Hondo Anvil Herald

Hondo sends two athletes, D’Hanis one to state track meet

 

     Seguin -- Two athletes from Hondo and one from D’Hanis have earned the right to advance to the UIL State Track and Field Meet. 

    After their performances in the combined Region IV-3A and Region IV-1A track meet, held at Seguin’s Matador Stadium on a rainy Friday and sunny Saturday, Hondo seniors Mason Barr and Kristyn Ybarra are heading to Austin next weekend, as is D’Hanis junior Kami Johnson in two events.

     It’ll be the first trip to state for Ybarra, who will be competing in the 400-meter dash, an event she began running consistently just about a month ago. But after advancing to the finals, she clocked a Hondo High School record in the event, with a runner-up time of 59.18 seconds in Saturday’s finals. 

     The record she broke was owned by Tabatha Garcia, who ran a 60.17 as a sophomore in 1988. The 400, however, never became Garcia’s signature event, as she went on to win state championships in the 800m and 1600m in both her junior and senior years.

     By running the first sub-minute 400 for the Hondo girls’ program, Ybarra has also moved alongside her mom on the school-record board. Rachel Gonzales Ybarra, in 1994, set and still owns the HHS mark in the long jump, of 17’103/4”.

Barr is going back to state for the second year in the pole vault. On Saturday morning, he cleared 14’3” to finish second in the event, where he went on to finish fourth in the state meet in 2025.

     Johnson claimed second place in the 1A triple jump, leaping 35’21/2” on her sixth and final attempt, which moved her from third place into a state-qualifying position. 

     She was also third in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. In the 200, her time of 26.76 was the best time in the state among the third-place finishers from all four regions. That will send her to state as the wild card entry. She was edged out by millimeters in the 100. Both Johnson and Rocksprings’ Kimble Shipman were timed at 12.84, but the lean went to Shipman.

     All of Friday’s field events were delayed to Saturday because of the steady rain, while running events were pushed back later in the day, after the lightning had moved out of the area.

     The UIL State Track & Field Meet will take place at Mike A. Myers Stadium, University of Texas-Austin. The 3A  meet is Thursday, May 14, and the 1A meet is Saturday, May 16.

     Among other contestants for Hondo and D’Hanis at region:

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3A girls long jump: Shanell Rivera, 8th, 16’0”; Kristyn Ybarra, DNM;

3A boys shot put: TJ Stanukinos, 9th, 41’81/2”;

3A boys pole vault: Brice Terrill, tie 9th, 10’0”

1A girls long jump: Kami Johnson, 5th, 16’1”;

1A boys 3200m run: Wyatt Schlortt, 8th, 11:18.37;

1A girls 4x100m relay: Julianne Busse, Maggie Rothe, Jaeleigh Busse, Callie Schneemann, 8th, 55.30;

3A girls 4x100m relay: Paisley Cook, Kristyn Ybarra, Shanell Rivera, Ashlyn Tovar, 9th, 52.44;

1A boys 4x100m relay: Dalton Grossman, Cannon Zachry, Josiah Rodriguez, Evan Craft, 10th, 47.40;

3A boys 4x100m relay: Twister Kluth, Lindell Johnson, Cade Aelvoet, Ryan Reyes, 7th, 44.57;

1A girls 100m hurdles: Joanie Wilson, 12th, 20.34;

3A girls 100m hurdles: Lauren Scott, 13th, 18.35;

3A boys 100m dash: Ryan Reyes, 8th, 11.63;

1A girls 4x200m dash: Kami Johnson, Maggie Rothe, Jaeleigh Busse, Callie Schneemann, 8th, 2:00.48;

3A girls 4x200m dash: Paisley Cook, Shanell Rivera, Kayla Buerger, Ashlyn Tovar, 9th, 1:53.94;

1A boys 4x200m dash: Dalton Grossman, Cannon Zachry, Josiah Rodriguez, Evan Craft, 9th, 1:39.62;

1A girls 300m hurdles: Layla Phillippe, 11th, 57.57;

3A girls 200m dash: Ashlyn Tovar, 10th, 27.97;

1A girls 4x400m relay: Brynlee Crisp, Maggie Rothe, Jaeleigh Busse, Callie Schneemann, 9th, 4:56.32;

1A boys 1600m run: Wyatt Schlortt, 9th, 5:00.11

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     Listed below are each of the events at the regional track meets in Seguin and Kingsville with top 6 finishes for Hondo, D’Hanis and Sabinal athletes.

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3A Boys Pole Vault

1) Brody Fizer, Marion 14’6”

2) Mason Barr, Hondo 14’3”

3) Cullen Woodring, Industrial 14’0”

4) Holden Spears, Industrial 13’6”

5) Hudson Landrum, Poth 12’6”

6) Justin Reyna, Lyford 11’6”

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3A Girls 400-Meter Dash

1) Skye Thompson, Randolph 58.38

2) Kristyn Ybarra, Hondo 59.18

3) Madison Teague, Northern Oaks 1:00.32

4) Ailani Ramirez, Edna 1:01.49

5) Sloan Neudorfer, Poth 1:02.24

6) Klayre Cook, Lytle 1:02.98

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1A Girls Triple Jump

1) Amya Patterson, Hull-Daisetta 36’23/4”

2) Kami Johnson, D’Hanis 35’21/2”

3) Aubree Graeter, Fayetteville 34’8”

4) Phoenix Jones, Lometa 33’23/4”

5) Ava Olivarez, Moulton 33’2”

6) Amelia Stroff, Knippa 31’11/2”

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1A Girls 200-Meter Dash

1) Amya Patterson, Hull-Daisetta 26.06

2) McKinlie Williams, Bruni 26.45

3) Kami Johnson, D’Hanis 26.76

4) Cambree Denham, Fayetteville 26.80

5) Tamia Figgs, Goodrich 27.49

6) Katy Hall, Zavalla 28.08

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1A Girls 100-Meter Dash

1) McKinlie Williams, Bruni 12.79

2) Kimble Shipman, Rocksprings 12.84

3) Kami Johnson, D’Hanis 12.84

4) Amya Patterson, Hull-Daisetta 12.94

5) Cambree Denham, Fayetteville 13.00

6) McKenna Hanson, North Zulch 13.01

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1A Girls Long Jump

1) Amya Patterson, Hull-Daisetta 16’93/4”

2) Paige Powell, Brookeland 16’91/2”

3) Ellari Miller, Burkeville 16’81/2”

4) Cambree Denham, Fayetteville 16’31/4”

5) Kami Johnson, D’Hanis 16’1”

6) Addison Simper, Moulton 15’113/4”

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2A Boys Shot Put

1) Aiden Tinker, Sabinal 54’2”

2) Kolton Taylor, Refugio 52’3”

3) Noel Lara, Snook 50’2”

4) Ryan Knostman, Yorktown 50’1”

5) Jackson Contrucci, Mason 48’41/2”

6) Bode Bierschwale, Junction 46’81/2”

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Yellowjacket shot putter heads to state

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     Sabinal senior Aiden Tinker earned a repeat trip to the UIL State Track and Field Meet, by earning the Region IV-2A championship in the boys’ shot put, this past weekend at Javelina Stadium at Texas A&M-Kingsville.

     Tinker won the shot with his best mark of 54’2”, just about two feet better than the mark of 52’3” from Kolton Taylor of Refugio.

     Tinker and Taylor will both advance to the State Track Meet, which for 2A schools, will be on Friday, May 15, at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus.