1986-1987 BOYS Finished 5th at District. Larry Lathan finished first at District, second at Regionals and 6th at State in the High jump at 6’08”. GIRLS Finished 3rd in District. 4×400 Relay team of Tammy Carr, Lisa Muckleroy, Jonel Jones, Kelli Little. And Robin Jones Advanced in the High Jump.
1987-1988 Boys Finished District Champions. This was the first District Title in 16 years. Larry Lathan Scored in four events for 38 points. The Necks scored 124 points. Pole Vaulter Kevin York went on the the Regional Meet with Discus thrower Richard Baskin and 3200 runner Scott McDowell. GIRLS Finished 4th at District. Regional Qualifiers were, Jonel Jones in the 100 meter hurdles and Lisa Jones in the 1600.
1988-1989 Boys Finished 7th at the District meet. Chad Armstrong was third at the Regional Meet in the Pole Vault. GIRLS Finished 4th in District. Freshman Kristie Langley advanced to Regionals in the 3200 and the 1600.
1990-1991 BOYS Finished 6th in District. The 4×400 Relay Advanced to Regionals (Jim Bob Godwin, Jason Jackson, Paul Weaver, Bernasko Reddic) 3:27.65. And Gavin Copeland was in Commerce in the High Jump. Both finished second at Regionals and advanced to Austin. Copeland Finished 4th at the State Meet. GIRLS Finished 4th at District. Kristie Langley was District Champion in the 3200 and second in the 1600 at District. Jennifer Gibson Finished 1st in both the shot and the discus at District. Tonya Moseley advanced to Regionals in the 200. Langley placed 6th at State.
1991-1992 BOYS Finished 4th in District. 800 meter runner Jim Bob Godwin advanced to Regionals along with Alvin Wingo in the Pole Vault and The 4×400 Relay team. GIRLS Finished 4th in District. Kristy Langley advanced in the 3200 and 1600, Shelia Griffith Went to Regionals in the 100, and the 4×100 Relay team.
1993-1994 New Coach Richard Burks only had one event winner at his first district meet. Joey Free was district champion, regional runner-up and placed 6th at the state meet with a distance of 163’02”. That same season Girls Coach Tracy Blankenship won all three relays with a quartet of Crystal Toole, Sheila Griffith, Wendy Wilburn, and Joanna Brinkoetter. They went on to win the regional meet in the 800 relay and a silver medal at the state meet.
1994-1995 Wendy Wilburn won gold at District, Silver at Regionals�to get to�the state meet this year,�and finished sixth in Austin @ 12.6.
1996-1997 Kyle Spencer won the discus and Casey Eastman revived the dominance that White Oak has had in the vault with a district championship.
1997-1998 Senior Adam Spenser won the 300 hurdles in a time of 39.9.
2000-2001 The White Oak track program had new life in 2001. They had 3�individual event champions Phillip Recio in the discus, Tyson Scott in the pole vault and Adam Bodovsky in the high jump. White Oak won the only 2 invitational meets since before 1994, and finished as the district runner-up in district.
2001-2002 DISTRICT CO-CHAMPIONS�Tim Bell won the pole vault, Adam Bodovsky won gold in the high jump and broke the school record in the event with a jump of 6’08 1/4 “.Matt Lemma was the first place finisher in the 800 at district. The Roughnecks�won a Co District Championship with Lindale who dropped down from AAAA.
2002-2003�DISTRICT CHAMPIONS�Tim Bell, on pole vault,�won first with a 14’06” vault. Discus thrower Tyler Simmons took first with a 151’08” throw. High jumper Scott Copeland became district champiom�. Tim Bell, recieved another first place title in the 110 hurdles. Matt Lemma took� home a gold medal for the 800 meter run. Other regional Qualifiers were Matt Baker on pole vault, Jamie Salter, David Henry, Clay Copeland, and Corey Cowart in the 800 relay. Jerod Haygood, Tim Bell, Eric Scott and De Coleman qualified for regionals in the 1600 relay. Matt Lemma, and De Coleman in the 800, Jerod Haygood and Tim Bell in the 110 hurdles, And lastly, Tim Bell again in the 300 hurdles and later qualified for state in pole vault. He advanced to the regional level in five different events.
2003-2004 Matt Pitts won first place in pole vault at the district meet. Allen Bodovsky on high jump, and Tyler Simmons in Discus also became District Champions. Regional Qualifiers for the�season were Matt pitts on pole vault, Allen Bodovsky for high jump, De Coleman in the 800 and the 400 meter runs, Ross Kilpatrick on high jump, Trent Cunningham in the 300 hurdles, and�Tyler Simmons in discus. Our Ladynecks had a few idividual district champions also, as Coach Richard Burks took the helm for both the boys and girls programs. Erin Wait won the 300 hurdles and went on to the state meet with a second place finish at regionals. Natalie Jones was district champion in the pole vault. This was the first year that pole vault was an official event for girls. Bre Brittan was an individual champion in the high jump. the 1600 meter relay team of Wait, Jamie Gates, Marcy Roe, and Angelica Howard won gold at district. The Ladys finished second at the district meet and won 2 invitationals that season.
