TEMPLE, TX — It was a weekend of high speed and heavy competition at Wildcat Stadium as the Temple Wildcat varsity track and field team hosted the District 12-6A Championships on April 9-10. Competing against a stacked field, the Wildcats secured a 5th-place team finish with 41 points. Killeen Shoemaker took the team title with 186 points, followed by Harker Heights in 3rd with 164.
While the team standings were dominated by the Killeen schools, the Wildcats proved they belong on the big stage, showing massive improvement across the board and securing several spots in the upcoming postseason.
The Road to the Finals: Prelim Results
The action kicked off on April 8 with the preliminary rounds. In the sprinting and hurdle events, athletes had to dig deep to finish in the top 8 to earn a lane in the Thursday finals.
Advancing to Finals:
Khamani Sanders: 100 Meters – 10.74 (3rd Place)
Qui’Marion Dobbins: 100 Meters – 10.83 (6th Place)
Adan Hernandez: 400 Meters – 50.68 (6th Place)
Sebastian Castilleja: 300 Hurdles – 41.50 (8th Place)
Additional Prelim Performances:
Marcus Dupar: 110 Hurdles – 16.17 (9th Place)
Xavier Tools: 400 Meters – 52.21 (10th Place)
Marcus Dupar: 300 Hurdles – 43.00 (11th Place)
Thomas Stewart-Rains: 400 Meters – 52.78 (12th Place)
Finals: Standouts and Medalists
The Wildcats saved their best for the main event. Highlighting the meet was the 4x200 Relay team, who powered their way to a Silver Medal finish. The quartet of Cameran Richburg, Qui'Marion Dobbins, Khamani Sanders, and Ramauhn Brown clocked a blistering 1:28.33 to take 2nd Place.
Individual medals were also earned in the sprint and middle-distance sectors. Adan Hernandez also punched his ticket to the next round with a gritty 4th-place finish in the 800 meters.
Medalist Summary:
Silver Medalists: 4x200 Relay (Richburg, Dobbins, Sanders, Brown) — 1:28.33
Top Performer: 4x100 Relay (Dobbins, Richburg, Sanders, Brown) — 4th Place (43.39)
Top Performer: Adan Hernandez — 4th Place, 800 Meters (1:58.62)
Full Finals Results
Running Events:
4x200 Relay: 2nd Place – 1:28.33 (Cameran Richburg, Qui'Marion Dobbins, Khamani Sanders, Ramauhn Brown)
4x100 Relay: 4th Place – 43.39 (Qui'Marion Dobbins, Cameran Richburg, Khamani Sanders, Ramauhn Brown)
Adan Hernandez: 4th Place – 800 Meters (1:58.62); 8th Place – 400 Meters (52.25)
Qui’Marion Dobbins: 5th Place – 100 Meters (10.70)
Xavier Tools: 5th Place – 800 Meters (1:59.23); 10th Place – 1600 Meters (4:53.94)
4x400 Relay: 5th Place – 3:32.82 (Adan Hernandez, Sebastian Castilleja, Cameran Richburg, Ramauhn Brown)
Dominick Montalbo: 6th Place – 3200 Meters (10:15.95); 7th Place – 1600 Meters (4:41.77); 12th Place – 800 Meters (2:03.85)
Sebastian Castilleja: 8th Place – 300 Hurdles (55.69)
Aidan Gibbons: 11th Place – 3200 Meters (11:16.62); 14th Place – 1600 Meters (4:59.85)
Field Events:
Javier Agard: 5th Place – Discus (130’0)
Zephaniah Sio: 6th Place – Discus (128’7); 9th Place – Shot Put (40’8)
Xavier Wilson: 6th Place – Pole Vault (10’6)
Isaiah Guerra: 12th Place – Shot Put (34’8 1/4)
Next Stop: The Area Meet
The season continues for seven Wildcats! By finishing in the top 4 of their respective final events, the following athletes have qualified for the District 11/12 Area Meet on April 16th at Panther Stadium in Hewitt:
4x100 Relay: Qui'Marion Dobbins, Cameran Richburg, Khamani Sanders, Ramauhn Brown
4x200 Relay: Cameran Richburg, Qui'Marion Dobbins, Khamani Sanders, Ramauhn Brown
800 Meters: Adan Hernandez
At the Area Meet, our Wildcats will go head-to-head with the top 4 qualifiers from District 11-6A. The stakes are high: the top 4 finishers at Area will advance to the Class 6A Region II Championships on April 24-25, also held at Panther Stadium.
Congratulations to all our athletes on a season of immense growth and hard work. Let’s keep that momentum going in Hewitt! Go Cats!
