MINERAL WELLS – A late surge by the Brownwood Lady Lions catapulted them to the District 6-4A track and field team championship here Thursday, while the Lions came up just short in their bid for a title and placed second.

Brownwood will be sending a combined 33 entries – 17 on the girls side and 16 in boys action – to the 5-4A/6-4A area meet at the Abilene ISD Annex near Shotwell Stadium on Friday, April 12, as the top four finishers from each event move on.

The Varsity Lady Lions finished with 169 points to the 134.5 of Stephenville, meanwhile the JV Lady Lions amassed 226 to Stephenville’s 167 to complete the meet sweep for the Brownwood girls.

“It was a great day,” said Lady Lions first-year head coach Chelsy Lipsey. “Our JV, we felt like coming in had a good shot and they took care of business. Varsity-wise, we knew it was going to be a close battle with Stephenville and Graham came in and surprised us a little bit. We had some things we didn’t expect happen in the field events early on and that made things real close, but we came out and did what we needed to do in the running so it ended up being a good day.”

The Varsity Lions generated 158 points which trailed only the 206 of Stephenville, while the JV Lions notched 138 points which was behind just Stephenville (190).

The Lady Lions overcame a slow start Thursday to eventually collect 14 medals – 8 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze. Leading the charge for the Brownwood girls were Kaya Phillips, who played a part in four gold medals, while Sidney Windham helped account for three victorious efforts.

“It shows that battling adversity is huge and they were able to do that and that’s going to help us out in the long run, too.,” Lipsey said of the Lady Lions digging themselves out of an early hole. “Next week we have area, then regionals and it’s going to get tougher and tougher, but we have some chances to get some girls to Austin if we just do what we need to do.”

The Lions, meanwhile, brought home 13 medals – 6 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze. Ike Hall won gold in all five of his events – the long jump, triple jump and high jump, and also as a member of the 4×100 and 4×200 relays.

Clinging to a 1.5 point lead with three events remaining, the Lady Lions produced a total of 56 points in the 200 meters, mile, and mile relay to run away with the crown.

“In the 200 we got first and third, then the mile was awesome where we went first, third and fourth so that got us some big points there,” Lipsey said. “We knew we’d been running well in the mile relay so if we took care of business there we’d be all right. We just have to work on getting that time down the next few weeks and we’ll have a chance to do something at regionals.”

As for being able to achieve district championships on both the varsity and JV level in her first season in Brownwood, Lipsey said, “Brownwood’s always had athletes and I was following them last year trying to decide what I wanted to do. When I decided to take the job I knew we had a chance to be district champs and we had a ton of girls that came out. They work hard, they’ve been doing good all season and I’m excited to see how we build in the future. Plus the seventh and eighth grade, the couple of meets I got to watch, we’ve got some good ones coming so I’m excited to see what we can do the next few years.”

Point-producing results for the girls and boys varsity and JV teams are as follows:

Brownwood Lady Lions

1^st place

Sidney Windham in the 800 meters (2:24.0)

Sidney Windham in the 1600 meters (5:32.94)

Kaya Phillips in the long jump (16-11.25)

Kaya Phillips in the 200 meters (25.63)

Braycee Lee in the 400 meters (1:00.28)

4×100 relay of Icess Hall, Nylah Hall, Talia Clifton and Aniah Hines (51.0)

4×200 relay of Icess Hall, Kaya Phillips, Aniah Hines and Kate Tindol (1:44.62)

4×400 relay of Kate Tindol, Kaya Phillips, Sidney Windham and Braycee Lee (4:03.93)

2^nd place

Lyndi Biasiolli in the 3200 meters (13:14.92)

Talia Clifton in the 100-meter hurdles (16.59)

3^rd place

Haylee Adkins in the 3200 meters (13:23.57)

Haylee Adkins in the 1600 meters (5:47.69)

Aniah Hines in the 100 meters (13.09)

Kate Tindol in the 200 meters (26.3)

4^th place

Hannah Deen in the high jump (5-2)

Icess Hall in the 100 meters (13.19)

Lyndi Biasiolli in the 1600 meters (5:55.0)

5^th place

Icess Hall in the triple jump (33-1.25)

Haylee Adkins in the 800 meters (2:37.24)

Kynlie Lewis in the 300-meter hurdles (50.9)

6^th place

Aubrie Felux in the high jump (4-10)