2004-2005 Pole vaulter Jared Tuel was the lone gold medalist for the boys team at the district meet. At the regional meet 2 more Roughnecks qualified to advance to state with Tuel. De Coleman in the 800 and discus thrower Tyler Simmons. Coleman is one of the few in school history to run sub 2:00 in the 800. The Roughnecks won 4 invitational meets in this season and for the first time in many years placed in the top 10 teams in the region at 9th. The Ladynecks were led by Catherine Loden a freshman standout. She won gold in both distance races at district. Loden later finished runner-up at regionals and qualified for state in both events. The other bright spot was Natalie Jones winning the Pole Vault. The Ladyneck team won 1 invitational meet in 05.
2005-2006 Sr. Jared Tuel had a dominating year in the vault. Tuel Finished first in all but one meet. He set meet records at Tommy Atkins Relays, and White Oak’s Meet of Champions. Tuel also set the school record in the event at the Tatum meet clearing 15’09”. All this was done on the way to being District, Regional and State Champion in the event. Sprinter Chris Moody also had a great year being District and Regional Champion in the 400. Moody won Bronze at state. Moody was also the winner in the 100 at district. Sr. Seth Alston was first in the 1600, Kurt lindsey in the 3200 and Seth Cunningham in the 800. The team was runner-up at district and moved into 4th at the regional meet. Sophomore Catherine Loden was one of the best known athletes in East Texas in 06. Catherine won every meet she was in other than the Texas Relays and the Jesuit Invitational. She ran away with the District, and Regional meets, and set the AAA state record in the 3200 with a time of 10:41.4 and of course winning the State title. She also advanced to State in the 1600 running a 4:58.57. .�Natalie Craven�was first at district in the pole vault and the 300 meter hurdles. The Ladynecks won 2 invitationals and finished 9th as a team at regionals.
2006-2007 1600 meter runner Seth Alston, 3200 meter runner Kurt Lindsey, and 300 meter hurdler Corey Coffey were district champions in there events. Although 14 boys qualified for the regional meet none made it to the state meet. Natalie Craven won district in the pole vault and set a school record clearing 11’06” at the regional meet and placing 5th at state. Catherine Loden was first again in the 3200 and 1600 but had to end her season due to injury. Adrian Stephens was first in the 100, Craven won the 300 hurdles again and Kristen Secord won the triple jump. The Ladynecks won 3 invitationals and were runner-up at district.
2007-2008 Senior Catherine Loden was first in the 1600 and 3200. Junior Natalie Craven was first in the pole vault while�sophomores Sydney Hamm and Adrian Stephens won 800 and 100. Craven actually qualified for regionals in 5 events, this had never been done by a Ladyneck trackster. (pole vault, long jump, 200, 4×200, 4×400) Loden was the only girls to win at regionals and advance to state but this was a very successful year for the girls team. They finished second at district and had 22 entries at the regional meet. Roughnecks Corey Coffey and Spencer Lynn were event champions. Coffey in the 300 hurdles and Lynn in both distance races. Lynn went on to the state meet in the 3200.
2008-2009 DISTRICT CHAMPION GIRLS / DISTRICT CHAMPION BOYS For the second time in school history the boys and girls teams won the District Team titles in the same year. This marked the�2nd title for the girls team at all. The girls won 8 of the 17 events. Senior Natalie Craven won the pole vault, and was on the 400 relay and 800 relay. Adrian Stephens qualified in 4 events winning the long jump and 100 and both relays. Sydney Hamm won the 1600 and advanced on the 1600 relay team and in the 800 for her 4 events. Paige Maley won the 3200, and Rachel Carson won the discus. Craven and Hamm went to Austin in the pole vault and the 1600. 26 entries at the regional meet with 13 different girls. This was the most successful season ever for the Lady’s. They won 2 invitational, district by more than 100 points, and Runner-up at Regionals. The boys team also had a good season winning the schools�30th District Title. Spenser Lynn continued his dominance in the 3200 and 1600, while Houston Spakes leaped to a gold medal performance of 6’07” in the high jump. Lynn advanced to state after winning regionals in both events and brought home 2 silver medals. In the 3200 Lynn set a new school record and a new personal record in the 1600 so it was a great weekend. The team also won 2 invitational meets and was the number 5 team in the region. NOTE* Senior Trevor Coppedge returned from a broken neck in a summer accident to qualify for regionals in both hurdle races.
2009-2010 DISTRICT CHAMPION GIRLS, BOYS 4TH, First back to back titles in school history for the girls, scoring 206 points. Senior Adrian Stephens led the team by qualifying for regionals in 4 events, 100, long jump, 400 relay, and 800 relay, Senior Sydney Hamm won the 800, 1600, and qualified for regionals in the 1600 relay. Kristen Nall on the 400 relay. Thrower Rachel Carson was District Champion in the discus. Sophomore Abbey Bybel qualified for regionals in 4 events. Triple Jump, High Jump (district champ), 400, 1600 relay. Avery Christensen district champion in the Triple Jump (school record 36’00”), 200, and qualified in the 400 relay and 800 relay. Junior, Jessica McNew was District Champion in the Pole Vault at 10’00”.� Hannah Childress advanced in the 400 relay and 800 relay. Freshmen Whitney Simmons was runner up and advanced in the discus. Paige Maly advanced in both distance races. Kara Kienzle advanced in both the 400 and 800 relays. Hailee Washburn was district champion in the 400, and advanced in the 1600 relay.Tara Wait was the number 1, 300 hurdler in the district. On the boys side we did well in the field events going 1,2,3 in the pole vault. Josh Spedowski, Zack Stolle, Josh Presson. Ben Adams won the shot and was third in the discus. Sophomore Matt Terrell went 6’02” in the high jump to advance. Jake Moyers set a new school record in the Triple Jump at 42’02.25″ qualifing for regionals. Freshmen Austin Jordan ran sub 5 minutes and qualified to advance in the 1600. The strong tradition of the White Oak vaulters was obvious at this meet. On the boys side we went into the meet with 3 of the top 5 performances. And McNew was the number 1 seed coming into the meet.
