Hawk Tracksters in Action Thursday at Texans Relays
Ayren Lighfoot taking the 400 meter dash in stride. Go Fast Hawks!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)
Canyon Lake’s Boys and Girls last meet at Lago Vista was filled with several schools that gave this group of athletes some new faces in their events to see where they stand.
VIKING RELAYS VARSITY GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY Austin Vandergrift 127 Austin Vandergrift 175 CL Hawks 124 RR McNeil 103 Hendrickson 124 Jarrell 97 RR McNeil 77 CL Hawks 57 Lago Vista 64 Hendrickson 56 Jarrell 51 Lago Vista 42 Brentwood Academy 18 Aus School for Deaf 36 Rockport Fulton 16 Austin Royal 33 Austin Veritas 9 Leander Founders 13 Tilden McMullen 8 Brentwood Academy 6 Varsity BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY Hendrickson 132 Austin Vandergrift 169 Austin Vandergrift 128 RR McNeil 113 Lago Vista 117 Hendrickson 89 RR McNeil 116 Jarrell 56 Jarrell 43 Lago Vista 51 CL Hawks 34 CL Hawks 50 Brentwood Academy 16 Aus School for Deaf 43 Austin Champions 14 Leander Founders 33 Austin Hill Country 12 Austin Royal 12 Austin Royal 5
The Lake’s Boys had a couple of break out performances after seeing Cayden Toon’s 45-8.5 Shot Put which was 3rd best at this Viking Relays and for CL’s All-Time Top 10 List Toon now stands as the 4th best.
Top 5 Shot Put Performances *Some pretty good Lineman on this list.
1) Robert Woods 47-03.50 2016
2) Connor Windham 46-07.00 2022
3) Jaaz McNair 45-09.00 2012
4) Cayden Toon 45-08.50 2025
5) Jacob Foster 45-07.50 2018
Jacob Price’s Triple Jump result has put this athlete with a Hawk 5th best All-Time.
1) Caiden McDonough 43-04.00 2018
2) Brandon Belcher 42-00.75 2013
3) Evan Schuller 41-08.00 2015
4) Christian Dittman 41-02.25 2014
5) Jacob Price 41-01.00 2025
Be Authentic with your Hawk Gear & LET’s GO LAKE!
Anthony Hockman and Landon Brown competing on the Junior Varsity places in a tie for 9th place for the High Jump hitting 5-10.00.
One more Hawk has reach Top Ten status when Tristan Alexander stands in 6th place with a 100 meter dash mark of 11.18 this season.
For the Hawk Ladies who have won two meets this year finished 2nd in the Viking Relays a scant 4 points from taking another 1st Place finish.
To take that one step further would be to ask Head Girls Track Coach Sami Theurer to enter Ayren Lightfoot in the 400 meter dash and that would have put The Lake in first place.
That’s why the rest of this article is a quick interview with Coach Theurer on those type of questions.
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Let’s GO LAKE!
The ReSporter: Some athletes were scheduled to compete and did not….what goes into those type of decisions?
Coach Theurer: “We are a little thin this year and a lot of our girls are doing multiple events or just coming from another sport/game. We are trying to make sure they are healthy for district so that we compete at our highest level.”
The ReSporter: You had the team competing against some different faces…How does that help in their development?
Coach Theurer: “I have made it a priority this season to see some different schools and let our girls compete against a variety of runners. We don’t need to run against the same runners every week.”
The ReSporter: Hannah Hammer improved her PR for the 1600 by right at 8-9 seconds and for those younger ladies you had Macie Paredez PR by 12-13 seconds in that same event.
Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!
Coach Theurer: “Both of these young ladies are working hard and pushing themselves at every practice and meet. They are super excited to show up at district.”
The ReSporter: Overall thoughts?
Coach Theurer: “Just trying to do our best to get ready to compete at our “tough” district meet. We have a team of girls that care and want to do well. I know that they are putting in the work to win.”
The ReSporter: How do you approach this open week?
Coach Theurer: “Take this week as an opportunity to focus on our physical and mental state in our running game. Use this week to recover, work and power up. Healthy, hydrated and strong has to be our long game if we want to get out of district. Let’s Go HAWKS!!!!“
