ABILENE – The Brownwood Lions and Lady Lions combined to win seven events, earn 15 medals, and secure 18 berths into the Region I-4A track and field meet April 28-29 based on Friday’s performance at the District 5-4A/6-4A area meet at Abilene Wylie High School.
As was the case at the 6-4A meet in Graham earlier this month, the top four finishers in each event at the area meet punched their tickets to regionals. Of Brownwood’s 25 entries at area – including two alternates that were allowed to compete – 72 percent are headed to Lowrey Field in Lubbock next weekend.
Lady Lion freshman Hannah Deen, who advanced to area in five events, is also headed to regionals in those same five events. Deen won gold medals Friday in the triple jump (34-11.25) and long jump (16-8.75); finished as the runner-up in the high jump (J5-2) and on the 4×400 relay along with Kate Tindol, Sidney Windham, and Braycee Lee; and came in fourth in the 300-meter hurdles (48.97).
The Lions’ effort was sparked by senior Tyse Savage, who collected gold medals in all three events in which he competed – the 200 meters (21.97), the 4×100 relay (42.51) with Jordyn Nickerson, Jake Jetton, and Aaron Edmonds, and the 4×200 relay (1:29.22) with Nickerson, Daub, and Jetton.
Also earning area gold medals Friday were Lee in the girls 400 meters (59.86) and Ike Hall in the boys triple jump (45-7.5).
Collecting silver medals in their respective events were Nickerson in the boys 100 meters (11.15), Windham in the girls 800 meters (2:21.92), Sam Kallman in the boys discus (139-3), and Jaslin Jones in the girls discus (112-6.5).
Advancing as area bronze medals were Tindol in the girls 200 meters (26.82), and Trent Loftin in the boys 110-meter hurdles (15.99), while moving on with fourth-place performances were Jetton in the boys 100 meters (11.21) and Kaylee Adkins in the girls 1600 meters (6:13.0).
In other events at the area meet, Tindol finished fifth in the girls 100 meters (13.03); Icess Hall was sixth in the girls 100 meters (13.31); the Lady Lions 4×200 relay of Talia Clifton, Miranda Northcutt, Hall and Kyleigh Caperton (1:51.14) also came in sixth; Adkins was seventh in the girls 3200 meters (15:01.99); Edmonds was seventh in both the boys long jump (19-11.25) and the boys 200 meters (23.71); and Jones was eighth in the shot put (29-10.75).
Jones in the shot put and Adkins in the 3200 meters were the alternates who finished fifth at the District 6-4A but were allowed to compete Friday due to other area qualifiers withdrawing from the competition.
