The Boerne Champion track and field team was well represented at the 2023 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays last weekend in Austin on the University of Texas campus.
Relay teams and individuals must meet qualifying times and field athletes also have to meet minimum requirements to get invited to compete against the best athletes in the state.
College teams are also at the event and compete separately while the high schools are divided into Div. 1 and Div. 2 with the bigger schools like Champion going in Div. 2.
For the Chargers, Brock Lewis raced in the 110 hurdles where he clocked in at 14.83 for 37th in a field of 56.
Vanesa Gonzalez ran in the 100 hurdles and came in 45th in a time of 12.10 and Arlis Adickes competed in the 100 dash and posted a time of 10.98 for 57th, while freshman Elizabeth Leachman placed 4th in the 1600 after running a time of 4:52.
The girls 4x200 consisting of Madison Meinke, Mariela Gonzalez, Erin Fallon and Vanesa Gonzalez came in 26th with a time of 1:40.45.
The girls 4x400 team of Destiney Rose, Erin Fallon, Regan Garcia and Kendall Fallon finished 44th after combining for a time of 4:01.24 and the boys 4x400 of Luke Rossi, Sawyer Bolli, Ranger Lewis and Ben Blomqvist turned in a time of 3:24.30 for 41st in the field of 88 teams.
The sprint medley relay of Sawyer Bolli, Arlis Adickes, Ben Blomqvist and Luis Tovar placed 6th in the field of eight with a time of 3:29.15.
The Chargers girls distance medley relay just missed out on a medal and came in 4th after Josey Whitaker, Destiney Rose, Kendall Fallon and Elizabeth Leachman turned in a time of 12:09.22 in the field of 17, which set a new school record in the event according to assistant coach Jen Breuer.
The boys distance medley relay event is 4,000 meters long and Caleb DeHart, Charlie Houck, Ben Blomqvist and Luis Tovar teamed up and combined for 14th with a time of 10:36.43. Breuer said she was checking to see if it was a record and mentioned that she believes they at least tied the old record.
The girls 4x100 of Erin Fallon, Mariela Gonzalez, Vanesa Gonzalez and Madison Meinke combined for a time of 47.95 for 22nd in the field of 101 teams, while the boys 4x100 relay consisting of Arlis Adickes, Sawyer Bolli, Corbin Mitchell and Luke Rossi turned in a time of 43.25 for 74th in the field of 98 teams.
In field events, Connor Warzecha finished 11th in the discus with his best toss of 168-1 in the field of 29.
Ben Blomqvist and Connor Warzecha both competed in the javelin throw and Warzecha was 4th with a throw of 53.58 and Blomqvist placed 8th with his best throw of 49.02 in the field of 10.
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