BROCK – The Brownwood Lions and Lady Lions track and field teams opened their 2021 campaigns Wednesday at the Brock Relays, where both teams placed third overall.

The Lions manufactured 116 points which left them behind only host and meet champion Brock (184), as well as China Spring (128). Meanwhile, the Lady Lions notched 100.75 points, trailing only meet champion Godley (142.75) and host Brock (136).

The boys brought back 11 medals – three gold, five silver and three bronze.

Event winners included Hunter Day in the 400 meters (55.34), Jared Northcutt in the discus (124-5), and Christian Kinzler in the high jump (5-10).

Runner-up finishes belonged to Cameron Phipps in the 800 meters (2:17.28), Caleb Nelson in the 3200 meters (11:58.59), Zach Bond in the 110-meter hurdles (15.84), Brad Robinson in the shot put (40-8), and the 4×400 relay of Day, Jake Jetton, Elias Huerta and Taylor Bessent (3:40.43).

Finishing third were Bessent in the 200 meters (23.15), Nelson in the 1600 meters (5:26.47), and Toby Yeats in the 110-meter hurdles (17.37).

Fourth-place efforts were turned in by Jason Jackson in the long jump (19-2), Jimi Brown in the shot put (37-10.5), and the 4×100 relay of Yeats, Bessent, Jackson and Jetton (45.92)

Placing sixth were Yeats in the 300-meter hurdles (49.62), Jetton in the 400 meters (57.84), and the 4×200 relay of Nathan Wheelington, Blake Brasher, Huerta and Jackson Huff (1:42.43).

On the girls side, Emma Stegemoller finished third with 31 points generated during the meet while Becca Church was fourth with 25 points produced.

The Lady Lions also earned 11 medals – two gold, four silver and five bronze.

Stegemoller won both the 800 meters (2:30.4) and 1600 meters (5:50.59), and also finished second in the pole vault (8-6).

Church came in second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.18), 300-meter hurdles (1:00.0), and triple jump (33-3).

Finishing third were Kynslee Walker in the 800 meters (2:34.11), Jaylen Savage in the high jump (5-2), Ava Brownlee in the 300-meter hurdles (1:01.0), and the 4×400 relay of Jadie Sudderth, Stegemoller, Walker and Jayme Cottle (4:27.4).

Naysa Leach placed fourth in the 3200 meters (14:16.09) while fifth-place finishes belonged to Addison Strickland in both the shot put (25-7) and discus (72-6.5), Kinley Reeves in the 100 meters (13.37), and the 4×200 relay of Sudderth, Savage, Reeves and Emily Carnes (1:57.46).

Coming in sixth were Brownlee in the 100-meter hurdles (19.22), Church in the long jump (15-3), Kassidy Wooten in the 200 meters (28.33), Ava Choate in the 400 meters (1:09.09), Alexa Arreola in the shot put (24-4), and the 4×100 relay of Alli Touhakis, Sudderth, Wooten and Cottle (53.98).

In their next action, the Lions and Lady Lions will host the annual Bluebonnet Relays Friday, March 5 at Gordon Wood Stadium.