Lancaster girls run a top-10 time in national history in 4x100 relay en route to winning area meet

Duncanville sophomore Kristian Coleman came into the area-round meet ranked 14th nationally in the 100 hurdles with a wind-aided season best of 13.63. She took second Thursday, running 13.84 and finishing behind teammate Aria Gooden, who won in 13.77. Gooden also won the 300 hurdles in 42.38, tied for 17th nationally.

In the boys 4x100 relay, the top five teams broke 41 seconds, with Killeen Shoemaker winning in 40.31, Waxahachie taking second in 40.45 and Duncanville placing third in 40.78. Shoemaker’s time was sixth-best in the nation this season, and Duncanville (season best of 40.29) and Waxahachie (season best of 40.33) rank fifth and seventh, respectively.

The top four finishers in the boy 100 all ran under 10.45, with Waco Midway’s Caden Thomas-Judie winning in 10.31 and Duncanville’s Isaiah Beal taking second in 10.39. Thomas-Judie ran 10.28 earlier this season, tied for 27th nationally.

Lancaster scored big points in the boys 110 hurdles as James Foster (13.95), King McGuire (14.10) and Rashad Smart (14.44) finished second, third and fourth behind area-round champion Joaquin Molina from Waxahachie, who ran 13.88. Molina came into the meet tied for 27th nationally with a season best of 13.77. Molina came back later Thursday and won the 300 hurdles in 37.56, which ranks 19th nationally.

Molina’s victories helped Waxahachie win the boys team title by 46 points over Killeen Shoemaker. Waxahachie got a combined 46 points from distance runners Lucas Whitt and Cooper Grady, with Whitt winning the 3,200 in 9:44.23 and the 800 in 1:59.69 and taking second in the 1,600 in 4:23.97 and Grady taking second in the 3,200 in 9:47.63 and then winning the 1,600 in 4:23.36.

3-6A/4-6A area meet

At the 3-6A/4-6A area meet, Mansfield Legacy senior Lincoln Wright ran the second-best time in Texas this season and took over the Dallas-area lead by winning the boys 800 in 1:51.80. He improved on his previous season best of 1:52.35 and held off runner-up Claudio Auns from Southlake Carroll, who ran 1:52.51.

The race featured four of the top six 800 runners in D-FW and saw Keller Central’s Fletcher Draper place third in 1:53.16 and Trophy Club Byron Nelson’s Liam Bengtsson take fourth in 1:53.93.

Euless Trinity senior Caleb Adom continued his final-jump magic in the boys triple jump, winning with a leap of 48 feet, 9 inches on his sixth and final attempt to go from second to first and overtake Hurst L.D. Bell’s Jacob Anthony, who had jumped 48-7.50. Adom, a three-sport standout who also plays football and basketball, won district, area, regional and state titles on his final attempt in the triple jump last year.

Adom also won the high jump, clearing 6-10. He beat three jumpers who cleared 6-8, including Stanford football signee Zion Robinson from Mansfield, who tied for the state title in the event in 2024.

North Carolina signee Caden Leonard from Southlake Carroll nearly became the second Texas high school boy to ever break 4 minutes in the mile when he ran 4:00.07 indoors in February. His pursuit of sub-4 will have to wait until after the UIL state meet since Texas runs the 1,600 meters instead of a true mile in its postseason meets, but Leonard advanced to regionals in two events by winning the 1,600 in 4:13.69 and the 3,200 in 9:27.09.

Regional meets will be May 1-2, with 6A Region I taking place at UT-Arlington’s Maverick Stadium and 6A Region II being held at Waco Midway.

Mansfield Lake Ridge won the girls team title by 17 points over Mansfield while Byron Nelson claimed the boys team title by 28 points over Lake Ridge. The Lake Ridge girls won the 4x100 relay in 45.88 and got victories from freshman Aaliyah Allen (13.89) in the 100 hurdles and from senior Makaila Young (11.74) in the 100 meters, while the Byron Nelson boys won the 4x100 relay in 40.47 and saw Ja’Qori Haggerty win the 110 hurdles in 13.81 and Macavion Hill take first in the 200 in 20.80. Hill’s time is tied for 19th nationally.

Hill took second in the 100 meters in 10.64, the same time as winner Folaramni Oyalami from Mansfield. A photo finish broke it down further and determined that Oyalami’s official time was 10.632 and Hill’s was 10.638.

The final event was quite a race, as Crowley won the 4x400 relay in 3:14.02 and North Crowley took second in 3:14.28. Crowley’s time ranks 20th in the nation.