At the Regional meet the boys finished 12th overall. The boy pole vaulters placed 3rd,4th, 5th with Spedowski being the alternate for the state meet. Ben Adams was sitting in the 2nd position to advance to the state meet in the discus until the last 2 throws of the meet he was bumped out to 4th place. On the girls side of things it was a bit more exciting. They totlaed 46 points and finished 4th at the Regional meet in Whitehouse. Abbey Bybel was 4th in the high jump as a sophomore. Junior Hailee Washburn placed 6th in the 400. Junior Jessica McNew narrowly missed a trip to Austin with a 3rd place finish in the vault. Sr. Adrian Stephens placed 6th in the 100 and qualified for the state meet in the long jump as regional champion. Sophomore Avery Christensen was the 1st place finisher in the triple jump. And Sydney Hamm beat the field by 100 meters in the 1600 to be the regional meet champion and advance to Austin.
Sydney Hamm, Sr. ended her 2 year stretch to Austin with a 6th place finish in the 1600. Sr. Adrian Stephens placed 6th in the long jump and graduates as the school record holder. Jr. Avery Christensen finished 6th with a chance to return in 2011.
2010 – 2011 Girls District Runner-Up
Jessica McNew led the team by scoring 24 points in the District Meet. She finished first in the Pole Vault, second in the 800 and third in the 1600. Jessica went on to finish second in the pole vault at Regionals and competed at the State Meet. Freshmen Madison Pecot was another multiple event qualifier that also advanced in the vault to Regionals. Whitney Simmons was a Regional finalist in the Discus and was accompanied by thrower Kristen Koonce who broke the school record in the shot at 33’03”. Abby Bybel, Avery Christensen, Madison Pecot, Dorothy Swanson ran the 4×200 at regionals. Pecot’s third event was the 300 meter hurdles. Paige Maly advanced in the 3200. Desiree Vining was a finalist in the 800 at regionals with a 2:28. Sr Hailee Washburn finished off a strong career in the 400 in Whitehouse. Avery Christensen’s last event was the 200. The girls scored 140 pts. @dist.
Seniors Jake Moyers and Ben Adams led the team to the Regional meet Adams throwing the Discus and Moyers in the 800 and one of the top triple jumpers in the region at 44’09”. Darion Barr and Skylar Sutton, both sophomores were 2 event qualifiers. Freshmen Riley Lakin advanced in the vault. Junior Josh Presson Advanced to state in the Pole Vault. the boys scored 98 pts. @ dist.
2012 BOYS – Junior Darion Barr was District Champion in the 110 meter hurdles. He was joined at the Regional meet by Junior Levi Yancy who jumped a career best 43’00” even at Regionals. Sophomore Riley Lakin advanced for the second year in a row. Lakin tied his PR at 13’00” to finish the season on a good note also with a 6th place finish.
2012 GIRLS – Third place finish at District. Senior Abbey Bybel was District Champion in the High Jump. And a member of the 4×400 meter Relay team that went to the Regional Meet. Senior Paige Maly advanced after winning the 3200 and finishing second in the 1600 behind Ladyneck Freshman Nour Hussein who was District Champion. Freshman Morgan Hill was runner-up in the 3200 meter. Junior Dorothy Swanson was a 2 event Qualifier in the 300 meter hurdles and the 4×400 meter Relay. Kadrienne Sanders advanced in the 200, 400, and 4×400. Sophomore Madison Pecot was at the Regional meet for the second consecutive year, in the pole vault this year as the District Champion. She was also a member of the 4×400 relay team. Freshman Taylor Tramel was a high jump qualifier and alternate on the 4×400. Allison Braley advanced in the 300 meter hurdles.
2013 BOYS – There was an extra qualifying phase added to the sport by the UIL. The 2013 District meet was followed by an Area Meet. The top 4 qualifiers per event advanced to the next level. then the top 4 from the Area meet would the advance to the Regional meet. The Roughneck Boys team finished in 4th place as a team. But still had several individuals with very successful seasons. Sophomore Andrew Thornton was District Champion in the High Jump clearing 6’02”. The only other event champion was Jason Heim in the Shot Put. Heim threw the shot 50’01” this season. Sr. Darion Barr advanced in the 110H with a new personal best of the season being run at the Regional meet at 14.9. Another Sr. Levi Yanci went to both levels in the Triple Jump coming within 2 inches of the school record at 44’09”. Others to advance to the area meet were Freshman Michael Maly in the 3200 and 1600. Brian Green in the 300H. 4 sport letterman Josh Benson went to both meets in the 800 and ran a personal best of 2:05 at the Regional meet. The 4×100, and 4×200 Relay teams of Dylan Gale, Cass Carr, Riley Lakin, Gabe Michael, Jansen McCurdy competed at the Area Meet. Dyaln Gale advanced to Area and Regional in the Pole Vault but broke his wrist before the Regional meet and did not get to compete. Two individuals Advanced all the way to the STATE MEET Jason Heim in the shot finishing 8th. Riley Lakin finished 2nd in the Pole Vault at 14’09” behind Daven Murphree who was the number on High School vaulter in the nation this year.
