Monday, February 20, 2017

2017 Will Taylor Relays

This past Saturday, the Cypress Woods Wildcats track and field team made the journey to Memorial High School to take part in the Will Taylor Relays, and overall, it was a solid Saturday afternoon for both teams. The boys finished fifth as a team. Cy-Fair ISD sent three teams to Memorial; they were the top boys' team, just edging out Cy-Fair by 0.5 points.

On the other hand, the girls took first place with a total of 158 points, finishing ahead of second-placed Katy by 26 points. Here are a few noteworthy performances from Saturday...

- Cy Woods' pole vaulters all set personal bests on the afternoon, including Trent Bird, who tied a school record by clearing 14 feet. He finished third in the competition. Mac Bird and Braeden Maddox both cleared 12 feet, 6 inches.

- Angel Laca continued his strong start to the season by finishing third in the 200m with a time of 22.29 seconds. He had a slight improvement on his time from Cy Ridge.

- After failing to advance out of the heats at Cy Ridge, Vincent Pennington rebounded to finish second in the 110m hurdles. 

- Alec Esposito finished fourth in the 1600m with a time of 4:30.91. The boys won the distance medley relay with a time of 10:42.39.

- Kennedy Bailey notched two more victories in the hurdle events: She won handily in the 100 but had to fend off a late challenge from a Cinco Ranch runner to take the 300.

- Iquo Ating had an impressive showing, leading the Lady Cats to wins in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays. She ran an excellent leg in the 4x200 which swung the momentum of the race to the Wildcats. Iquo also won the 100m with a time of 12.39 seconds. Freshman Jordan Perry finished third in the 100m with a time of 12.7 seconds.

- Lawrenee Hart, a junior thrower, finished second in the shot put and fourth in the discus. Cy Woods' girls ended up getting 15 points from the event; Isabelle Faith finished third and Rachel Jackson placed 6th. Rachel also finished second in the discus.

I talked with Coach Crumedy for a little bit while watching the shot put and he tells me that he's still trying to get some of his girls to buy in. From my practice observations, they do play around a bit too much at times. What I saw on Saturday was that he has a solid group that will step up to deliver winning performances. They all had an outstanding showing at Memorial, and they should be proud of getting first place overall. Let's keep it going.

The next meet for Cy Woods track and field is the Golden Eagle Invitational at Cy Falls on Thursday. The sub-varsity has their first meet of the season at Cy-Fair on Wednesday. 

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