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WHS Boys Track Team Wins District Title; Girls Finish 2nd
April 14, 2022
The Wimberley High School track and field teams competed at the District 28-4A Championships on April 11th and 13th in Canyon Lake. After the two-day competition, the boys team brought home the district title and the girls' squad finished second. WHS's Junior Varsity teams also competed, both finishing in second place. (See full results, including JV here.) The top-four finishers in each varsity event qualified to compete at the Area track championships, to be hosted at Cuero High School on Wednesday, April 20. In all, 35 event entries qualified for the Area meet from WHS. Leading the way for the girls' squad was junior Emily Thames and sophomore Baylee Gold, who each qualified for the area meet in all five of their events. Senior Haley Hall and freshman Laney Hennessee qualified for area in three events each, and senior Grace Harney won both hurdles races, breaking her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles. For the boys, senior Landon Gary qualified for area in all five of his events. Seniors Canyun Staton and Juan Olmedo-Barraco, and junior Nathan Brooks each qualified in three events. The track teams are led by head coaches Lacey Lambert (girls) and Josh DeMarco (boys).
Below are the varsity individuals and relay teams that scored points at the district meet. Those in bold have qualified for the area meet.
4x100 Meter Relay
Girls
2nd - Wimberley - 50.13 (Lauren Foster, Baylee Gold, Laney Hennessee, Emily Thames)
Boys
2nd - Wimberley - 43.27 (Ryan Shaw, Landon Gary, William Carson, Juan Olmedo-Barraco)
4x200 Meter Relay
Girls
2nd - Wimberley - 1:46.22 (Ella Rose Fretitta, Jade Duncan, Laney Hennessee, Emily Thames)
Boys
1st - Wimberley - 1:29.15 (Canyun Staton, Ryan Shaw, William Carson, Nathan Brooks)
4x400 Meter Relay
Girls
3rd - Wimberley - 4:08.28 (Allison Dodds, Rylee German, Haley Hall, Laney Hennessee)
Boys
1st - Wimberley - 3:22.74 (Canyun Staton, Nathan Brooks, Landon Gary, Juan Olmedo-Barraco)
100 Meters
Boys
2nd - Nathan Brooks - 11.04
4th - Vance Jones - 11.23
200 Meters
Girls
2nd - Emily Thames - 25.83
Boys
1st - Canyun Staton - 21.41 *SCHOOL RECORD*
6th - Vance Jones - 23.35
400 Meters
Boys
1st - Juan Olmedo-Barraco - 49.29 *SCHOOL RECORD*
3rd - Landon Gary - 51.54
800 Meters
Girls
2nd - Madison Anderson - 2:24.56
3rd - Haley Hall - 2:24.90
Boys
5th - Alex Chio - 2:08.65
1600 Meters
Girls
5th - Madison Anderson - 5:29.22
100 Meter Hurdles
Girls
1st - Grace Harney - 15.33
3rd - Baylee Gold - 16.56
110 Meter Hurdles
Boys
4th - Presley Schumpelt - 16.15
300 Meter Hurdles
Girls
2nd - Grace Harney - 46.19 *SCHOOL RECORD*
4th - Baylee Gold - 48.46
Boys
3rd - Presley Schumpelt - 42.61
Long Jump
Girls
2nd - Emily Thames - 16-10.5
3rd - Baylee Gold - 16-3.75
Boys
2nd - Gabriel Wray - 21-0.75
3rd - Hunter Allen - 20-10.75
4th - Landon Gary - 20-9.25
Triple Jump
Girls
1st - Baylee Gold - 37-6.5
2nd - Emily Thames - 35-6.5
Boys
1st - Gabriel Wray - 44-1.75 *SCHOOL RECORD*
2nd - Landon Gary - 43-10.5
4th - Hunter Allen - 42-3
High Jump
Girls
2nd (tie) - Juniper Daniels - 5-3
2nd (tie) - Haley Hall - 5-3
Pole Vault
Girls
3rd - Elise Brown - 9-6
Boys
3rd - Logan Wilkinson - 12-6
Shot Put
Girls
6th - Layla Dubuisson - 34-9.5
Boys
1st - Moses Wray - 55-1.75
Discus
Girls
5th - Layla Dubuisson - 105-8
Final Team Standings
Girls
1st - Fredericksburg - 156 points
2nd - Wimberley - 151 points
3rd - Davenport - 91 points
4th - Canyon Lake - 72 points
5th (tie) - Pieper - 62 points
5th (tie) - Boerne - 62 points
7th - Bandera - 26 points
Boys
1st - Wimberley - 163 points
2nd - Boerne - 119 points
3rd - Fredericksburg - 105 points
4th - Bandera - 89 points
5th - Davenport - 69 points
6th - Canyon Lake - 46 points
7th - Pieper - 29 points