SPORTS
TRACK AND FIELD: Three captains headline all-star squad
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
For Bowie senior Addy Cook, it was the culmination of years of hard work trying to attain her goal of qualifying for the University Interscholastic League state track and field meet.
For junior Kamryn Cantwell of Bowie, it was a tale of redemption after missing the 2016 season with a major injury.
For senior Skyler Sandusky from Forestburg, it was affirmation after he garnered a bronze medal for the second straight year.
Cook, Cantwell and Forestburg will headline the Bowie News all-star track and field team for 2017, with all three of them serving as captains.
This marks the second straight year Sandusky will be one of the captains.
To earn the distinction of captain, an athlete must participate in the state track and field meet.
The remainder of the team was selected based on one simple criteria, the athlete must be a regional qualifier.
The season provided an unexpected finish for Cook, who qualified for state not in the high jump but rather the triple after she won at the Conference 3A-Region I meet in Abilene.
At state, the early jump and other factors, contributed to Cook’s seventh-place finish in a tough field. She marked at 35-1¼.
Cook will now focus on volleyball yet again as she will be a freshman on the team at Midwestern State University this fall. Read more from this all-star story in the May 31 Bowie News.
Forestburg’s Skyler Sandusky, shown here running toward the bar at the state high jump competition, won his second bronze medal at state this year and is an all-star captain. (News file photo by Travis Harsch)
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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