Thursday, March 28, 2024

Carroll Athletes Qualify for Area Track Meet

The Distict 5-6A track meet was held over two days last week at Flower Mound High School.

The following Dragons (including their district finish) have qualified for the Area Meet Thursday-Friday at Northwest Stadium.

Boys:

3200
Reed Brown 1st
Charlie Gardner 3rd
Nicholas Fernandez 4th

1600
Reed Brown 2nd
Charlie Gardner 3rd
Nicholas Fernandez 4th 

4×400 RELAY 3rd
Kyle Walker
Joseph Devencinzo
Vishnu Nair
Reed Brown

Discus
Grant Phelps 2nd

Pole Vault
Race Seacat 1st

GIRLS

3200
Cate Tracht 2nd
Gillian Mortimer 3rd

1600
Gillian Mortimer 3rd
Cate Tracht 4TH

800
Ariana Lopez 3rd

4X100 RELAY 4th
Taylor Legan
Nailah Gordon
Elena Wilson
Iris Maryland

4X200 RELAY 2nd
Taylor Legan
Nailah Gordon
Elena Wilson
Iris Maryland

OPEN 400
Elise Anderson

Record Setter: Brown Breaks 29-year-old Mark in 3,200 Meters

AUSTIN – Carroll junior Reed Brown capped a remarkable year with a record-setting performance at the UIL State Track and Field meet in Austin.

Brown won the state championship in the 3,200 meters and broke a 29-year-old mark in the event with a time of 8:50.43. Click here to see video of Brown’s amazing finish.

Brown also added a silver medal with a second-place finish in the 1,600 meters. His medal-winning performances complete a season which he was named Gatorade State Runner of the Year.

Madysen Hunter and Alison Esparza also had impressive performances at state. Hunter finished fourth in the 300 hurdles and Esparza took sixth in the 3,200 meters.