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Brownwood Lions

1^st place

Ike Hall in the long jump (22-4.5)

Ike Hall in the triple jump (47-3.75)

Ike Hall in the high jump (6-6)

Sam Kallman in the discus (153-7)

4×100 relay of Raven Prado, Ike Hall, Caven Webster and Aaron Edmonds (42.66)

4×200 relay of Raven Prado, Ike Hall, Morsello Hooker and Grant Gray (1:29.92)

2^nd place

Morsello Hooker in the long jump (21-6.5)

Morsello Hooker in the triple jump (43-8)

4×400 relay of Raven Prado, Grant Gray, Stone Ratliff and Ross Strasner (3:31.83)

3^rd place

Trae Jones in the 110-meter hurdles (15.98)

Trae Jones in the 300-meter hurdles (41.83)

Morsello Hooker in the high jump (6-2)

Grant Gray in the 200 meters (22.79)

4^th place

Weston Wolf in the discus (139-7)

Bennett Windham in the 3200 meters (11:10.28)

Aaron Edmonds in the 100 meters (11.52)

5^th place

Bennett Windham in the 800 meters (2:12.61)

Bennett Windham in the 1600 meters (5:00.33)

Sam Kallman in the shot put (45-0.5)

6^th place

Wyatt Wolf in the pole vault (11-0)

Ty Tindol in the 110-meter hurdles (16.92)

Crystin Villarreal in the 400 meters (54.86)

Hayden Noe in the 300-meter hurdles (43.48)

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Brownwood JV Lady Lions

1^st place

Kylea Karnes in the 3200 meters (13:48.11)

Kylea Karnes in the 800 meters (2:43.95)

Kylea Karnes in the 1600 meters (6:20.21)

Damayah Hooker in the high jump (4-10)

Damayah Hooker in the 100-meter hurdles (17.4)

Ashlyn Soto in the long jump (15-2.5)

Ashlyn Soto in the 200 meters (27.91)

Emera Lombrana in the 400 meters (1:04.38)

Tyraji Tillman in the 100 meters (13.42)

4×100 relay (51.87)

4×200 relay (1:51.93)

4×400 relay (4:24.7)

2^nd place

Kiara Delce in the triple jump (31-2)

Montanna Ramsey in the 3200 meters (14:03.51)

Joclyn Salazar in the 400 meters (1:05.7)

3^rd place

Madison Weckwerth in the high jump (4-6)

Eboni Baker in the 100 meters (13.65)

Ashton Scott in the 100-meter hurdles (18.47)

Damayah Hooker in the 300-meter hurdles (54.65)

4^th place

Mya Salazar in the 100 meters (13.78)

Montanna Ramsey in the 800 meters (2:52.07)

Montanna Ramsey in the 1600 meters (6:39.49)

Arieseli Hernandez (1:06.43)

Madison Weckwerth in the 200 meters (28.91)

5^th place

Kiara Delce in the long jump (14-1)

Arieseli Hernandez in the triple jump (29-9)

Adamaris Moreno (56.49)

6^th place

Sara Stubblefield in the 800 meters (2:56.56)

Emera Lombrana in the 200 meters (29.03)

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Brownwood JV Lions

1^st place

Kenyan McDowell in the 100 meters (11.92)

Javelee Organ in the 110-meter hurdles (16.7)

Keedan Brooks in the 300-meter hurdles (44.72)

2^nd place

Levi Moss in the discus (117-3)

Nick Rodriguez in the 300-meter hurdles (44.74)

Keshaun White in the 1600 meters (5:23.05)

4×100 relay (45.4)

4×200 relay (1:35.16)

4×400 relay (3:43.71)

3^rd place

Carson Noe in the discus (116-1)

Kadyn Avalos in the shot put (37-6)

Michael Herrada in the 200 meters (23.92)

4^th place

Keedan Brooks in the long jump (17-10.25)

Carson Noe in the 200 meters (24.18)

5^th place

Durham Brown in the high jump (5-2)

Carson Noe in the 100 meters (12.18)

Keshaun White in the 800 meters (2:17.54)

Keedan Brooks in the 110-meter hurdles (18.99)

6^th place

Nick Rodriguez in the triple jump (35-1.5)

Nick Rodriguez in the 110-meter hurdles (12.18)

Luke Hagood in the discus (105-7)