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Aledo qualifies 10 individuals, one relay team to regional track meet

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Aledo qualified 10 individuals in 13 events along with the Bearcats' 4x400 relay team to the regional track meet at the District 5-5A/6-5A Area Track and Field Meet which concluded today at the Northwest High School track stadium.

The top four finishers in each event qualify for the Class 5A, Region I Track and Field Meet in Lubbock. The meet will be held April 28-29 at Lowrey Field in Lubbock.

Three individuals - freshmen Gracie Morris and Graydon Morris and senior Harrison Tillman - each qualified in two races. Gracie Morris won the girls' 800- and 1,600-meter runs; Graydon Morris placed first in both the boys' 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs; and Tillman finished in second place in the boys' 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs.

The lone relay team to make it out to regionals was the Aledo boys' 4x400 relay team of Regan Rice, Gio Torres, Money Parks and Beau Mask, who raced to a third-place finish.

Other Aledo regional qualifiers placing second include include Kia Jordan (girls' 100-meter dash), Ryan Brown (boys' pole vault), Sierra White (girls' pole vault), Alaina Touchet (girls' shot put) and Rice (boys' 300-meter hurdles).

Other Aledo regional qualifiers include Erin Weiss (fourth place, girls' discus) and Chuck Filiaga (fourth place, boys' shot put).

AHS notes: In Aledo High School diamond sports today at Brewer, the Ladycats softball team defeated the Lady Bears, 13-9, but the Bearcats baseball team fell to the Bears, 6-1.

Aledo freshman Gracie Morris, shown winning the girls' 1,600-meter run today at the area track meet, won both the 1,600- and 800-meter runs to qualify for the regional meet. Photo by Tony Eierdam

 

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