, 44’02.25";
2. Thompson, Maranda, Wills Point, 40’00.00";
3. Fowler, Alisha, Diboll, 37’04.50";
4. Brackens, Bridgette, Waco Connally, 37’02.00";
5. Leach, Ashley, Wimberley, 36’03.00";
6. Vestal, Meredith, Midland Greenwood, 35’07.50";
7. Spain, Marlene, Midland Greenwood, 33’01.25";
- Carter, Angela, Lgvw Spr Hil, FOUL, NWI,

Long Jump

1. Spears, Ychlindria, Luling, 21’03.25";
2. Carter, Angela, Lgvw Spr Hil, 19’00.00";
3. Brackens, Bridgette, Waco Connally, 18’03.50";
4. McCarty, Ashley, Sanger, 18’02.75";
5. Choate, Michelle, Llano, 17’11.25";
6. Gonzales, Angela, Merkel, 17’10.25";
7. Spain, Marlene, Midland Greenwood, 17’00.50";
8. Holman, Tova, Huntington, 16’11.75"


2002

Women Long Jump 3A

1 Spears Ychlindria Luling 20-05.75* w:1.7.
2 Vestal Meredith Midl Greenwo 17-10 w:0.7.
3 Thompson Maranda Wills Point 17-08.50 w:1.9.
4 Miller Tamesha Diboll 17-06 w:0.8.
5 Nolting Lisa Lake Dallas 17-00 w:1.9.
6 Thrower Tanika Woodville 16-07.50 w:2.3.
7 Gonzales Angela Merkel 16-07.25 w:2.9.
8 Choate Michelle Llano 16-05.25 w:0.4.


Women Triple Jump 3A

1 Ychlindria Spears Luling 43-11.00 5.7
2 Maranda Thompson Wills Point 40-05.75 3.1
3 Ashley McCarty Sanger 38-04.00 2.7
4 Tamesha Miller Diboll 37-04.50 3.5
5 Danielle Haynes Gonzales 36-11.75 2.4
6 Jenna Coffield Aledo 36-10.00 4.4
7 Angela Thomas Robinson 36-09.00 4.7
8 Meredith Vestal Midl Greenwo 36-02.75 4.6

200 Meter Dash 3A
1 Ychlindria Spears Luling 24.20 1.0
2 Rachael Runnels Forney 24.21 1.0
3 Sherita Price Gladwater 24.82 1.0
4 Janique Harris Bellville 25.58 1.0
5 Keisha Hornsby Manor 25.74 1.0
6 Megan Scanes Lorena 25.79 1.0
7 LaToya Richardson Vernon 25.88 1.0
8 Shanika Conaway Vernon 26.35 1.0


Women 100 Meter Dash 3A

1 Lisa Wilson Wilmer Hutch 11.56* 2.5
2 Ychlindria Spears Luling 11.63 2.5
3 Rachael Runnels Forney 11.66 2.5
4 Candice Cray Gonzales 11.97 2.5
5 Tiffany Cherry Vernon 11.99 2.5
6 Naomi Collins Madisonville 12.25 2.5
7 Jordan Durham Kennedale 12.28 2.5
8 Roshandra Young Marlin 12.40 2.5

[kaorder1999]

My #2 would have to be in 2001, that same year, when Forney's DaBryan Blanton ran a 20.37 in the 200 meters. It was wild. I believe he was in lane 1 and half way through the curve you could tell it was over.

[jason]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
My #2 would have to be in 2001, that same year, when Forney's DaBryan Blanton ran a 20.37 in the 200 meters. It was wild. I believe he was in lane 1 and half way through the curve you could tell it was over.

coach hunt showed us video of that in class - they had the camera zoomed all the way out and he was the only one in the picture.....



remember that time his blocks slipped at the beginning of the 100m in regionals and he got up and still won.....that was cool....

