FHS girls place second at meet

2009-04-09 / Sports

The Fairfield high school Lady Eagles varsity track team ran to a first place finish and the junior varsity squad was third in its division Saturday at a meet held at Palestine Westwood.

Fairfield varsity thinclads totaled 162.5 points for the win, with second place John Tyler earning 130.5

Other varsity team totals were: Palestine, 113; Trinity, 62.5; Westwood, 59; Corsicana, 31; Woden, 25.5; Oakwood, 0; and Slocum, 0.

The FHS jv squad totaled 63 points for third, behind first place Westwood, 148, Oakwood, 91.

Rounding out jv team totals were: Corsicana, 53; Woden, 11; and Slocum, 5.

Lady Eagles varsity members brought home gold medals in six events, five of them individual and the other in the mile relay.

Winning two events was distance runner Lilly Duarte, with a time of 5:39 minutes in the 1,600-meter run and 12:23.6 in the 3,200-meter run.

In the 800 meters, Shelby Wickens ran a time of 2:31.68 for gold.

Fairfield pole vaulter Kortney Ballew cleared the bar at nine feet to win and Jazzmin Hatcher cleared four feet, eight inches to win the high jump.

The 1,600-meter relay team of Kirstie Brewer, Kiresten Cox, Shelby Wickens and Barvion Wyatt turned in a time of 4:21.65 to win the event by a margin of six seconds.

Taking first place in discus in jv competiton was Christy Harper with a throw of 73-1.4.

Middle distance runner Desiree Hodges turned in a time of 2:45.56 to win the jv 800-meter dash.

A time of 17:23.1 won gold in the jv 3,200-meter run for Amber Lehman.

Complete Lady Eagles varsity results at Westwood are:

Pole vault—1, Kortney Ballew, 9-0.

High jump—1, Jazzmin Hatcher, 4-8; and 6, Courtney Morton, 4-8.

Long jump—3, Bre West, 15-11.5.

Triple jump—4, Barvion Wyatt, 32-2.5.

Shot put—3, Markeisha Cox, 30-3; and 6, Kalyn Caffey, 28-6.

Discus—4, Kalyn Caffey, 85-9.

400 relay—6, Fairfield, 54.38.

800 dash—1, Shelby Wickens, 2:31.68; and 3, Kristie Brewer, 2:41.63.

100 hurdles—2, Kathleen Chappell, 17.64.

100 dash—2, Bre West, 12.51.

800 relay—2, Barvion Wyatt, Kiresten Cox, Derekia Coleman and Bre West, 1:46.65.

400 dash—2, Kirstie Brewer, 1:03.36; and 4, Shelby Wickens, 1:09.81.

300 hurdles—2, Kathleen Chappell, 52.13.

200 dash—3, Bre West, 25.66.

1600 run—1, Lilly Duarte, 5:39; and 3, Kristie Brewer, 6:21.

1600 relay—1, Kirstie Brewer, Kiresten Cox, Shelby Wickens and Barvion Wyatt, 4:21.65.

3200 run—1, Lilly Duarte, 12:23.6.

Complete Lady Eagles jv results at Westwood are:

Long jump—2, Desiree Hudson, 14-2.5.

Shot put—3, Denise Washington, 23-4.

Discus—1, Christy Harper, 73-1.4; and 4, Denise Washington, 58-11.75.

800 dash—1, Desiree Hodges, 2:45.56.

300 hurdles—2, Desiree Hodges, 1:03.92.

1600 run—2, Desiree Hodges, 6:39; and 6, Amber Lehman, 8:16.

3200 run—1, Amber Lehman, 17:23.1.

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