By: Haley Hartwick

April 12-14^th marked the 2011 16-5A District track meet, which was held at Pflugerville High School. It was an intense and exciting three days filled with lots of sweat, smiles, and victories.  Although Leander didn’t top in overall team scores they sure did top in overall individual events but as Coach Heermans always says, “I’d rather have quality over quantity any day.”

Leander had over  15 varsity athletes both boys and girls that competed and placed in the top 3 of their events and are now qualifiers for Regional’s which will take place May 2^nd and 3^rd. The girl qualifiers include Jessica Owezie, who is not only of the class of double 1’s but she also earned double 1’s herself by placing 1^st in both Shot Put and Discus. Haley Hartwick, got 2^nd place in pole vault with a height of 9’6 not only setting a new record for herself but a new school record too. Corrine Cisse had an outstanding performance not in just one event, but 3! She received 1^st place in triple, 1^st place in the 800, and 2^nd place in the 400m dash. And Stephanie Wangui was right behind her the whole way earning 2^nd place in the 800. Last but not least the 4×4 relay consisting of members Stephanie Wangui, Corinne Cisse, Lexi Brooks, and Michelle Madrigal won first place beating the school record with a time of 3:57.68 which had been their best race all season!

It was a successful meet too for the Leander boys with all 3 relays and their members Tyler Rountree, Andy Gonzalez, Cody Turner, Tevin Smith, Nico Brown, Martel Summers, Brandon Floerke, and Kyle Denny taking 1st place in the 4×1, 1^st place in the 4×2, and 2^nd place in the 4×4. And superb individual performances go to Nico Brown with a 1^st place win in the open 200 and Kyle Denny also with a 1^st place in the open 400 with a time of 49.76.

The Leander track team has had one of its best seasons ever and cannot wait to win a few more gold medals at the Regional meet at Baylor.