If anyone had any question about which is the best track program in District 5-5A, Aledo left little to question following their performance on April 2-3 in Saginaw.
Aledo swept all four divisions, varsity boys and girls, along with junior varsity boys and girls. The varsity qualified 19 boys and 17 girls for the Area 5/6-5A Meet being held at press time on Friday, April 11 at Tim Buchanan Stadium. From there, the top four finishers in each event will advance to the Region I 5A Meet on April 18-19 in Lubbock.
For the Bearcats, this was their sixth consecutive district championship dating to 2019 — with the exception of 2020, when there was no meet because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ladycats captured their fourth title in five years, losing by a single point to Justin Northwest in 2024.
“The team ran and competed well. They’re starting to peak at a good time in the season,” Bearcats coach Andy Clark said. “The 4x400 has the best chance to advance the farthest. Vaulters always have a chance to go far.”
Both the Bearcats and Ladycats won their respective 4x400-meter events, along with sweeping the top three places in the pole vault, including 2024 state bronze medalist Braylon Brown taking the first step to getting back to Austin by winning. Maggie Kilburn, who narrowly missed reaching state last season, won among the girl vaulters.
Adam Averett led all Bearcat area qualifiers, advancing in five events, four individual, and as part of the 4x400 relay (with Trey Warner, Jace Lay, and Lincoln Tubbs). Averett also won the discus and Warner the 400 individually. Tyler Connelly won the Bearcats’ other gold medal, capturing the 3200.
Addison Smith (100, 200) and Molly Garrison (1600, 3200) each won a pair of gold medals for the Ladycats. Smith also ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay (with Mykel Murry, Sofia Brandenburg, and Mayden Mitchell). Brandenburg also took the top spot in the 800.
“All girls, varsity and JV, performed great. So proud of all of the girls,” Ladycats coach Mike Pinkerton said. “I think we are in a really good place right now. We should see some really good results at area, and we are supposed to see much better weather conditions. District was a little rough, with the rain, wind, and lower temps.
“Area is going to be very tough. District 6 is comprised of extremely good teams across the board, in all events. We are going to have to be ready to compete.”
Clark added that, “Competing at home is always a big advantage. It looks like good weather, so I’m hoping for some fast times. The other district has some good times coming into the meet, so it should be competitive.”
District 5-5A Track and Field Championships at Saginaw High School, April 2-3
Running events in meters, field events in feet
Aledo Varsity Girls
Team score: 202, first place.
Area qualifiers
Top finishers (top four in each event qualify for area)
High Jump: 3. Sawyer Voight, 4-10.
Pole Vault: 1. Maggie Kilburn, 11-6; 2. Claire Campbell, 11-0 (tiebreaker); 3. Emma Ralph, 11-0.
Triple Jump: 4. Savannah Thompson, 34-8.
100: 1. Addison Smith, 11.89.
200: 1. Smith, 24.46; 4. Alexa Plantz, 26.03.
400: 2. Mykel Murry, 1:00.49; 4. Emery Thompson, 1:01.21.
800: 1. Sofia Brandenburg, 2:19.17; 3. Murry, 2:22.11; 4. Mayden Mitchell, 2:22.75.
1600: 1. Molly Garrison, 5:06.46; 2. Micah Neal, 5:14.88; 3. Brandenburg, 5:29.14.
3200: 1. Garrison, 11:04.87; 2. Neal, 11:15.75; 3. Madison Larsen, 11:35.21.
100 Hurdles: 3. S Thompson, 16.11.
300 Hurdles: 2. Victoria Crews, 47.96; 3. Voight, 48.87.
4x100 Relay: 4. Plantz, Macie Laidley, Voight, E. Thompson, 50.11.
4x200 Relay: 4. Crews, S. Thompson, Jordan Wright, Laidley, 1:51.48.
4x400 Relay: 1. Murry, Mitchell, Brandenburg, Smith, 4:06.17.
Aledo Varsity Boys
Team score: 195, first place.
Area qualifiers
High Jump: 4. Caden Cunningham, 6-0.
Pole Vault: 1. Braylon Brown, 15-0; 2. Adam Averett, 14-6; 3. Kantyn Kasich, 14-0.
Discus Throw: 1. Averett, 158-1; 2. Jake Lancaster, 152-2; 3. Christian Sandoval, 145-8.
Shot Put: 2. Carson Dempsey, 47-8.
200: 2. Adrian Fuller, 21.61.
400: 1. Trey Warner, 50.59.
800: 2. Jace Lay, 2:00.03; 4. Luke Schabel, 2:03.30.
1600: 2. Tyler Connelly, 4:29.36; 4. Noah Lay, 4:37.68.
3200: 1. Connelly, 9:36.01; 2. Jack Fink, 9:41.26; 4. Lay, 10:08.73.
110 Hurdles: 2. Avarett, 14.70; 4. Isaac Brooks, 15.16.
300 Hurdles: 3. Avarett, 39.07; 4. Lincoln Tubbs, 40.38.
4x100 Relay: 4. Fuller, Kai Taylor, Alex Patton, Tubbs, 43.04.
4x200 Relay: 2. Fuller, Taylor, Patton, Gavin Richardson, 1:29.70.
4x400 Relay: 1. Warner, Lay, Tubbs, Averett, 3:23.18.
Aledo JV Girls
Team score: 163, first place.
