UIL Reschedules Regional Meets, 17 Vandals Qualify

One day after cancelling all regional track meets due to the swine flu outbreak, University Interscholastic League officials have put the meets back on the schedule.

On April 29, UIL officials cancelled the regional meets, and announced that the top four competitors in the region in each event - based on performances at district meets - would advance to state.

On April 30, the UIL reversed itself, allowing regional meets to be rescheduled. Van, and other District 14-3A track athletes will compete at Texas A&M Commerce on May 15-16. The state meet will be June 5-6 at Myers Stadium at the University of Texas inAustin.

Van athletes qualified for the regional meet are:

Treston Parsons - 400-Meter Relay, 800-Meter Relay, 200-Meter Dash

Cody Goodin - High Jump

Jacoby Alexander - Discus, 110-Meter Hurdles

Jace Huddle - Discus

Brad Bogue - Pole Vault

Seth Potter - 400-Meter Relay, 100-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Relay

Michael Terry - 400-Meter Relay, 100-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Relay

Tory Parsons - 800-Meter Relay, 300-Meter Hurdles, 1600-Meter Relay,

Joey McMinn - 1600-Meter Relay,

Addison Neal - 300-Meter Hurdles, 1600-Meter Relay

Jean Ambler - 800-Meter Run, 400-Meter Run, 1600-Meter Relay

Chase Rabe - 400-Meter Relay

Caitlin Galloway - Triple Jump

Katie Rhodes - High Jump

Shawntelle Shiflet - Pole Vault

Jennifer Picinich - 400-Meter Dash

Brittney Tunnell - 800-Meter Dash