2025 UIL 1A Boys 3200m
Ryker Haivala (Cumby Miller Grove) ran a patient race letting Camden Lummus (Roby) and Aaron Fagan (Zephyr) set the pace through the first five laps. After finishing in third place a year ago, he had his mind set on taking home the gold medal this year.
With a tight pack still together at the start of the sixth lap, Haivala dropped to the back of the group and then made a decisive move by going around rather than through the pack with 1100m remaining. When Haivala went, only Sebastian Talamantez (Comstock) attempted to go with him.
Talamantez was able to hang tight, but Haivala had too much left in the tank. Haivala clocked a 59.48 on his final lap while Talamantez managed a 63.71 to easily take the silver medal. Haivala won in 9:50.31, Talamantez crossed in 9:54.75 and the race for third went to Brett Macias (Neches) who ran a smart race and had the best final 800m of any of the trail group.
