The Boys Varsity Track & Field team competed at the Oak Ridge invitational on Saturday, February 21. Over all the team placed third of 11 teams.

Top performances were from Xavian Marks and Tylen Guidry in the long jump. Both Xavian Marks’ leap of 23 ft ranks him 4th in the country and Tylens Guidry’s jump of 22ft 10in ranks him 5th in the country. Also, Xavian Marks broke the school record in the long jump.

In the discus, Trevion Wyche placed 2nd with a new school record of 156ft 10.75in. Michael Bottego placed 4th in the shot put with a throw of 45ft 4in. In the triple jump LeRoy Franklin placed 3rd with a leap of 42ft 4.25in.

In the high jump Kerin Martin finisheg 4th with a personal best of 6’ft.

The sprint medley placed 3rd with a time of 3:40. Members of that team were: Byron Clark, Fred Carr, Ben Willis and Jacob Trisch. The distance medley also placed 3rd with a time of 11:13.30. The members consisted of Wilson Hinz, Cory Gorman, Jacob Nava and Hunter Breeze.

The Boys 4×100 meter placed 6th over all with a time of 43.75. Members were Marcellas Baker, Joseph Rios, Tylen Guidry and Jarin McVea. The 4×200 meter relay team place 1st with a team of 1:29.14. Members were Fred Carr, Byron Clark, Jarin McVea and Xavian Marks. In the 200 Xavian Marks placed 3rd with a time of 22.10. A personal best for Xavian. The Boys 4×400 meter Relay placed 3rd with a season best time of 3:20.78. Members were Farr Carr, Cory Gorman, Ben Willis and Xavian Marks.

In the 2 mile race Alec Waldschmidt won with a time of 9:45 a great performance by Alec. The Boys Varsity track team compete this Friday at the LCISD relays at Traylor Stadium. Come support our Longhorns as they continue to get better each week.