Sheppard, Rodriguez win District Championships

HALL STADIUM - Seniors Eric Sheppard and Veronica Rodriguez were district champions in their events on Thursday. Rodriguez began the day by winning the girls pole vault with a jump of 10-0. Senior Tina Escobar will also be representing Kempner in the pole vault as she finished 2nd at 9-6. In the boys 1600m Kempner was able to pull off a 1-2 finish also. Sheppard won the mile with a 4:28 but the breakthrough performance came from Senior Chris Pine who PRed by 6 seconds to finish second by beating Eskender Abdalla from Bush 4:29 to 4:34. Pine and Sheppard both qualified for regionals in 2 events. Sheppard was edged at the tape in the boys 800 running 1:58.

In the girls 1600m Sophomore Elizabeth Westlake set a new school record with a 5:26 but it was not enough for the win. She finished second and teammate Amy Machemehl tied her PR but it wasn't good enough for a regional qualifier as she finished 4th.

The JV and Freshmen boys all set new PRs in the mile as well. Sophomore Allen Livingston was the district champ with a PR shattering 4:53. Junior Yuri Lozovenko PRed with a 5:11 and sophomore Bernardo Palomera set a new PR with a 5:13. More updates to come as results come in. Freshmen Errol Hampton and Jaun Trujillo also set new PRs in the 1600.

Varsity field events, JV prelims underway

HALL STADIUM - Junior Vaness Emokpae began the day by finishing 2nd in the boys high jump, clearing 6-2 and qualifying for the regional championships on April 29-30. Senior Veronica Rodriguez tied her personal best in the high jump of 5-2 but it was only good enough for 4th place. Rodriguez will be the alternate for the regional meet.

Sophomore Allen Livingston ran another smart race sitting on a runner from Hightower for six laps then making a strong move to pull away for the win. Livingston was able to PR by 8 seconds on the season and break the eleven minute barrier with his 10:55. Sophomore Bernardo Palomera came from sixth place with a horrendous kick down the homestretch and finished 3rd with a personal best of 11:19. Freshman Juan Trujillo ran a hard and finished 5th with a personal best of 12:25, that's along way from Juan's 17 minute 3200 meter cross country races he was running last fall.

In the junior varsity girls race, freshman Brigette Thrash had a great day, setting personal record by over a minute for a thrid place finish! Sophomore Diana Gomez came through with a 5th place finish for the Lady Cougars.

Thursday night will be the final day of the District 20-5A Championships at Hall Stadium. Come out and support the Cougars!

Three qualify for regionals in 3200m

HALL STADIUM - Sophomore Elizabeth Westlake is the district champ for 3200m. She and junior Amy Machemehl were able to finish 1-2 against a pair of Austin runners. The two qualified for the Region III-5A Championships at Humble High School on April 29th and 30th. Senior Chris Pine also captured a regional birth getting edged out by the defending champion and cross country champion Eskender Abdalla from Bush. Abdalla pulled away from Pine with 600 meters to run and didn't look back. Abdalla ran 10:02 to Pine's 10:12.

Junior Laurel Pedowicz is also the junior varsity district champ in pole vault, clearing a season best 7-6. Pedowicz also helped the Lady Cougars by placing 5th in the triple jump.

Tonight sub varsity prelims begin as well as varsity field events. The sub-varsity 3200m run will be a final tonight.

Complete District 20-5A Meet Schedule

Ken Hall Stadium - Hightower High School
Monday, April 11, 2005
Day 1
3:30pm Freshmen Boys High Jump
4:00pm
Field Events
High Jump: JV Girls (green pit)/JV Boys (blue pit)
Long Jump: Freshmen Boys followed by JV Boys
Triple Jump: JV Girls followed by Freshmen Boys
Shot Put: JV Girls followed by JV Boys
Discus: JV Boys followed by JV Girls
Pole Vault: JV Boys followed by JV Girls

4:00pm
Running Events (Varsity Girls will befollowed by Varsity Boys)
100mH Varsity Girls
110mH Varsity Boys
100m Dash
4x200m Relay
400m
300mH
200m
3200m Final

Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Day 2
4:00pm
Field Events
High Jump: Varsity Girls (green pit)/Varsity Boys (blue pit)
Long Jump: Varsity Boys followed by Varsity Girls
Triple Jump: Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Boys
Shot Put: Freshmen Boys
Discus: Freshmen Boys
Pole Vault: Freshmen Boys

4:00pm
Running Events (Sub-Varsity Preliminary Rounds)
4x100m Relay JV Boys
800m Freshmen Boys followed by JV Boys
1oomH JV Girls
110mH Freshmen Girls followed by JV Boys
100m Freshmen Boys/JV Girls/JV Boys
4x200m Relay JV Girls followed by JV Boys
400m Freshmen Boys/JV Girls/JV Boys
300mH Freshmen Boys/JV Girls/JV Boys
200m Freshmen Boys/JV Girls/JV Boys
4x400m Relay JV Boys
3200m Freshmen Boys/JV Girls/JV Boys (Final)

Thursday, April 14, 2005
Day 3
Field Events
3:30pm
Long Jump: JV Girls
Triple Jump: JV Boys
4:00pm
Discus: Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Boys
Shot Put: Varsity Boys followed by Varsity Girls
Pole Vault: Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Boys

Running Events (Finals - order will be Freshmen Boys, JV Girls, JV Boys, Varsity Girls, Varsity Boys)
5:00pm
4x100m Relay
800m
100m Hurdles
110m Hurdles
100m
4x200m Relay
400m
300m Hurdles
200m
1600m
4x400m Relay

District 20-5A Meet Schedule

Championship season gets underway today! Varsity running event prelims will begin today at 4:00pm. Junior Varsity field events will also be finals today. Tomorrow the varsity field events will be finals and the sub varsity will compete in running events. All running events finals will take place on Thursday beginning at 3:30pm.

The Varsity 3200m will be a final tonight! The elimination round begins. For the first time ever, the top three will advance to the regional meet this year instead of only two.

Here is today's meet schedule:

3:30pm Freshmen Boys High Jump
4:00pm Field Events for sub-varsity (ALL FINALS)
4:00pm Running Events Preliminary Rounds (VARSITY)

ORDER OF EVENTS
100m Hurdles
110m Hurdles
100m Dash
4x200m Relay
400m Run
300m Hurdles
200m Dash
3200m Run (FINAL)