Monday, May 14, 2012

C-FB Girls' Track and Field Athletes Win Six Gold Medals at State Meet

C-FB Girls' Track participants won an amazing six gold medals at the UIL 4-A State Track and Field Meet held in Austin. Melissa Gonzales of Creekview won gold medals in both the 100m hurdles (13.92) and the 300m hurdles (41.65). Courtney Okolo of Newman Smith is the repeat state champion in the 400m run and in doing so she set both a 4-A and and overall state record time of 52.40. Courtney added a second individual gold medal in the 200m dash (23.87).

The Ranchview girls' 4 X 100 relay won the gold medal in the 3A division of the UIL State Track and Field Meet. In a very exciting race, they won with a time of 47.45 over second and third who finished in 47.73 and 47.75 respectively. Shyandrea Jackson, Janay Grant, Antonish Stewart, and T'Ara Howard are the members of the 4 X 100 relay for Ranchview.

And the Newman Smith 4 X 400 relay team repeated as state champions with a time of 3:47.11 just edging out Lancaster who had beaten Newman Smith at regionals. Members of the relay team are Adriana DeLaRue, Mia James, Timeka Sandifer, and Courtney Okolo.

Others scoring points for C-FB in the 4A meet were Kasie Trigg of Creekview who took third in the high jump and the Creekview 4 X 400 relay team who took fourth place.  And Michaela Williams took 4th place in the triple jump in the 3A competition.

Though only entered in a total of three events, winning gold in all three put Newman Smith in third place overall as a team with 40 points and Creekview was right behind in fourth place with 32 points scored in four events.

Smith's Courtney Okolo wins gold in the 400m:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248556-2012-UIL-Texas-State-Championships/video/634337-G-400-4a

Second, Smith's Courtney gets the double with the 200 championship:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248556-2012-UIL-Texas-State-Championships/video/634391-G-200-4a-Courtney-Okolo-2387-in-negative-win-at-UIL-2012

Newman Smith Girls' 4x4 relay wins gold and Creekview places fourth:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248556-2012-UIL-Texas-State-Championships/video/634351-G-4x400-4a-Courtney-Okolo-is-cheat-code-fast-UIL-2012

Melissa Gonzalez of Creekview wins a close one in girls TX 4A 300H in 41.65:  flotrack.org/coverage/24855…

Gonzales of Creekview wins girls 4A 100H in 13.92:

Ranchview girls win the 3A 4x100 in 47.75:

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