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Indoor track meet on A&M's campus a success
Published Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:09 AM

By DAVID CAMPBELL
david.campbell@theeagle.com

The Texas A&M Open track meet is off and running, but it still has some hurdles in front of it.

The event at A&M's Gilliam Indoor Track was effectively a high school meet, but because of University Interscholastic League rules, it had to be an open event. Individuals ran unattached. Track clubs were the teams.

After the meet, the public address announcer encouraged the Saturday crowd of 2,559 (which included officials and participants) to tell the UIL that they would like to see a state indoor track meet.

That is the goal of Aggies track coach Pat Henry.

"That's what we're trying to help people understand, that this state has tremendous track and field," Henry said. "It deserves, and these young people deserve, to have a championship indoors. You have three facilities in the state that can handle the competition -- Houston, here and in Lubbock -- so you have some opportunities."

The efficiently-run A&M meet got a jump on the Carl Lewis Invitational, the University Houston's long-established meet that will be held next week at Yeoman Field House.

"We had right at 900 athletes here the first time," Henry said. "We're pleased with the way the competition went."

The meet drew mostly Texas participants, including Brazos Valley performers, along with one former area athlete.

Elydia Farwell won the Class 2A 100 meters at state as a freshman and sophomore in Lexington, and added the 200 state title in her second season. Farwell is now at Class 5A Cypress Springs.

She finished fifth in the 60 meters Saturday, running 7.68 seconds in the finals, and competed in her first-ever hurdle event, at 60 meters.

"That's my race, but I need to get in better shape," Farwell said. "By next Saturday, I'll be there. I like this track, though. It's great on my feet."

Farwell, who missed most of last spring's outdoor season with an injury, had the eight-best qualifying time, edged out in a photo finish in her preliminary heat by Fort Bend Marshall's Shahira Ehiemua, who ran 7.80 with Farwell at 7.81. Farwell also qualified for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles.

"I'm a little disappointed, or really a lot disappointed in myself," said Farwell of her hurdle race, where she placed 16th. "For my first time I made it to the finals, but I couldn't do much."

Tiffani McReynolds, from Kansas City, won the girls' 60 hurdles at 7.66, beating out Lancaster's Kendall Hayes (7.92).

A&M Consolidated's Catherine Chenault cleared 10-6 in the pole vault and tied for third place with Fort Worth Country Day's Nicole Dory. Chaney Turney of Hays won by vaulting 11-33/4, to best her high school teammate, Meredith Driskell (10-113/4).

Lexington's Clint Hutson, the defending Class 2A state champion in the 110-meter hurdles, was timed in 8.45 to place ninth in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday. Sam Gagliano won the race in 7.89.

For Hutson, it was a quick step back on the track.

"Really, truly, I've prepared one day," said Hutson, whose only previous indoor meet was in Houston last year. "I came out of football and coaches wanted me to starting lifting weights, so I have really gotten into running. It's really nice having it so close to home."

Smaller-school athletes had their share of success. Shane Jones of 3A Van Alstyne won the boys' shot put with a 54-5 throw, which beat Celina sophomore Jordan Roos by one inch.

Junior Caitlin Jones from 2A Melissa won the first field event Saturday, leaping 5-5 to take the high jump. Houston Lutheran South's Lauren Rover was second at 5-3.

Brenham's Xzavien Raglin was a finalist in the boys' 60-meter dash, where he bettered his prelim time by .01 and ran 7.21. Killeen Ellison's Prezel Hardy won the race in 6.81, running away from his Eagle teammate Michael Bryant, who was second in 6.87.

Hardy finished third in the 200 in 22.05 behind Houston's Sherrold Evans (21.38) and Fort Worth's Clinton Collins (22.03).

It was the first indoor meet for Hardy, who won the 5A 100 meters last spring.

"I can't say I got everything I wanted," Hardy said. "I would have like to have gone home with two gold medals. I placed in both events, and since it was my first indoor track meet, I can't ask for too much."

Hardy ran a wind-aided 10.08 100-meter race at the UIL State meet. Wind was not a factor in A&M's indoor facility.

"I thought I ran a good race in the 60," Hardy said. "I got out like I wanted to and was able to pull away from the pack. I was able to run my race."

