Marble Falls holds area meet Thursday

By Mark Goodson Highlander Sports Editor Marble Falls had eight girls competing in 10 events at Thursday’s area round track and field championships at Mustang Stadium. Three Mustang boys will be competing in five events. Senior Natalie Schulz, junior Lauren Loader and senior Reann Hall led the girls’ team to a third-place team finish at the District 25-5A meet and were expected to lead the Lady Mustangs in the area round. On Thursday, they were trying to advance to the Region IV-5A meet in San Antonio. Schulz is the veteran of the team and will go in favored in the long jump, triple jump, 100 meter hurdles. She also runs on both the qualifying relays – the 4x100 and the 4x200 for the Lady Mustangs. Schulz is trying to advance to state for the third straight year. Schulz won the long jump at 18-0 ½ and the triple jump at 35-10 ½ last week at the district meet at Vandegrift High School. Area qualifiers from Marble Falls: 4x100 relay – 3. Taylor Dixon, Natalie Schulz, Sarah Cauble, Lauren Loader, 50.24 4x200 relay – 3. Trinity Ware, Schulz, Natasha Villalobos, Loader, 1:45.99 100 hurdles – 4. Sarah Cauble, 17.03 300 hurdles – 1. Schulz, 44.57 High jump – 3. Loader, Kaitlyn Rhoades, 4-10 Long jump – 1. Schulz 18-0 ½; 3. Loader, 16-8 ½ Triple jump – 1. Schulz, 35-10 ½ Discus – 2. Reann Hall, 116-02 Shot put – 4. Reann Hall, 34-2 ½ Discus – 3. Ryan Becker, 146-10 ½ Shot put – 3. Becker, 44-3 Long jump – 1. Jacob Metcalf, 21-8 Triple jump – 4. Metcalf, 40-10 Pole vault – 3. TJ Stephenson, 12-6