Wall Hawks Claim Cotton Patch Relays Title

 

WALL, TX—The Annual Cotton Patch Relays were held at Wall High School on Wednesday, March 27. Several schools around the Concho Valley competed, including Wall, Central, Lake View, Ballinger, Eldorado, and Miles. The Wall Hawks had another dominating performance, winning the Men’s Varsity meet, while the Wall Lady Hawks and Central Lady Cats placed second and third on the Women’s side, respectively.

Here are the team results:

Wall Lady Hawks and Lake View Maidens Race at the Cotton Patch Relays

Wall Lady Hawks and Lake View Maidens Race at the Cotton Patch Relays

(San Angelo LIVE! Photo/Ryan Chadwick)

Men’s Varsity:

  1. Wall - 174.2
  2. Abilene High - 151.2
  3. Lake View - 75.2
  4. Central - 54
  5. Merkel - 50
  6. Tuscola Jim Ned - 47.4
  7. Coleman - 40
  8. Miles - 23
  9. Ballinger - 5

Women’s Varsity:

  1. Abilene High - 152.5
  2. Wall - 119
  3. Central - 96
  4. Ballinger - 58
  5. Merkel - 50
  6. Coleman - 40
  7. Lake View - 31
  8. Tuscola Jim Ned - 28
  9. Miles - 20
  10. Eldorado - 13.5
Lake View Chiefs at the 2024 Cotton Patch Relays

Lake View Chiefs at the 2024 Cotton Patch Relays

(San Angelo LIVE! Photo/Ryan Chadwick)

Despite strong winds all afternoon, Wall’s Briggs Jones won the 200-meter dash again. Wall also won the 4x100-meter relay. The Lake View Chiefs dominated the other two relays, winning the 4x200-meter relay (1:32.47) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:34.55).

On the Women’s side, Abilene High (50.07) edged out Wall (50.09) by .02 seconds in the 4x100-meter and by only .05 (Abilene - 1:47.66 Wall - 1:47.71) in the 4x200-meter. However, the Lady Hawks dominated the rest of the competition in the 4x400-meter relay (4:04.84) by almost nine seconds. 

Check out the scenes from the 4X100-meter relay and 800-meter run at the track meet below:

Overall, it was another successful competition out at Hawk Stadium. The Cotton Patch relays serve as a way for teams to work on some last-minute preparations before the district meets. District begins as soon as two weeks from now.

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