A trio of Mineola student-athletes will be headed to the UIL State Track and Field Championships next week.
Defending state champion Tierany Neighbors, Raylie Peebles and Zane Strange will compete on Thursday May 14 in the state 3A championship meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Neighbors and Peebles won their events at the regional meet last weekend in Whitehouse. Neighbors vaulted 12 feet to secure first place in the pole vault, while Peebles took the blue ribbon in the 800-meter run with a winning time of 2 minutes 19.20 seconds.
Strange earned his ticket with a personal-best leap of 6-6 in the high jump. The winning leap in the high jump at the regional meet was 6-7, but Strange’s jump was competitive among the four regional meets last week.
The three are continuing a tradition of Mineola track and field representation at the state track and field championships.
Numerous athletes from Alba-Golden, Mineola and Quitman competed at the 2A and 3A regional meets last week. The below list identifies those athletes, their accomplishments and in parenthesis the winning time or distance for the event.
Alba-Golden
Kayden Massie, 100-meter dash, 11.29 (10.93)
Brett Sutton, 800-meter run, 2:13.33 (1:58.74)
Averi Stevenson, 100-meter dash, 13.38 (12.23)
Averi Stevenson, 200-meter dash, 28.16 (25.12)
Allyie Gilliam, High Jump, 4-6 (5-3)
Braelyn Massie, long jump, 15-2 (17-10.25)
Jayla Sitar, Pole vault, 9-0 (10-9)
Boys 4 x 100-meter relay, 46.15 (42.77)
Boys 4 x 400-meter relay, 3:29.35 (3:21.26)
Girls 4 x 100-meter relay, 49.20 (48.70)
Girls 4 x 200-meter relay, 1:45.01 (1:43.47)
Girls 4 x 400-meter relay, 4:11.06 (4:06.78)
Mineola
Raylie Peebles, 800-meter run, 2:19.20 (2:19.20)
Juliane Hoff 1600-meter run, 5:44.04 (5:13.95)
Zane Strange, high jump, 6-6 (6-7)
Tierany Neighbors, pole vault, 12-0 (12-0)
Khloe Johnson, 100-meter hurdles, 17.39 (14.99)
Mahayla McMahon, high jump, 4-10 (5-3)
Shyli Rushing, shot put, 36-2 (44-0.75)
Girls 4 x 200-meter relay 1:49.74 (1:38.15)
Girls 4 x 400-meter relay 4:07.98 (3:54.46)
Quitman
Dakota Reynolds 200-meter dash, 22.51 (21.10)
Colsten Smith, 110-meter hurdles, 16.06 (14.49)
Drake Hughes, 300-meter hurdles, 43.12 (38.70)
Braleigh Wood, 400-meter dash, 1:02.49 (58.54)
Braleigh Wood, 800-meter run, 2:28.42 (2:19.20)
Annabelle Hollinquest, high jump, 4-10 (5-3)