Texas high school track stars descended on Austin this week to take part in the state meet. The DeSoto High School girls won their fifth straight Class 6A team state title, while Lancaster High School won the girls Class 5A team championship. Several area athletes took home individual gold medals -- including Denton Guyer's Brynn Brown, who broke her own state record in the 3,200 meter, and Grapevine's Walker St. John, who finished in first place despite losing a shoe.
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DeSoto High School won its fifth straight girls Class 6A team state title.
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Lancaster High School won the girls 5A state championship.
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Denton Guyer senior Brynn Brown won gold and broke her own 6A state record in the 3,200 meter and took first in the 1,600 meter.
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Grapevine’s Walker St. John won the Class 5A 1,600 meter after losing a shoe partway through the race.
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Fort Worth Trimble Tech’s Kenondra Davis won the 100 and 200 meter dashes.
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McKinney North sophomore Alexandra Harber won gold in the Class 5A pole vault at a height of 13 feet.
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Denton Ryan’s Parrish Jackson won gold in the Class 5A 800 meter.
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Luke Lambert of Wylie High School won the boys Class 6A 3,200 and 1,600 meter gold medals.
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Lancaster High School took home the girls’ 5A 800 meter relay gold medal.
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Mesquite Poteet’s Kendrick Smallwood won gold in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles.
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Lovejoy’s Kailey Littlefield won gold in the 5A 800 meter.
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DeSoto’s Jalaysi’ya Smith won gold in the Class 6A 100-meter hurdles and silver in the 300-meter hurdles.
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McKinney Boyd’s Charlie Bartholomew won the Class 6A 400.
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Cedar Hill High School took first in the boys Class 6A 4×100 relay.
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The Cedar Hill High School boys finished second in the Class 6A team competition.
