Boys Track & Field are District 28-4A Champions. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Caimen McDonough scored 45 points in winning every event he entered as Canyon Lake would un-throne the King (Fredericksburg) with a dramatic 4×400 relay win over the Billies catapulting the Hawks to their first District Championship for Track & Field.
Way to Go Hawks!!
McDonough has totaled 418 All-Time points during his track career and finds himself 44 points behind Sprinter Jordan Anderson for 1st place. McDonough missed scoring the most points in a District Track Meet by 3 points as Anderson scored 48 points in the 2012 District Meet after winning 4 events and finishing 2nd in the Long Jump that year.
Winning all of his events entered was a huge part of CL’s total team effort in pulling off this upset win over a perennial track team that is not used to finishing 2nd in this sport.
Canyon Lake versus Fredericksburg has always seen the Hawks looking up to the Billies during this time of the year in Track. Below are the points and finishes every year these two schools have been in the same district. There were just 2 years FHS did not share the same district for Track & Field.
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017 2018
Freddie 180 1st 231 1st 201 1st 168 1st 180 1st 144 1st 188 1st 165 2nd
CL Hawks 9 7th 90 4th 150 2nd 127 2nd 37 6th 81 5th 130 3rd 168 1st
The Track Throne has a new King sitting on that chair with this group of athletes in taking over, for this year, a place that had been reserved for the Billies every season since these two schools have shared the same district.
Canyon Lake moved two JV Boys up to Varsity for this Meet and those two, moved up students, scored in the 800 meter run and 300 meter hurdle events.
Logan Cruz is having fun with a grimace going over a hurdle. (photo Karen Holmes)
Seth Titzman ran the 800 race and finished 4th qualifying him for an Area Meet. Titzman had accumulated, 89 points for his Junior Varsity team this season and would see his 4 points being enough to help with a District 28-4A Championship.
How about Bryce Vincent, who was running in an event that had McDonough and Nik Rivera competing. So, Vincent would know that at least 2 of those top 6 finishing athletes would be CL teammates and leaving just 4 other spots to garner points for The Lake.
No problem, as Vincent finished with a 6th place finish scoring 1 point with a 42.20 time that was more than a second better than any race this season.
Senior Jacob Foster teamed up with Joseph Crisp in the Discus with a 1st & 2nd place scoring 18 points. Foster’s throw was over 12 feet further than his throw at his first meet of the season.
So many contributors for this win, when the 4×400 meter relay team, would take the stage next needing 2 points to catch the Billies for first. It was easy to see what would be needed in this final event for a District Title.
“I knew we could run a good time,” Head Coach Troy Moses quipped. “We had run a 3:27 earlier this year and I knew we could get them (Fredericksburg).”
Finishing the job!!
Coach Moses continued, “We had pulled Landry (Moore) out of the 200 because we wanted to be sure he would be fresh for the mile relay….anytime you can run your first leg of this relay in a, .51 second split, then you will have a good race.”
On what he was thinking during that last leg when McDonough was trying to hold off the Billies during that final stretch, “We have been coaching Caimen for 4 years and I knew as soon as he got that baton in his hands that he was not going to let it go.”
So, the final event had added Moore to the foursome after taking Lester Boehm out to run another event to maximize points. A lot going on behind the scenes for what would be one of the most exciting nights for Canyon Lake as they now have 3 District Championships this year something not even being remotely thought about in previous years for the Hawk Sports.
“It was a good run and I was really nervous,” Jesse Sarmiento said as he was the 3rd leg of the relay. “We had been working hard all season.”
Seeing each Hawk get the baton was nerve racking for the Hawk Nation too as this race was between just the two schools that were fighting for a first place finish.
Proud of the Hawks!!
“I was thinking my team has got to do it,” Chance Martelli said as he had finished the 2nd leg of The Race. “There is a new king in town and we do not want to stop here.”
It took everything Canyon Lake had to take this Championship which gives credit for a school that has produced for countless years in the Track world in Fredericksburg.
Go Hawks!!
