{"id":294767,"date":"2026-05-15T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294767\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:04:08","slug":"east-texas-athletes-shine-with-state-medals-at-2026-uil-track-and-field-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294767\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas athletes shine with state medals at 2026 UIL Track and Field Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Texas athletes shine at the 2026 UIL State Track and Field meet, bringing home major medals from Austin’s Mike A. Myers Stadium, showcasing regional talent.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Many East Texas athletes will be coming back home with major medals and wins after the 2026 UIL State Track and Field meet.<\/p>\n

This year’s meet is at the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium in Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below is a breakdown of the most recent results and wins by local student athletes:<\/p>\n


\nMay 15 Events <\/p>\n


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Boys Pole Vault 2A<\/p>\n

1st Place – Evan Jitjaeng – Big Sandy <\/p>\n

4th Place – Jamiah Birmingham – Linden-Kildare6th Place – Leah Staley – Hawkins <\/p>\n

\u00a04th Place – Brayden Gray – Frankston6th Place – Adrian Donell – Frankston <\/p>\n

6th Place – Isabella Meggiato – Lufkin <\/p>\n

1st Place – Micah Lockett – Nacogdoches <\/p>\n

1st Place – Cara Sims – Elysian Fields2nd Place – Madison Grigsby – Timpson <\/p>\n


\nMay 14 Events <\/p>\n

1st Place – Max Garvin – New Diana2nd Place – Riley Blackmon – Troup <\/p>\n

2nd Place – Jada S. Stovall – Liberty-Eylau6th Place – Miley Dowell – Malakoff <\/p>\n

3rd Place – Micah Timmons – Gladewater6th Place – Camden Capehart – Winnsboro <\/p>\n

2nd Place – Rocsan Hadnot – Jasper <\/p>\n

3rd Place – Carley Pittman – Eustace4th Place – Kezia Henderson – Eustace <\/p>\n

4th Place – Miguel Cedillo – Winona <\/p>\n

\u00a0Girls 3200 Meter Run 4A<\/p>\n

6th Place – Abigail Kelly – Lindale <\/p>\n

5th Place – LaBrayia Waalee – Jasper <\/p>\n

1st Place – AJ Dewberry – Troup <\/p>\n

2nd Place – Tierany Neighbors – Mineola6th Place – Taylor Brynn Finch – Central <\/p>\n

6th Place – Rieze De Kock – Bullard <\/p>\n

6th Place – Gabby Coleman – West Rusk <\/p>\n

4th Place – Ella Hutchens – Lindale <\/p>\n

4th Place – Domingo Lopez – Lindale5th Place – Kooper Knighten – Carthage <\/p>\n

4th Place – Kipton Neighbors – Gilmer <\/p>\n

2nd Place – Z’Ryen Banks – Liberty-Eylau <\/p>\n

1st Place – Ke’rion Green – Chapel Hill (Smith County) <\/p>\n

Girls 4X100 Meter Relay 3A<\/p>\n

1st Place – Gladewater – Paytin Thompson, Jordynn Harris, Tyalice Williams and Peyton Hunter<\/p>\n

3rd Place – Atlanta – Sasha Ramirez, Shamijala Gillam, Gracie McWilliams and Markavia Garner<\/p>\n

5th Place – Crockett – Amaya Dancer, Mariyah Mitchell, A’Rihanna Good and Emory Sims<\/p>\n

Boys 4X100 Meter Relay 3A<\/p>\n

1st Place – Daingerfield – Ashton Williams, Ja’Kyrin Craver, Regin Wallace and Iziah Wilbarger5th Place – Liberty-Eylau – Trayden Bragg, Zacchaeus Welch, Kaiden Peacock and Tarshundrick Wren <\/p>\n

Girls 4X100 Meter Relay 4A<\/p>\n

2nd Place – Chapel Hill (Smith County) – Sh’Hayla Starks, Rylee Steele, Ilaysha McGregor and Aryssa Cooper <\/p>\n

Boys 4X100 Meter Relay 4A<\/p>\n

3rd Place – Henderson – Jesstin Starling, Au’Maz Jackson, Brailon Walker and Lamarion Coleman <\/p>\n

4th Place – Raylie Peebles – Mineola6th Place \u00a0– Hailey Jasso – Diboll <\/p>\n

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles 3A<\/p>\n

3rd Place – Miley Dowell – Malakoff <\/p>\n

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles 3A\u00a0<\/p>\n

4th Place – James Pierce – Troup <\/p>\n

1st Place – Emory Sims – Crockett5th Place – Peyton Hunter – Gladewater\u00a06th Place – Jordynn Harris – Gladewater <\/p>\n

1st Place – Camden Capehart – Winnsboro\u00a02nd Place – Jett Taylor – Grand Saline <\/p>\n

1st Place – Rylee Steele – Chapel Hill (Smith County) <\/p>\n

4th Place – Creed Whisenhurt – Sulphur Springs5th Place – Maddox Wright – Kilgore <\/p>\n

Boys 4X200 Meter Relay 3A<\/p>\n

6th Place – Liberty-Eylau – Trayden Bragg, Zacchaeus Welch, Kaiden Peacock and Tarshundrick Wren <\/p>\n

Girls 4X200 Meter Relay 4A<\/p>\n

1st Place – Chapel Hill (Smith County) – Sh’Hayla Starks, Aryssa Cooper, Ilaysha McGregor and Rylee Steele <\/p>\n

Boys 4X200 Meter Relay 4A<\/p>\n

6th Place – Brownsboro – Aiden Mitchem, Leelynd Sherman, Gabe Hendricks and Curtis Warren <\/p>\n

4th Place – Maliek Brown – Chapel Hill (Smith County) <\/p>\n

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 4A<\/p>\n

5th Place – Kyndal Thurmon – Lindale <\/p>\n

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 3A<\/p>\n

1st Place – Brailen Mauldin – West Rusk <\/p>\n

3rd Place – Emory Sims – Crockett6th Place – Kaveah Williams – \u00a0Liberty-Eylau <\/p>\n

1st Place – Camden Capehart – Winnsboro5th Place – Jett Taylor – Grand Saline <\/p>\n

1st Place – Aryssa Cooper – Chapel Hill (Smith County) <\/p>\n

4th Place – Rashad McCoy – Pleasant Grove6th Place – Jamarion Richardson – Pleasant Grove <\/p>\n

5th Place – Kezia Henderson – Eustace <\/p>\n

4th Place – Miler Stewart – Hudson <\/p>\n

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay 3A<\/p>\n

2nd Place – Liberty-Eylau – Lanijah Welch, Amiyiah Blackwell, Kaydence Stephens and Z’Ryen Banks <\/p>\n

Boys 4X400 Meter Relay 4A<\/p>\n

3rd Place – Chapel Hill (Smith County) – Guilherme Gomes, Demarcion Blaylock, Joshua Castanada and Maliek Brown <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East Texas athletes shine at the 2026 UIL State Track and Field meet, bringing home major medals from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-294767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}