National/State Records That Could Fall At Texas State Meet

High school track and field fans always have their eyes tuned into the UIL Texas State Track and Field Championships. Fast times and great jumps always happen when the weather is conducive in Austin.

This year, there are a couple of events that will have chances to break Texas UIL state meet records and even some with a chance to break national records. View the list below to see what national records could be broken and then the UIL overall state meet records that could go down.

Fort Bend Marshall 4x100 Relay

The Missouri City, Texas boys from Thurgood Marshall High School has already done what no other school has imagined possible and that is run under 41 seconds in the 4x100 relay for eleven consecutive seasons. Not even the COVID-19 shortened 2019 season could stop this school from running 40 point in the sprint relay. They are also the only school to run under 40.00 seconds in two different seasons.

This weekend, they are hoping to accomplish another feat no team has ever done and that is to run faster than 39.76. Why do we think they can do it? Well, they already came close at their UIL 5A - 19-20 Area Championship Meet three weeks ago when they tied the US No. 2 all-time mark of 39.80.

Only .04 of a second separates them from history. It's an all or nothing type of deal. The Texas state record is the National Record held by Fort Worth OD Wyatt back in 1998, so it's either they do it or you don't, there is no consolation record with this one.

Emma Sralla

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Emma Sralla (Lewisville Marcus)

Sralla is already the US No. 2 all-time girls discus thrower. The U20 World Junior champion threw 193-8 earlier this season at the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays and just needs five inches to catch the girls record she has been chasing. The mark she needs to get is 198-9 set by Shelbi Vaughan (Mansfield Legacy) in 2012. Vaughan's mark is both the National Record and the Texas State Record.

However, if for some reason Sralla doesn't throw that far out, she can still capture the UIL state meet record of 187-10 also set by Vaughan in 2012. Sralla is on the right track for a future as Vaughan went on to compete in the Olympics.

Alexander Chukwukelu (North Forney) 

The high school boys 110 meter hurdles record is within Chukwukelu's grasp. He just needs a little help from mother nature to bring some 2.0 and under wind readings. The marks he is chasing are Wayne Davis' (Raleigh Southeast, NC) 13.08 mark from 2009.

The North Forney star has run 12.98 (NWI) and he's been hovering in the 13.1s, 13.2s, and 13.3s all season long, but they've been wind readings over 2.0. If Chuckwukelu can't run 12.98, he can still get the NFHS high school national high school record of 13.30 by Chris Nelloms (Dayton Dunbar, OH - 1990), the Texas state record of 13.32 set by Eric Edwards (Houston Langham Creek - 2017, or the Texas UIL state meet record of 13.34 by Dennis Brantley (Houston Worthing - 1980).

Lauren Lewis

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Lauren Lewis (Prosper) 

Lauren Lewis already has the Texas state meet record with her 51.83 from the UIL 6A Districts 5&6 Area Championships. Now to get the UIL state meet record, she'll have to run 52.40 to eclipse Courtney Okolo's 52.40 from 2012.

As far as the national records go, Sanya Richards(St. Thomas Aquinas, FL) ran 50.69 for the high school record and Monique Henderson (San Diego Morse, CA) set the NFHS high school mark back in 2000.

Rylee Hampton (4)

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Rylee Hampton (Houston Cypress Ridge) -

Rylee Hampton has good fortunes on the University of Texas track. In fact, she ran 13.18 at Texas Relays for the TX No. 3 all-time performance behind names like Alexis Duncan (DeSoto) and Tonea Marshall (Arlington Seguin). Duncan has the Texas record a 12.93 and the UIL state meet record of 13.22 in 2016.

Sidney Green (4)

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Sidney Green (Allen) 

After tragedy struck Green's hometown a couple of days ago we could see her express herself on the track this weekend. Green is already the Texas record holder at the  300 meter hurdles with her 40.63 run at the Texas Relays. She'll be chasing Samantha Gonzalez (Carrollton Creekview) and her 40.81 from 2015 for the UIL state meet record. The UIL 6A state meet record is 40.97 by Milan Young (Houston Lamar - 2017)