Cuero junior Paul Hansel IV (9:46.40) beat out Houston Westbury's Yonas Tesfai (9:50.48) to win the boys' two-mile Saturday morning. Nebraska's Rebekah Topham, who won the 1,500 and 3,000 in Junior Olympics competition last year, won the girls' two-mile in a time of 11:27.23. Magnolia West senior Rachel Melton was second in 11:33.38, but Melton won the mile run in 5:24.38.

Mesquite Poteet's Veronica Jones was clocked in a winning 24.40 in the girls' 200, giving her a spring sweep. She took the 60 in 7.59.

McAllen Memorial sophomore Jake Garza cleared 6-5 to win the boys' high jump. Corpus Christi Carroll junior Jonathan Turner (22-2 1/4) won the long jump by a quarter inch. Mesquite's Ngozi Onwumere won the girls long jump at 18-6.

Aldine MacArthur's Amber Jones started the competition Friday by winning the shot put with a throw of 41-5 1/2. Fort Worth Country Day's Nicole Dory won the triple jump at 36-6 1/2.

In opening-day boys' finals, Itasca's Greg Mason jumped 44-11 1/2 to take the triple. Lorena's Mark Thomas dominated the pole vault, winning at 16-2 3/4. Thomas is the nation's indoor pole vault leader. He cleared 16-6 in a December meet.



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A&M Consolidated High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Klein Oak Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Cypress Woods Away 7 pm
Sept. 9 Austin Westlake Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Temple Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 29 Killeen Ellison Away 7 pm
Oct. 7 Bryan Kyle Field 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Killeen Shoemaker Home 730 pm
Oct. 21 Copperas Cove Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Harker Heights Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Belton Away 7:30 pm

Bryan High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Sept. 3 Clear Springs Away 7 pm
Sept. 9 Round Rock McNeil Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 15 Woodlands College Park Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Killeen Ellison Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Killeen Shoemaker Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 A&M Consolidated Kyle Field 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Copperas Cove Home 730 pm
Oct. 21 Harker Heights Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Belton Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Temple Away 7:30 pm

Rudder High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Taylor Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Leander Rouse Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Navasota Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Houston C.E. King Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 24 Hutto Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Bastrop Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Manor Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Pflugerville Hendrickson Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Pflugerville Connally Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Elgin Home 7:30 pm

Brenham High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Huntsville Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 1 Lamar Consolidated Away 7 pm
Sept. 9 Houston Lamar Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Magnolia West Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Waller Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 8 Spring Woods Away 6 pm
Oct. 14 Montgomery Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Houston Northbrook Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Magnolia Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Houston Stratford Home 7 pm

Madisonville High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Navasota Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Coldspring-Oakhurst Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Caldwell Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Crockett Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Rockdale Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Palestine Westwood Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Groesbeck Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Mexia Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Palestine Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Fairfield Home 7:30 pm

Caldwell High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Bellville Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Austin Crockett Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Madisonville Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Waco Connally Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Brookshire-Royal Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Smithville Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Giddings Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Navasota Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 La Grange Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Rockdale Home 7:30 pm

Rockdale High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 27 Abilene Wylie Home 6 pm
Sept. 2 Salado Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Cameron Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Liberty Hill Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Navasota Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Smithville Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 La Grange Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Giddings Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Caldwell Away 7:30 pm

Cameron High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Waco Connally Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 La Vega Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Rockdale Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Navasota Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Hearne Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Marlin Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 McGregor Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Academy Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Florence Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Troy Away 7:30 pm

Hearne High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Franklin Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 New Waverly Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Corrigan-Camden Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Cameron Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Troy Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Marlin Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 McGregor Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Academy Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Florence Home 7:30 pm

Centerville High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Grapeland Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Teague Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Elkhart Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Trinity Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Scurry-Rosser Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Buffalo Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Leon Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Axtell Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Blooming Grove Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Italy Home 7:30 pm

Leon High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Elkhart Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Bremond Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 New Waverly Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Hillsboro Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Lovelady Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Axtell Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Centerville Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Italy Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Buffalo Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Blooming Grove Home 7:30 pm

Franklin High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Hearne Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Tomball Memorial Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Whitney Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 New Waverly Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Rogers Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Jarrell Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Rosebud-Lott Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Lexington Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Thorndale Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Bruceville-Eddy Home 7:30 pm

