Texas' Top Nike Indoor Nationals Finishers

The stars across the country in high school track and field converged onto New York City's Armory for the Nike Indoor Nationals.

They closed the indoor track season with a bang as they decided who the national champions of the 2024 indoor track season would be.

Even though most of Texas athletes stayed here at home, you can never have the best of the sport without a strong Texas representation.

The representation was there and it was REAL! 

Texas ended the competition with nine national champions that included five on the girls side and four on the boys.

Elizabeth Leachman (Boerne Champion) was a two-time national champion this weekend and ran away with several records. She negative split her way to the two-mile national championship with a meet record, facility record, as well as the sophomore class national record at 9:44.16.

A day later, Leachman dominated the track in the 5,000m to the tune of a new National Record of 15:28.90.

Texas girls dominated the jumps and swept the national championships. San Antonio Reagan senior Mackenziee Dagrosa won the girls high jump with a 5-10.50 jump. In the horizontal jumps with a 20-8 jump from Cypress Park's Sydnee Burr in the long jump win and then a 42-6 winning leap from Prosper Rock Hill's Skylynn Townsend, the deal was sealed.

Madeleine Fey (Killeen Chaparral) added a win in the shot put when she ther 45-9.75 and Madison Morgan from Houston Episcopal won the race walk in 7:19.87.

The boys winners covered the sprints and the jump events.

Kameron Franklin won the high jump with a clearance of 7-0.50 and Jayden Keys ruled the runway and pit in the long jump with his 24-6.25 best of the field.

Cordial Vann was spectacular in every round of the 60m. He won the finals with a 6.76 run and Lake Belton sophomore Kendrick Jones Jr. won the 200m with a 21.12 run.

Below is the list of all top ten finishers in the individual events.

Girls

Middle School Girls 60 Meters

1st Liana Wright - 7.72

7th - Jesai Rider - 8.17

Middle School Girls Long Jump

7th - Jesai Rider - 16-1.50

Middle School Girls 400m

4th - Jurnee Robinson - 1:00.03

Girls 2 Mile

1st - Elizabeth Leachman (Boerne Champion) - 9:44.16 (Sophomore class national record, meet record, facility record)

Girls 5K (Championships)

1st - Elizabeth Leachman (Boerne Champion) - 15:28.90 (National Record)

Freshman Girls Mile

2nd - Lucy Cramer - 4:59.53

Girls Pole Vault (Emerging Elite)

1st - Milla Signorelli - 12-02.50

Girls Middle School Long Jump

7th - Jesai Rider - 16-01.50

Girls Long Jump (Emerging Elite)

2nd - Kayden  DeFlanders (Frisco Reedy) - 18-5.75

5th - Karis Nartey (Allen) - 18-2.50

Girls 60m Freshman Girls

2nd - Rian Kinsler (Greenhill) - 7.89

Girls 200m (Championships)

5th - Skylar Brazzell (Northwest Neslson) - 23.85

Girls 400m (Championships)

5th - Skylar Brazzell (Northwest Nelson) - 55.32

Girls 800m (Championships)

3rd - Sophia Bendet (Randolph) - 2:09.03

Girls 60 Meter Hurdles (Championships)

3rd - Lillian Harden (Cypress Bridgeland) - 8.36

Girls High Jump (Championships)

1st - Mackenzie Dagrosa (San Antonio Reagan) - 5-10.50

4th - Nia Harrison (Greenhill) - 5-7

Girls Pole Vault (Championships)

5th - Madison Snody (Gregory Portland) - 12-8.25

Girls Long Jump (Championships)

1st - Sydnee Burr (Cypress Park) - 20-8

3rd - Samantha Ennin (Plano John Paul II) - 20-1.50

4th - Skylynn Townsend (Prosper Rock Hill) - 19-11.50

7th - London Tucker (Burleson Centennial) - 19-9

Girls Triple Jump (Championships)

1st - Skylynn Townsend (Prosper Rock Hill) - 42-6

2nd - Alleah Krote (Fort Worth Arlington Heights) -41-0

3rd - Samantha Ennin (Plano John Paul II) - 40-11.75

4th - Sydnee Burr (Cypress Park) - 40-6.75

5th - Lily Muzzy (Georgetown) - 40-1.50

6th - Caitlyn Johnson (Frisco Emerson) - 40-0.50

10th - Karis Nartey (Allen) - 38-4.25

Girls Shot Put (Championship)

1st - Madeleine Fey (Killeen Chaparral) - 45-9.75

Girls Shot Put Showcase

2nd Madeleine Fey (Killeen Chaparral) - 43-5.75

Girls Race Walk (Championship)

1st - Madison Morgan (Houston Episcopal) - 7:19.87

Girls 60 Meters (Emerging Elite)

3rd - Bryce Brazzell (Northwest Nelson) - 7.62

9th - Nimi Osunsedo (Frisco) - 7.84

Girls 200m (Emerging Elite)

3rd - Bryce Brazzell (Northwest Nelson) - 24.59

5th - Caitlyn Cavitt (Arlington Martin) - 24.66

Girls 1 Mile (Emerging Elite)

1st - Sophia Bendet (Randolph) - 4:51.91

BOYS

Boys 60 Meters (Championship)

1st - Cordial Vann (Frisco Heritage) - 6.76

5th - Justin Stewart (Hurst Bell) - 6.84

Boys 200 Meters (Championship)

1st - Kendrick Jones Jr. (Lake Belton) - 21.12

3rd - Justin Stewart (Hurst Bell) - 21.55

Boys 400 Meters (Championship)

5th - Prentice Sanders II (Prosper) - 48.31

Boys 800 Meters (Championships)

8th - Adin Lathrop (Cypress Bridgeland) - 1:53.84

Boys 60 Meter Hurdles (Championships)

3rd - Jayden Keys (Katy Tompkins) - 7.94

6th - Jasiah Rivera (Kingsville King) - 7.95

Boys Long Jump (Championships)

1st - Jayden Keys (Katy Tompkins) - 24-6.25

3rd - Joseph West III (Round Rock) - 24-00

10th - Kameron Franklin (Red Oak) -  22-6.50

Boys Triple Jump (Championships)

2nd - Xavier Drumgoole (Round Rock) - 49-3

5th - Jamitrius Jessie (Cypress Park) - 47-6.50

10th - Armando Rivera (Corpus Christi St. John Paul II) - 46-3.50

Boys Weight Throw (Championship)

6th - Evan Martinez (Arlington Lamar) - 70-3.50

Boys Pentathlon (Championships) 

5th - Kingston Williams - 3,554 pts

10th - Cooper Moore - 3,322 pts

Boys 60 Meter Hurdles (Emerging Elite)

2nd - Julius Baker (Rock Hill) - 8.09

8th - Daniel Bunch Jr. - 8.39

Boys Pole Vault (Emerging Elite)

1st - Cooper Moore - 15-6.25

Boys 60 Meters (Freshman)

2nd - Javien Jones-Priest - 7.18