Floydada's Kirsten Pyle attempts the Pole Vault at Area track and field at Charles Tyer Stadium on April 14, 2022. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
FLOYDADA – Weather conditions were ideal for a UIL Area Track and Field meet on Thursday at Charles Tyer Stadium. Floydada and Lockney both had good days of advancing athletes to the next level of the UIL system to the Region 1-2A track and field championships in Canyon. All UIL events of athletics and academics in Region 1-2A are hosted by West Texas A&M University.
Floydada will send four individuals and two relays of boys competitors, plus three individuals and a pair of relays from the girls to the Region meet. Lockney has one boy individual along with six individual girls athletes that will move to Region.
Floydada’s Jayson Cooper will be going in four events in the long jump, triple jump, 100 meter dash, and running a leg on the Whirlwinds 800 relay with Saul Reyes, Andres Mendoza and Ilan Lopez.
Lockney’s Haven Walker will be advancing in the shot put and discus. Izaiah Alvarado got out of Area in the 400 meter dash and part of Floydada’s 1600 relay with Reyes, Mendoza and Jonathan Pena. Both Reyes and Mendoza run legs on the Whirlwinds 800 and 1600 relays.
The Area 2A Track and Field meet was made up of the top four finishers from both the 3-2A and 4-2A districts. The top four placings of each event will move on to the Region 1-2A meet on April 22-23 in Canyon at the WTAMU Track and Field Complex.
BOYS RESULTS
100 – 4. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 11.50
400 – 4. Izaiah Alvarado, Floydada 51.40
300 hurdles – 3. Felix Gonzales, Lockney 43.36
800 relay – 2. Floydada 1:33.95 (Saul Reyes, Andres Mendoza, Ilan Lopez, Jayson Cooper)
1600 relay – 3. Floydada 3:34.36 (Reyes, Mendoza, Jonathan Pena, Alvarado)
Long Jump – 1. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 21′ 10.75”
Triple Jump – 3. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 42′ 07”
GIRLS RESULTS
100 – 4. Adaliyah Jones, Lockney 13.41
200 – 3. Faith Lopez, Floydada 27.31
300 hurdles – 3. Natalie Contreras, Floydada 53.16
800 relay – 3. Floydada 1:52.59 (Lailah Burks, Clari Dela Fuente, Faith Lopez, Allyson Romero)
1600 relay – 3. Floydada 4;26.49 (Burks, Romero, Lopez, Dela Fuente)
Shot Put – 2. Haven Walker, Lockney 33′ 11”; 3. Brinley Lefevre, Lockney 33′ 4.75”
Discus – 2. Annalicia Hernandez, Lockney 101′ 10”; 2. Haven Walker, Lockney 95′ 6”
Pole Vault – 3. Kirsten Pyle, Floydada 8′; 4. Adri Villarreal, Lockney 8′
