The first day of the District 13-3A track and field meet is in the books. With field events plus the 3200-meter final completed, Winnsboro varsity boys are in first place with 65 team points followed by Mineola (43), Quitman (35), Harmony and Mount Vernon (26 each), Chapel Hill (11), and Winona (10).
Winnsboro earned District champ in four field events, and they will advance eight into the Area meet set for Wednesday, April 10, at Winnsboro.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Camden Capehart, Long Jump ~ 20-10.75
Neree Castleberry, Triple Jump ~ 40-9
Gage Fulmer, Shot Put ~ 44-6
Nolee Carroll, Discus ~ 132-8
AREA QUALIFIERS (list includes District Champs)
Brandon Dunavant, 3200-meter run, 2nd Place, 10:33.75
Joseph Nguyen, 3200-meter run, 4th Place, 10:40.25
Will Wilcox, Long Jump, 4th Place, 19-11.25
River Canaday, Discus, 3rd Place, 119-5
Running prelims took place Wednesday afternoon. Winnsboro athletes earning a spot in the finals are as follows (list includes Thursday’s Lane assignments as well):
100-meter dash
Will Wilcox, lane 3
Camden Capehart, lane 4
Tyson Johnson, lane 6
200-meter dash
Jerik Joyner, lane 2
400-meter dash
Cristian Sanchez, lane 8
800-meter run
Landon Creswell, lane 1
Joseph Nguyen, lane 3
Brandon Dunavant, lane 5
1600-meter run
Joseph Nguyen, lane 2
Brandon Dunavant, lane 6
110-meter hurdles
Sammy Zavalla, lane 8
300-meter hurdles
Kyler Finney, lane 5
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Lane Assignments for Relays
4×100 ~ Lane 4
4×200 ~ Lane 7
4×400 ~ Lane 3
Also earning points for the Red Raiders, Neree Castleberry placed fifth in discus and Sammy Zavalla placed sixth in pole vault.