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WCS senior Ijeoma Waturuocha leads the pack
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WCS Track in Top Three at State (May, 2006 ) Coach Mary Andrews is ecstatic – the WCS varsity girls won the runner up title and the boys placed third in the TAPPS 5A state championship held in Waco, Texas! With 17 events scored, the WCS girls earned a total of 80 points which put them in second place after Dallas Christian. The boys earned 48.5 points which put them just 1½ points ahead of San Antonio’s Saint Anthony and 2½ points ahead of their local adversary, Houston Christian High School. Coach Andrews said, “Our kids did extraordinarily well – all of our kids were doing three events while the other schools were doing one or two events per student.” The WCS varsity track team entered 17 events with 11 girls and 18 boys in a field of 22 teams.
In individual girls events, Christina Ray finished 3rd in the long jump and anchored the 4 x 2 and 4 x 4 relay teams to 2nd and 5th place finishes. Christina Ray was also the 3rd leg on the championship 4 x 1 relay team. Courtney Epps placed 4th in the shot missing 3rd by 2½ inches! Ijeoma Waturuocha placed 1st in the 100 and 2nd in the 200 and anchored the championship 4 x 100 relay. Brittany Mitchell placed 3rd in the 100 and was the lead runner for the championship 4 x 1 team as well as the lead runner for the 4 x 2, which placed 2nd.
Johnita Goodman finished 3rd right behind Ijeoma Waturuocha in the 200 as well as ran the 2nd leg on the 4 x 2 and the 1st leg on the 4 x 4 relay teams. Delisa Somoye ran the 2nd leg of the championship 4 x 1 relay and the 3rd legs on the 4 x 2 and 4 x 4 relays. Antonia Spence ran the 2nd leg on the 4 x 4!
In the individual boys events, Monice Garrett placed 1st in the 200 and anchored the 4 x 1 to a 3rd place finish and the 4 x 2 to a 2nd place finish. Jeff Francis placed 3rd in the long jump, 4th in the 400 and was the 2nd leg on the 4 x 2 and anchored the 4 x 4 to a 7th place finish. George Russell also placed 7th in the 400. Harold Gordon tied for 6th in the high jump and was the lead runner in the 4 x 1, 4 x 2 and 4 x 4. “JJ” Garrett was the 2nd leg in the 4 x 1 and 4 x 4 and the 3rd leg in the 4 x 2. Correy Washington was the 3rd leg in the 4 x 1. Jonathan Miller stepped in at the last minute for an injured George Russell in the 4 x 4.
Brandon Smith, Anthony Dupuy, Christian Broussard and Brian Fagbemi were excellent alternates for all the relays and helped push the team to the 3rd place title!
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