Johnson City’s track and field teams competed at home on March 12. The varsity girls and boys teams each placed third in the home meet.
“Sometimes, someone will get a little too comfortable and don’t always perform the best at home,” said Andrew Corpus, boys track and field coach. “We like being on the road a little bit because we usually get a little bit more pumped up for that kind of stuff.”
Standouts in the boys events include Max Lechow’s first place finish in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.85 and Walker Jackson’s win in the long jump with a distance of 210.5. For the girls events, Jackie Early won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:25.91 and the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:34.24. Kallyn Kleinert won the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 50.39.
Johnson City competes on March 27 in Blanco in the final meet before the district meet in Junction, which is on April 3. With how the season has shaken out so far, there is optimism in the team that one or more athletes will represent Johnson City beyond the district meet.
“So far right now, we’re looking good,” Corpus said. “We should have quite a few people probably getting out to regionals and maybe given a chance at getting a few people into state this year.”
The Johnson City junior varsity boys team won its meet with 201 points, three more than second place Blanco. The girls JV team finished fourth.
Standout performances included Jaxon McKennis’s first place showing in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.25 and Oswaldo Flores’s win in the 3200 meter run with a time of 12:09.00. Standouts for the JV girls included Kylie Allen’s win the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:08.15 and Addison Colas’ win in the discus event with a distance of 92-7. Full Johnson City top performers:
Varsity boys 100 meter Dash: Walker Jackson, third, 11.30 200 meter dash: Max Lechow, first, 22.85 800 meter dash: Tony Perez, second, 2:09.10 1600 meter Run: Micah Ablon, fourth, 6.00.07 3200 meter run: Micah Ablon, fourth, 13:44 4x100 meter relay: Walker Jackson, Miguel Sanchez, Max Lechow and Dan Flores, third, 44.46 4x200 meter relay: Walker Jackson, Dan Flores, Collin Corpus and Max Lechow, third, 1:37.33 4x400 meter relay: Tony Perez, Cross Hill, Collin Corpus and Sutton Greene, third, 3:46.49 Long jump: Walker Jackson, first, 21-0.5 Shot put: Dax Helmke, sixth, 37-8.5 Triple jump: Max Lechow, first, 40-8.5 High jump: Johnny Slawinski, first, 5-10 Pole vault: Emory Gonzales, sixth, 9-0 Varsity girls 100 meter dash: Hanna Hudler, second, 13.00 200 meter dash: Ava Craig, second, 27.21 400 meter dash: Riley Birck, second, 1:01.91 800 meter run: Jackie Earley, first, 2:25.91 1600 meter run: Jackie Earley, first, 5:34.24 100 meter hurdles: Kallyn Kleinert, second, 16.63 300 meter hurdles: Kallyn Kleinert, first, 50.39 4x100 meter relays: Ava Craig, Hanna Hudler, Aizlyn Gorum and Chloe Clark, third, 52.32 4x200 meter relay: Ava Craig, Kinlee Fiero, Aizlyn Gorum and Audrey Shannan, second, 1:50.90 4x400 meter relay: Riley Birck, Jackie Earley, Kinlee Fiero and Kallyn Kleinert, first, 4:19.03 Long jump: Chloe Clark, sixth, 14-10.5 Shot put: Aizlyn Gorum, first, 34-6.5 Triple jump: Ava Craig, first, 34-6.5 High jump: Chloe Clark, fourth, 4-8 JV boys 100 meter dash: Tripp Crownover, second, 11.82 200 meter dash: Jaxon McKennis, first, 24.25 400 meter dash: Breylon Burgess, sixth, 1:02.20 800 meter run: Oswaldo Flores, second, 2:24.52 1600 meter run: Greg Collins, third, 5:54.20 3200 meter run: Oswaldo Flores, first, 12:09 110 meter hurdles: Preston Craig, first, 19.90 300 meter hurdles: Michael Delia, second, 49.34 4x100 meter relay: Tripp Crownover, Cody Spence, Aison Aguirre and Jaxon McKennis, first, 47.05 4x200 meter relay: Preston Craig, Aison Aguirre, Braxton Birck and Jaxon McKennis, first, 1:37.22 4x400 meter relay: Preston Craig, Aison Aguirre, Braxton Birck and Tyler Earley, second, 4:01.14 Long jump: Aison Aguirre, first, 19-2.5 Shot put: Carson Metcalf, sixth, 30-5.5 Discus: Carson Metcalf, second, 99-3.5 Triple jump: Aison Aguirre, first, 38-5.5 High jump: Michael Delia, second, 5-2 Pole vault: Breylon Burgess, third, 8-0 JV girls 100 meter dash: Jansely Rodriguez, fourth, 14.40 200 meter dash: Ellie Steffens, second, 29.95 400 meter dash: Kylie Allen, first, 1:08.15 800 meter run: Shrya Massey, sixth, 4:02.12
4x100 meter relay: Ellie Steffens, Henley Lasseter, Addison Colas and Kylie Allen, second, 52.94 4x200 meter relay: Ellie Steffens, Madi Walker, Addison Colas and Taylor Luckie, third, 2:03.44 Long jump: Ellie Steffens, first, 16-0 Discus: Addison Colas, first, 92-7 High jump: Addison Colas, third, 4-0 Pole vault: Isabella Wiggins, second, 6-0
