Girls Track Send Off Celebration

DeSoto ISD to Host Community Send-Off for State-bound Girls Track Team
Posted on 05/03/2021
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The 2021 DeSoto High School Girls Track Team is on the hunt for their ninth state championship title in 14 years under Head Coach June Villers at the May 8, 2021 UIL Track Meet. On May 7, the district will host a community-wide send-off from 9 to 10 a.m. in front of the fieldhouse at Eagle Stadium located at 700 Eagle Drive in DeSoto.  

 

The send-off will encourage this trailblazing team of scholar-athletes, their coaches and support staff as they depart for the meet set to take place in Austin at the University of Texas at the Mike A. Myers Stadium.

 

On April 9, the Lady Eagles Track team won the District 11-6A team title with 162 points--earning 50 points more than their next highest-placing opponent!

 

At the area meet on April 15, the Lady Eagles earned 170 points--91 points more than their next highest-finishing opponent.

 

During the April 23 regional meet, the Lady Eagles accumulated 114 points in a series of stellar performances yielding state meet berths in seven events.

 

A summary of the Lady Eagles’ regional performance is summarized below:

 

  • 4x100m Relay: 1st Place

 

  • 800m Run:  3rd Place

                     10th – Jordan Keys:  2:23

 

  • 100m Hurdles: 1st Place

 

  • 100m Dash:  1st Place

 

  • 4x200m Relay:  2nd Place

 

 

  • 400m Dash:   7th Place

 

  • 300m Hurdles:  1st and 2nd Place

 

  • 200m Dash: 1st and 4th Place

 

  • 4x400m Relay:  1st Place

 

  • Long Jump: 7th Place– 18’1.5”

 

 

DeSoto ISD cordially invites all who can attend to join the send-off celebration as we rally our track and field scholar-athletes to the state championship at 9am on Friday, May 7, 2021, at the DeSoto High School Fieldhouse and welcome them back after the state meet at 1 pm, Sunday, May 9, 2021, at the same location in front of the fieldhouse at Eagle Stadium located at 700 Eagle Drive in DeSoto.