The Mount Pleasant High School Tiger and Lady Tiger track teams closed out their regular seasons on Wednesday, April 3 at the district meet at Pine Tree High School. The Tigers placed 4th as a team and qualified 8 athletes for the area meet in 8 events. The Lady Tigers placed 5th as a team and qualified 10 athletes for the area meet in 6 events.

Tiger Area qualifiers include:

100M—Dylan Bennett 1st

110M hurdles—Isaiah Hunter 1st

200M—Latristan Thompson 4th

400M—Shane Watkins 3rd

Shot Put—Corben Craig 4th

Discus—Jonathan Amieva 4th

4×100 relay

Dylan Bennett, Jonathan Turner, Shane Watkins, DeCorian Thompson 2nd

4×200 relay

Dylan Bennett, Latristan Thompson, Shane Watkins, Isaiah Hunter 1st

Lady Tiger Area qualifiers include:

100M hurdles—Miyah Farrier-Amador 4th

1600M—Alexia Hawkins 4th

Shot Put—Auti Johnson 2nd

Discus—Vanessa Sampson 3rd, Olivia Glenn 4th

4×100 relay

Tiya Allen, KK Brannon, Shakiyah Shepard, Anna Norman 1st

4×200 relay

Shannon Hines, KK Brannon, Shakiyah Shepard, Anna Norman 3rd

The Area meet is Thursday, April 11 at Humble Kingwood High School. MPHS Track is coached by Jeff Litke (Tiger Head Coach), Travis Buchanan (Lady Tiger Head Coach), Keith Thompson (Relays), Kavan Johnson (Hurdles), Precious Thompson (Long Jump & Relays), Jason Sims (High Jump), Luke Craddock (Triple Jump), Crystal Jackson (High Jump), Jessica Stanley (Throwers), Alex Fellows (Throwers), Taylor Johnson (Pole Vault), Martina Ramirez (Distance & Mid-Distance), Jay Turnipseed (Sprints), and Tina Carrillo (Sprints).

Photos:

4×100: Area qualifying 4×100 relay

4x100g: District Champion and area qualifying 4×100 relay

4×200: District Champion and area qualifying 4×200 relay

4x200g: Area qualifying 4×200 relay

Broach: Track team members honor teammate, Trevor Broach