Sports
Dalhart has 8 boys qualify for Area at district meet
The Dalhart Golden Wolves track and field team competed at the District 1-3A meet at Randall High School on Thursday April 9 and Friday April 10. Dalhart placed third overall, and multiple athletes placed in the top four in their respective events to move on to Area.
The varsity boys placed third with 129 points, 30 points ahead of Childress and only 18 points behind Bushland and 25 points behind Canadian, despite not having a 1600-mile relay team.
Field events, and the 3200-meter run, were held on Thursday along with prelims for sprints. As usual, Dalhart took the top two places in the pole vault, as Eli Garcia and Corbin Curbow both cleared 15 feet 3 inches, which was a new personal record for Curbow. Eli Garcia was awarded first place based on having few previous misses, and Curbow placed second.
The Wolves also took the top two places in the long jump. Hunter Trusler won first place with a jump of 20 feet 11.5 inches, and Talon Garcia placed second with a jump of 20 feet 7.5 inches. Talon Garcia also qualified for Area in the triple jump, placing fourth with a jump of 41 feet 11.5 inches. Alson on Thursday, Aiden Buck placed fifth in the 3200-meter run with a time of 12 minutes 11 seconds.
The finals of all the other running events were held on Friday. Luis Deleon won first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.84 seconds, and Bentley Garcia placed third with a time of 11.16 seconds. Brett Alver won first place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.32 seconds, and Bentley Garcia placed fourth with a time of 23.27 seconds. Buck placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes 25.65 seconds.
Cole James won first place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.81 seconds. James also placed third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.56 seconds.
The team of James, Trusler, Deleon and Alver won first place in the 400-meter relay with a time of 43.16 seconds. The team of Deleon, Trusler, Bentley Garcia and Alver also won first place in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1 minute 30.93 seconds.
The JV team placed fifth with 15 points, with very few athletes running in the JV division. Eli Kelso placed fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.93 seconds, and he placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.04 seconds. Tyler French placed sixth Brett Alver nears the finish line as he anchors the 800-meter relay. Dalhart won both the 400-meter relay and 800-meter relay with Alver as anchor, and Alver won the 200-meter dash as well. Bill Kelly | Dalhart Texan Dalhart has 8 boys qualify for Area at district meet in the 400-meter dash with a time of 62.08 seconds. Marco Rojero placed fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes 39.57 seconds.
In field events on Thursday, Kaylor Ortez placed fifth in the long jump with a jump of 17 feet 5.75 inches. Evan Badillo placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 116 feet 10.75 inches.
The varsity athletes who placed in the top four in their respective events will compete at the Area meet this Monday, April 20, at West Texas A&M University. The top four in each event at the Area meet will move on to Regional.
Female Athlete of the Week
BY BILL KELLY
Dalhart Texan
The Dalhart Federal Savings & Loan Female Athlete of the Week is Reese Jenkins. Jenkins is a senior on the Dalhart Lady Wolves track and field team, and she was also named athlete of the week earlier in the year for volleyball.
Normally, Jenkins would have been either the first or second track athlete to be named athlete of the week, as she has been each of the past three years. This year however, an injury kept her from being able to compete for the first few meets. She was able to run with relay teams about halfway through the season, and ran the 100-meter dash for the first time at the Hereford Invitational.
Jenkins had to wait until district to compete in her main event though, the pole vault, the event that she won a bronze medal at State in last year and has been to State in all three previous years.
The main phrase at the District 1-3A meet last week was “Reese Jenkins is back!” Jenkins, in her first time to vault in a meet all season, cleared 9 feet even to win first place on Thursday April 9. She could have probably cleared a higher height, but she stopped once she had first place sewn up since she was having to run against a fairly high wind. Jenkins then won first place in the 100-meter dash on Friday with a time of 12.39 seconds. She was also the anchor on the 400-meter relay team which placed second, and the 800-meter relay team that placed third, qualifying for Area in all four events that she entered.
Jenkins will compete at Area this coming Monday, April 20 at West Texas A&M University. The top four at each event will move on to Regional, which is Friday May 1 and Saturday May 2 in Abilene. Honorable Mention: Kambry Kitchens: Dalhart track and field: Kitchens is a junior and was named athlete of the week a couple of weeks ago. With her best friend unable to run, Kitchens stepped up and set a new personal record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.9 seconds to win first place at district last Friday. Kitchens was also a member of the 400-meter relay team that placed second and the 800-meter relay team that placed third.
Kaetlin Sundvahl: Dalhart track and field. Sundvahl is a junior and has been athlete of the week for volleyball, basketball and track and field this year at different times. Despite an injury, Sundvahl placed third in the long jump last Thursday with a jump of 16 feet 2.75 inches. She also qualified for the finals in both the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles, showing an incredible amount of determination to overcome an injury and help her team score points. Ultimately, the decision was made to scratch her from the finals last Friday to avoid risking further injury, but she still traveled to the meet to encourage her teammates.
Victoria Terrazas: Dalhart track and field. Terrazas is a senior and was named athlete of the week earlier for both cross country and track. She won first place in both the 3200-meter run and 800-meter run at district, and placed second in the 1600-meter run.
