(Austin) — After taking home gold at the regional meet two weeks ago, Marion’s Maggie Rudisaile finished 5th in the Class 3A pole vault competition at the UIL State Track & Field meet on Thursday. Rudisaile’s teammate Sarah Cooke, who twice established new Marion High School girls shot put records at the region meet, took 9th in the event at the state meet.
Cook had a throw of 35 feet and 3 1/4 inches. Abby Elmore of Gunter won the shot put competition with a throw of 40-8.00. Rudisaile cleared the pole vault bar at 10-6. Laney Kucera of West High School won the state pole vault event with a height of 12-6.
Events in Class 5A will get underway today. The Seguin Matadors are well represented at the meet.
On the girls team, Daisha Shular will compete in 100 meter dash. Shular set meet records twice at the Class 5A Region IV meet in San Antonio two weeks ago. She ran a personal best time of 11.44, which broke her own meet record of 11.69 set on the first day of the regional meet. The record had stood for 19 years.
Daisha will join her sister Ari along with Leah Brown and Kyra Nunez in the girls 4X100 meter relay at the state meet. All four won gold at the regional meet with a time of 47.46. Nunez announced this week she will continue her track career at William Jewell College in Missouri.
For the boys, Seguin’s Devin Matthews, Nik Henry, Ocean Moreno, & Elliot Weaver will compete in the 4X100 meter relay. The foursome placed 2nd at the regional meet.
Christian Ramirez will represent Seguin High School in three events: the wheel chair shot put, the wheel chair 100 meter dash and the wheelchair 400 meter dash. Ramirez won the shot put and the 400 at the regional meet. He finished second in the 100.