Lady Lion Emma Stegemoller on Saturday became the second member of the Brownwood High track program to qualify for the UIL Track and Field State Championships, advancing in the 800 meters.
Despite coming in third in the 800 meters at the Region I-4A meet at Lowrey Field, Stegemoller, who ran a 2:22.33, earned the wild card berth – the best third-place time from all four regions – as she beat out Lily Green of Celina in Region II (2:22.8), Hadley Phillips of China Spring in Region III (2:29.48), and Madison Anderson of Wimberley in Region IV (2:26.41) to move on to Austin.
Kynslee Walker was right behind Stegemoller in the 800 meters, finishing fourth in a time of 2:23.56, while Becca Church added a fourth-place effort in the 100-meter hurdles as she was clocked at 16.54.
Blanket Tiger senior Tyler Simpson qualified for the UIL Class A Track and Field State Championships by winning the Region III-A boys 400 meters in Whitney this past weekend.
Simpson, who is bound for Angelo State to play football, was clocked at 53.0 to outdistance runner-up Dustin Matthews of Graford (53.51) by almost a full second.
Simpson’s regional championship brings the number of Brown County entries into the UIL Track and Field State Championships – which will take place May 6-8 at the University of Texas’ Myers Stadium in Austin – to eight.