CL Boys Track Working for District Meet after a 4th Place in Wimberley
Tristan Chacon passing the baton as Hawks finish 4th in Texan’s Relays. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity finished 2nd while the Varsity pulled in a 4th place finish in last week’s Texan Relays in Wimberley.
Let’s Go Fast Hawks!!
On the Junior Varsity side, there were 9 that finished with double digit scoring with Jeremy Greene leading the pack scoring 24 points for the Hawks.
Greene had his score coming in 4 events with the majority coming in the hurdle races. Logan Cruz was next with 16 that were from both hurdle events too.
Cruz finished 2nd in both hurdle events as he continues to improve in hopes of continuing the Hawks dominance in this event through the past few years in district, with 30 points coming from those two races in Wimberley.
“One of my goals is to cut down some more time,” Cruz said while eyeing the next hurdle. “I am just trying to get better.”
“And he (Cruz) is getting better at it,” Nic Rivera said. “We are running together each week and I can see his improvement.”
The number 40 is a good sign for the triple jump and shot put categories and Connor Windham hit that marker with his shot-put throw in finishing first. That same number is a good sign for the triple jump as Troy Eyster was only one foot away in reaching that goal in finishing first for the Hawks.
Daniel Neel reached the top of the heap in the high jump for the Junior Varsity with a jump of 5-08 and needing that next barrier to have a chance for scoring points in Varsity.
There were several other marks from this JV squad with Stephen Sharp in the sprints and Jesse Horner looking to break into the exclusive Varsity 4×400 relay and open events as he too is climbing closer to some lofty marks for the Hawks.
North Shore UMC says Way to Go Hawks!!
Horner has amassed 34 points for CL Meets this season going into next week Meet in Billie Land.
Eleven of the JV scorers used multiple events to get their totals as the 4×400 and 4×200 relays both finished 2nd with more improving times.
For the Varsity, their 4×400 finished on top in this meet in getting right at 2 seconds needed to break the 3:30 time that is a must when this event goes up the competition ladder.
Chance Martelli finished with points in the open and mile relay events to finish in double digit scoring with 11 points.
Caleb Almond finished with 11 points as his 100 meter dash was a stark improvement from his earlier races as his 11.26 time put him in some exclusive company as the 4th fastest time in Hawk History.
TOP TEN 100 METER TIMES Jordan Anderson 10.81 2012 Lester Boehm 10.95 2018 Austin Christman 11.19 2010 Caleb Almond 11.26 2019 Kenneth Jowers 11.31 2017 Heath McDonough 11.36 2016 Connor Rose 11.40 2017 Casey Coffee 11.41 2012 Landry Moore 11.49 2016 Paul Martinez 11.50 2018 Blake Walker 11.50 2014
Almond has had an explosive jump just this year in hopes that he can continue to improve as the season draws near and the district get together that will be hosted by Canyon Lake this year.
Caleb Almond looks to make new marks in the sprints.
“I came in (to the track) during the (Spring) break and got with Coach Means and Greene to see what I could do to improve my times,” Almond said. “I wanted to be more explosive with my starts.”
Almond continued, “I have adapted my Powerlifting with the same type of work-outs.” On what he is feeling as his times have improved .2 of a second in the past two weeks, “I was surprised and I feel like I have more energy with the help of my coaches and I feel I am getting in a run zone.”
Anything that can improve is a must for an event that tenth’s of a second mean finishing in the top 3 or not at all.
Nic Rivera is another Hawk that has improved this year in both hurdle runs and has continued CL’s high ranking after a good run with Caimen McDonough who is now running for Texas Lutheran.
Rivera does not like to lose which might have him going far in the hurdle events.
“I was losing to the kid from Navarro and he was staying the same as me when we cleared a hurdle,” Rivera said in recounting his recent 300 meter hurdle event. “Then a Wimberley runner passed me and I don’t know how, but I just kicked into another gear and I wasn’t going to lose again.”
In losing again, Rivera was talking about his earlier race in the 110 meter hurdle race that had a finish in 3rd place.
