The Melissa High School Varsity Track and Field teams dominated the UIL 5A District 9 Track Meet on April 2-3 in Lovejoy with 20 athletes headed to Area! The MHS Track and Field team left the meet victorious with nine individual athletes and five teams qualifying for Area, with one athlete and one team coming home as the District Champion in their event.
The Area Track Meet will take place on Friday, April 11 at the Anna ISD Coyote Stadium. Good luck to all of these student-athletes. Go Cardinals!
MHS Track & Field Area Qualifiers
100M Dash (Girls) - District Champion
Kennedy Branch (11.87)
200M Dash (Boys)
Paython Porter (4th, 22.44)
100M Wheelchair (Girls)
Zoe Grall (29.88)
1600M (Girls)
Diem Casselberry (4th, 5:26:89)
3200M (Girls)
Diem Casselberry (4th, 11:49:34)
300M Hurdles (Girls)
Hikmah Abdul-Hammed (2nd, 45.74)
300M Hurdles (Boys)
Jared Potucek (3rd, 41.63)
4x100M Relay (Girls)
Karagail Philliph, Morgan Phillih, Hikmah Abdul-Hammed, & Kennedy Branch (3rd, 48.13)
4x200M Relay (Girls)
Karagail Philliph, Hikmah Abdul-Hammed, Kennedy Branch, & Morgan Phillih (3rd, 1:42:61)
4x200M Relay (Boys) - District Champions
Brett Holloway, Dalton Debabneh, D’Monye Washington, & Paython Porter (1:28:64)
4x400M Relay (Girls)
Emma Smith, Hailey Amin, Duura Kpea, & Addasyn Davis (4th, 4:16:77)
4x400M Relay (Boys)
Ethan Ndungu, Brett Holloway, D’Monye Washington, Kyle Difloria (3rd, 3:30:77)
Discus (Boys)
Jake Brown (2nd, 139’5”)
Uche Dimpka (3rd, 139’0”)
Pole Vault (Boys)
Ian Rodriguez (4th, 13’0”)
Shot Put (Girls)
Mikayla Nickerson (4th, 33’3”)