The Canyon Lake Track hosted eight teams Thursday as the weather and

Canyon Lake Tracksters taking it easy

competition lead to a great day on the cinders.

Canyon and Dripping Springs were the largest schools competing as Brownwood, Wimberley, Somerset, Blanco, San Antonio Cole and your Hawks rounded out the field.

Canyon Lake Varsity Boys finished third behind Canyon and Dripping Springs.

The Hawks set several team records for the meet.

Tony Hocutt added to his previous best with a Discus toss of 129 feet and two inches.
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The ReSporter: “You have some returning and transfer athletes this season, what are your

Head Track Coach Terri Sanders

expectations as the season looms this coming Friday?”

Terri Sanders: “Senior Grady Achilles will be returning to compete for his 100m and 200m state championship titles.  He is also a part of a powerful 4×1 relay consisting of Kevin Knapick, Austin Wilkinson and Connor Simmons.  This should be a great relay team! Austin Wilkinson transferred in and is a powerful runner competing in the 4×1, 4×2, 200m and long jump. Kevin Knapick will once again be competing in 4×1, 4×2, 400m and shot and disc. We have a team of 35 track team members who practice hard and I expect very positive results.”

The ReSporter: “What disadvantages do you have with other programs that actually have a track instead of grass and dirt?”

Terri Sanders: “Our disadvantage in not having a track is especially difficult for our relay teams.  It is hard to practice hand offs on grass and expect it to be the same on a track with cleats.  All our other events we make work without the track and it sometimes proves to our advantage in that as we practice on uneven terrain, it makes running on a track seem so much easier!”

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The Canyon Lake Girls Varsity Track started the season with some personal and

Marisa Ellis Reaching New Heights

team records as the 2012 campaign commenced at Blanco last Thursday.

When asked if she was encouraged by the opening of the season, Head Track Coach Lacey Lambert exclaimed, “Yes…I am. Our girls times are where we need to be. We have a big freshman group and they are going to help us in the relays.”

Another athlete that should help is Marisa Ellis as the Volleyball/Basketball/Track Athlete continues to add to an impressive first year after moving in from Midlothian last Summer.

Ellis placed first in the High Jump with a jump of 5’2” and a Triple Jump of 34’2.5”, which turned out to be a Canyon Lake record, but not a personal best for this Junior.

“I want to beat my best Triple Jump of 36’11.5” and go to the Regional,” Ellis started. “I was rushing between the high jump and triple jump and doing that did not allow me to set my timing for the two events.”
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Canyon Lake started track season on a strong note last Thursday in Blanco.

The Varsity Boys scored 153 points beating second place Comfort by 36 points.

Several athletes had good performances with a few Canyon Lake All-Time Records set.

Jordan Anderson set the bar pretty high as he totaled 50 points for the Hawks winning all five events entered.

Anderson set a new 400 meter run record winning with a 51.89 run. The race was .60 of a second better than Mikk Griffin who graduated last season and is now running for Angelo State University.

Anderson also set a new all time best on the long jump when he bolted for 20’10.75”, he jumped over Eric Nelson’s record by four inches. Anderson’s previous best was 20’1”, giving you an idea of this athlete chances of making some noise this season.

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Jordan Anderson beating the Field in Wimberley last Season

Track and Field is one Sport that has given Canyon Lake a chance to lap many of our District 26-3A schools.

A look below you will find one part of the the team that has put other teams on notice. If the time is underlined, then that means it was good enough to win District.

Notice how 2011 races by our JV squad is close to beating our Varsity the first year of competition.

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Bracken Christian Warriors have performed well throughout the history of the school and this year will be similar as the fall season goes into the final stages.

Cross Country is the purest of Sports. The team does not have to wear helmets and don’t use any special type of balls.

A Cross Country team in its essence is about your endurance with the only piece of equipment needed is shoes.

This year’s team will be gearing up for State in a few weeks.
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The Canyon Lake Hawks in just their third year of competition won all three relay races this past season in the District Track and Field Meet. That feat is even more remarkable based on the fact the Hawks had only one Senior performing.

In the 4×400 relay the Hawks finished with 3:30.81 time which was a full two seconds better than Fredericksburg. The Texans were next, five seconds slower than Canyon Lake. This Relay was the only one where the Hawks had a Senior running. The two alternates were sophomores.
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This will be the last Boy’s Track and Field, Coaches Corner for this season. The ReSporter will be having many articles throughout the Summer Months priming the Football and Volleyball pump.

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ReSporter: Overall, what is your thinking on the season and how the team performed?

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Jessica Cunningham will be celebrating her birthday this coming Friday the 13th in Austin, as she attempts to acquire the ultimate gift at the State Track Meet.

This will be Cunningham’s second trip to Austin, the first trip she was a Sophomore at Smithson Valley and her eighth place finish was a great skin to have on the wall, but the Senior for Canyon Lake now has a higher goal. (more…)

The Girls and Boys track team are preparing for the Regions that will be run the first of May. The following numbers will give you an idea of where the Team was two years ago and where they are now.

The Hawks keep getting closer to the bell cow of the District 26-3A, Fredericksburg. Canyon Lake is now in its second year of having Seniors and the numbers keep improving. (more…)