The Hawley Bearcats Varsity boys track and field team traveled to Merkel on Thursday, April 12, 2007 to defend their district title. The team overpowered and steamrolled over their district foes compiling 200 points in their effort and became back-to-back District Champions. Stanton, their closest opponent, pulled out a valiant effort but only had 122 points.
Twelve Bearcats competing in fourteen events will be traveling to the Regional Meet on April 27 and 28, 2007 held at Abilene Christian University. All five seniors on the track team qualified for the regional track meet. Corbin Coonrod, a senior and the Bearcats only first place finish in the field events, will be competing in the discus. Brendon Bounds, a senior who is making his third appearance at the regional meet, qualified in the long jump, 800 meter run, 1600 meter run and is the last leg on the 1600 meter relay which qualified. Seth Lockwood, another outstanding senior, qualified in the pole vault, 400-meter run and is the second leg of the 1600-meter relay. Billy Penney, also a senior, qualified in the 400 meter relay and the 800 meter relay. Last but not least to be mentioned of the highly-talented and hard-working group of seniors is Jeremy Gwinn who will be making the trip to regionals in the 200, 400-meter relay and 800 meter relay.
Chad Taillon qualified in the discus and shot put. Seth Manly will compete in the pole vault, 110 high hurdles and 300-meter hurdles. Matt Penney qualified in both sets of hurdles (110 and 300). Josh Harris will be competing in the triple jump, 400-meter relay, 800 meter relay and 1600 meter relay. Rodney Rud will be making the trip to run on the 400-meter relay, 1600-meter relay and will be running the 400-meter run. Alex Smith will be competing as the first leg of the 800-meter relay.
The head coach of the Hawley Bearcats is Terry Spray. Assistant coaches are Aaron Switzer, Chris Fambro and Buddy Hardin. Results are:
3200 meter run: Bobby Schaefer, 4th, 1:26.60400-meter relay: (Rud, Gwinn, Harris, Penney), 2nd, 45.20800 meter run: Brendon Bounds, 1st, 1:58.04110 hurdles: Matthew Penney, 1st, 15.28 Seth Manly, 3rd, 16.30 Kyle Sellers, 5th, 16.51100 meter dash: Billy Penney, 4th, 11.64 Alex Smith, 5th, 11.73800 meter relay: (Smith, Harris, Gwinn, B.Penney), 2nd, 1:35.08400-meter dash: Rud, 1st, 53.58 Lockwood, 2nd, 53.92300-meter hurdles: Manly, 2nd, 42.83 M. Penney, 3rd, 43.73 Sellers, 6th, 44.82200-meter dash: Jeremy Gwinn, 3rd, 23.341600 meter run: Bounds, 1st, 4:43.54, Schaefer, 4th, 5:07.861600 meter relay: (Harris, Lockwood, Rud, Bounds) 1st, 3:30.95Discus: Coonrod, 1st, 137’07” Taillon, 2nd, 131’06”High jump: Sellers, 5th, 5’04Long jump: Bounds, 3rd, 20’02” Harris, 4th tie, 19’04.25”Shot put: Taillon, 3rd, 41’09” Gwinn, 5th, 40’10.75”Triple jump: Harris, 3rd, 41’05.50” M. Penney, 6th, 37’09.25”Pole vault: Lockwood, 2nd, 11’ Manly, 3rd, 10’6”
Team results:
Hawley: 200 pointsStanton: 122 Stamford: 72Merkel: 72Anson: 54Coahoma: 45Haskell: 38Colorado City: 15
Hawley JV Boys results:
110 hurdles, Landon Davis, 6th, 18.82100 meter dash, Dustin Griffin, 2nd, 11.83800 meter relay, 3rd, 1:45.25200 meter dash, Colin Penton, 6th, 25.94Discus: Chris Hardesty, 2nd, 102’03” Kirk Bristow, 4th, 99’ Matt Martinez, 6th, 96’05High jump: 5th place tie, Landon Davis and Raymond Bullard 4’10”Triple jump: Dustin Griffin, 3rd, 36’09.75”