2013 GIRLS – Area Qualifiers, 4×100, 4×200 Relay teams Abby Wayt, Brittney Schroeder, Samantha Hughes, Hailee Mabry, and Sr. Allison Braley. Advancing beyond that meet to Regionals were, Nour Hussein in the 1600 and 3200, Samantha Hughes in the Pole Vault, Cayman Sutton in the 800, and Dorothy Swanson in the 100h she broke the school record in the prelims and in the finals broke the record again running 15.6. Taylor Tramel competed in the High jump at this meet and SR. Desiree Vining ran the 800. What followed may be the most successful year in school history for the girls program. The 4×400 Relay team, a Discus Thrower and a Pole Vaulter all advanced to the STATE MEET. THE 4X400 relay team was FR. Cayman Sutton, SO. Kadrienne Sanders, JR Madison Pecot, SR Dorothy Swanson. The Discus Thrower was Whitney Simmons who will throw at UT Tyler next season. THE POLE VAULTER WAS MADISON PECOT WHO CLEARED 12’00” BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD AND WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HER EVENT THIS YEAR.
2014 GIRLS – Runner-Up at the District Meet, Area Qualifiers 4×200 Relay Team Destinee Aaron, Abby Wayt, Avery Moore, Kayla McCoy. 4×400 Relay Team Kadrienne Sanders, Cayman Sutton, Kayla McCoy, Samantha Hughes. 100MHurdles,300MHurdles, Pole Vault Samantha Hughes. 400M, 200M Kadrienne Sanders. 800 M Cayman Sutton. Taylor Tramel Advanced in the High Jump.Abby Wayt also advanced in the Pole Vault. The Ladynecks finished 1,2,3 in that event with Madison Pecot taking the gold.Nour Hussein competed in both the 3200 and the 1600. The Ladynecks finished in the top 5 at the Area Meet. The following girls competed at Regionals. Abby Wayt, Madison Pecots in the Pole Vault and Pecot won Gold. Pecot had also broken the school record a couple of times this season and that record stands at 13’00” through the Regional meet. Samantha Hughes Competed in 2 events and finished 3rd in the vault clearing the same height as the second place finisher. Samantha had to stay home with only 1 miss until 10’06”. Cayman Sutton also finished 3rd in her race, the 800 meter dash. Kadrienne Sanders broke the school record in the 400 meter dash Friday and Saturday leaving the record at 58.47 after that meet. She had broken the record earlier at the area meet also. The State Meet was attended by Pecot and Sanders for their second straight year. Sanders finished 5th in the 400 meter, and Pecot set the 2A STATE RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT AT 12’06”. WINNING HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE STATE MEET.
2014 BOYS – Finished 3rd at the District Meet. Area Qualifiers were Jason Heim in Shot and Discus. Gabe Michael in Triple Jump. Andrew Thornton in High Jump for the 3rd year in a row to advance beyond District. The Pole Vaulters continued the strong tradition and finished 1,2,3 in the event Riley Lakin first, Dylan Gale second and Fr. Logan Rowe was third. The 4×200 relay team of Carlos Camacho, Gabe Michael, Cass Carr and Gavin Senterfit broke the school record, running 1:32.32 at Tommy Atkins Relays. But the alternate Cordell Smith ran at the Area Meet and the record went down again. It now stands at 1:31.98. The 4×400 relay team of Carlos Camacho, Gabe Michael, Cass Carr, and Josh Frazier advanced to Regionals. And Fr. alternate Jaylon Jeffery ran at Area. Michael Maly advanced in both distance races 3200 and 1600. Sr. Riley Lakin battled an injury the entire season and could not jump big enough at the Regional Meet to return to Austin. But Sr vaulter Dylan Gale cleared 13’06” earning his first trip to Austin, keeping the streak alive. Gale cleared 14’06” at State for a PR and a 5th place finish.
2015 GIRLS – DISTRICT RUNNER-UP Team finished 2nd overall by 3.5 points. gold medalists were Kadrienne Sanders 400, 200 meter dash, Cayman Sutton 800, Anna Korn 1600, Nour Hussein 3200, Samantha Hughes 300H and Pole Vault, Taylor Tramel High Jump, 4×400 meter relay team of Kadrienne Sanders, Kayla McCoy, Victoria Babineaux, Cayman Sutton. Overall the Ladynecks had 31 entries in the Area Meet. Regional Qualifiers were, Anna Korn in the 1600, Cayman Sutton 800, 4×400 Relay, Samantha Hughes 100H, 300H, Pole Vault. Kadrienne Sanders 400,200, 4×400 Relay, Taylor Tramel High Jump, Abby Wayt Pole Vault, Kayla McCoy 4×400 Relay, Victoria Babineaux 4×400 Relay.