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by jason



remember that time his blocks slipped at the beginning of the 100m in regionals and he got up and still won.....that was cool....
yeah...that was probably one of the most amazing track feats I have ever seen.

[jason]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
yeah...that was probably one of the most amazing track feats I have ever seen. if i recall, he was fast....

[kepdawg]

Spears was impressive.

Shade Weygandt's 13'7" vault in 2007.

Scott Sellers' 7'4" high jump in 2004.

JimAnne Baker from Cisco, 1st Place:

2003
Triple Jump 40-07.00
Long Jump 19-02.25
100 12.08
400 56.71

2002
Triple Jump 41-08.25
Long Jump 19-08.25
200 24.25
4x200 Anchor 1:42.71
4X400 Anchor 3:54.26 (She ran a 54 split!!!)

2001
Triple Jump 40-09.00
200 24.50
4x400 Anchor 3:56.45

2000
Triple Jump 38-09.00

[kaorder1999]

How about Toya Jones from Refugio?

GOLDS- 11
SILVERS- 3
BRONZES- 1

127 points scored at the State Track Meet in 3 years!

1995- Senior Year

2nd-100 (10.61)
3rd- 200 (21.3)
1st-Triple Jump (48-8)
1st- Long Jump 25-1/4)
2nd- 4x100


1994- Junior Year

1st- 100 (10.2 2A Record)
1st-200 (20.8 ties 2A Record)
1st- Long Jump (2A record 25-1, prev record was 24-5)
1st- Triple Jump (48-1 1/2)
2nd- 4 x 100

1993- Sophomore Year

1st- 100 (10.5)
1st- 200 (21.4)
1st- Long Jump (24-4 3/4)
1st- Triple Jump (49-8 1/4 2A Record)
1st- 4x100 (41.3)

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
How about Toya Jones from Refugio?


I hear he was pretty good. It would have been nice to see him.

[j_dog]

I have seen many highlights, but clearly the highest was watching Jasper become the first high school team to run the 400 meter relay in under 40 seconds (the old fashioned hand-held) in 1991 at 39.9 (40.07 automatic). That new national record held for some six years.

[nobogey72]

Originally posted by j_dog
I have seen many highlights, but clearly the highest was watching Jasper become the first high school team to run the 400 meter relay in under 40 seconds (the old fashioned hand-held) in 1991 at 39.9 (40.07 automatic). That new national record held for some six years.

I don't remember who the school was that broke their record, but it was a FW school (2 of the 4 were brothers Milton and Damario Wesley) and they ran it out of lane 1. And, I was there eating popcorn.:eek:

[S_Tex_3A_Fan]

The record 4 X 100 in '98 awesome display by FW kids

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by nobogey72
I don't remember who the school was that broke their record, but it was a FW school (2 of the 4 were brothers Milton and Damario Wesley) and they ran it out of lane 1. And, I was there eating popcorn.:eek:

It was OD Wyatt.

[kaorder1999]

OD Wyatt....39.76 automatic

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
OD Wyatt....39.76 automatic

That's pretty fast for a Region 1 school!

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by kepdawg
That's pretty fast for a Region 1 school!

SMOKIN!!!!

[Matthew328]

Od Wyatt's time in 1998 was the most amazing track feat I have ever seen....my senior year of high school....those kids could fly

[j_dog]

Originally posted by kepdawg
That's pretty fast for a Region 1 school!
give em credit kep. that is pretty fast for anyone anywhere in the world. you might call it "world class speed". :)

[crabman]

OD Wyatt 39.76 4x100

Marlon Ramsey - Beaumont Westbrook - 45.12 400 meters. Later rounded to 45.24 for some reason. I thought it was FAT. Thunderstorms moved through and cooled thing off. Wet track under the lights at DKR. Awesome.

Randy Hall - Calhoun High School (friend) 16'-8" pole vault in 1977 All time state record at the time. Went to a meet the following weeks and went 16'-10" for National Record. This was wayyyyyyy before the Orangefield boys started going crazy in the pole vault.

