Area track meets took place last week as athletes competed for a chance to qualify for the regional meet.
Only the top four finishers in each event moved on for a chance to qualify for the state meet.
Bowie and Nocona both competed at Graham on April 10, but in different classifications, while all the area 1A schools competed on April 7 at Bryson.
On a team level, both Saint Jo teams again finished first overall by a significant margin. Bowie boy’s finished sixth overall, Nocona girls got third and the boy’s team finished ninth. The Bellevue girl’s team got fifth place and the Gold-Burg boy’s team finished in sixth place. Both Forestburg and Prairie Valley teams placed eighth and 11th places.
For Bowie, Tyler Richey had a great day winning the pole vault to qualify for regionals. Russell Anderson got second in the 400 meters while Brayden Willett finished fourth in the 1600 meters and Isaac Renteria fourth in the 3200 meters to all qualify. Braden Rhyne qualified in the 300 meter hurdles while finishing in fourth place.
For Nocona, Graci Brown won the 400 meters and finished second in the 200 meters to qualify. Caden Gaston got third in the high jump to qualify and the girls 4×400 meter relay team got second place as they move on as well.
The list for Saint Jo athletes alone that qualified for regionals is a long one that can be viewed by the results at the bottom. Therefore the athletes highlighted will be ones that won their events.
All three Lady Panther relay teams got first place while the Saint Jo boy’s relay teams won the 4×200 and 4×400 meter relays. Jayden Curry won the 1600 meter race, Barrett Johnson won the 400 meters, Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles, Lee Yeley won the 200 meters. Maxey Johnson won both the discus and shot put while Damon Byrd won the triple and long jump events.
Forestburg saw Brenna Briles win the high jump and triple jump while she finished third in the 100 meter race.
Jesse Wadsworth won the 800 meter race and got third in the triple jump while Tye Reid finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles. The boy’s 4×400 meter relay team finished fourth as well to qualify.
Bellevue’s results were dominated by Mattie Broussard getting first in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter races. Tristan Shook got second in the pole vault and Emma Blaylock also finished second in the shot put.
For Gold-Burg, Eli White-Freeland got second in the discus and fourth in the shot put to qualify. The boy’s 4×100 meter relay team finished third overall to qualify for regionals as well.
For Prairie Valley, pole vaulters Josh Stout and Hunter Camden finished third and fourth to both qualify and move on.

To see results for all area athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

For pictures from the running finals at the area meet at Graham that featured Bowie and Nocona athletes, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6874398&T=1