The thrill of track and field is in the air, especially as momentum picked up with the District 28 4A Track Meet held on April 1-2, 2025, at Gobbler Stadium. This year’s meet highlighted remarkable performances, from the Cuero Gobblers and Lady Gobblers leading 25 athletes to the next stage: The Area Meet.
The District 28 track meet serves as a stepping stone for high school athletes from Cuero, Gonzales, LaVernia, San Antonio Memorial, and John F Kennedy High School. With the meet hosting field events and prelims on day 1, and running finals on day 2, each event held athletes looking to etch their names in history. The top 4 athletes in each event move onto the Area Meet, which will be held on April 9 at Floresville High School, with field events beginning at 10.
The Varsity Girls squad ended the day in second place overall with 161 points to LaVernia’s 222, while the JV Girls ended the meet on top with 208 totalpointstosecondplace Gonzales with 136. Both the Varsity and JV Boys ended the District Meet in 2nd just behind LaVernia in both divisions.
Wednesday’s Field Events led to the following outstanding performances by both the Varsity Gobblers and Lady Gobblers heading to the Area Meet:
Discus: Girls: 3rd Aaliyah Farris – 90’5”;
Boys: 1st Connor Kubesch 125’9”, 4th Aiden Stafford 122’10”
Shotput: Girls: 1st Ella Jander -33’10.25”, 2nd Aaliyah Farris 33’3.5”;
Boys: 2nd Jayden Winfi eld 42’ 4.25”
Long Jump: Girls: 1st Mauryanna Dasilva 18’ 3”, 3rd Emeree Dasilva 16’ 10.5”;
Boys: 2nd Jossiah Taylor 20’ 9.75”
Triple Jump: Boys: 1st Pierce Denson 41’ 5.75”, 2nd Jossiah Taylor 41’ 2.5”
High Jump:
Girls: 1st Mauryanna Dasilva 5’2”, 2nd (tie) Arissa Carbonara and Paisley Janssen 5’;
Boys: 2nd Pierce Denson 5’8”, 4th David Leinen 5’8”
Pole Vault: Boys: 1st Jake Janssen 13’, 2nd Peyton Diebel 12’6”, 3rd Caleb Keller 12’ The running finals on Thursday yielded the following Area Qualifiers:
100 Hurdles: Girls: 1st Kyara Denson 17:05
110 Hurdles:
Boys: 2nd Jaxxon Marie 16.15, 4th Isaac Ward 16.56
100m: Girls: 2nd Emeree Dasilva 12.67;
Boys: 4th Jaxon Timpone 12 flat
200m: Girls: 1st Mauryanna Dasilva 25.46;
Boys: 2nd Jossiah Taylor 23.28
300 Hurdles:
Girls: 2nd Mauricinae Walker 48.88; 2nd Isaac Ward 42.3, 3rd Bradley Hill 42.84 Relays, often one of the most thrilling events in track meets, did not disappoint this year. Relay teams moving on to area are:
4x100 Relay: Girls: 1st Walker, E. Dasilva, M. Dasilva, and Taryn Gayle 48.02;
Boys: 2nd Martin Sanders, Marie, Taylor, and Timpone 44.21
4x200 Relay: Girls: 1st Grahmann, E. Dasilva, M. Dasilva, and Gayle 1:43.97;
Boys: 3rd Sanders, Marie, J. Janssen, and Taylor 1:33.21
4x400 Relay: Girls: 2nd Walker, Grahmann, P.Janssen, Gayle 4:17.47; Boys: 2nd: Sanders, Ward, J. Janssen, Tony Perez 3:42.04 Points are added to the team totals if an athlete places in the top 6. Those athletes also placing at the DistrictMeetandcontributing totheteamtotalswere: Lexi Garcia 5th in Discus, 6th in Shotput, Bradley Hill 5th in 110 Hurdles, Stran Gaitan 6th in Long Jump, 6th in Triple Jump, and K’den Johnson 6th in Shotput.
As the dust settles on the District 28 4A Track Meet, track enthusiasts across the district will be eagerly awaiting the next thrilling chapter in this season of meet, defeat, and repeat.
As the dust settles on the District 28 4A Track Meet, the real question remains: who will rise to the occasion at the Area Meet? With training intensifying and competition heating up, track enthusiasts across the district will be eagerly awaiting the next thrilling chapter in this season of meet, defeat, and repeat. Prepare to witness some exhilarating performances as these young stars take to the track once again.
Note: JV individual results will be in next week's edition of The Cuero Record.
