Ten Northwest High School track and field athletes survived a brutal District 5-5A meet to earn a trip to regionals last weekend in Lubbock. However, the competition was tough and that led to the end of a banner season for nearly a dozen local standouts.
Six Lady Texans qualified for the Class 5A, Region I showdown. Despite not getting anyone on the medal stage, the Lady Texans did not disappoint.
They had the best showing in pole vault where two athletes were in action. Angela Rabalais earned the only points for NHS as she finished fifth overall with a height of 10 feet, 6 inches.
Teammate Maren Fossem was 10th overall among a field of 24 and she cleared 9-6. Shade Weygandt of Mansfield ran away with the title as she posted a 13-10.
Also in field events, softball star Taylor Namey competed in two events at regionals where she placed ninth. She had a heave of 36-5 in shot put and a toss of 104-3 in discus.
Cynthia McCollum recorded a height of 5-0 in high jump and finished 16th out of 24, while Christina Osondu cleared 15-2.5 in the long jump.
The only runner to make it for Northwest was India Williams. She competed in the 200- and 400-meter races but fell short in qualifying for the final heat.
On the boys' side, Justin Kendrick made the trip to West Texas for the first time where he competed in discus. He made the final round and finished sixth overall with a throw of 151-6.
Texan standout Britt Koestler competed in both distance events for NHS. He ran a time of 9 minutes, 50.9 seconds to finished fifth overall in the 3,200-meter race and later took seventh in the 1,600 at 4:33.84.
Chris Bain qualified in the 1000 and Trevor Benton competed in the 400. Both fell short of qualifying for the finals.
