Newcastle Track Athletes Advance to Area

Courtney Spitzer and Girls 1600 Relay Team Win District!

by Gordon Grubbs

April 12, 2010

The Newcastle Bobcats and LadyCats spent a beautiful spring day in Aspermont last week running and jumping their way to district medals! Five boys and five girls from Newcastle qualified for advancement while participating in the District 11-A track and field meet. The area track meet will be held Thursday, April 15th in Roby. This meet will be a much bigger challenge for the Bobcat and LadyCat tracksters because the bigger class A schools are thrown into this competition!

Courtney Spitzer was the lone individual champion (1:02.29) with a victory in the 400 meter dash! The LadyCat 1600 meter relay team (Tara Evans, Latisha Short, Kimberly Bell, and Courtney Spitzer) also took top district honors with a winning time of 4:22.77.

Collin Bachman, NHS Photographer

Latisha Short hands off to Kimberly Bell during 1600 relay championship

Kerry Lowe finished 2nd in the 3200 meter run; Brandon Bailey finished 3rd in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles. Jewell Jackson sped to 6th place finishes in the 100 and 400 meter dash. Jewell's 6th place finish in the 100 meter dash was a photo finish with 2nd-6th places finishing within less than 1/2 of a second from each other! Freshman Charitye Lowe finished in 3rd place five seconds behind Courtney Spitzer in the 400 meter dash and Latisha Short finished 6th in the 1600 meter run.

Collin Bachman, NHS Photographer

Jewell Jackson hands off to Brandon Bailey

The boys 1600 meter relay (Jewell Jackson, Brandon Bailey, Cody Lowe, Shot Lowe) finished 4th and the girls 400 meter relay (Kimberly Bell, Courtney Spitzer, Charitye Lowe, and Tara Evans) finished 3rd.

Those advancing to the area meet in Roby and their event include the following:

Girls: Courtney Spitzer - 400 meter run; 400 meter relay; and 1600 meter relay

Charitye Lowe - 400 meter run and 400 meter relay

Latisha Short - 800 meter run and 1600 meter relay

Kimberly Bell- 400 meter relay and 1600 meter relay

Tara Evans - 400 meter relay and 1600 meter relay

Boys: Brandon Bailey - 110 hurdles; 300 hurdles; and 1600 meter relay

Kerry Lowe - 3200 meter run; and 1600 meter relay

Dakota Lowe - high jump

Cody Lowe - 1600 meter relay

Jewell Jackson - 1600 meter relay