STATE QULIFIERS – KADRIENNE SANDERS- 400, 200. SANDERS FINISHED 5TH IN THE 400 AND 7TH IN THE 200.
2015 BOYS – 5th place in District
The only District Champion is his event was Sophomore Logan Rowe in the Pole Vault. Other Area Qualifiers were Cordelle Smith in the Long Jump, Freshman Logan Sells in the shot and discus, Chris Bloyd in the Discus, Andrew Thornton in the High Jump, Austin Iske 300H, 4×100 relay Colby Siegley, Cordelle Smith, Jake Pullen, Logan Rowe and 4×400 relay Andrew Thornton, Cordelle Smith, Logan Rowe, Josh Frazier. REGIONAL QUALIFIERS WERE Austin Iske 300H, Discus Logan Sells, Cordelle Smith Long Jump, Logan Rowe Pole Vault and Logan was Regional Champion, STATE QUALIFIER LOGAN FINISHED 2ND AT THE STATE MEET AT 14’06”.
2016 GIRLS DISTRICT & AREA CHAMPIONS Event Champions, Farrah Reeves High Jump, Samantha Hughes Pole Vault, Shaynee Tyl 3200 – 1600, Olivia Sipes 800, Kinsey Smith 100 – 300 Hurdles, Farrah Reeves, Samantha Hughes, Olivia Sipes, Kinsey Smith 4×400 Relay. AREA QUALIFIERS. Freshman Kinsey Smith advanced to the Regional and State Meet in the 300 and 100 meter Hurdles. Senior Samantha Hughes Competed in Austin in the Pole Vault.
2017 BOYS 4TH PLACE DISTRICT
Area Qualifiers: 4×400 Relay Cantrelle Smith, Logan Sells, Dalton Heichelheim, Jaylon Jeffery, 400m Cantrelle Smith, SHOT Logan Sells, Carter Wheat, DISCUS Adrian Snyder, Logan Sells, POLE VAULT Jackson Toliver, 3200M Dylan Harris, 1600M Zach Herring, 800M Dylan Harris, 110HURDLES Dalton Heichelheim REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: Jackson Toliver Pole Vault 13’00” PR, Carter Wheat Shot 41’11.5″ 11th, Dylan Harris 3200M 11:29, 1600M Dylan Harris 4:49 PR
2017 GIRLS DISTRICT AND AREA CHAMPS 4TH @ REGIONALS
AREA QUALIFIERS: 3200M Shaynee Tyl, CeCe Hernandez, Cryslan Tucker, SHOT Justice Davis , Lamiracle Harris, DISCUS Morgan Thomas, LONG JUMP Kinsey Smith, Sabrina Smith, Taryn Benson, TRIPLE JUMP Taryn Benson, Sabrina Smith, POLE VAULT Katie Williamson, Stormy Riley, Madi Sigmon, HIGH JUMP Kinsey Smith, Farrah Reeves, 4×100 RELAY Riley Edmondson, Sabrina Smith, Brooklyn Noll, Taryn Benson, 800M Olivia Sipes, CeCe Hernandez, Destiny Morgan, 100HURDLES Kinsey Smith, Kaitlyn Reed, 4x200RELAY Sabrina Smith, Rebekah Morton, Farrah Reeves, Brooklyn Noll, 400M Shae Orms, Katie Williamson, Shaynee Tyl, 300M HURDLES Kinsey Smith, Farrah Reeves, 1600M Shaynee Tyl, CeCe Hernandez, 1600M RELAY Shae Orms, Kinsey Smith, Olivia Sipes, Taryn Benson.
REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: 3200METER Shaynee Tyl, Morgan Thomas DISCUS 97’06” 9th, LONG JUMP Sabrina Smith 16’00.5″ Kinsey Smith did not jump due to a major schedule change (weather), TRIPLE JUMP Sabrina Smith 33’03’75”, POLE VAULT Katie Williamson 8’06” 6th, Stormy Riley 9’00” 5th, Madi Sigmon 7’06” 12th, 800METER Olivia Sipes 2:32 8th, 100 HURDLES Kinsey Smith 14.66 2nd PR SCHOOL RECORD, Kaitlyn Reed 15.85 4th, 400 METER Shae Orms 62.66 no finals, 300 METER HURDLES Kinsey Smith 46.31 2nd (windy), 1600M RUN Shaynee Tyl, CeCe Hernandez, 4x400MRELAY Shae Orms, Olivia Sipes, Taryn Benson, Kinsey Smith 4:11 4th. STATE QUALIFIERS: KINSEY SMITH 100 HURDLES / 300 HURDLES
2017-2018 BOYS 4TH PLACE DISTRICT The Boys team took a step in the right direction this season. 53 boys competed this year. Junior Luke Orms made the finals and advanced to Area in the 200. Cantrelle Smith was District Champion in the 400. Senior Dylan Harris advanced in the 3200, 800, 1600. Senior Stone Palmer ran for a personal record in his last high school race, the 300 hurdles. Sophomore Tanner McKinney cleared a 12’00” bar to advance to Area and Regional where he PR’d at 12’06”. The 4×200 Relay team of Luke Orms, Trenton McClendon, Colton Cobb, and Cade Wheat moved on to Area. While the 4×400 team also moved on to Area the bigger issue was that they improved by 9 seconds over the season best. 3:33 is not a great number but back down close to the 20’s to show a bright future. (Jackson Frazier fr., Dalton Heichelheim sr., Cantrelle Smith jr., Devin LeJeune So., only losing 1 of those for the future looks good.
