May 15, 2024 - Smithson Valley High School senior Ella Pickron brought home the 5A State pole vault title to cap off her career as a Ranger on May 3 in Austin, but that’s not the only hardware Comal ISD track and field athletes brought back from state meets.
Pickron, who is heading to Colorado State, cleared 13 feet, 0 inches to win gold and helped the SVHS girls team earn third place in the state. Fellow senior Jazmyn Singh won bronze in the 400-meter race, and the 4x400-meter relay won bronze with Avianna Miller, Mia Perez, Singh and Izabella Sutherland.
In addition, SVHS Coach Bren Jones was named the Girls State and Sectional Track & Field Coach of the Year.
Continuing in 5A competition, Pieper High School junior Caroline Peterson won the silver medal in girls high jump after clearing 5-7. This is her third medal in the event in three years, winning the silver last year, and the gold in 4A competition as a freshman.
In 4A, Canyon Lake High School senior Cadence Patterson won the silver medal in the 3200-meter race with a time of 10:47.65, ending her high school career with her first state medal. She finished fourth in the 1600-meter race.
Comal ISD had 30 athletes qualify for state track and field competitions. They are listed here.
4A Canyon Lake HS – Coach Sami Theurer
- Cadence Patterson – Silver medalist in 3200m and 4th in the 1600m
- Ayren Lightfoot - 4th in the 400m
4A Davenport HS – Coach Brandon Davis
- Kendall Fallon- 4x400 Relay, 300 hurdles
- Macie Fallon - 4x400 Relay
- Ryan Kovacs- 4x400 Relay
- Rylee Reisdorph - 4x400 Relay
5A Canyon High School – Head Boys Track Coach Glen Gamez
- Maia Aldrich -300-meter hurdles
- Luke Bell - 300-meter hurdles
5A Pieper High School – Head Girls Track Coach Bo Kilpatrick
- Taniyah Adams - 4x100 9th & 4x200 6th
- Gentry Boykin - 4x100 & 4x200
- Mishaila Briggs - 4x100 & 4x200
- Ava Kerklin - 4x100
- Victoria Onyenagada - 4x200
- Caroline Peterson - Silver medalist high jump & 4x200
5A Smithson Valley High School Girls – Coach Bren Jones –
- Team Girls Track & Field 3rd place in State
- Karis Leyendecker, 4x100 relay
- Avianna Miller, 4x100 relay; Bronze medalist 4x400 relay
- Maycee Moody, 4x100 relay
- Ella Pickron, Gold Medalist, pole vault
- Mia Perez, Bronze medalist 4x400 relay; 6th place, 800 m
- Jazmyn Singh, Bronze medalist, 400m; Bronze medalist 4x400 relay; 4x100 relay
- Payton Todd, Alternate, 4x100 relay
- Izabella Sutherland, Bronze medalist 4x400 relay
- Erika Arzu Barrios, Alternate, 4x400 relay
- Lillian Koenig, Alternate, 4x400 relay
Smithson Valley High School Boys Track
- Conor Drott, 4x100 relay
- Liam Magee, 4x100 relay
- Jaxson Maynard, discuss
- Caden Spradling, 4x100 relay
- Bradley Sowersby, 4x100 relay
- Gavin Kantorak, alternate, 4x100 relay
Congratulations!
Photo Descriptions
-Smithson Valley High School senior Ella Pickron won the 5A state pole vault championship on May 3. Photo courtesy of Davis Kuhn.
-Pieper High School junior Caroline Peterson won the silver medal in the 5A state high jump event.
-Smithson Valley High School senior Jazmyn Singh won the bronze medal in the 5A state 400-meter race.
-Smithson Valley High School girls track team placed third in the 5A UIL state meet.
-Smithson Valley High School girls track coach Bren Jones was named the Girls State and Sectional Track & Field Coach of the Year.