Gilmer, L-E claim district titles

Pleasant Grove runners pass off a baton during the boys 400-meter relay Thursday evening at the varsity district meet hosted by Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana.
Pleasant Grove runners pass off a baton during the boys 400-meter relay Thursday evening at the varsity district meet hosted by Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana.

TEXARKANA, Texas - All the fireworks in the District 15-4A track meet were saved for the final day.

Gilmer won the boys title with 150 points, Liberty-Eylau finishers second with 139 points, and Paris placed third with 138 points.

Pittsburg finished in fourth place with 104 points, Pleasant Grove placed fifth with 59 points and North Lamar ended the meet sixth with 18 points.

Liberty-Eylau won the girls crown with 172 points, Gilmer finished second with 154 points and North Lamar placed third with 93 points.

Pittsburg ended in fourth place with 86 points, Paris in fifth place with 60 points and Pleasant Grove finished sixth with 41 points.

Taveion Neal won the 200 meter dash for Liberty-Eylau (22.47) and teammate Kiahryn Stewart finished fourth (22.92).

Leopards' Jeavon Stewart won the 110 meter hurdles (15.44) and the 300 meter hurdles (41.31), while teammate Michael Riley placed second (15.10) in the 110 meter hurdles.

PG's Harvey Dia'Mond placed second in the 800 meter run (2:11.49) and placed third in the 1600 meter run (4:55.76).

Logan Johnson of Pleasant Grove placed fourth in the 100 meter dash (11.20), while the Leopards' Adrin Dansby placed second in the 400 meter dash (52.74).

On the girls side, Leopards' Makenzie Kvarda won the 800 meter run (2:30.37) and PG's Jazmin Hever placed third (2:37.00).

L-E's La'Qukeisha Jeffery won the 100 meter dash (12.42) and placed second in the 200 meter dash (26.07), while teammate Tamara Norris finished fourth (12.99) in the 100 meter dash.

The Lady Leopards' Myah Hurd placed third in the 400 meter dash (1:02.68) and PG's Hever finished fourth (1:02.88).

Chelsea Simmons placed second in the 300 meter hurdles (48.57) for Liberty-Eylau.

PG's Emma Henard won the 1600 meter dash (5:53.17) and teammate Lydia Colvin placed fourth (6:06.22).

Liberty-Eylau placed second in the girls' 4x200 meter relay (1:46.84), while the Leopards won the boys' 4x200 meter relay (1:30.94).

The Leopards placed third in the 4x400 meter relay (3:35.26).

Pleasant Grove placed fourth in the boys' 4x200 meter relay (1:32.16) and fourth in the 4x400 meter relay (3:40.08).

Liberty-Eylau won the boys 4x100 meter relay (42.83) and the Lady Leopards won the 4x100 meter relay as well, (48.82).

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