Goldthwaite secures three state championships, four medals at UIL 2A meet

May 3, 2024 at 10:17 pm Updated: May 4th, 2024 at 10:08 am Derrick Stuckly

Class 2A girls 100-meter hurdles state champion Lainey Jernigan and bronze medalist Hope Hermesmeyer are pictured on the medal stand. [Photo courtesy of Goldthwaite Lady Eagles Basketball Facebook page]

AUSTIN – Goldthwaite High School secured four medals – and won three state championships – while Coleman was also represented on the medal stand at the UIL Class 2A Track and Field State Championships Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas, bringing home a combined four state medals.

Capping Friday night’s action was the Goldthwaite Lady Eagles 4×400 relay of Madison Wood, Hope Hermesmeyer, Rylie Hillis and Lainey Jernigan, who posted a championship time of 3:56.4, comfortably topping runner-up Panhandle (3:58.98).

Jernigan added two additional state championships in both the girls 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Jernigan was clocked at 14.34, outlasting runner-up Anyya Mitchell of Lovelady (14.69). Finishing third in the race and capturing a bronze medal was Goldthwaite’s Hope Hermesmeyer (14.93).

In the 300-meter hurdles, Jernigan set a new 2A state meet record and finished in a time of 42.82, while Carly Land of Panhandle (43.43) was the runner-up.

For Coleman, Hunter Lackey secured a silver medal in the 2A boys discus with a best effort of 163-7. Lackey trailed only Luke Peacock of Haskell (172-9), as both competitors’ best throw came on their next to last attempt.