Published: July 18, 2008 11:08 am         

Mineral Wells Track Club set for state meet in San Antonio

By Craig Holamon
sports@mineralwellsindex.com

LEWISVILLE — The Mineral Wells Track Club is getting ready for the 2008 Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) State Track and Field meet in San Antonio after a strong showing at the Region IV meet in Lewisville.

The TAAF state meet is set in San Antonio on July 24-27 at the Gustafson (Northside) Stadium.

Field events are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. while the running prelims in all divisions are set to start at 5 p.m.

The track team from Mineral Wells will be well represented at the state meet, according to Mineral Wells track coach Jackie Harvey.

A team total of 21 Mineral Wells track club members qualified for the state meet events.

Mineral Well’s Jeff Smith finished in first place in a pair of events while tiny sprinter Dashawn Hicks took first place in three events at the regional meet.

The following is a division-by-division look at the Mineral Wells regional meet results:

Boys 8-and-Under Division

100-meter dash: 19. Jamiah Fisher, Mineral Wells, 18.20; 33. Gavin Kuritz, Mineral Wells, 18:67. 200-meter dash: 16. Jamiah Fisher, Mineral Wells, 39.78. 400-meter dash: 16. Jamiah Fisher, Mineral Wells, 1:32; 18. Gavin Kuritz, Mineral Wells, 40.11.

Girls 10-and-Under Division

Shot put: 4. Keighley Parsons, Mineral Wells, 14.5. Long jump: 25. Kylah Carter, Mineral Wells, 7-6. Long jump: 13. Kayla Carter, Mineral Wells, 9-5: 20. Tameika Berkins, Mineral Wells, 8-8. 24. McKenzie Marr, Mineral Wells, 7-7. 400-meter dash: 19. Tameika Berkins, Mineral Wells, 1:29. High jump: 2. Kuritz Taylor, Mineral Wells, 3-6; 3. Rebecca Smith, Mineral Wells, 3-4; 5. Tameika Berkins, Mineral Wells, 3-2. 800-meter dash: 3. Kuritz Taylor, Mineral Wells, 3:04.1. 12. Mia Ragland, Mineral Wells, 3:33. 1600-meter run: 7. Mia Ragland, Mineral Wells, 7:34. 200-meter dash: 14. Kylah Carter, Mineral Wells, 34.56; 36. McKenzie Marr, Mineral Wells, 42.22. 1,600-meter relay: 5. Mineral Wells (Kylah Carter,

Kuritz Taylor, McKenzie Marr, Mia Ragland) 6:13.02.

Boys 10-and-Under Division

Long jump: 30. Taylor Burchette, Mineral Wells, 9-0. 400-meter dash: 30. Taylor Burchette, Mineral Wells, 1:24; 800-meter dash: 19. Taylor Burchette, Mineral Wells, 3:10.2. High jump Trent Guinn, Mineral Wells. 1,600-meter run: 12. Cody Humphrey, Mineral Wells, 7:04.5.

Girls 12-and-Under Division

Shot put: 1. Kayla Carter, Mineral Wells, 29; 5. Kera Harrison, Mineral Wells, 21-7; 6. Natalie Ragland, Mineral Wells, 21-6; 7. Allison Wiggs, Mineral Wells, 17-7. 80-meter hurdles: 7. Natalie Ragland, Mineral Wells, 17.8. Long jump: 23. Allison Wiggs, Mineral Wells, 9.5. 100-meter dash: 19. Breanna Hinojos, Mineral Wells, 16.12. 200-meter dash: 4. Breanna Hinojos, Mineral Wells, 32.8. 800-meter dash: 7. Alex Pearcy, Mineral Wells, 3:01.2. 1,600-meter relay: 6. Mineral Wells (Kayla Carter, Breanna Hinojos, Alex Pearcy, Natalie Ragland.) 5:312.

Boys 12-and-Under Division

High jump: 6. Klay Marr, Mineral Wells, 4-2. 8. Mark Glover, Mineral Wells, 4-0; Justin Henderson, Mineral Wells. Long jump: 1. Dashawn Hicks.

mineral Wells, 16-3; 26. Mark Glover, Mineral Wells, 12-0; 12. Justin Henderson, Mineral Wells, 13-3. 800-meter dash: 19. Klay Marr, Mineral Wells, 3:37.9. 100-meter dash: 1. Dashawn Hicks, Mineral Wells, 13.01.

200-meter dash: 1. Dashawn Hicks, Mineral Wells, 27.3.

Girls 14 and-Under Division

Discus: 3. Jessy Jensen, Mineral Wells, 65-0. Shot put: 8. Jessy Jensen, Mineral Wells, 27-1. 300-meter hurdles: 5. Myranda Mathis, Mineral Wells, 54.9.

Boys 14-and-Under Division

High jump: 5. Devon Ellis, Mineral Wells, 5-0. Long jump: 8. Devon Ellis, Mineral Wells, 16-1. 100-meter dash: 15. Devon Ellis, Mineral Wells, 13.3.

Girls 16-and-Under Division

High jump: 3. Alexandra Gary, Mineral Wells, 4-4. Long jump: 4. Alexandra Gary, Mineral Wells, 14-8.

Boys 16-and-Under Division

Triple jump: 3. Dillon Wilkins, Mineral Wells, 41-2. Long jump: 3. Dillon Wilkins, Mineral Wells, 20-2. 200-meter dash: 14. Dillon Wilkins, Mineral Wells, 25.63. 300-meter hurdles: 4. Dillon Wilkins, Mineral Wells, 44.69.

Boys 18-and-Under Division

1 . Jeff Smith, Mineral Wells, 15.6. 300-meter hurdles: 1 . Jeff Smith, Mineral Wells, 41.6.