DS Track meets competition head on

After missing out on their own meet, the Dripping Springs track teams moved into a very tough level when they joined 14 other schools in the Round Rock Invitational. It had some of the better track schools in the area. When you get in a meet like this points are difficult to come by and split among the top individuals. Depth does not help unless they are really good. Mostly one is pushed to their limit producing personal bests and allows one to compare where they are out in their training.

At the Dragon Relays DS showed their mettle by bucking up against very deep Round Rock athletes. The Tigers placed second and Lady Tigers third. As an example, the 400 relay team composed of Garon Duncan, Jack Tyndall, Chase Whisenant and Gunnar Betts placed fifth while breaking a 12-year old school record with a time of 43.10. Each team had good representation in each event they entered as they amassed their points.

Boys top five standings: Round Rock 161, DS 82.5, Georgetown 77, Cedar Ridge 75.5, Westlake 75.

DS results:

3200: 4. Brant Melton 9.54.53.

400 relay: 5. DS 43.10* (Duncan, Tyndall, Whisenant, Betts).

800: 4. Weston Kirk 2.00.10.

110 hurdles: 3. Gage Groce 16.01.

100: 11. Whisenant 11.86.

800 relay: 8. DS 1.32.90 (Jandre Van Der Walt, Whisenant, Austin Novosad, Tyndall).

400: 6. Boston Papp 51.80.

300 hurdles: 2. Groce 40.43.

200: 7. Duncan 23.50.

1600: 3. Melton 4.25.60. 1600 relay: 3. 3.30.02 (Betts, Papp, Novosad, Duncan).

High jump: 5. Garrett Looper 5'8.

Long jump: 15. Betts 18'7.

Triple jump: 3. Novosad 41'5.5; 4. Betts 41'4.75; 6. Luca Picucci 39'7.75.

Pole vault: 1. Ian Jones 13'0.

Discus: 4. Tomsen Vickery 132'9.

Shot Put: 6. Wyatt Leschber 43'9.

Girls top five standings: Round Rock 102, Georgetown 96, DS 84, Westwood 61, Cedar Ridge 58.

DS results:

3200: 1. Karsten Bobb 11.13.89; 4. Marleena Mickel 12.02.14; 6. Chandler Latham 12.17.38.

800: 2. Kate Ginther 2.18.60; 3. Rylea Bernhard 2.27.46.

100 hurdles: 6. Sophia Farris 17.37.

100: 4. Kaleigh Howell 13.00.

400: 4. Lucy Fredenburg 1.02.80.

300 hurdles: 2. Farris 45.32.

200: 3. Howell 26.32. 1600: 3. Bobb 5.17.34.

1600 relay: 4. DS 4.08.90 (Fredenburg, Ginther, Annika Carpenter, Howell).

High jump: 2. Ava Williamson 5'2.

Long jump: 14. Cameron Hall 15'11.5.

Triple jump: 6. Hall 34'9.5.

Pole vault: 6. Mailand Zimmerman 8'0.

Discus: 14. Emmerson Martinez 86'5.