Atlanta’s varsity boys’ track squad won first place at the Paul Pharr Relays in Liberty-Eylau.
Atlanta’s junior varsity boys’ track team racked up 155 points and won first place at the Paul Pharr Relays in Liberty-Eylau.
Runnin’ Rabbs win Liberty-Eylau’s Paul Parr Relays
Atlanta’s boys’ track program started off the season with a bang as both the varsity and junior varsity teams won first place at Linberty-Eylau’s Paul Parr Relays Feb. 26.
Varsity
The varsity team outpaced a solid field of competition as they racked up 125 points.
Texas High was second with 96, L-E had 73, Pittsburg 60, Redwater 36 and Daingerfield 34.
For the Rabbs Isaiah Henderson placed third in the 100m dash and fourth in the 300m dash; Austin Young placed third in the 200m dash; Matthew Cauley placed first in the 400m dash and teammate Hudson Hale placed third; Jaquan Robinson placed first in the 800m run and in the 3200m run Caden Fincher placed second and Noah Dowden placed third.
A trio of Rabbits placed in both hurdle events. In the 110m hurdles Kameron George, Lakecion Matthews and Zachariah Jefferson placed 2-3-4 and in the 300m hurdles George placed second, Matthews fourth and Jefferson fifth.
The 4x100m relay team of Zackyus Jackson, La’Randion Dowden, Dekorian Parker and Henderson placed second overall; the 4x200m relay team of Noah Harris, L. Dowden, Young and Parker placed sixth and the 4x400m relay team of Xzavion Johnson, Cauley, Hale and Robinson placed first.
There were no field events due to the weather.
JV
The JV Rabbs won with 155 points, Texas High placed second with 121 points, L-E was third with 58, Clarksville placed fourth with 46 and Pittsburg was fifth with 28 points.
In the 100m dash Cooper Swanson placed sixth for Atlanta; in the 200m dash Zackyus Jackson placed first and teammate Jabranden Wells placed fourth; in the 400m dash Daniel Hernandez placed fourth and Daniel Pierce fifth; in the 800m run Xzavion Johnson placed first, Kolton Gonzales second and Alan Leach fifth; in the 1600m run Gonzales placed fourth and in both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles Markavion Owens placed first and Carmello Henderson third.
The relay teams swept the field as the 4x100m relay team of Isaiah Chandler, Z. Jackson, Swanson and Ahmani Jackson placed first; the 4x200m relay team of Chandler, A. Jackson, Eli Riojas and Z. Jackson placed first and the 4x400m relay team of Henderson, Riojas, Pierce and A. Jackson placed first.