Texans Make National Leader Boards In First Indoor Meets!

Bryan Deibel


Photo By: Buzz Andrews

There have only been a few indoor meets which Texas athletes have competed in so far this year, but several have already jumped onto the national leader boards. It's exciting to think even though many athletes haven't started racing yet some have already run the top times in the U.S. It's already setting up to be a big indoor season and an even bigger outdoor season!  


USATF Galleria Game


Many runners from the North Texas Jack Rabbits traveled to Alabama last weekend to run at the Galleria Games in Birmingham, AL. Some of the groups best performances include Jaevin Reed and Sadi Giles. Both girls placed second in the 200m dash, Giles in the 15-16 age group, and Reed in the 17-18 age group. Reed's time of 25.27 ranks her U.S. #6 while Giles 25.69 ranks her U.S. #11. The winner of the 17-18 division was Cassondra Hall, her time of 24.67 ranks U.S. #1.

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Lovejoy Thank Your Parents Pole Vault


Photos By: Buzz Andrews

This was the first big pole vault meet of the year hosted by Texas Express Track Club (Dallas Vault Club), at Lovejoy High School. The meet had almost 30 competitors and many that made the national leaderboards. On the guys side, Will Herrscher a 2015 Rockwall Heath graduate who was competing unattached took the win vaulting 16-03. The first high school competitor on the guys side was James Manders from Frisco Heritage. The junior vaulted 15-03 for 2nd. That mark stands as U.S. #5 and is also both his indoor and outdoor PR. Jacob Franks from Marcus and Noah Sewell from Rockwall took 3rd and 4th both clearing their new indoor PR's of 14-09. That mark also ranks them both tied for U.S. #11 with Vestavia Hills (AL) James Henry Barrett and Michigan's Nathanial Fasbender. 

The girls meet also saw some girls vault their way into the national rankings. Both the 1st and 2nd place girls vaulted over 10. Dallas Parish Episcopal's Megan Fitzgerald won clearing 11-09 while Chloe Wall from Farmersville was 2nd with her vault of 11-03. The two girls rank U.S. #9 and U.S. #23 respectively.  Fitzgerald was last year's TAPPS 5A state champ with a jump of 11-60, she was also 4th at the TTFCA Meet of Champions. 

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