Floydada's Kirsten Pyle attempts the Pole Vault at Area track and field at Charles Tyer Stadium on April 14, 2022. (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
CANYON – West Texas A&M University will hold its biggest UIL Region 1-2A spring athletic competition this Friday and Saturday at the WT Track and Field Complex on campus.
Floydada and Lockney will be we represented at the Region 1-2A that starts on Friday at 9:45 a.m.
Floydada boys will have two relays and four individuals competing; Floydada girls have one relay and three individuals; Lockney girls have five individuals; and there is one Lockney boy individual.
Whirlwind junior Jayson Cooper will be the most active local athlete by competing in four events – long jump, triple jump, 100 meters dash and running a leg on the 800 relay. According to Athletic Net, a computer service used by high school and collegiate track and field meets, Cooper has the best qualifying jump in the long jump, which makes him a strong candidate to advance to the UIL State and Track and Field Championships in Austin. Cooper leaped 21’10.75” in the Area Meet at Charles Tyer Stadium two weeks ago.
Here is a list of when the local athletes will compete:
FRIDAY
(Field Event Finals – 9:45 a.m.)
Boys Long Jump – Jayson Cooper, Floydada
Girls Shot Put – Haven Walker and Brinley Lefevre, both Lockney
Girls Pole Vault – Kirsten Pyle, Floydada; Adri Villarreal, Lockney
(Running Pre-lims start at 3:30 p.m.)
Girls 100m – Adaliyah Jones, Lockney
Boys 100m – Jayson Cooper, Floydada
Girls 800 relay – Floydada – Lailah Burks, Clari Delafuente, Faith Lopez, Allyson Romero
Boys 800 relay – Floydada – Jayson Cooper, Saul Reyes, Andres Mendoza, Ilan Lopez
Boys 400m – Izaiah Alvarado, Floydada
Girls 300m hurdles – Natalie Contreras, Floydada
Boys 300m hurdles – Felix Gonzales, Lockney
Girls 200m – Faith Lopez, Floydada
Boys 1600 relay – Floydada – Saul Reyes, Andres Mendoza, Izaiah Alvarado, Jonathan Pena
SATURDAY
(Field Event Finals – start at 9:45 a.m.)
Girls Discus – Haven Walker, Annalacia Hernandez – both Lockney
Boys Triple Jump – Jayson Cooper, Floydada
(Running Event Finals – start at 3:30 p.m.)
Qualifiers who advanced from the running Pre-Lims on Friday
The top two finishers in each event will advance to the UIL Track and Field Championships at Mike Meyer Stadium on the University of Texas campus. Class 2A athletes will compete on Friday, May 13. There will be one at-large competitor per event with the best performance of the third place finishers from all four regions in Texas.
