With a week to go before district, Coppell traveled to Marcus.
With many athletes sitting out to prepare for district, it gave new athletes the opportunity to compete.
Opponents: Frisco Centennial, The Colony, Sam Rayburn High School, Rockwall, Braswell Marcus, Plano Senior High, Plano West, Lewisville, Denton Guyer, & Hebron,
Coppell Cowboys placed 6th overall.
Leading athletes were:
3200 Meter Run
Grant O’Neal 2nd Place 9:47.15
1600 Meter Run
Rohit Kalpathy 5th Place 4:41.21
4x200 Meter Relay
Obie Gilmore, Malachi Jackson, Kurt Collier, Jerome Jones 3rd Place 1:32.74
High Jump
Lazar Medenica 3rd Place 6-0 Ft
Pole Vault
Adam Paulsen 5th Place 13-6 Ft
During this meet, we witnessed one of the most entertaining events in track and field, the throwers 4x100 meter relay. It was an exciting event that came down to the wire, but Hebron barely edged out Coppell at the end.