Aubrey wins fourth district championship
Track season is picking up the pace for schools in the Ranch Cities, with Aubrey, Tioga and Pilot Point all competing at their respective district track meets April 2 and 3.
Aubrey hosted the district track meet at Chaparral Memorial Stadium and witnessed the Chaps capturing their fourth consecutive district championship.
“The biggest deal with track is that sometimes people forget it’s a team sport, and everybody did their job to score and to get us where we needed to be for that district championship,” Aubrey head boys track coach Don Spaulding said. “Even fifth and sixth place points count, and that's what was great about it.”
The Chaps relay team led the way, winning gold in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:19.41, silver in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.33 seconds, and bronze in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 1:31.22.
Parker Thurman won gold in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.5 seconds.
Thurman and Marquez Lucas finished third and fourth in the 100-meter dash with times of 10.96 and 11.12.
Reid Smith earned bronze in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:03.2.
Brock Temple took silver in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 39.13 seconds.
Temple also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.95 seconds.
Ethan McMeen finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.18 seconds.
In field events, Luke Bartel won gold in the shot put with a distance of 48-feet-3/4-inches.
Jaedon Bogar earned bronze in the high jump with a height of 6-feet-2inches.
Tyler Brown also earned bronze in the long jump with a distance of 21-feet-5-inches.
Nathan Hough earned bronze in the pole vault with a height of 11-feet-6inches.
The Lady Chaps battled on the day, with relay teams finishing fourth in the 4x100- and 4x200meter relay with times of 51.85 seconds and 1:58.02.
Abby Lynch-Buxton and Lulu King finished third and fourth in the discus with distances of 108-feet-4-inches and 99-feet-4-inches.
Kynadi Hall earned bronze in the shot put with a distance of 32feet-3 3/4-inches.
