BIG PERFORMANCES AT ARP TRACK MEET | Sabine girls, WR boys get the job done

A few of the high school programs in the ETBlitz.com coverage area – Arp, Sabine, West Rusk, Troup – gathered on Thursday for the Arp Invitational Relays.

Paced by some epic performances by Sadie Loftis and Sarah Roberts, among others, Sabine won the varsity girls team title (with a school record or two broken in the process); West Rusk won the boys; and the Sabine junior varsity boys took that team title.

Everyone, of course, is gearing up for their own district meets.

We mentioned records falling, right? Sabine freshman Roberts broke the school’s record for the girls 400 meter run, finishing it in 1 minute, .15 seconds.

And Sam Black, a junior for the Cardinals’ varsity boys, broke the school’s shot put record with a best of 55 feet, 1 ½ inches.

Varsity girls performances of note

• Sadie Loftis lost her mind, winning the girls 800 meter run (2 minutes, 35.66 seconds), the 1,600 meter, or mile, run (5 minutes, 51.90 seconds), and the 3,200 meter, or two-mile, run (12 minutes, 40 seconds).
• In addition to Roberts’ record in the 400, she finished second in the 200 meter dash (26.93 seconds). Kelsey Roys was fifth (28.03) and Ella Roberts, sixth (26.65). In the 400, running for Sabine, Ella Roberts was second (1:04.79) and Lillian Odle, third (1:05.45).
• Roberts, Cale Brown, Kooper Bogenschutz and Kiera Mims combined to win the girls 400 meter relay (51.31 seconds).
• Emily McBride, Odle, Bailey Pierce and Avery Williams finished third in the mile relay for Sabine (4 minutes, 56.79 seconds).
• The 800 meter relay team of Brown, Bogenschutz, McBride and Roys finished fourth (1 minute, 53.29 seconds).
• Kaitlyn Sanchez took first in the shot put (30 feet, 8 ½ inches).
• Bogenschutz won the pole vault (8 feet, 6 inches). Teammates Bailey Pierce (7 foot 6) and Madisyn Pierce (7 foot 6) finished third and fourth, respectively.
• Brown won the 100 meter hurdles (16.03 seconds). Sanchez was third (17.20) and Kiera Mims, fifth (18.20).
• Roys was third in the 100 meter dash (13.51 seconds), with teammate Rashaylon Pierce finishing fifth (13.69 seconds).
• Finishing behind Loftis in the 800 was Emma Logan (2:37.62).
• Logan was also second in the mile run (5:58.56), and second in the two-mile (13:39). Autumn Mosley also ran the two-mile, taking third (14:59).
• Williams was fourth in the 300 meter hurdles (56.30) and Sanchez, fifth (56.78).
• Mims was second in the long jump (16 feet, 3 ½ inches), and Sarah Roberts, fifth (14 feet, 11 inches). Mims was also third in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches), and Mosley, fifth (4 feet, 8 inches).
• Madyson Davis was fifth in the discus (73 feet, 2 inches).
• Rhodes was third (32 feet, 5 inches) and Sanchez, fifth (31 feet, 9 inches) in the triple jump. Williams finished with 28 feet, 4 ½ inches.

Troup’s team of Emory Cover, JaKeira Davis, Cassie Murry and Shiloh Sluder won the 800 meter relay (1:49.96).

• The team of Davis, Hinkle, Camdyn Keiner and Alexa Splawn finished second in the mile relay (4:38.10).
• Adalyne Burks of Troup won the discus (90 feet, 3 inches), and teammate Hannah Cearley was third (83 feet, 5 ½ inches).
• Cover was second in the triple jump (34 feet, 1 inch), and Hinkle was fourth (31 feet, 10 inches).
• Bailey Gibson finished second in the pole vault for the Tigers (8 feet, 6 inches).
• Hinkle was second in the 300 meter hurdles (52.49 seconds), and Gibson, sixth (1:00.69).
• Splawn was fourth (2:55.10) and Murry, sixth (3:02.90) in the 800 meter run.
• Murry was fifth in the mile run (6:52.41).
• Madeline Howell was sixth in the two-mile run (16 minutes, flat).
• Hinkle was sixth in the 300 meter hurdles 18:35).
• The Arp team of Kennedy Richter, Brandi Jones, Aubrey Poole and Alana Benefield won the mile relay (4:31.53), was third in the 800 relay (1:53.04), and fifth in the 400 meter relay (53.10 seconds).
• Megan Spears was third in the mile run (6:34.76) and fourth in the two-mile (15:07).
• Arp’s Aubrey Brown was second in the shot put (29 feet, 11 ½ inches). Gabby Eckles of Troup was fourth (28 feet, 4 inches) and Landry Langley, fifth (28 feet, 3 inches).
• Langley was second in the discus (87 feet, 1 inch) and Gabby Eckles was fourth (74 feet, 5 inches).
• Terry Adah of Arp was fifth in the pole vault (7 feet, 6 inches) and teammate Brandi Jones was sixth (7 feet, 6 inches).
• The West Rusk 800 meter relay team of Sadie Tyra, Kenlee Reasoner, Kimora Pryor and Irelind Hunt were sixth (1:58.87).
• Summer Fulgham was fifth in the two-mile run (15:54).
• Pryor was sixth in the high jump (4 feet, 6 inches).