“By district I want to be running a sub 15 second in the 110 meter hurdle race,” Rivera said with resolve. “I want to break the 40 second in the 300 (hurdle race).”
That will be some nifty company if that can be accomplished as those times can have an athlete usually getting ready for State.
Canyon Lake’s top 5 scorers so far this season are the following athletes with the Fredericksburg Meet next week that will be followed by CL’s, hosting the District 28-4A Meet, during the middle part of April.
TOP 5 Scorers this Season Nic Rivera 71 Cody Kline 44 Chance Martelli 35 Caleb Almond 34 Will Hillenbrand 26
Canyon Lake will be honing their skills for a few more weeks as this track season has more in store for the Hawk Nation faithful.
Go Fast Hawks!!!
JV Team Points TEXAN RELAYS Varsity Points Wimberley Blue 192 Wimberley Blue 157 CL Hawks 150 La Vernia 107 La Vernia 90 Smithville 107 Smithville 69 CL Hawks 90 Navarro 59 Navarro 90 Austin Champions 38 Blanco 36 Wimberley Red 13 Austin Champions 22 Blanco 10 Castle Hills Baptist 10 NB Christian 2 Wimberley Red 1 Castle Hills Baptist 0 IDEA Monterrey Park 0 IDEA Monterrey Park 0 NB Christian 0 Junior Varsity Individual Points Scored Varsity Jeremy Greene 24 Nic Rivera 16 Logan Cruz 16 Cody Kline 14 Colton Eilers 14 Caleb Almond 11 Troy Eyster 14 Chance Martelli 11 Daniel Neel 14 Will Hillenbrand 10 Stephen Sharp 12 Tristan Chacon 6 Jesse Horner 12 Greyson Lee 5 Peyton McMullen 10 Bryce Vincent 5 Connor Windham 10 Connor Rose 5 Brian Clark 5 Matt Bell 4 Cayden Iles 4 Luke Mendez 2 Caleb Price 4 Patrick McAuliffe 1 Dominick Vaillant 3 Derek Wiatrek 3 Matthew Soza 2 Sean Pendleton 1 Varsity Junior Varsity 100 meters Caleb Almond 11.26 3rd Stephen Sharp 11.70 3rd 200 meters Dominick Vaillant 25.37 6th 400 meters Chance Martelli 51.78 3rd Jesse Horner 55.34 2nd 800 meters Matt Bell 2:08.89 4th Brian Clark 2:23.95 6th Pat McAuliffe 2:13.77 6th 3200 meter run 1600 meter run Luke Mendez 11:08.36 5th Caleb Price 5:31.54 4th Brian Clark 5:33.49 5th 110 meter hurdles Nic Rivera 15.57 3rd Logan Cruz 16.82 2nd Jeremy Greene 17.46 3rd 300 meter hurdles Nic Rivera 40.12 1st Logan Cruz 45.85 2nd Jeremy Greene 46.01 3rd Derek Wiatrek 47.70 5th long jump Tristan Chacon 19-09.50 6th Troy Eyster 17-10.00 4th shot put Connor Windham 40-10.50 1st discus Sean Pendleton 97-08.00 6th triple jump Troy Eyster 38-11.50 1st Colton Eilers 37-05.50 3rd Derek Wiatrek 35-05.00 6th high jump Cody Kline 5-10.00 4th Daniel Neel 5-08.00 1st Jeremy Greene 5-06.00 2nd Peyton McMullen 5-04.00 3rd pole vault Will Hillenbrand 13-00.00 1st 4x100 relay 44.47 4th 4x100 relay 47.14 4th Connor Rose Caleb Almond Dominick Vaillant Peyton McMullen Greyson Lee Cody Kline Matthew Soza Stephen Sharp 4x200 relay 1:32.78 3rd 4x200 relay 1:38.46 2nd Connor Rose Caleb Almond Colton Eilers Stephen Sharp Greyson Lee Cody Kline Daniel Neel Peyton McMullen 4x400 relay 3:31.97 1st 4x400 relay 3:47.81 2nd Bryce Vincent Chance Martelli Colton Eilers Jesse Horner Cody Kline Tristan Chacon Cayden Iles Jeremy Greene
