PARKVIEW BAPTIST'S LUCY CRAMER SIGNS THE INFAMOUS WINNERS WALL AT THE TEXAS RELAYS
All in all, it was a great weekend for Louisiana coaches and athletes at the Texas Relays.
In the 1600m, Northshore's Grace Keene ran a 4:50. That time is four seconds faster than the fastest mile ever run by a Louisiana high school female. The previous best was 4:54 by Benton's Katlin Flattman at the 20211 Golden South.
Parkview Baptist's Lucy Cramer had a memorable weekend as well. She won the 2000m steeplechase with the nation's fastest time in the event and was able to sign the infamous Winner's Wall at the 98th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Cramer finished with a time of 6:50.15, two seconds ahead of IMG Academy's Huntley Buckingham.
We have a quotes from Cramer and coaches around the state below.
LUCY CRAMER (PARKVIEW BAPTIST)
"It was a great race! I ran very smart in such windy conditions and it was very fun to get back out there steepling as I don't get the opportunity to run very many steeple races each season. I just loved the who experience getting to run with some great runners and friends and the outcome was very exciting! It was ll God who guided me through and I just trusted in Him to give me the strength I needed every steeple of the way over every hurdle and barrier. All glory goes to God!"
JOHNNY DUNCAN (HEAD COACH, GLEN OAKS)
"There were several great showings by the Louisiana teams at the 98th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Glen Oaks finished fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 3:22.26 but had a faster time in the prelims with a 3:21.54 to become Louisiana #2. The 4x200 finished 12 and the 4x800 finished 13th.
Another team from Louisiana was Brusly, who had a great showing. Patrick Gales finished third the 100 running a 10.78. Freshman Autumn Brown finished sixth in the 100 hurdles running 15.86 but had a time of 14.33 in the prelims. The boys 4x200 finished third with a time of 1:29.41. The girls 4x200m finished 12th with a time of 1:43.20 which made them #7 in Louisiana.
Madison Prep had a good showing as well with Dynasty Wilfred finished eighth in the 300m hurdles with a time of 43.0. C.E. Byrd girls' 4x400 finished No. 14 with a time of 4:08.84pr which is #12 in Louisiana. The last team was Northwood Shreveport. They finished No. 42 in the 4x100 with a 44.19. It was a great showing for the teams from Louisiana. Unfortunately, weather and health prevented us from performing at our best but it was a great experience for coaches and athletes."
AUSTIN BROWN (HEAD COACH, NORTHWOOD)
"I loved the relationship building. We were able to have multiple dinners as a group and connect on a different level than practice and competition afford.
Traveling six hours presents many opportunities to learn about each other and grown beyond the coach/athlete relationship.
It was also very nice to run into Byrd and Airline's coaching staff and team, everyone was very invested into our area's success and rooting for each other.
JUAN PLAZA (HEAD COACH, C.E. BYRD)
The Texas Relays is an annual celebration of the sport of track and field. It features high level competition at the high school, collegiate, and professional ranks. It was certainly a thrill and inspirational for our Byrd track kids to be among the participants and audience. I strongly recommend this meet to every high track program in our state.
PARKVIEW BAPTIST'S LUCY CRAMER SIGNS THE INFAMOUS WINNERS WALL AT THE TEXAS RELAYS
All in all, it was a great weekend for Louisiana coaches and athletes at the Texas Relays.
In the 1600m, Northshore's Grace Keene ran a 4:50. That time is four seconds faster than the fastest mile ever run by a Louisiana high school female. The previous best was 4:54 by Benton's Katlin Flattman at the 20211 Golden South.