2017-2018 GIRLS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS / AREA CHAMPIONS The girls team totally dominated the district meet. They scored 263 points. Over second Place Jefferson that scored 97 points. The Ladynecks scored 117 points in just the field events. Of the 17 events we had the District Champion in 11 of them. AREA Qualifiers: Taryn benson in the 100 meters and the school record of 12.56. Taryn also advanced in the 200. Fr. Kailyn Terry was District Champion in the 400. The girls dominated the 800 going 1,2,3 Jr. Olivia Sipes was District Champion, followed by CeCe Hernandez and Kayleigh Campbell. Sr. Cryslan Tucker was District Champion in the 1600 followed by CeCe Hernandez with another silver medal. Tucker won double gold by adding the 3200 to the list, and destiny Morgan advanced to the Area meet with her placing 4th. Kinsey Smith and Kaitlyn Reed have had a Tradition of 1,2 finishes that will be missed in the 100 hurdles. And Kinsey was also District Champion in the 300 hurdles. The 4×400 Relay team won the District meet with a 4:14. We had a great year in the long jump going 1,2,3 with Sabrina Smith leading the girls, followed by Kinsey Smith and Taryn Benson. Shot Putters Lamiracle Harris and Justice Davis advanced to Area in the 3rd and 4th slots. MT Thomas made another trip to the Area meet in the Discus. Continuing a strong season in the jumps Sabrina also won the Triple Jump followed by Taryn Benson to advance. High Jumpers Farrah Reeves and Kinsey smith were gold and silver performers. To continue another deep tradition the girls went 1,2,3 in the pole Vault with Stormy Riley leading the way for the girls followed by Alysa Hall and Katie Williamson. The 4×100 and 4×200 Relays finished 3rd at District. The 4×100 team was Alysa Hall, Taryn Benson, Bailey Lyke, Lamya Nelson. the 4×200 team just dropped Taryn Benson and Added Rebekah Morton. AREA: The girls won their 3rd Consecutive Area Title. Taryn Benson placed 2nd with a 12.77 in the 100 meter dash. FR. Kailyn Terry was 3rd in the 400 that did advance her to the Regional meet. Jr. Olivia sipes ran an impressive 2:25 to win the 800, her primary event. Cryslan Tucker ran a season best 5:17 in the 1600 for a gold medal. Tucker also ran a good time of 11:40 in the 3200 that allowed her to advance to the Regional meet. Kinsey Smith ran a safe 15.31 to move on to Regionals, Fellow Sr. Kaitlyn Reed ran 17.35 placing 3rd and advancing to Regionals. Kinsey, also won the 300 meter hurdles with a 46.64 that gave her another Area Champion title. The girls 4×200 Relay placed 4th to run at Regionals (Rebekah Morton, Alysa Hall, Lamya Nelson, Bailey Lyke) @ 1:52. the 4×400 Relay team improved 1 second from the District meet to run 4:13 and won gold. (Alysa Hall, Kailyn Terry, Olivia Sipes, Kinsey Smith). MT Thomas finished 3rd in the discus 98’01”. Farrah Reeves jumped 5’03” in the High jump for another Area Title, Followed by Kinsey Smith at 4’08” and 4th place. Alysa Hall and Stormy Riley both advanced to Regionals in the Pole Vault. Kinsey had her 5th event (long jump) finishing second. Taryn Benson and Sabrina Smith both also went to regionals in the Long Jump. While Taryn and Sabrina also advanced in the Triple Jump. REGIONALS: The girls finished as the 3rd place team in overall points. Olivia Sipes finished 3rd with a school record 2:21.74 in the 800 meter. She missed the at large position to State by one 10th of a second. Kinsey Smith was Regional Champion in the 100 hurdles at 14.88. Kinsey ran a school and Regional meet record 44.74 to win the 300 meter hurdles. Cryslan Tucker tied her personal best of 5:17 to win the 1600 meter run. The 4×400 Relay team ran a 4:10 in the prelims on Friday, but came back on day 2 with a new school record. They ran a 4:02.72, eight seconds better than the day before. STATE: The meet started with Kinsey Smith in the Long Jump. She Jumped 17’04” and that was not enough to score. Then later in the afternoon she became the 2018 100 Meter Hurdle Champion. With a new school record of 14.35. Then we saw her compete in the 300 hurdles. She hit hurdle number 5 and almost went down. Kinsey had to safety up to finish the race. She finished second for a silver medal. Cryslan Tucker followed that up in the 1600 meter run. Cryslan was in a very tight race that she finished scoring for the team in 4th place. Then the 4×400 Relay team came to the track. Alysa Hall, Kailyn Terry, Olivia Sipes, and Kinsey Smith placed 6th for the team points. This group of girls did a great job in Austin. They scored 24 points, the most in school history at state. Finished 7th overall for the best finish ever by a Ladyneck track team.
