2024 Texas A&M Bluebonnet Inv. girls 300-meter hurdle finals

The girls and boys hurdle events this weekend are loaded with state meet returners and some of this year's top performers.

The boys events have returning state champions and both girls events are loaded with girls who were in Austin or at the SPC and TAAPS championships.

Here are some of the athletes who have our attention heading into the meet.

Layni Kaase (College Station)

Girls 100-meter hurdles

Zoe Williams (Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill) is the top ranked hurdler in the state with her 13.98 from the 2025 Barbers Hill Eagle Relays. She placed seventh at last year's UIL 5A state meet.

Williams isn't the only returner from last year's UIL state meet. Naomi Booker (Tomball) ran a 13.93 PR last year and finished fourth at the UIL 6A state meet. 

Layni Kaase (College Station) finished third at the UIL 5A state meet and ran a 13.91 on the season. Chiora Enyinna-Okeigbo (Sunnyvale) also placed third at the UIL 4A state meet in the 300s. 

Other Athletes To Watch:

Phoenix Phillips (Humble Summer Creek) - Has run 14.06 this season; No. 3 in the state

Kelly Frederick (Humble Summer Creek) - Has run 14.09 this season; No. 4 in the state

Adebola Iyiola (Richmond George Ranch) - Has run 14.30 this season; No. 7 in the state

Kristian Coleman (Duncanville) - Has run 14.32 this season; No. 11 in the state

Graycen Rabel (The Woodlands) - Has run 14. 43 this season; No. 15 in the state

Aryssa Rodriguez (La Porte) - Has run 14.50 this season; No. 20 this season

Owen Langdon, (L), Philip Reed (C), and Timothy Thomas II compete at the 2024 UIL 6A state meet

Boys 110-meter hurdles

Swayde Griffin (Lago Vista) is one of two defending state champions in this field. He had a 13.68 (w) PR on the year heading into his UIL 4A state meet win.  DeVonte Taylor (Houston Episcopal) is the defending SPC state champion in the 110s. This season he has run 14.02 for a number seven ranking.

Bradley Lowman (Stafford) has a 13.86 (w) PR from last season; he was third at the UIL 4A state meet. Philip Reed (Plano East) was seventh at the UIL 6A state meet in the 110s. He ran a 13.98 (w) PR; this season he is ranked 18th with a time of 14.37. 

Nolan Bartley (Humble Atascocita) is ranked No. 4 in the state this season. He ran 13.97 (+1.2) last week at the Generation Park T&F Invitational.

Other Athletes To Watch:

Owen Langdon (Austin Bowie) - Has run 13.98 this season; No. 6 in the state

Andrew Jones (Klein Collins) - Has run 14.05 this season; No. 8 in the state

Ulises Feliz (La Porte) - Has run 14.22 this season; No. 13 in the state

Jaden Flores (Montgomery Lake Creek) - Has run 14.28 this season; No. 15 in the state

Timothy Rhine (Shadow Creek) - Has run 14.35 this season; No. 16 in the state

John Harden (Bridgeland) - Has run 14.37 this season; No. 19 in the state

Lailah Hudson (Shadow Creek)

Girls 300-meter hurdles

Several state meet hurdlers from 2024 are in this field. Lailah Hudson (Shadow Creek) placed fourth last year in the UIL 6A race and Kelcy Horace (Garland Lakeview Centennial) was fifth. 

Layne Kaase (College Station) placed third at the UIL 5A race and Aryssa Rodriguez (La Porte) was sixth. Janey Baker (China Spring) placed fourth in the UIL 4A race.

Other Athletes To Watch:

Naomi Booker (Tomball) - Ran 43.19 last season

Phoenix Phillips (Humble Summer Creek) - Has run 42.71 this season; No. 2 in the state

Adebola Iyiola (Richmond George Ranch) - Has run 43.23 this season; No. 3 in the state

Aubani Brumsey (Waxahachie) - Has run 43.36 this season; No. 4 in the state

Eden Fuller (Houston Incarnate Word) - Has run 44.01 this season; No. 11 in the state

Maya Wafford (Houston Cyp. Ranch) - Has run 44.12 this season; No. 12 in the state

Elle Collins (Richmond George Ranch) - Has run 44.23 this season; No. 13 in the state

Zoe Williams (Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill) - Has run 44.47 this season; No. 17 in the state

Andrew Jones (Klein Collins)

Boys 300-meter hurdles

We've made mention of Devonte Taylor (Houston Episcopal) in two of our previews already. That is because the guy can run. He won two hurdle SPC titles last season and the 38.97 run in the 300s were a PB. That was until he ran 36.81 last week.

Andrew Jones (Klein Collins) Owen Langdon, Philip Reed (Plano East), and Timothy Thomas II were all UIL 6A state meet competitors in the 300s last year. Jones took third place and ran a 36.75 PR to win the Texas Relays. Langdon was fourth with a time of 37.23, Reed was sixth with a 37.95 PR and has run 38.61 so far this year.

Timothy Thomas II (The Woodlands College Park) currently has the third best time of the season. He ran 37.53 last weekend at the Cain Relays.

Other Athletes To Watch:

Joshua Keys (Cypress Creek) - Has run 37.67 this season; No. 4 in the state

Brycen Martin (Manvel) - Has run 37.81 this season; No. 5 in the state

Timothy Rhine (Shadow Creek) - Has run 37.86 this season; No. 6 in the state

John Harden (Bridgeland) - Has run 38.18 this season; No. 11 in the state

Ulises Feliz (La Porte) - Has run 38.25 this season; No. 13 in the state

Bryson Champagne (Conroe) - Has run 38.34 this season; No. 14 in the state

William King (Dickinson) - Has run 38.37 this season; No. 15 in the state

Owen Langdon (Austin Bowie) - Has run 38.41 this season; No. 16 in the state

JaDan Keiler (Northside Taft) - Has run 38.43 this season; No. 18 in the state

Mayren Whitmill (Klein Cain) - Has run 38.50 this season; No. 19 in the state

Phoenix Aguilar (The Woodlands) - Has run 38.52 this season; No. 20 in the state