Spring’s Own Texas Stallions Shine at the Louisiana Governor Games
The Texas Stallions Track
The Stallions and forty-five
other teams with more than 1,500 youth athletes competed in the youth track
and field meet at LSU’s Bernie
Moore Track
Stadium. Children ages 4 to 18 years came from Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas to participate in the Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU) sanctioned event hosted by Crescent City Track Club.
Pictured
l to r Kaitlin
Kirkwood, Devauncia
(DeeDee) Franks, and Morgan Wiltz.
Seven boys and nine girls from the Stallions stable took part in events that were held by age groups: PeeWee (6 & under) Primary (7-8), Sub-Bantam (9), Bantam (10), Sub-Midget (11), Midget (12), Sub-Youth (13), Youth (14), Intermediate (15-16), and Young Men/Women (17-18). For the first time in its 19 year history the Governor Games presented Team Awards to the Boys and Girls teams with the most points. The Stallions Girls Team placed 11th earning 83 points with the throwers leading the way.
Custom medals of Gold, Silver and Bronze were awarded to the top-three finishers in each event by age group and points were awarded for the top eight toward the boys and girls team awards. The top-eight finishers were:
· Alyssa Cummings – 8th Place 200m
Primary:
· Ahmad Cummings – 6th Place Shot Put
· Connor Franklin – 5th Place Shot Put and 8th Place 800m
· Nzinga Williams – 6th Place Long Jump
Sub-Bantam:
· Devauncia Franks – 1st Place 1500m Race Walk and 1st Place Shot Put
· Lavoxkeia Carnes - 2nd Place 200m and 3rd Place 400m
Bantam:
· Morgan Wiltz – 1st Place Shot Put and 2nd Place 1500m Race Walk
Sub-Midget:
· JaDarious White – 3rd Place 100m and 7th Place 200m
Midget:
· Alyssa Honora – 6th Place 100m
Youth:
· Brittany Collins – 6th Place 800m and 7th Place 400m
Intermediate:
· Kaitlin Kirkwood – 1st Place Discus and 1st Place Shot Put
· Michael Briant – 6th 110 Hurdles
“This was the Stallions first time participating in the event, and I am so pleased with their performance” said Head Coach Paul Durisseau, “and I am so grateful for our throws coaches James Carnes and Brad Franklin who have done a wonderful job with our throwers all of which are first-timers”. The Stallions can be seen next Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the AAU Sanctioned event held by the Sonics Track Club. The meet will be held at Klein Collins Stadium, 20811 Ella Boulevard, Spring, Texas 77388 at 8:30 am.
A youth Track and Field Club, the Texas Stallions are based in Spring Texas with athletes from Spring, Klein, Conroe, Houston, schools districts and the surrounding North Houston area. Practices are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at Klein Collins High School. Sponsor opportunities still exist and athlete registration for the cross country season will open in July, if you are interested in being a part of the Texas Stallions team please contact our registrar Cynthia Cummings at (832)-415-0568 or email texas.stallions@yahoo.com. The Stallions season is made possible in part by our sponsors Shell Houston Open, ExploreSpring.com, Morgan Education Consulting, and Frost Bank.






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