Lexington High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Smithville Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Blanco Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Academy Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Geronimo Navarro Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Jarrell Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Rosebud-Lott Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Franklin Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Thorndale Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Bruceville-Eddy Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Rogers Home 7:30 pm

Iola High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 St. Joseph Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Hull-Daisetta Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Milano Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Hubbard Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Snook Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Moody Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Thrall Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Somerville Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Normangee Away 7:30 pm

Normangee High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Trinity Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Elkhart Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Bremond Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Snook Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Bartlett Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 New Waverly Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Moody Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Thrall Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Somerville Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Iola Home 7:30 pm

Somerville High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Cedar Park Summit Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Burton Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Snook Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Vanderbilt Inudstrial Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Granger Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Austin St. Dominic Savio Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Thrall Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Iola Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Normangee Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Moody Away 7:30 pm

Bremond High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Buffalo Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Leon Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Normangee Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Thorndale Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Axtell Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Frost Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Hubbard Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Chilton Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Wortham Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Dawson Home 7:30 pm

Milano High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Waco Texas Christian Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Central Texas Christian Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Iola Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 15 Giddings State School Away 7:00 pm
Sept. 23 Chilton Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Burton Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Holland Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Bartlett Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Snook Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Granger Away 7:30 pm

Snook High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 John Paul Catholic Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Brazos Christian Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Somerville Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Normangee Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Iola Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Holland Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Granger Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Burton Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Milano Away 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Bartlett Away 7:30 pm

Calvert High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 27 Strawn Away 10:00 am
Sept. 2 Aquila Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 TBA TBA 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Penelope Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Greenville Christian Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Tomball Rosehill Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 7 Waco Live Oak Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Star Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Oglesby Home 7:30 pm
Nov. 4 Buckholts Away 7:30 pm

St. Joseph High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Iola Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Katy Faith West Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Katy Pope John XIII Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Brazos Christian Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 24 Shiner St. Paul Away 7:00 pm
Oct. 8 Hallettsville Sacred Heart Away 2:00 pm
Oct. 14 Bay Area Christian Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 20 Giddings State School Home 7:00 pm
Oct. 28 Austin Regents Away 7:00 pm
Nov. 4 Texas School for the Deaf Home 7:00 pm

Brazos Christian High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 26 Cypress Christian Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Snook Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Texas School for the Deaf Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 St. Joseph Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 The Woodlands Christian Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 30 Katy Faith West Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 8 Shiner St. Paul Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Austin St. Dominic Savio Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 San Antonio St. Gerard Home 7:00 pm
Nov. 4 Hallettsville Sacred Heart Home 7:30 pm

Allen Academy

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 27 Waco Live Oak Away 7:00 pm
Sept. 2 San Marcos Home School Home 7:00 pm
Sept. 9 Harmony Science Home 7:00 pm
Sept. 16 BVCHEA Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 Marble Falls Faith Home 8:00 pm
Sept. 30 Temple Holy Trinity Away 7:00 pm
Oct. 7 Tomball Christian Home 7:00 pm
Oct. 14 Bastrop Tribe Consolidated Home 7:00 pm
Oct. 22 Waco Methodist Home Home 5:00 pm
Oct. 29 Bell County ECHO Home 7:30 pm

Brenham Christian High School

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 25 Waco Parkview Away 7:00 pm
Sept. 2 Tomball Rosehill Home 7:00 pm
Sept. 10 Dallas The Covenant Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Orange Community Home 7:00 pm
Sept. 23 Houston Texas Christian Home 7:00 pm
Oct. 1 Houston Emery-Weiner Home 6:00 pm
Oct. 14 Dickinson Pine Drive Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 21 Throckmorton Away 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Alvin Living Stones Home 7:00 pm
Nov. 4 Bellville Faith Home 7:30 pm

BVCHEA

Date Opponent Location Time
Aug. 25 Bellville Faith Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 2 Austin NYOS Away 7:30 pm
Sept. 9 Temple Centex Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 16 Allen Academy Home 7:30 pm
Sept. 23 San Antonio Sunnybrook Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 1 San Antonio FEAST Away 1:00 pm
Oct. 7 Central Texas ECHO Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 14 Williamson County Away 7:00 pm
Oct. 21 Waco Live Oak Home 7:30 pm
Oct. 28 Waco Methodist Home Away 7:30 pm

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