State Meet Preview -Boys 1600m All Divisions

Event  520   Boys 1600 Meter Run 5A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Dalquist, Austen                   Keller                           4:13.58
       2    Kirkland, Zach                     Northwest                        4:18.65
       3    Ammons, Robert                     Houston Strake Jesuit            4:19.28
       4    Cazares, Ian                       Houston Cypress Lakes            4:19.51
       5    Moreno, Cesar                      Del Rio                          4:19.78
       6    Myers, Chris                       Northside Holmes                 4:20.39
       7    Ward, Wesley                       Lewisville Flower Mound          4:20.58
       8    Emery, Logan                       Conroe The Woodlands             4:21.36
       9    Williams, Christopher              Conroe Woodlands College Park    4:21.99

 

PREVIEW:

Austen Dalquist has been dominant in this race all season. He has the regional best time of 4:13.50 and he has the fastest season time of 4:09.71. Zach Kirkland and Rj Ammos come in the the 2nd and 3rd best times of the season in 4:14. Chris Meyers is not far back.  This should be a close race.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Dalquist, Austen
  2. Kirkland, Zach
  3. Myers, Chris

Event  420   Boys 1600 Meter Run 4A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Blunt, Carter                      Frisco Heritage                  4:16.18
       2    Moore, Jeffrey                     Carrollton Smith                 4:17.59
       3    Quinlan, Brian                     Houston Stratford                4:18.09
       4    Tankersley, Andrew                 Boerne Champion                  4:18.20
       5    Bootz, Jake                        Summer Creek                     4:18.36
       6    Ellison, Jaqwae'                   Georgetown                       4:20.22
       7    Johnson, Michael                   San Elizario                     4:21.06
       8    Galli, Steven                      Dripping Springs                 4:21.50
       9    Abdi, Hassan                       Amarillo Palo Duro               4:22.05

 

PREVIEW:

Carter Blunt is the favorite here also but not as big as he is in the 3200m  Jeffrey Moore went head to head with Carter at Jesuit Sheaner and only loss by 1 second. Andrew Tankersley comes in with a season best of  4:15.45.  Everyone else in the field is very close and it will come down to tactics.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Blunt, Carter
  2. Moore, Jeffrey
  3. Tankersley, Andrew

Event  320   Boys 1600 Meter Run 3A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Perry, Jacob                       Sanger                           4:24.20
       2    Clayton, Taylor                    Decatur                          4:24.21
       3    Mills, Josh                        Sanger                           4:26.96
       4    Farrell, Sam                       Lufkin Hudson                    4:32.96
       5    Bishop, Jonathon                   College Station                  4:35.07
       6    Domangue, Justin                   Alvarado                         4:36.15
       7    Trevizo, Eduardo                   River Oaks Castleberry           4:36.55
       8    Luevano, Marty                     Boerne                           4:39.74
       9    Garza, Luis                        Zapata                           4:41.06

PREVIEW:

This race will be fun as we have another head to head battle between Jacob Perry and Taylor Clayton. They raced head to head at Regional with Perry winning by only .01. Sam Farrell has run a 4:24.74 this season so he will be in the mix also.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Perry, Jacob
  2. Clayton, Taylor
  3. Farrell, Sam

Event  220   Boys 1600 Meter Run 2A
            Name                               School                         Seed Time
       1    Kieler, Wyatt                      East Bernard                     4:26.87
       2    Flores, Ryan                       Luling                           4:27.51
       3    Ayala, Gustavo                     Cotulla                          4:29.73
       4    Butts, Guy                         Whitesboro                       4:35.37
       5    Doty, Kyle                         Eddy Bruceville-Eddy             4:37.23
       6    Phelps, Trent                      Edgewood                         4:41.10
       7    Singler, John                      Bushland                         4:42.12
       8    Macias, Luis                       Abernathy                        4:43.89
       9    Eudy, Austin                       Queen City                       4:52.44

PREVIEW:

Ryan Flores comes in with the fastest season best time of 4:24.44 but Wyatt Kieler beat him at their region race last week. Keep an eye on Guy Butts also. He raced to a 4:26 in his area meet.

TXRUNNING PREDICTIONS:

  1. Kieler, Wyatt
  2. Flores, Ryan
  3. Butts, Guy