Cory Richardson - Dangerfield - 10.37 100 meters - I have seen better times but never a better setting. I always make it a point to sit in the middle of true track fans. I am as white as can be but I like sitting in the middle of the fans from Dallas Roosevelt or Beaumont Ozen or the other predominantly black schools. The people from those schools that are true track fans can quote names and records back 30 years. Very impressive. When Cory stepped to the line there were black kids to the left and black kids to the right. He was wearing white leggings when that was not in vogue in the track world. He had blonde hair and that shirt with the D on it with the wings coming out of it. The guys in the stands were going crazy. They knew he was going to get his butt whipped. When the gun went off all that anyone saw was his back as he left everyone in the dust. The guys in the stands went wild. Their appreciation for pure athleticism is what the track meet is all about. That is the one performance I will absolutely never forget.

Two pretty memorable ones this year. Donique Flemings 40.96 300 M Hurdles and Victoria Jordan 11.16 100 Meters.

[nobogey72]

Dale Jenkins of Abilene Christian High School sometime in the early 80's vaulted 17"11 at an invitational meet at ACU, but it was a couple of days after graduation and it didn't go in the HS record books after much discussion. He went on and got close to 19' at ACU.

[nobogey72]

Probably the most dominant performance ever in the history of Texas HS track was Michael Carter from Dallas Lincoln, who went on to have a multiple Pro Bowl career for the 49ers, threw the shot 81'. No one has even come close to that since. You look in the record books for National HS track and he is 7 or 8 ft further than the next closest. Very few have ever gotten out to 70'.:doh:

Another good state track meet performance was last year when Robert Griffin of Copperas Cove set the national record in the 300 hurdles and missed the national record in the 110 hurdles by 100th of a second. This was all as a Jr. He left to go to Baylor at mid-term this year to go through spring training. He recently ran a 50.2 in the 400m hurdles at Baylor in the first meet he ran in following spring training at Baylor after what I've heard was only about a week of practice. Baylor folks tell me that Kirby Freeman better hope that Griffin makes the Olympic team this fall in order for Freeman to get some playing time. Sahen might have more details.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by nobogey72
Probably the most dominant performance ever in the history of Texas HS track was Michael Carter from Dallas Lincoln, who went on to have a multiple Pro Bowl career for the 49ers, threw the shot 81'.

Dallas Thomas Jefferson....not Lincoln

[Black_Magic]

Roy Martin: Dallas Roosevelt 200 meters National high school Record 20.12:eek: :eek: The World Record at the time was 19.72.

[Black_Magic]

Originally posted by nobogey72
Dale Jenkins of Abilene Christian High School sometime in the early 80's vaulted 17"11 at an invitational meet at ACU, but it was a couple of days after graduation and it didn't go in the HS record books after much discussion. He went on and got close to 19' at ACU. As a Jr he finished 2nd when he was at Snyder

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by Black_Magic
Roy Martin: Dallas Roosevelt 200 meters National high school Record 20.12:eek: :eek: The World Record at the time was 19.72.

I saw him on the news a couple months back......not good news

[DUKE22]

Wasnt there one year when Johnny Lam Jones won the mile relay by himself. The story was told to me so I dont know what year, but I heard he was way behind and came back and won. This was my first year to attend so I guess watching my man Kenneth Turner win the 100 and 200 is my best memory.

[Old Tiger]

I saw the national record for the 4x200 be set last year in the 5a division.

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by Go Blue
I saw the national record for the 4x200 be set last year in the 5a division. Who was it??

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2
Who was it?? Fort Ben Hightower

[crabman]

Johnny Lam Jones came from about 40 yards back to win the mile relay in 1976. Truly awesome to watch. Every year it is voted the #1 performance all time at the track meet.

As a sidenote, the 200 meter world record of 19.72 was held by Pietro Minea of Italy. Not a country known for sprinters but that record held up for a very long time.