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TEAM STANDINGS
Varsity Junior Varsity
CL Hawks 168 Fredericksburg 272
Fredericksburg 165 CL Hawks 148
Bandera 117 Bandera 94
Boerne 93 Boerne 51
Hondo 70 Hondo 38
Varsity High Point Hawks Junior Varsity
Caimen McDonough 45 Nash Young 26
Jacob Foster 18 Arthur Cardosa 20
Lester Boehm 17 Caleb Almond 14
Nik Rivera 12 Paul Martinez 13
Landry Moore 11 Ryan Rivali 11
Chance Martelli 9 Josh Almond 10
Matt Bell 8 Peter Schultz 10
Joseph Crisp 8 Shawn Pendleton 8
Jesse Sarmiento 6 Jesse Horner 8
Conner Rose 6 Colton Eilers 8
Greyson Lee 6 Andrew Kullberg 5
Ross Snowden 6 Logan Cruz 4
Will Hillenbrand 6 Trey Lucero 4
Seth Titzman 4 Daniel O’Dell 2
Joseph Ruiz 3 Jacob Christiansen 1
Tristan Chacon 3 Caden McLaughlin 1
Patrick McAliffe 2 Derek Wiatrek 1
Bryce Vincent 1
AREA QUALFIERS
Lester Boehm 100 meter 200 meter 4x200 relay
Chance Martelli 400 meter 4x400 relay
Matt Bell 800 meter
Seth Titzman 800 meter
Nik Rivera 110 m hurd 300 meter hurdle
Caimen McDonough 110m hurd 300m hurd 4x400 relay high jump triple jump
Jacob Foster shot put discus
Ross Snowden shot put
Will Hillenbrand pole vault
Joseph Crisp discus
Jesse Sarmiento 4x400 relay
Landry Moore 4x200 relay 4x400 relay
Conner Rose 4x100 relay 4x200 relay
Joseph Ruiz 4x100 relay
Greyson Lee 4x100 relay 4x200 relay
Tristan Chacon 4x100 relay
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DISTRICT 28-4A TRACK RESULTS
100 meter
Lester Boehm 11.23 2nd Arthur Cardosa 11.58 1st
Caleb Almond 11.84 4th
200 meter
Lester Boehm 22.61 3rd Arthur Cardosa 23.49 1st
Ryan Rivali 24.53 5th
400 meter
Chance Martelli 52.70 4th Jesse Horner 56.90 4th
Jesse Sarmiento 53.21 6th
800 meter
Matt Bell 2:09.90 2nd Jacob Christiansen 2:17.82 6th
Seth Titzman 2:10.19 4th
Patrick McAliffe 2:12.23 5th
1600 meter
Peter Schultz 5:13.31 3rd
3200 meter
Peter Schultz 11:44.70 4th
Caden McLaughlin 12:22.01 6th
110 meter hurdles
Caimen McDonough 15.47 1st Nash Young 16.67 1st
Nik Rivera 16.52 4th Logan Cruz 17.55 4th
300 meter hurdles
Caimen McDonough 39.52 1st Nash Young 42.63 1st
Nik Rivera 41.24 2nd Derek Wiatrek 47.35 6th
Bryce Vincent 42.20 6th
4x100 meter relay 44.45 3rd 4x100 meter relay 46.23 1st
Conner Rose Greyson Lee Paul Martinez Ryan Rivali
Tristan Chacon Joseph Ruiz Andrew Kullberg Caleb Almond
4x200 meter relay 1:30.91 3rd 4x200 meter relay 1:37.48 2nd
Landry Moore Greyson Lee Paul Martinez Ryan Rivali
Conner Rose Lester Boehm Colton Eilers Caleb Almond
4x400 meter relay 3:26.50 1st 4x400 meter relay 3:49.12 2nd
Landry Moore Chance Martelli Paul Martinez Jesse Horner
Jesse Sarmiento Caimen McDonough Trey Lucero Colton Eilers
shot put
Jacob Foster 44-07.25 2nd Josh Almond 40-00.25 1st
Ross Snowden 42-06.75 3rd
discus
Jacob Foster 144-08 1st Shawn Pendleton 109-09 2nd
Joseph Crisp 136-04 2nd Daniel O’Dell 101-10 5th
high jump
Caimen McDonough 6-04 1st Nash Young 5-04 3rd
pole vault
Will Hillenbrand 12-06 3rd
triple jump
Caimen McDonough 42-08.00 1st Caleb Almond 36-08.75 6th
