For the fourth consecutive year, the DeSoto Lady Eagles have won the State Track and Field Championship for Division 6A - this time with a record breaking 121 points - the most points any team has ever scored at the Texas State Track meet - leading all contenders by 73 points!
These ladies broke the national record at the regional meet in the 4x100 with a 44.44. For the state championship, they broke it again with 44.24, also breaking the record for a state championship time.
By the numbers:
4x100 - 1st place AND national record - 44.24
Ja'Era Griffin, Jayla Hollis, Taylor Armstrong, and Rosaline Effiong
100 hurdles
1st place - Jayla Hollis - time 13.40
2nd place - Jalaysi'ya Smith - time 13.42
100m
4th place - Ja'Era Griffin - time 11.65
4x200 - 1st place with a time of 1:36.21
Ja'Era Griffin, Trinity Kirk, Taylor Armstrong, and Mia Abraham
400
3rd place - Cierra Wash - time 54.90
300m hurdles
1st place - Taylor Armstrong - time 42.12
9th place - Jalaysi'ya Smith
200m
2nd place - Rosaline Effiong - time 23.51
3rd place - Jayla Hollis - time 23.52
4x400 - 1st place with a time of 3:39.79
Cierra Wash, Rosaline Effiong, Zariah Jones, and Bryannia Murphy
Discus
2nd place - Brianna Washington - 148'3" Personal Best!
Shot put
6th place - Brianna Washington - 41'
Congratulations to Coach June Villers, staff, students and family. This fourth consecutive win makes eight state championships in the past 13 years!