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Colby Huntress, from Anderson High School, wins the 1600-meter run at the UIL State 5A Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, May 15, 2026. Huntress won in a time of 4:20.46.<\/p>\n
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The high school track and field season for Central Texas schools ended earlier this month with several Austin-area boys and girls athletes winning medals at the UIL state meet. Anderson’s Colby Huntress and Thorndale’s Bethany Preusse were big winners, each taking home a pair of gold medals, and there were strong performances from competitors at Lake Travis, Dripping Springs and LASA.<\/p>\n
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Here are the boys and girls athletes who were selected by the American-Statesman’s high school sports coverage staff for the 2026 All-Central Texas Track Team.<\/p>\n
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Boys athlete of the year: Colby Huntress<\/p>\n
Anderson’s Texas Longhorns-bound senior won state golds in the\u00a0Class 5A 800- and 1,600-meters<\/a>. By winning, he joined his older brother Kepler as his family’s gold medalists in the state track meet. Kepler won LASA’s first-ever state sports gold medal in the 800 in 2023.<\/p>\n Thorndale’s Bethany Preusse throws the discus while competing in the 2A UIL state meet May 3 of 2024 at Myers Stadium.<\/p>\n Sara Diggins\/American-Statesman<\/p>\n Girls athlete of the year: Bethany Preusse<\/p>\n The Thorndale junior was one of the UIL state meet’s\u00a0most impressive athlete.\u00a0Preusse won both the Class 2A shot put and discus<\/a>, setting a class record in both events. In the shot put, Preusse had a late burst of energy with a toss of 48 feet, 9.5 inches, three feet further than she had thrown earlier in the state meet.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Louis Hickman Jr., from LBJ High School, crosses the line for a second place finish in the in the 100-meter dash at the UIL State 4A Track and Field Championship at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, May 14, 2026.<\/p>\n Sara Diggins\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n All-Central Texas Boys Team<\/p>\n Eva Cragnolino, from LASA, runs in the 1600-meter run at the UIL State 5A Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n Sara Diggins\/Austin American-Statesman Abram Reagan, left, from Lake Travis and Charvis Tubbs, from Humble, cross the line to finish the 400-meter run at the 6A UIL State Track and Field Championship at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, May 3, 2025. Reagan took third in the event.<\/p>\n Sara Diggins\/American-Statesman Dane Mignerey, from Wimberley High School, competes in the pole vault at the UIL State 4A Track and Field Championship at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, May 14, 2026. Mignerey won with a mark of 16-0.<\/p>\n Sara Diggins\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n Jayvonne Flores, sr., Johnson: Flores closed his prep career with a silver medal in the Class 6A long jump, finishing at 24 feet, 6.75 inches.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Louis Hickman, sr., LBJ: He started his season with a gold medal in the 400 meters at the Texas Relays. At the state meet, he led the Jaguars to victory in the 400 relay and struck individual silver in the 100.<\/p>\n Colby Huntress, sr., Anderson: Our boys athlete of the year rallied late at the state meet to edge Frisco Lebanon Trail’s Andrew Malan by less than half a second in the 1,600 and won the 800 by less than half a second as well. He was our All-Central Texas boys cross-country<\/a> male athlete of the year as well after winning gold at the state meet last fall.<\/p>\n Dane Mignerey, jr., Wimberley: In Class 4A, the Texan earned a\u00a0gold medal in the boys pole vault<\/a>, clearing the bar with a school-record jump of 16 feet.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Abram Reagan, sr., Lake Travis: In his final high school meet, Reagan took second place<\/a> in the Class 6A 400, less than a second behind Pearland’s Joshua Shelton. He will continue to run at Michigan.<\/p>\n MORE: Westlake’s Henry Talarico leads All-Central Texas golf team<\/a><\/p>\n MORE: Rylee Michna earns tennis golf for fourth straight year<\/a><\/p>\n Hendrickson athlete Morgan Nelsen celebrates finishing second in the girls 3200-meter run during the UIL State Track & Field 2026 Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Friday, May 15, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n Aaron E. Martinez\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n All-Central Texas Girls Team<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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