Congratulations to the girls’ varsity track team on their 2015 District 24-5A Championship team title! The girls started off as a force to be reckoned with by pulling away from competition from the beginning and never looked back.
The girls’ 4×100 relay shattered the previous school record of 49.20 and became the district champions with Jazmyne Tilford-Rutherford, Chidube Ogbonna, Kearah Nails and Chigozie Ogbonna running a 48.28.
In the girls’ 800m, Lily Egege placed 4th overall and ran a personal best of 2:30.76.
Sophomore Abisola Anifowoshe became the district champion in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles and broke the school record last set in 2012 by Diamond Hosey. Her time was 16.18 seconds, and not too far behind was district runner-up and teammate Alexis Thomas running a personal best and qualifying for the regional meet as well. Freshman Briana Franklin placed 5th overall contributing to the Longhorns’ point total.
In the girls’ 100m dash, Lisa Egege placed second with Chidube Ogbonna placing 3rd, running a personal best of 12.57. Kearah Nails also ran a season best placing 5th overall to help the Longhorns extend their lead.
The girls ran a great 4×2 meter relay time and won the district title for that state ranked relay. Destiny Rutherford, Chidube Ogbonna, Geordann Yelder and Lisa Egege made it look easy, cruising to a time of 1:41.78 and beating out 2nd place Foster by 5 seconds.
In the girls’ 400m, it was a battle for the first place spot, but senior Chigozie Ogbonna placed 2nd overall just barely edging out teammate Jazmyne Tilford-Rutherford. Both ladies ran very respectable times, and Ogbonna broke the school record (running 57.05) that was set by Tilford-Rutherford earlier this season with a 57.20. Kandice Miles finished out the 400 meters running 62.90 and earning 4th place points for the team.
In the girls’ 300 meter hurdles, sophomore Alexis Thomas never looked back in her quest towards the district championship, passing up the competition and making it look easy. She ran a personal best of 47.46 and will be going into regionals looking great. Sophomore Dominique Jean-Batiste ran a personal best and finished 5th, and freshman Briana Franklin contributed as well with her 6th place overall finish.
In the girls 200 meters, seniors Geordann Yelder and Destiny Rutherford put on a showstopper with their 1 and 2 easy finishes qualifying both athletes to the regional III competition. They looked amazing out there and were running with ease towards the finish. Kandice Miles rounded out the last point placing with her 6th place finish.
The girls’ 1600 was a fight to the finish with freshman Tess McComiskey beating out Foster for the 2nd place spot. This also allowed her to break the school record set in 2012 by Shelby Tondre and earned her a trip to the regional meet.
To solidify the win, the girls’ 4×4 relay has been such a strong threshold through this season winning a total of 7 out of the 8 meets they have competed with this relay. The girls still hold the number one time in Region III-5A and will go into regionals as the district champions. Jazmyne Tilford-Rutherford, seniors Chigozie Ogbonna, Destiny Rutherford and Geordann Yelder ran 3:55.25 and made this night a special one with that win.
Congratulations to the seniors on their humongous district title, and to Chigozie Ogbonna and Geordann Yelder, you ladies have been the ones to start this program, running on varsity as freshmen. This is a huge thank you to you both and to Destiny Rutherford for such an excellent display of class and competition for the past 4 years of your high school careers. Hats off to you, seniors!!