Brownwood Lady Lion Kylie Morris on Friday finished second in the girls triple jump to advance to the State Track Meet in Austin on May 7-8.
Morris, who won the 5-4A/6-4A area championship, jumped 36-11.25 which trailed only Glen Rose’s Kylie Frush (37-0.5). Morris comfortably outdistanced third-place Tania Lee of Burkburnett (35-8-25) as the top two finishers in each event automatically advance to state.
The only other event in which finals were held for Brownwood competitors on Friday was the boys triple jump, where Jackson Yoder placed 15
th with a best effort of 39-5.
Running preliminaries also took place Friday with Becca Church advancing to the finals in the 110-meter hurdles with the seventh-best time of 16.63. Kynslee Walker also came in seventh in the 400 meters (1:01:03) to reach the finals. Church will run at 3:05 p.m. Saturday and Walker will take the track at 3:50 p.m.
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