Paradise’s Layne Smith, Chase Harmon and Luke Brown compete in the 100 at the District 10-3A championships April 9 at Whitesboro High School’s Bearcat Stadium. Brown won the race in 11.16, while Harmon (11.29) and Smith (11.45) placed second and third, accounting for three of the Panthers’ 14 area berths after a second-place team finish with 126 points. MIKE HALL | FOR THE MESSENGER
A big day on the track by Paradise’s Luke Brown helped the Panthers take home a second-place team finish from the District 10-3A championships last week.
Competing at Whitesboro High School’s Bearcat Stadium April 9, Brown secured a trio of gold medals, as Paradise scored 126 points — finishing 22 behind league champion Pilot Point (148). The Panthers collected a haul of nine medals and 14 area berths.
Brown ran away with individual wins in the 100 (11.16) and 200 (22.19). He also tacked on a gold medal in the 4×100 with Elijah Jennings, Chase Harmon and Layne Smith, earning the district title in 42.22.
Jennings, Harmon and Smith added their second league championship by running 1:29.82 in the 4×200 along with Cody Bridgeman.
Harmon and Jennings garnered silver medals in the 100 (11.45) and triple jump (40-01), respectively. Easton Skates clocked 16.22 to finish as a district runner-up in 110 hurdles.
Camden Walker took bronze with a time of 41.62 in 300 hurdles, and qualified for area in the 4×400 (3:34.98) with Jamie Chavez, Teagan Lambert and Levi Clayton. Smith ran 11.45 to secure a third-place finish in the 100.
Jacob Jones punched his ticket to area with a pair of fourth-place runs in the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles, clocking 16.82 and 42.18, respectively. Jennings earned his fourth area berth after placing fourth in long jump (19-04.50), while McCray Smith cleared 8-00 in pole vault to finish fourth and advance to area.
Boyd took sixth in the team standings with 47 — 19 more than seventh-place Callisburg (28).
Layton Wheeler and Lex Horton secured the Yellowjackets’ lone individual silver medals in the 200 (22.65) and long jump (20-01), respectively. Wheeler also finished as a league runner-up in the 4×100 (43.10) with Dalton Gray, Brylon Nobles and Grady Rawlings, and added a bronze medal in the 4×200 with Gray, Rawlings and Lukas Bures.
Boyd’s final area bid was collected by Logan Reser, running 2:16.27 for fourth in the 800.
The 9/10-3A championships will be held Thursday at Whitesboro’s Bearcat Stadium.
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