DAY ONE TRACK RESULTS | District track continues today, but here are some Wed. results

Braydon Nelson, who was second in the discus at the Texas Relays last weekend, is putting that arm to good use for the Kilgore High School Bulldogs in their district meet.

Kilgore, competing in the District 17-4A meet at Spring Hill High School in Longview, got a first-place finish from Nelson on Wednesday in the shot put, a best of 55 feet, 11 ½ inches.

His teammate, Cameron Christian, finished fourth (48 feet, 2 inches).

Nelson, the current Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Boys Player of the Week for what he accomplished at the University of Texas in Austin (NELSON, LOFTIS & STEVENS | It’s not a law firm; they’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz Players of the Week!), will compete again Thursday, as will the rest of the district teams, at Spring Hill as the track meet concludes.

In other results from Wednesday:

• Luciano Brizuela of Kilgore finished second in the 3,200, or two-mile, run in the time of 10 minutes, 22.80 seconds, and teammate Samuel Warren (11:22.20) was sixth.
• Kilgore’s Maddison Harris was fourth in the girls shot put (33 feet, even).
• Henderson’s Gissele Alejandro was first in the two-mile run (12 minutes, 4.23 seconds).
• Henderson’s Ty White finished second in the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches).
• Marvalous Jacobs was fourth for the Lions in the girls triple jump (35 feet, 3 ½ inches).
• Brailon Walker was sixth in the long jump (21 feet, 1 ½ inches).

Teams in the district, in addition to Kilgore, Henderson and Spring Hill, are Gilmer, Chapel Hill, Center, and Carthage.

In White Oak, three ETBlitz.com-area schools are competing in the District 15-3A meet: White Oak, of course, along with Sabine and Gladewater, and the rest of that district, Daingerfield, New Diana, and Hughes Springs.

It also continues on Thursday.

Results from day one:

• To little surprise, if any, Sabine’s Sam Black continues to own the competition at his level in the shot put, winning the district championship with a best of 52 feet, 9 inches. Teammate Jonah Brenner was second (45 feet, 7 ¼ inches).
• Oh, and by the way: Black is the discus champ in district, too. He won it with a best of 158 feet, 10 inches. Teammates Dawson Brooks was fourth (130 feet, 3 ½ inches) and Isaac Hubbard, fifth (129 feet, 1 inch).
• Hudson McNatt was fantastic in basketball for Sabine, is currently in the middle of the Cardinals’ baseball season, and still found time to go finish second in the high jump (6 feet, even). Bryce Pobuda, McNatt’s teammate, was fourth (5 feet, 10 inches).
• Hayden Hayes was third in the boys pole vault (10 feet, 6 inches).
• Keel Collier was second in the two-mile run (11 minutes, 58.93 seconds).
• Clayne Simmons was sixth in the triple jump (38 feet, ½ inch).
• That was maybe because of the performances by the White Oak pole vaulters. Kyler Priest won the thing (14 feet, even) and teammates Trevor Sizemore (13 feet, 6 inches) and Tyson McKinney (10 feet, even) were second and fourth, respectively.
• White Oak’s Logan Langewisch was third in the two-mile run (11:31.31), teammate Cooper Tucker, fourth (11:40.40) and teammate Luke Bueno, sixth (12:02.97).
• Lucas Frazier was third for the Roughnecks in the discus (131 feet, 10 inches), and Dakota Greene, sixth (128 feet, 10 ½ inches).
• White Oak’s Caden Durham was fourth in the shot put (42 feet, 4 inches).
• Scotty Breitenberg was sixth in the high jump.
• For Gladewater, Khalil Sheffield won the long jump (20 feet, 7 ½ inches) and was fifth in the shot put (40 feet, 7 inches).
• Also for the Bears, Kingston Sheffield was third in the triple jump (40 feet, ½ inch).
• On day one of the meet, Sabine’s girls owned it, and so did another current Whatburger / ETBlitz.com Player of the Week, Sadie Loftis.

Loftis won the girls two-mile run in 12 minutes, 52 seconds. Teammate Emma Logan was third (13:25).

• Kiera Mills was second in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches). Teammates Autumn Rhodes was third (4 feet, 8 inches) and Camryn Tatum, fifth (4 feet, 6 inches).
• In the pole vault for Sabine, Kooper Bogenschutz was third (9 feet), Madisyn Pierce, fifth (8 feet) and Bailey Pierce, sixth (7 feet).
• Kaitlyn Sanchez was second in the shot put (32 feet, 6 ½ inches). Kera Reyne didn’t place in the top six, but finished with a best of 29 feet.
• Presley Johnson was second in the discus (89 feet, 9 ½ inches).
• Mims was third in the long jump (16 feet, 5 inches).
• Rhodes was fifth (32 feet, 3 inches) and Sanchez, sixth (32 feet, 2 ½ inches).
• White Oak’s Johanna Pennington won the pole vault (9 feet), with teammates Lizzy Still and Londyn Baker finishing second and third, respectively.
• Bella Baker won the discus for the Lady ‘Necks (94 feet, 8 inches) and Abbi Nix was sixth (92 feet, 7 inches).
• Addison Clinkscales won the high jump (4 feet, 11 inches).
• Ally Tatum finished second in the two-mile run for White Oak (13 minutes, 9 seconds). London Bodovsky was fourth ( 13:56) and Sophie Fisher, sixth (14:46).
• Aley Dixon finished sixth for White Oak in the long jump (15 feet, 2 inches).
• Gladewater’s Peyton Hunter won the girls triple jump (34 feet), and Hayden Mumphrey was second (33 feet, ½ inch).
• Hunter was second in the long jump (16 feet, 11 inches), and Paytin Thompson (15-11) was fourth, Jerrica Gilmore, fifth (15-10).
• Karlee Moses won the girls shot put (33 feet, 4 ½ inches) and Reagan Verner was fourth (30 feet, 8 ½ inches).
• Verner was third in the discus (88 feet, 2 inches).
• Adyson Evans was fourth in the high jump (4 feet, 8 inches).