Caden Leonard (Southlake Carroll) competes at the 2025 Texas Distance Festival
District Championships are here and we the Dallas-Fort Worth area is one of the hottest track and field areas in the United States. Wednesday was a wild day in the area with some unthinkable situations occurring.
As far as the action on the track and in the field, we have some of the top performances through yesterday.
For most of the area, the finals will be today through Friday; Here are some of the top performances to take a note of.
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STAT OF THE DAY
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9:16.01
That is the time you had to run in the boys 3,200m just to get out of the district. Yes, we are talking the district; neither the area meet nor region, but the district.
It's absurd to think that 13 boys ran under 10-minutes with eight boys under 9:35. Alex Severson (Southlake Carroll) ran 9:20, which would win over 75% of district meets across the state. Here, he finished fifth and will be watching the rest of the championships season.
The JV boys 3,200m results saw times of 9:37 and 9:41.
STORIES OF THE DAY
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Justin Stewart (Fort Worth Arlington Heights) - After a solid trip to the state meet in his underclassman seasons, Stewart missed the opportunity to chase a state championship in 2024. This week, he won two district championships with 10.43 and 20.83 runs.
Caden Leonard (Southlake Carroll) - The UIL 6A 2024 state meet runner-up in the 3,200m an 8:54.41 to win the District 4-6A championship. That is a just on the outside of a TX all-time top 10 run to start his state meet qualifying. Leonard is coached by his father Justin Leonard who has coached Southlake Carroll to the past 5 UIL state cross country championships. New Carroll assistant coach Reed Brown (8:50.43) is one of two former Carroll runners (Colby Lowe - 8:44.01 state record) who own one of the top all-timer 3,200m performances ahead of Leonard.
Nia Trammell (Fort Worth Wyatt) - Trammell is headed into the area championships with some momentum. She dropped print wins of 23.65 and 54.45 to win both the 200m and 400m to win at her district meet.
MVP OF THE DAY
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Amare Warren (Farmersville)
Warren is just a sophomore, but he is having a great start to the qualifying season. He qualified for the district 200m finals and advanced to the area round in three field events.
He was the second place finisher in the long jump with a 21-8 with wins in the triple jump and the high jump. In UIL 4A, his 48-11 and 6-10 performances from this district ranks him No. 1 in the triple jump and No. 2 in the high jump.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA MOMENT
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Noteworthy Performances
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Boys
Justin Stewart (Fort Worth Arlington Heights) - Won the UIL 5A - District 07 100m with a 10.43 and ran 20.83 in the 200m finals
Javian Jones-Priest (Arlington Martin) - Ran 10.49 in the UIL 6A - District 08 prelims
Derrick Page (Forney) - Ran 47.34 to win the UIL 6A - District 10 Championship
Tyrus Cowan (Sunnyvale) - Won three events at the UIL 4A - District 13 Championships (800m - 2:00.31, 1,600m - 4:28.63, 3,200m - 9:46.06 )
Caden Leonard (Southlake Carroll) - Ran 8:54.41 in the 3,200m to win UIL 6A - District 4 Championships
Chayce Davis (Euless Trinity) - Ran 37.92 in the 300H prelims at the UIL 6A District 4 championships
Ian Mayes (Arlington Bowie) - Threw 54-4 to win the UIL 6A - District 08
Jammel Ward (Royse City) - Jumped 23-7 to win the UIL 6A - District 10 long jump
Amare Warren (Farmersville) - Jumped 48-11 to win the UIL 4A - District 13 triple jump and 6-11 to win the high jump
Girls
Caitlyn Cavitt (Arlington Martin) - Ran 11.38 in the 100m in the UIL 6A - District 08 prelims and long jumped 20-0.75 to win
Lily Pierrot (Lancaster) - Ran 11.68 in the 100m prelims at the District 11-6A Championships
Bailey Johnson (Arlington Bowie) - Ran 23.52 to win the UIL 6A - District 08 200m finals
Nia Trammell (Fort Worth Wyatt) - Ran 23.65 and 54.45 to win both the 200m and 400m at the UIL 5A - District 07 championships
Kenedy Card (Rockwall) - Ran 2:14.89 to win the UIL 6A - District 10 800m
Clare Boneau (Keller) - Ran 10:46.25 to win the District 4-6A 3,200m
Kalani Lawson (Fort Worth Dunbar) - Ran 13.77 to win the UIL 5A - District 07 300H
Chiora Enyinna-Okeigbo (Sunnyvale) - Ran 42.41 to win the UIL 4A - District 13 300H
Ashley Lister (Duncanville) - Jumped 19-5 in the District 11-6A long jump championships
Jaydon Isham (Waxahachie) - Throws 143-1 in the District 11-6A discus to win and was second in the discus with a 38-7
Kamarie Hardeman (Waxahachie) - Threw 42-4 to win the shot put at District 11-6A
Aniyah Harrison-Stewart (Keller Fossil Ridge) - Jumped 40-3.25 to win the UIL 5A - District 05 triple jump
Allyson Otis (Rockwall) - Cleared 5-10 to win the UIL 6A - District 10 high jump
Kira Bowman (Royse City) - Cleared 13-6 in the pole vault at UIL 6A - District 10