The Wimberley High School boys and girls track and field teams each won overall team titles at the District 27/28 Area meet on April 20th in Cuero. (See full results here.) The top-four finishers in each event qualified to compete at the Region IV track meet, to be hosted at Texas A&M-Kingsville on April 29-30. In all, 24 event entries qualified for the Regional meet from WHS. Leading the way for the girls’ squad was junior Emily Thames, who qualified for the regional meet in four events, including setting a personal best in the long jump. Seniors Haley Hall and Grace Harney and sophomore Baylee Gold qualified for regionals in three events each. For the boys, senior Landon Gary qualified for regionals in four events. Seniors Canyun Staton and Juan Olmedo-Barraco, and junior Nathan Brooks each qualified in three events. Junior Gabe Wray won both the long jump and triple jump, setting school records in each. The track teams are led by head coaches Lacey Lambert (girls) and Josh DeMarco (boys).
Below are the varsity individuals and relay teams that qualified for the regional meet.
4x100 Meter Relay
Girls
2nd - Wimberley - 50.17 (Grace Harney, Baylee Gold, Laney Hennessee, Emily Thames)
Boys
3rd - Wimberley - 43.46 (Ryan Shaw, Landon Gary, Nathan Brooks, Juan Olmedo-Barraco)
4x200 Meter Relay
Boys
1st - Wimberley - 1:28.47 (Canyun Staton, Ryan Shaw, William Carson, Nathan Brooks)
4x400 Meter Relay
Girls
2nd - Wimberley - 4:06.57 (Allison Dodds, Rylee German, Haley Hall, Laney Hennessee)
Boys
1st - Wimberley - 3:22.24 (Canyun Staton, Nathan Brooks, Landon Gary, Juan Olmedo-Barraco)
200 Meters
Girls
4th - Emily Thames - 26.63
Boys
1st - Canyun Staton - 21.97
400 Meters
Boys
2nd - Juan Olmedo-Barraco - 48.92
*SCHOOL RECORD*
800 Meters
Girls
3rd - Madison Anderson - 2:25.83
4th - Haley Hall - 2:26.29
100 Meter Hurdles
Girls
1st - Grace Harney - 15.39
3rd - Baylee Gold - 16.05
300 Meter Hurdles
Girls
2nd - Grace Harney - 46.54
Long Jump
Girls
2nd - Emily Thames - 18-1
Boys
1st - Gabriel Wray - 22-3.75
2nd - Landon Gary - 21-11.50
Triple Jump
Girls
1st - Baylee Gold - 36-5.75
2nd - Emily Thames - 36-3.75
Boys
1st - Gabriel Wray - 46-7.75
*SCHOOL RECORD*
4th - Landon Gary - 44-5.75
High Jump
Girls
2nd - Haley Hall - 5-3
4th - Juniper Daniels - 5-0
Pole Vault
Girls
3rd - Elise Brown - 10-0
Shot Put
Boys
1st - Moses Wray - 52-8.50