Varsity boys performances of note

• West Rusk’s relay teams kicked it, with the team of Brayden Wheat, Ryder Stanley, Jase Reasoner and Judson Dotson taking first in the 400 (43.53 seconds), and the team of Wheat, Reasoner, Brailen Mauldin and Dotson winning first in the 800 (1:30.46). Vincent Marshall, David Molina, Xander Mason and Paulin Martinez took fourth in the mile (3:42.50).
• Mauldin won both the 110 meter hurdles (15.50 seconds) and the 300 (40.65 seconds).
• Dotson won the 200 meter dash (22.55 seconds). Stanley was fifth (24.12) and Giddings, sixth (24.17).
• Molina was second in the 400 meter dash (53.20); teammates Mason (55.43) and Emiliano Rodriguez (1:01.83) also ran in the event.
• Rodriguez was third in the 800 meter run (2:13.87).
• Enrique Rios was sixth in the 1600 meter run (5:36.35).
• Montrell Giddings was second in the long jump (20 feet, ½ inch) and Dotson, third.
• Kason Reed was second in the shot (45 feet, 3 ½ inches) and Zack Tyeskie-Kincaid fifth (40 feet, 2 ½ inches).
• Reed was second in the discus, as well (140 feet, 10 inches) and Christian Ludes had it in 118 feet, 2 inches.
• Molina was fourth in the pole vault (11 feet, even).
• Wheat was third (11.21 seconds) and Giddings, fourth (11.28 seconds) in the 100 meter dash, and Stanley finished in 11.48 seconds.
• For Sabine, in addition to Black in the shot put, Jonah Brenner finished fourth (43 4 ½ inches), and Black won the discus (155 feet, 4 inches), with teammate Isaac Hubbard (119 feet, 2 inches) and Dawson Brooks also in the event (113 feet, 2 inches).
• Kirkindoll won the 400 meter dash (53.04 seconds). Garrison Edwards finished third (53.46) and Bryce Pobuda (54.03) fourth.
• Clayne Simmons finished second in the 110 meter hurdles (16.03 seconds), with Hayden Simpkins running it in 18.37 seconds, and Preston Swords, 19.11 seconds).
• Pobuda won the high jump (6 feet), with teammate Hudson McNatt coming in second (5 feet, 10 inches) and Swords also in the event (5 feet, 6 inches).
• The team of Terry Vanden, Luke Kirkindoll, Garrson Edwards and Pobuda won the mile relay (3:35.48).
• Matthew Howland was second in the 800 meter run (2:13.09), and Alex Gonzalez was fourth (2:15.39).
• Kirkindoll, Landry Laird, Jesus Duran and Cason Patterson finished fourth in the 400 meter relay (44.98 seconds).
• Vanden, Laird, McNatt and Edwards were fifth in the 800 relay (1:34.68).
• Vanden was fourth in the 200 meter dash (23.31). Laird was in it, too (24.50).
• Hayden Hayes was fifth in the pole vault (10 feet, 6 inches).
• Shawn Heffner was fourth in the mile run (5:13.49).
• Zeshaun Reed of Arp won first in the 100 meter dash (11.14 seconds) and was third in the 200 meter dash (23.03).
• Ty Bardsley won the 800 meter run (2:08.87) and Caysen Wilson was fifth (2:16.32). Bardsley was second in the mile run (5:06.29).
• Arp’s boys had a second-place finish in the mile relay, Demarcus Wade, Fisher Arrington, Nehemiah Woodard, and Bardsley (3:37.55). The team of Wade, Josh Smith, Woodard and Zeshaun Reed was third in the 400 relay (43.90 seconds) and Wade, Arrington, Smith and Woodard, fourth in the 800 (1:34).
• Wade was second in the triple jump (40 feet, 9 ½ inches) and Woodard had a best of 37 feet, 4 inches.
• Wade was third in the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches).
• Zyon Washington was third in the discus (123 feet, even), and sixth in the shot put (39 feet, 1 ½ inches).
• For Troup, Riley Blackmon won the pole vault (12 feet, 6 inches). Zach Burns was third (11 feet, 6 inches), and Waylon Hurst was in the event, as well (10 feet, 6 inches).
• Christian Howell won the two-mile run (12:13).
• Ke’Shaun Kendrick was third (44.15) and Billy Borja, fourth (44.32) in the 300 meter hurdles.
• Borja was third (16.45 seconds) and Kendrick fifth (16.72) in the 110 hurdles.
• Jaylon Williams was third in the triple jump (40 feet, 8 inches).
• The team of Williams, Borja, Corgan Hewitt and Noble Kendrick finished fifth in the 400 relay (45.08 seconds).
• Noble Kendrick was sixth in the 100 meter dash (11.37 seconds).
• Manny Montes was sixth in the 800 meter run (2:16.88) and fifth in the mile run (5:27.46).
• Cason Mills, James Pierce, Hewitt and Noble Kendrick were sixth in the 800 relay (1:36.12), and Williams, Keshaun Kendrick, Mills and Pierce were sixth in the mile relay (3:48.18).
• Williams was fifth in the long jump (19 feet, 1 inch).
• A.J. Dewberry was fifth (118 feet, 6 inches) and teammate Chris Calley, sixth (118 feet, 2 ½ inches) in the discus.