State Meet Preview -Girls 400m All Divisions

Event  513   Girls 400 Meter Dash 5A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Owens, Jarra                       Fort Bend Bush                     54.91
       2    Olowe, Olamide                     El Paso El Dorado                  55.32
       3    Osondu, Elizabeth                  Lewisville Flower Mound            55.46
       4    Church, Kodii                      Mesquite Horn                      55.73
       5    Orundami, Gbemisola                Houston Cypress Woods              55.91
       6    Kuykendoll, Mariah                 Converse Judson                    56.10
       7    Fisher, Milan                      Richardson                         56.21
       8    Mack, Ariah                        Houston Cypress Springs            56.44
       9    Joyner, Ashley                     Northside O'Connor                 56.45

PREVIEW:

This should be another exciting race. Olowe comes in with the fastest season best of 54.47 which she ran at District 1-5A. Owens is not far behind running a 54.64 at Texas Southern. Owens has beat Olowe head to head twice. Once at Texas Southern this year and once at the State Meet last year. Osondu has also dipped under 55 this year going 54.93 at her district meet.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Owens, Jarra
  2. Olowe, Olamide
  3. Osondu, Elizabeth

 Event  413   Girls 400 Meter Dash 4A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Rideaux, Bryanah                   Summer Creek                       55.53
       2    Spivey, Teona                      Willis                             55.72
       3    Wilder, Sommer                     Canyon                             56.03
       4    Roberson, Takyera                  Houston Wheatley                   56.03
       5    Warden, Jadsia                     El Paso Chapin                     56.26
       6    McGill, Dominique                  Corpus Christi Moody               56.89
       7    Rockwell, Taylor                   Lancaster                          57.31
       8    Lentz, Abby                        Leander Rouse                      57.32
       9    Coleman, Danielle                  McKinney North                     57.38

PREVIEW:

This one is a hard one because Bryanah Rideaux comes in with the fastest Regional time off all qualifiers of a 55.53. Teona Spivey from Willis also had a sub 56 clocking of 55.72. Takyera Roberson has the fastest season best time of 55.13 but she barely made it in to this meet earning 3rd in her region. Taylor Rockwell from Lancaster has a PR of 55.99 so she should be in the mix also.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Rideaux, Bryanah
  2. Spivey, Teona
  3. Roberson, Takyera

 Event  313   Girls 400 Meter Dash 3A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Sanders, Tontyana                  Waco Connally                      55.24
       2    Freeman, Sahari                    Lubbock Estacado                   57.26
       3    Green, Sheri                       Houston Kipp Sunnyside             57.47
       4    Henderson, Bre                     Sanger                             58.12
       5    Watson, Acacia                     Wharton                            58.31
       6    Bell, Alexia                       Houston Yates                      58.51
       7    Spann, Joy                         Frisco Lone Star                   58.87
       8    Williams, Tashonna                 San Antonio Houston                59.22
       9    Lee, Anastaeshia                   Wichita Falls Hirschi              59.87

 

PREVIEW:

Sanders, Tontyana comes in as a clear favorite. She comes in with a PR almost 2 seconds faster than the next competitor. She ran a 55.12 at the Regional Meet Prelims. Watson comes in with the next fastest time of 57.23 she ran at Regional Prelims.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Sanders, Tontyana
  2. Watson, Acacia
  3. Freeman, Sahari

 Event  213   Girls 400 Meter Dash 2A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Granados, Diana                    Dallas Hampton Prep                57.48
       2    Fairley, Destiny                   Jarrell                            57.65
       3    Sanders, Kadriane                  White Oak                          58.47
       4    Clark, J'Kaylee                    Farmersville                       58.79
       5    Simpson, Ro'neshia                 Tatum                              58.87
       6    Coles, Kendall                     Goliad                             59.29
       7    Smith, Latriceia                   Stanton                            59.35
       8    Lee, Megan                         East Bernard                       59.46
       9    Huston, Holly                      Ballinger                          59.67

 

PREVIEW:

This one is going to be a close race. Fairley, Destiny comes in with the fastest season best of 57.16 she ran at her area meet but Granados, Diana went 57.48 in her Regional meet.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Fairley, Destiny
  2. Granados, Diana
  3. Sanders, Kadriane