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Westwood girls 4×100 relay takes home 4th on final day of Texas Relays

Local athletes get final warm up as track postseason begins this week for some districts

Westwood’s Kenzie McElroy crosses the finsh line in the final leg of a preliminary heat of the high school girls division II 4×100 meter relay at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. (Michael Adams/Austin Sports Journal)

By Michael Adams
Austin Sports Journal

Like many athletes starting the 2024 Texas high school track and field postseason this week, the Westwood girls 4×100 meter relay team has their eyes on state gold.  

The road to the UIL State Track and Field Championships in May begins this week as districts meets get underway all over the Greater Austin Metro Area.

The relay team of Addy Sanderville, Violet Hewitt, Vivian Garcia and Kenzie McElroy put on a show Saturday on the final day at the 96th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium, the site of the UIL state track meet.

The Warriors relay team took home fourth place in division II with a time of 47.61 seconds in a field of 43 teams from all over the United States.

They shed almost four-tenths of a second off their preliminary time, which was the fourth fastest among all 12 heats.

In the finals, Sanderville, Hewett, Garcia and McElroy still finished as the fastest Class 6A team in the field and behind Long Beach Poly (Calif.), Scotlandville (La.) and Frisco Heritage (5A).

Heritage did finish behind the Warriors in the preliminaries, while the team with the third fastest preliminary time, Bryan Rudder, did not run in the finals.

The road back to Meyers stadium may not be easy for Westwood.

Their finals time would have placed them at 9th in last year’s UIL state meet. Several teams that medaled in 2023 did not run at the Texas Relays, including last year’s state champion Klein Forest. The Golden Eagles have the fastest 4×100 meter relay time in among Class 6A at 45.06.

Vandegrift’s Annie Burton and Miah McAulay of Bowie run in the high school girls 3,200 meter run a preliminary heat of the high school girls division II 4×100 meter relay at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. (Michael Adams/Austin Sports Journal)

Other notable performances

Here are some notable finishes from Austin area athletes on Saturday at the Texas Relays:

  • Annie Burton of Vandegrift finished third in girls 3,200
  • Hudson Haley of Vandegrift finished fifth in boys 3,200
  • Audrey Griffin of Stony Point finished second in the girls pole vault – section B
  • Lily Muzzy of Georgetown finished second in the girls triple jump
  • Cameron Morrison of Glenn finished seventh in the boys shot put
  • Swayde Griffin of Lago Vista finished sixth in the boys 110-meter hurdles – Division I
  • Violet Hewett of Westwood finished third in the girls 100-meter dash – Division II
  • Carson McCoy of Thorndale finished eighth in the boys 100-meter dash – Division I
  • Austin Diggs of La Grange finished second in the boys 100-meter dash – Division II
  • Round Rock finished first in the boys 4×400 meter relay – Division II