2018-2019 GIRLS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS / BOYS 6TH The girls team had a much slower start in the field events this year. We came out of the field events in 3rd place with 25 points. Girls advancing to AREA were Senior Farrah Reeves in the High Jump as the 1st place finisher and a height of 5’02”. Followed by Lexi Baker in the pole vault at 10’00” and 3rd place Stormy Riley at 9’00”. Freshman Morgan Benge advanced in the 3200, 800, and 1600. She was joined in the 800 by District Champion Olivia Sipes. In the 400 Sophomore Kailyn Terry has continued success by advancing again this year. Farrah Reeves won both hurdle events and was joined by Marlee Madden. All 3 relays moved on to the area meet as well. the 4×100 team of Terry, Alysa Hall, Lamya Nelson, and Baylee Lyke finished 3rd. In the 4×200 Nelson, Hall and Lyke were joined by Shae Orms in another 3rd place finish. The 4×400 team of Sipes, Hall, Terry, and Orms ran a season best 4:12. Totals: White Oak 158, Harmony 118, Sabine 95, Gladewater 77, Troup 63, West Rusk 58, Arp 37, Winona 4. REGIONALS Freshman Lexi Baker started off the run to Austin with an 11’09” vault the was a new PR and earned the wild card for the state meet. Then Senior Olivia Sipes set a new school record in the 800 at 2:16 and a silver medal bid to Austin. The Girls 4×400 relay team ran 4:06 to get back to Austin again this season. STATE Olivia Sipes ran a 2:16.81 for a new school record and a Bronze medal. Lexi Baker Finished 7th. The 4×400 relay team finished 7th.
BOYS The scoring began with Tanner McKinney, clear 13’03” for a new personal best and first place. He was followed by Michael Stevens who also had a new PR going 12’06”. Senior Cantrelle Smith won the 400 with a time of 50.54. Khiel VanBlarcum both advanced in the 800. The 4×100 relay team of Graham Young, Cantrelle Smith, Jackson Frazier, Dustin Covington advanced in 3rd place. REGIONALS Only 2 boys made the trip but they both also punched a ticket to move on to the state meet. Tanner McKinney jumped a new PR to 13’09” to finish second. While Sr. Cantrelle Smith ran a 49.75 400 to finish second. STATE Tanner McKinney Jumped a new PR in the Pole Vault at 14’00” and finished 7th. Cantrelle Smith finished 8th.
*2019-2020 Covid 19 Virus shut down track season at SPRING BREAK*
2020-2021 GIRLS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS / BOYS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS The girls won by a narrow margin. Only 7 points between us and second place Sabine. This was the 5th consecutive Title for the girls team. The girls High Jump was dominate this season by finishing 1,2,3 several times. Sophomore Anna Iske, won the event a District. followed by Freshman Addison Clinkscales, and Senior Alysa Hall they the order of finish changed several times through the season. Junior Lexi Baker was the Champion in the Pole Vault again this season. Lexi moved on to the Area, Regional and State meets. Distance runner Morgan Benge won the 3200 at District. Veteran Kailyn Terry remained in her spot at the top of the 400 meter runners. And the 4×400 relay team continued to dominate the district meet. The 4×400 relay team moved on to win area but only managed to finish 3rd at the Regional meet this season. Sophomore Emma Hill advanced on to Regionals in the 800 and Freshman Alyssa Jones competed in both the 1600 and the 800 and the 4×400 at Regionals. In the 4×400 she was joined by Alysa Hall, Kailyn Terry, Addison Clinkscales. Johanna Pennington was another Freshman standout that competed at the Regional meet in the Pole Vault. While Freshman Aubrey Saccoccio ran a new personal best in the finals of the 100 hurdles at the Regional meet. LEXI BAKER PLACED 5TH AT STATE.
THE BOYS TEAM also had a great season winning District by 120 points. 36 entries in the Area meet. Even though we only had 5 gold medal wins at District. The 4×400 relay of Brian Williams, Dylan Creager, Jackson Frazier, Jonah Plyler. Plyler also won the 200 and Williams won gold in the 400. The last gold medal at dostrict was Sophomore Kirkland Cobb. The Area meet narrowed things down to 18 entries in the Regional meet. Grayson Thompson cleared a new best of 12’00” at that meet. Cobb had cleared 12’06” earlier in the year. The highlight for the Relay teams this season was the 4×200 relay setting a new school record of 1:30.28 (Cayson Siegley, Jonah Plyler, Jackson Frazier, Rylan Friddell). They finished 4th at Regionals only 10th’s of a second from fast enough to advance to Austin. We lose 1 member of that Relay so we have a chance to improve and maybe make the trip next season.
2021-2022 GIRLS DISTRICT AND AREA CHAMPIONS / BOYS DISTRICT AND AREA CHAMPIONS – REGIONAL RUNNER-UP
The season began on a cold day in February. Temperatures dropped 25 degrees during the day. We competed at about 45 degrees. Competed against Marshall, Texas High, Longview, Liberty Eyleau, Lufkin and more. Both teams together only had 2 finishes that were last in the heat. We finished with only one gold a few silvers and several bronze. THE GIRLS TEAM – At District we scored 185 points, with runner up Sabine at 119. They had 5 girls that were individual District Champions. Lexi Baker for the 3rd time in the Pole Vault (4 if not for COVID). Aubrey Saccoccio in the 300H, Alyssa Jones won the 400 and the 800. Freshman Lizzy Still won the 3200M. Then the 4×400 Relay finished first with Addison Clinkscales, Alyssa Jones, Abby Lobue, Addison Milligan. 2 Sophomores and 2 Freshmen makes the future look bright there. The girls team moved on to the Area meet where they outscored Tatum to also win that Meet by 10 points, 122 to 112. Jones won the 400 and 800 again to become the Area Champion, Aubrey Saccoccio finished in first in the 100H. While Lexi Baker won the Pole Vault. At The Regional meet Only Lexi Baker and Emma Nix advanced to the State Meet as Silver medalists.
