Athletes from Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend will have more than five dozen entries into the 2026 UIL State Track & Field Championships, scheduled for May 14-16 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Kingsville junior JB Kazanjian leads the pack, having qualified in all five of her individual events, including as the regional champion in the 100, 100 hurdles, 200 as well as the long jump.
Two Class 5A boys field athletes go into the state meet as the top seed in their respective events.
Veterans Memorial’s Brody Garcia is the top seed in high jump (6-11¼) and Gregory-Portland’s Ryder Harrison is atop the qualifiers in pole vault (16-6).
Other athletes that qualified in multiple individual events include Veterans Memorial’s Sara Flores, Calallen’s Trevor Roach, London’s Jay Lambert and Alana Williams, Banquete’s Blas Villarreal, Refugio’s Mikel Brown and Jazmyn Howard, Port Aransas’ Leah DePiper and McMullen County’s London Yanity.
Here is a full list of all Coastal Bend entrants into the UIL State Track Meet along with their qualifying time or mark.
Wheelchair
Sara Flores, girls 100, CC Veterans Memorial, 24.99
Sara Flores, girls 400, CC Veterans Memorial, 1:45.53
Sara Flores, girls shot put, CC Veterans Memorial, 15-10¾
Class 5A
Brody Garcia, boys high jump, CC Veterans Memorial, 6-11¼
Ryder Harrison, boys pole vault, Gregory-Portland, 16-6
Kaitlyn Kilgore, girls shot put, Gregory-Portland, 42-4¾
Andres Montes, boys long jump, CC Veterans Memorial, 22-9½
Michael Castillo, boys 800, Flour Bluff, 1:53.45
Tristen Grimes, girls pole vault, Gregory-Portland, 12-0
More: Check out the 2026 Coastal Bend high school track and field regional meet results
Class 4A
Brian Rivas Jr., Beeville, boys 400, 48.51
Trevor Roach, Calallen, boys discus, 159-4
Trevor Roach, Calallen, boys shot put, 53-5½
JB Kazanjian, Kingsville, girls 100, 11.78
JB Kazanjian, Kingsville, girls 200, 24.03
JB Kazanjian, Kingsville, girls 100 hurdles, 13.58
JB Kazanjian, Kingsville, girls long jump, 19-10¼
Rockport-Fulton girls 400 relay (Sydney Barton, Holly Baergen, Adyson Burton, Logann Wood), 47.73
Jordan Boles, Rockport-Fulton, boys long jump, 22-9
Gus Johnson, Rockport-Fulton, boys pole vault, 15-0
Christian Flowers, Kingsville, boys 200, 21.36
Gary Wells, Calallen, boys discus, 153-9
Logann Wood, Rockport-Fulton, girls 100 hurdles, 14.76
Keilani Nunez, Sinton, girls shot put, 36-11
Kimberly Limon, Robstown, girls discus, 125-9
JB Kazanjian, Kingsville, girls triple jump, 38-3¼
Class 3A
Jay Lambert, CC London, boys 110 hurdles, 14.70
Jay Lambert, CC London, boys 300 hurdles, 39.32
Blas Villarreal, Banquete, boys high jump, 6-7
Felix Bussey, Orange Grove, boys discus, 149-7
Javier, Solis, Santa Gertrudis Academy, boys shot put, 49-4¼
Alana Williams, CC London, girls 100, 12.20
Alaina Gonzalez, Orange Grove, girls 100 hurdles, 14.86
Orange Grove girls 400 relay (Mia Garza, Maison Migura, Alaina Gonzalez, Rylee Freitag), 48.99
Alana Williams, CC London, girls high jump, 5-6
Blas Villarreal, Banquete, boys triple jump, 42-6¼
Orange Grove girls 800 relay (Mia Garza, Maison Migura, Kinleigh Carr, Rylee Freitag), 1:45.48
Alana Williams, London, girls long jump, 17-10½
Class 2A
Mikel Brown, Refugio, boys 200, 22.16
Haven Pena, Premont, boys 800, 1:56.91
Dean Karriger, Skidmore-Tynan, boys pole vault, 14-8
Kolton Taylor, Refugio, boys discus, 182-8
Carlie McClain, Refugio, girls 100, 11.73
Leah DePiper, Port Aransas, girls 1,600, 5:16.40
Leah DePiper, Port Aranas, girls 3,200, 11:31.55
Refugio girls 400 relay (Jazmyn Howard, Caytlin Brown, Ja’zae-lynne Lewis, Carlie McClain), 46.87
Refugio girls 800 relay (Jazmyn Howard, Caytlin Brown, Ja’zae-lynne Lewis, Caylee Collins), 1:42.98
Jazmyn Howard, Refugio, girls long jump, 19-3.75
Jazmyn Howard, Refugio, girls triple jump, 36-3.5
Ethan Cadena, Agua Dulce, boys 1,600, 4:33.48
Hunter Lange, Agua Dulce, boys 110 hurdles, 15.79
Three Rivers boys 1,600 relay (Corbin Zamzow, Diego Arvizu, Paxton Soliz, Ethan Conn), 3:22.73
Paxton Soliz, Three Rivers, boys long jump, 21-10
Kolton Taylor, Refugio, boys shot put, 52-3
Jazmyn Howard, Refugio, girls 100, 11.80
Leah DePiper, Port Aransas, girls 800, 2:22.11
Mikel Brown Refugio, boys 400, 49.59
Aubrey Brown, Refugio, girls long jump, 17-8
Class 1A
London Yanity, Tilden McMullen County, girls 3,200, 11:33.68
London Yanity, Tilden McMullen County, girls 800, 2:25.59
London Yanity, Tilden McMullen County, girls 1,600, 5:29.64
Isabella Billingsley, Tilden McMullen County, girls 1,600, 5:38.54
Tilden McMullen County girls 1,600 relay, 4:18.01
This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: 2026 Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend UIL State Track Meet qualifiers