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PALACIOS – The Columbus Cardinals’ track and field team came away with some impressive performances as they competed in the Shark relays over spring break. Several Columbus athletes achieved medals after securing top placements in their respective events. Both the boys and the girls boasted medal- earning efforts as each team secured spots in the top five. The boys finished in fourth place as a team and the girls completed the meet in the fifth-place spot.
The Cards claimed their spot after some impressive outings by their point-scoring performers. They got their top single-event performance from Xavier Woods in the high jump competition. He secured the gold medal and cleared the second-place jumper’s top height by six inches. Woods was also part of the Cards’ 4X100m relay team that included Jayden Dillard, Cristian Reyna and Ty’Vone Whitehead. They claimed the bronze medal in the event after a photo finish just ahead of fourth-place Palacios. Whitehead had a strong day individually outside of the relay races. His high-point was the silver medal in the 100m dash, and he also contributed a bronze-placement in the triple jump competition. His sixth-place finish in the long jump also contributed points to the team’s total score. Josafat Galvan represented the Cards in the longer distance races, taking fourth place in the 1600m race and fifth place in the 800m race.
The Lady Cards had some strong performances themselves as they claimed their top-five placement. Taylor Morrow had the strongest day for the team after taking a silver medal in the triple jump competition along with fourth place in the long jump. She also helped secure points as part of the relay team that competed in the 4X200m relay race. Morrow, Treasure Upson, Kaitlyn Torres and Kloee Woytek teamed up to take fourth place from the event. Scarlett McClelland took the fourthplace spot in both the 100m and 200m sprints to add more points to the team score. Chloe Ross had a strong day in the long-distance races as she took on each of the available events. She took her competition-high finish in the 800m race with a silver medal. She followed that performance with a third-place finish in both the 1600m race and the 3200m race.