2021-2022 THE BOYS TEAM – We very well may have had the most dominating performance ever. The boys outscored second place Daingerfield 255 to 91. In 4 of the 6 field events White took the Gold Medal. Discus – Holden Hodges, High Jump and Long Jump – Brian Williams, Pole Vault – Colton Fears, Then in the running events the boys finished first in all but 2 running events. 100 and 200 – Rylan Friddell, 400 – Noah Carter, 800, 1600, 3200 – Adrian Pinson, 110H – Dalton Morgan, 300H – Mitchell Carter, 4×400 – Noah Carter, Mason Barlow, Tyler Poe, Brian Williams. Then they moved on to the Area Meet at West Rusk. The boys team finished the meet with a 40 point lead over Tatum 120 – 80. Senior Rylan Friddell won the 100 and the 200. Junior Noah Carter won the 400. Kirkland Cobb was first in the Pole Vault. And they finished with a strong lead in the 4×400 with Tyler Poe, Brian Williams, Mason Barlow, and Noah Carter. The Regional meet was filled with excitement. Senior Colton Fears Was Regional Champion in the Pole Vault at 13’09”, advancing him to Austin. Kirkland Cobb finished 3rd at 13’06” and moved on in the at large position for having the 9th best performance in the state. Dalton Morgan was next to move on by becoming the Regional Champion in the 110Hurdles. Then he was followed By Rylan Friddell that won the 200meters and was second in the 100m. 3 individual champions in the Regional meet was a big accomplishment. RYLAN FRIDDELL BROKE THE 40 YEAR OLD SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 100 METER DASH. THAT RECORD WAS HELD BY STEVE ANDERSON. RYLAN RAN A 10.55 AT THE STATE MEET.
2022-2023 – BOYS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS – Over Sabine 170 to 115, followed by Daingerfield, New Diana, Gladewater, and Hughes Springs. High point leader for the meet was Sr. Noah Carter Winning the 400, 200, 4×400 relay and 6th in the long jump. Senior Mitchell Carter won the 110Hurdles and the 300 Hurdles. Sr Dalton Morgan had ACL surgery from football. He was in Austin last year. He made it back from football to help the team but doctors would not allow him to hurdle. The pole vaulters went 1,2,3 for 24 points. Sophomore Kyler Priest was the District Champion. At the Area Meet the boys team finished runner up. Point earners were Noah Carter in the 400 with Gold. And Nick Johnson was 4th moving 2 to Regionals in that event. Mitchell Carter was second in the both hurdles. The 4×400 Relay of Noah Carter, Nick Johnson, Mason Barlow, and Gavin Sipes won gold. The vaulters were 1,2,3 with Sophomore Kyler Priest took first. Kirkland Cobb was second and Grayson Thompson was 3rd. REGIONALS – Though the 4×400 relay ran a new personal best of 3:26 we still finished 4th and stayed home. The only athlete to advance to Austin was Priest in the vault clearing a 14’00” bar. Grayson Thompson was the 3rd place finisher and on the award stand. The boys finished 5th overall at Regionals.
2022 – 2023 GIRLS FINISHED DISTRICT RUNNER UP by 7 points and 3rd at Area. Johanna Pennington advanced to area in the 100 in 4th place. We had Abby Lobue and Addison Milligan in the 400. Emma Hill and Lizzy Still in the 800. Anna Iske won the 300 hurdles and was joined by Kylie Dugger in the 300 Hurdles. The 4×200 advanced to the area meet with a 4th place finish. Emma Nix advanced in the shot with a silver medal, and won the discus. Anna Iske was 3rd in the Triple Jump and District Champ in the High Jump. Lizzy Still was 3rd in the pole vault. While girls pole vault has only been around in UIL competition since 2004. Johanna Pennington cleared a personal best of 9’06” to win. AREA – Anna Iske advanced to Regionals in 4 events. 300 hurdles, high jump, 4×400 relay, triple jump. The 4×400 relay team of Iske, Andee Bridges, Abby Lobue, Addison Milligan finished 2nd with a season best 4:19. Emma Nix won Discus at 111’08”. Pennington won the vault again with a new PR of 9’09”. The team had a 3rd place overall finish. REGIONALS Johanna Pennington 6th place. Anna Iske was 4th place at 5’02”, while 5’03” advanced to State.
2023-2024 Boys District Runner-up – We had 2 individual event champions. Jaxsen Ludlow in the 400 and Kyler Priest in the Pole Vault. We had 17 others advance to the area meet, and 9 more advance to Regionals.
Girls finished 3rd at District – We had 3 individual event champions. Johanna Pennington in the vault, Addison Clinkscales in the High Jump and Addison Milligan in the 400. 25 area qualifiers. 10 of those moved on to Regionals.