T&F: Davis boasts supremacy in 100-meter dash
Track Meet earlier this year, captured the Gold Medal Saturday in
the State 100-meter dash, finishing the race in 10.73 seconds. He
also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash. (Photo by John Krueger)
Tenaha junior sprinter Reginald Davis is officially the fastest athlete in Class 1A.
Davis held off a fierce battle by Mart's Anthony Martin Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium to claim top honors in the Boys' 100-meter sprint, winning by 0.01 to claim top honors in his classification. Davis ran the event in 10.73 seconds after qualifying with the top time of 10.96.
Martin, who qualified second with a 11.09, improved his time immensely in the final and pushed Davis to the limit. But the Tenaha speedster held him off at the finish line to claim top honors.
Davis, who also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash, led Tenaha to a 14th-place finish overall, scoring 14 points at Austin in the competition on the campus of the University of Texas. Munday claimed top honors as a team, scoring 60 points, followed by Collinsville with 56, and Yorktown, which scored 30.
Stamford scored 28 points for fourth place in the team standings, with Canadian finishing fifth with 24 points and Water Valley and Sanderson tied for sixth with 20 points.
Another Shelby County school, Timpson, finished in the Top 10 as the Bears scored 16 points to battle to an 8th-place tie with Boys Ranch, Roscoe, Bosqueville, Rotan and Clarendon.
Tenaha tied Overton for 14th as both teams scored 14 points. Thrall, Riesel, Bremond and Haskell all scored 12 points to tie for 16th place.
Other finishers in the 100-meter competition included: Michael Carpenter (Bosqueville) in third place with a 10.81; Edward Vidales (Seagraves) coming in fourth with an 11.04; DeAndre Lee (Rotan) running fifth with an 11.05; Bo Albin (Canadian) placing sixth with an 11.06; David Reese (Rotan) also recording an 11.06 but being given seventh place.
Shelbyville's Jesten Brown had the fourth-best qualifying time in the 100-meters with an 11.21. He ran an 11.24 and finished the year as the No.8-fastest runner in Class 1A. Terrell Sims (Memphis) posted an 11.25 for ninth place.
300-Meter Hurdles
Timpson's Lorenzo Young had the best qualifying time in the Class 1A 300-meter intermediate hurdles. He improved his time by 0.43, managing a second-place finish in the event with a time of 38.81. Young brought home the silver medal with the effort.
Munday's De'Metrius Paul had the fourth-best qualifying time of 39.74, but shaved a whopping 1.37 off that time to claim top honors with a 38.37. Louis Domingues of Rice, who was second coming in, chopped 0.39 off that time to record a 39.21.
Other finishers in the event included Terrence Bonds (West Texas), placing fourth with a 39.41; James Lundy (Lovelady) running a 40.04 for fifth; Kris McDonald (Johnson City) finished in 40.24 and finished sixth; Johnny Gaines (Clarendon) ran a 40.33 for seventh; Caleb Matthews (Crowell) placed eighth with a 40.72 and David Castillo (La Pryor) placed ninth with a 41.55.
200-Meter Dash
Davis qualified for the 200-meter dash with the fourth-best time. And although he improved his time by 0.17, he still placed fourth in the event, posting a time of 22.18.
Jayden Barefield of Yorktown, who qualified first with a time of 22.05, sprinted to a time of 21.56 to capture top honors. He improved his time by 0.49. Jesse Ramos of Stamford, who qualified second with a 22.16, finished in second place with a time of 21.79, cutting 0.37 off his time. Seagraves' Edward Vidales ran a 21.81 for third place.
Hagen Hutchinson (Stamford) placed fifth with a 22.37; C.J. Roles (Bartlett) ran sixth with a 22.53; Semaj Cole (Seagraves) came in seventh with a 22.76; Pietro Weaver (Electra) ran a 22.82 and placed eighth and Michael Carpenter (Bosqueville) posted a 23.02.
4x200-Meter Relay
There was fierce competition in the 4x200-meter relay. Collinsville had the fifth-best qualifying time coming in to the State finals and then proceeded to shave 1.87 off that time to break the Class 1A record set by Burton back in 2005. Collinsville posted a time of 1:28.38, which was 0.67 under the conference mark. The previous record was 1:29.05.
Timpson placed fourth in the event. Benny Zuniga, Rody Paige, Lorenzo Young and Jaylin Rhodes qualified with a 1:30.74 and then proceeded to clip 0.24 off that time to post a 1:30.50.
Stamford placed second and almost broke the previous Class 1A record as well, posting a 1:29.25. Yorktown was third with a 1:29.31, Burkeville ran fifth with a 1:30.87, Rotan placed sixth with a 1:32.12.
Bovina claimed the seventh spot with a 1:32.28, Baird ran eighth with a 1:32.93 and New Deal was the ninth-place team with a 1:33.93.
2011 State Track & Field Meet
Class 1A Boys Team Totals
1. Munday - 60
2. Collinsville - 56
3. Yorktown - 30
4. Stamford - 28
5. Canadian - 24
6. Water Valley - 20
6. Sanderson - 20
8. Timpson - 16
8. Boys Ranch - 16
8. Roscoe - 16
8. Bosqueville - 16
8. Rotan - 16
8. Clarendon - 16
14. Tenaha - 14
14. Overton - 14
16. Thrall - 12
16. Riesel - 12
16. Bremond - 12
16. Haskell - 12
20. Buena Vista - 10
20. Holland - 10
20. West Texas - 10
20. Hale Center - 10
20. Seagraves - 10
20. Valley View - 10
20. Hamilin - 10
Area Boys Results
Saturday, May 14
Jesten Brown (Shelbyville/100-meters) - 8TH
Reginald Davis (Tenaha/100-meters) - 1ST
Timpson (4x200-relay) - 4TH
Lorenzo Young (Timpson/300-hurdles) - 2ND
Reginald Davis (Tenaha/200-meters) - 4TH