Top individuals
High Jump: 4. Kimber Perkins, 4-4.
Pole Vault: 1. Kara Overstreet, 10-0; 2. Addie Fields, 9-6; 5. Elizabeth Gamez, 7-0.
Long Jump: 5. Tiara Butler, 14-9.5.
200: 2. Hannah Hubley, 27.97; 4. Ashton Teague, 29.04; 6. McKenna Smith, 29.61.
400: 1. Butler, 1:04.53.
800: 1. Kjersten Loy, 2:34.66; 2. Carley Couch, 2:41.65.
1600: 1. Hadleigh Walton, 5:39.39; 2. Loy, 5:39.76; 3. Carley Couch, 6:00.47.
3200: 1. Walton, 12:28.85; 2. Loy, 12:46.84; 3. Paula Redondo, 12:55.06.
100 Hurdles: 2. Braylin Wiggins, 18.00.
300 Hurdles: 2. Wiggins, 52.74.
4x200 Relay: 4. Brooklyn Clark, Hubley, Smith, Evie Revard, 1:55.55.
4x400 Relay: 1. Jenessa Valadez, Fields, Butler, Walton, 4:28.02.
Aledo JV Boys
Team score: 197, first place.
Top individuals
High jump: 1. Cooper Hull, 5-10.
Pole Vault: 1. Lukas Green, 11-6; 2. Jace Schull, 11-0; 3. Landon Kusich, 10-6.
Long Jump: 5. James Gebhardt, 18-7.
Discus: 1. Casen Evans, 126-7; 2. Guliian Lara, 124-6.
Shot Put: 2. Omari Din-Mbuh, 43-3.5; 3. Tymon Meeks, 41-2.
400: 6. Caden Nussbaum, 55.83.
800: 2. Reed Murray, 2:10.04; 4. Shane Noveski, 2:10.35.
1600: 1. Ian Robbins, 4:49.22; 2. Thatcher Pettit, 4:57.04; 5. Noveski, 5:02.19.
3200: 1. Robbins, 10:25.54; 2. Pettit, 10:29.90; 4. Andrew Walsh, 11:31.98.
110 Hurdles: 1. Rudy Moya, 16.13; 2. Briley Perkins, 16.53; 3. Vander Newton, 16.97.
300 Hurdles: 1. Moya, 42.67; 2. Sky Bradford, 42.77.
4x200 Relay: 3. Hull, Cason Cartwright, Cooper Cheak, Nolan Walker, 1:35.05.
4x400 Relay: 2. Blake Fischer, Hull, Kusich, Nussbaum, 3:43.39.
Weatherford qualifies dozen for area
The Weatherford Kangaroos (8) and Lady Roos (4) combined to qualify a dozen athletes for area from the District 3-6A Meet on April 2-3 in Fort Worth.
Winning varsity gold medals were Braelee Gilbert (discus) for the Lady Roos, along with Brigham Harmer (pole vault) and Liam Riley (shot put) for the Kangaroos.
District 3-6A Track and Field Meet April 2-3
Weatherford Varsity Girls
Team score: 50.17, fifth place.
Area qualifiers
300 Hurdles: 4. Ivy Knox, 48.64.
1600: 3. Remington Boone, 5:17.95.
Discus: 1. Braelee Gilbert, 118-6.
High Jump: 3. Claire Connor, 4-10.
3200: 3. Boone, 11:22.73.
Weatherford Varsity Boys
Team score: 56.5, sixth place.
Area qualifiers
4x100 Relay: 4. Cory Pantoja, Jaiden Parker, Dayton Kreipe, Kaden Axel, 43.12.
100: 3. Pantoja, 10.87.
300 Hurdles: 4. Xavier Craven, 40.74.
High Jump: 4. Robert Taylor, 6-0.
Pole Vault: 1. Brigham Harmer, 13-6.
Shot Put: 1. Liam Riley, 47-3.
Weatherford JV Girls
Team score: 135, second place.
Top individuals
3200: 2. Nayelli Ordonez, 12:34.24; 3. Ivy Scott, 12:40.06.
800: 1. Macaiah Franklin, 2:23.05.
100 Hurdles: 4. Hayden Davis, 17.80.
4x200 Relay: 2. Kyra Billingsy, Sophia Knowles, Delilah Rivas, Trinity Strunk, 1:49.88.
400: 4. Franklin, 1:03.65.
300 Hurdles: 3. Davis, 51.15; 4. Maddison Baruch, 51.60.
200: 4. Anissa Dearman, 27.72.
1600: 2. Scott, 5:56.38; 4. Ordonez, 6:00.32.
4x400 Relay: 2. Franklin, Strunk, Kinzley Eakman, Ordonez, 4:26.04.
Discus: 4. Kayle Fuller, 82-11.5.
High Jump: 1. Kiya Payne, 4-8.
Long Jump: 3. Baruch, 15-6.25; 4. Dearman, 15-5.5.
Triple Jump: 1. Anaylah Smith, 33-8.
Weatherford JV Boys
Team score: 46, sixth place.
Top finishers
100: 4. Jakob Hemphill, 11.35.
Discus: 4. Justin Fiddler, 109-11.
High Jump: 3. Cody Glaszczak, 5-2.
Long Jump: 3. Junior Valdez, 21-2.5.
Pole Vault: 4. Lennan Anglin, 9-6.
Triple Jump: 4. Jakob Hemphill, 40-5.
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