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The boys’ track team traveled to Brazosport on Friday to compete in the Gulf Coast Relays. The Longhorns sealed the win scoring 325.5 points, which is the most points scored in a meet by the Longhorns this season. Starting off in field events, Tylen Guidry won the Triple Jump with a leap of 44ft 9in, LeRoy Franklin placed 4th in the Triple Jump with a jump of 41ft 7in. Guidry also won the long jump with a leap of 20ft 11.5in, and second place was Xavian Marks with a leap of 20ft 11in. In the High Jump, Torin Marks took second place with a school record jump of 6ft 2in. Third place was Kerin Martin, who tied his season best jump of 6ft. Micheal Bottego placed 4th in the Shot Put with a throw of 46ft 2in. In the Pole Vault, Jacob Adair placed 2nd with a season best vault of 13ft. Micheal Bottego also took 4th in the Discus. Now, we move onto the track. In the 800m run, Jacob Triesch took first place with a time of 2:01. Jacob Nava placed 4th with a time of 2:06. The 4×200 relay took 2nd place and consisted of Byron Clark, Ben Willis, Miakil Uno and Jarien Mcvea. The boys’ 4×100 relay took first place with a season best time of 42.37 seconds. That team consisted of Tylen Guidry, Reggie Solomon, Xavian Marks and Marcellus Baker. Torin Marks took second and set a personal best in the 400m dash with a time of 50.77, and Fred Carr took third with a time of 51.45. Alec Waldschmidt took 2nd in the 3200 with a time of 10:04. Alex Sims took 4th in the 3200 with a time of 10:37. In the 300 hurdles, LeRoy Franklin took 3rd with a time of 42.21. Franklin also took 4th in the 110 hurdles. Byron Clark took 4th in the 200m with a time of 23.25. Alec Waldschmidt and Jacob Nava placed 4th and 5th in the 1600. Xavian Marks won the 100m dash with a season best of 10.70. The boys will compete at the 88th annual Texas Relays this weekend and the College Park Invite as well.