Wise County Messenger Online

Alvord's Paige Klein is a soft-spoken junior who does not brag about her talent in track. She leaves all the talking to her feet, and they spoke loud last weekend in Stephenville.

In one of the most impressive regional performances ever by a Wise County female, Klein won the three fastest races of the Class 2A, Region II meet in Stephenville. She also competed in two field events and came one spot short of going to state in another event.

"Paige is such a tremendous athlete. She works hard every time, not just some of the time or most of the time. When it's time to run at practice, she is there and ready to run even when most would rather not," said AHS coach Curtis Enis.

The state championships are May 9-10 in Austin and the Alvord standout will have a busy day. She will join classmate Travis Montgomery, Chico's Hayden Eubanks, Boyd's Katy Mark and Paradise's James Hodges as the top two finishers in each event at regionals advance to Austin.

Klein owned the track at regionals where she won the 100 in 12.10 seconds, the 200 at 25.38 and the 400 at 57.63. She also took third in the long jump where she cleared 16 feet, 11.75 inches as well as competing in the triple jump.

Montgomery will be going to Austin with Klein as he was one of the area's biggest surprises this year. He took second in the 200 with a time of 22.49 seconds, just a fraction behind winner Darrin Marshall at 22.23.

Hodges is going back to state one more time in both of the distance events that he won. The senior won the 3,200 race by eight seconds with a time of 9:28.95 and was tops in the 1,600 at 4:24.79.

Hayden Eubanks won the regional discus championship and is state bound for the second straight year. He won the crown with a heave of 167-8 which was 15 feet ahead of the second-place finisher.

Boyd's Katy Mark advanced to regionals in two events and secured her first state appearance. She took second place in the 800 where she clocked a 2:21.10, just ahead of Paradise's Haley Mitchell in fifth at 2:28.12.

Mark's teammate, Desirea Nelson, finished tied for second in pole vault but lost the tiebreaker.

A listing of Wise County's top finishers in the finals as well as the state qualifiers in each event are listed below.

Boys

100 - 1. Jeremy Brown, Whitewright, 10.97; 2. Larry Ellis, Pottsboro, 11.30

200 - 1. Darrin Marshall, Itasca, 22.23; 2. Travis Montgomery, Alvord, 22.49; 3. Eric Bostick, Bruceville, 22.77

400 - 1. Courtney Watkins, Maypearl, 49.40; 2. Colbey Borchardt, Krum, 51.11

800 - 1. Colbey Barchardt, Krum, 1:57.13; 2. Steven Cantrell, Aubrey, 1:57.20; 4. Mauricio Rivera, Alvord, 2:02.92; 7. Scott Hodges, Paradise, 2:06.02

1,600 - 1. James Hodges, Paradise, 4:24.79; 2. Cody Hughes, Anna, 4:26,27; 15. Richard Reid, Paradise, 4:54.62

3,200 - 1. James Hodges, Paradise, 9:28.95; 2. Cody Hughes, Anna, 9:36.88

110 hurdles - 1. Brock Harris, Olney, 14.37; 2. Westin Williams, Hico, 14.38

300 hurdles - 1. James Ratliff, Hamilton, 38.99; 2. Brock Harris, Olney, 39.14; 3. Shane Neyens, Boyd, 39.33

400 relay - 1. Whiteright, 43.06; 2. Kerens, 43.28; 6. Alvord (Brendon Dane, Travis Montgomery, Randall Perez, Shane Watkins) 43.69

800 relay - 1. Itasca, 1:30.08; 2. Kerens, 1:30.12; 4. Alvord (Brendon Dane, Travis Montgomery, Randall Perez, Shane Watkins) 1:31.12

1,600 relay - 1. Holliday, 3:25.45; 2. Olney, 3:27.40

High jump - 1. Desmond Bringham, Caddo Mills, 6-4; 2. Justin Martin, Gunter, 6-4; 12. Travis Wright, Alvord, 5-10

Pole vault - 1. Cory Pippen, Cisco, 14-0; 2. Lathan Andrews, Clifton, 13-6

Long jump -- 1. Cody Cope, Olney, 22-9.5; 2. Eric Bostik, Bruceville, 22-0.5; 12. Connor Higgins, Paradise, 20-0.5

Triple jump - 1. Preston Ray, Rio Vista, 42-11.25; 2. Marcus Thompson, McGregor, 41-20; 6. Hagen Ward, Alvord, 41-5.5; 10. Tory Sanderson, Boyd, 36-10.75

Shot put - 1. Caleb Busby, Cisco, 51-3.75; 2. Klay Strickland, Cisco, 50-7.5; 9. Hayden Eubanks, Chico, 45-11.5; 10. John Steel, Boyd, 45-9.75

Discus - 1. Hayden Eubanks, Chico, 167-8; 2. Caleb Busby, Cisco, 151-6

Girls

100 - 1. Paige Klein, Alvord, 12.10; 2. Angela Garrett, McGregor, 12.48

200 - 1. Paige Klein, Alvord, 25.38; 2. Tara Towns, Dublin, 25.87

400 - 1. Paige Klein, Alvord, 57.63; 2. Marissa Cooksey, Grandview, 58.75

800 - 1. Payton Shoush, Brock, 2:18.62; 2. Katy Mark, Boyd, 2:21.10; 5. Haley Mitchell, Paradise, 2:28.12

1600 - 1. Amber Weems, Hamilton, 5:20.32; 2. Payton Shoush, Brock, 5:25. 95; 4. Katy Mark, Boyd, 5:32.45

3200 - 1. Amber Weems, Hamilton, 11:36.18; 2. Zoe Coulson, Brock, 11:51. 62; 4. Macie Dane, Alvord, 12:31.98; 13. Caly Rangel, Alvord, 13:28.29

100 hurdles - 1. Doxie Thompson, Hamilton, 15.80; 2. Dusti Cribbs, Olney, 15.81; 8. Maddison Kinsey, Alvord, 17.73

300 hurdles - 1. Doxie Thompson, Hamilton, 46.35; 2. Nikki Kincy, Cisco, 47.30

400 relay - 1. Grandview 49.30; 2. Dallas Life 49.81

800 relay - 1. Aubrey 1:45.52; 2. Dallas Life 1:46.25

1600 relay - 1. City View 4:04.04; 2. Aubrey 4:05.21

High jump - 1. Krista Kaetterhenry, Melissa, 5-5; 2. Taylor Reed, Dallas Christian

Pole vault - 1. Sundie Starr, Cisco, 10-6; 2. Ashleigh McFarland, Rio Vista, 9-6; 3. Desirea Nelson, Boyd, 9-6

Long jump - 1. Tara Towns, Dublin, 18-6.75; 2. Chasey Sanger, Hamilton, 17-8.75; 3. Paige Klein, Alvord, 16-11.75

Triple jump - 1. Portia Chriesman, Cisco, 36-5.25; 2. Alex Barajas, Italy, 36-1.5; 15. Paige Klein, Alvord, 32-4.75; 21. Melanie Gates, Chico, 31-0.5

Shot put - 1. Jaquisha Bush, DeLeon, 40-1.5; 2. Macall Montgomery, Hico, 38-6

Discus - 1. Emily Edwards, Cisco, 125-9; 2. Monica James, Melissa, 120-0; 5. Kasey Wood, Boyd, 115-0