VYPE Live Lineup - Tuesday 4/20/21

AUSTIN - The final day of the 2021 UIL Track & Field season has arrived and Mike Myers Stadium plays host.

The field events got going on Saturday morning with the running events to be the primetime evening festivity. VYPE was on hand! Check out photos, highlights, interviews and more from the day of 6A action below and the Top 3 finishers from each event.

What a Show!: 4x100 meter relay come down to 1,000ths of a second

The relays always provide a good show and this year was no different.

In the first boy's relay of the night, the top three were separated by a total of 17 thousandths of a second. That is a fraction of a fraction of a second.

Cedar Hill, Tompkins, and Alief Taylor battled neck and neck down the stretch and it took a photo finish. In the end, Cedar Hill crossed the line at 40.483, while Tompkins took second at 40.490 (a difference of 0.007 seconds) and then it was Alief Taylor crossing at 40.50.

Hands down one of the best finishes of the day.

Men's 100-meter dash comes down to a 1,000th of a second

You thought the 4x100-meter relay was crazy, the 100-meter dash was a classic as well.

In the final stretch, it came down to Jose Garcia of SA Harlingen and Connor Washington of College Park. The two duked it out down the track and in the end, Washington even lunged a bit and fell to the track across the finish line.

When the final times popped up on the big video board inside Mike Myers Stadium it was Garcia in first at 10 seconds flat and Washington in second at 10 seconds flat. In the end, it was a thousandth of a second that seperated them (Garcia 9.998 and Washington at 9.999).

Cinco Ranch's Flynt wins shot put, discus crowns

Vikings have always fascinated Amelia Flynt.

The Cinco Ranch senior does her blonde hair up in a Vikings braid since her freshman season and prior to the District meet started she wanted to push it over the top.

"I looked up the Viking look," Flynt said. "A lot of them had this paint on their face, which a lot looked like football players and I didn't want that and then I saw what I have now. I was like, that's it."

Down the right side of her face Flynt put maroon and gold paint and on the left some blue streaks on her cheek.

"It's war paint."

Flynt went to war on Saturday in the shot put and discus. In her first event of the day, Flynt tossed the shot put 46-feet-5-inches to win the state title. Later in the day, the senior hurled the discus 173-feet-7 inches to win that state championship.

She is the first state champion from Cinco Ranch since 2005.

Denton Guyer's Brown smashes own State and UIL record

Heading into the 3200-meter race on Saturday morning, the clear favorite for the 6A girls state title was Denton Guyer's Brynn Brown.

The North Carolina-signee was the state record holder from 2019 and had the fastest time coming into the meet. Brown ran away from the competition and smashed her own Class 6A and overall state record posting a time of 9:58.77.

Summer Creek's Jalen Rivers wins Boys High Jump

This was a moment that the Summer Creek senior had been waiting for all year long. He had worked for it since the summer, and at one point was considering a different jump.

In the end, the high jump was the right choice.

Jalen Rivers cleared 6-foot-9-inches on Saturday morning to win the Class 6A high jump state championship.

"At the beginning of the year I was trying to do long jump and [Coach Lang] kicked me out, it wasn't for me, I'm glad he did," Rivers said. "The high jump was the better approach. He helped me out lifting and staying strong."

Bryce Foster - Katy Taylor Interview 

State Champ 🎙: @ktaylortrack senior @BryceFoster5 talks with the media following his big toss of 71-feet-1 inch to win the 6A state championship in the shot put. #UILState @KatyISDAthletic @katyisd @HTownHSS @KPRC2RandyMc @ToddFreed57 @ktaylortrack @TaylorMustangFB @TTFCA pic.twitter.com/mVHSAEP72B

— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) May 8, 2021

Ashton Torns, Austin Westlake - Interview 

State Champ 🎙: @WHSChaps sophomore Ashton Torns took gold in the 6A long jump as a sophomore. We caught up with Torns who has Olympic dreams. #UILState @ChapBasketball @Westlake_Nation @TTFCA @TXMileSplit pic.twitter.com/APr3tGpKsP

— VYPE Austin (@VypeATX) May 8, 2021

FULL RESULTS

Girls Shot Put

State Champ: Amelia Flynt, Cinco Ranch (46-5)
2^nd Place: Lilly Rodel, Conroe (45-8)
3^rd Place: Sophia Haberer, Northside Brandeis (44-4.25)

Boys Shot Put

State Champ: Bryce Foster, Katy Taylor (71-1)
2^nd Place: Jacob Tracy, Lake Travis (63-7.50)
3^rd Place: Matthew Rueff, Seven Lakes (61-2)

Girls High Jump

State Champ: Kennedy Doakes, The Woodlands (5-9)
2^nd Place: Abigail Morrow, New Braunfels (5-8)
3^rd Place: Claire Lowrey, Rockwall (5-8)

Boys High Jump

State Champ: Jalen Rivers, Summer Creek (6-9)
2^nd Place: Turey Stoudemire, The Woodlands (6-8)
3^rd Place: Anston Bryant-Kelly, San Antonio East Central (6-8)

Boys 3200M Run

State Champ: Luke Lambert, Wylie (9:13.75)
2^nd Place: Alfredo Riena Corona, Haltom City Haltom (9:14.13)
3^rd Place: Chris Daniels, Klein (9:14.35)

Girls 3200M Run

State Champ: Brynn Brown, Denton Guyer (9:58.77)*New State Record
2^nd Place: Sophie Atkinson, Cinco Ranch (10:09.21)
3^rd Place: Heidi Nielson, Cinco Ranch (10:23.14)

Girls Long Jump

State Champ: Keviah Ealy, Rockwall (19-8.25)
2^nd Place: Kaitlyn Duhon, Summer Creek (19-8.25)
3^rd Place: Alexis Tilford-Rutherford, George Ranch (19-7)

Boys Long Jump

State Champ: Ashton Torns, Westlake (24-1.25)
2^nd Place: Jose Garcia, Harlingen (24-1)
3^rd Place: Jayden Keys, Tompkins (23-11.25)

Girls Discus

State Champ: Amelia Flynt, Cinco Ranch (173-7)
2^nd Place: Chrystal Herpin, Pearland Dawson (166-11)
3^rd Place: Emma Sralla, Lewisville Marcus (163-10)

Boys Pole Vault

State Champ: Jack Mann, Lake Travis (16-4.75)
2^nd Place: Colton Rhodes, Klein Cain (16)
3^rd Place: Robert Postell, Bridgeland (15-6)

Girls Discus

State Champ: Amelia Flynt, Cinco Ranch (173-7)
2^nd Place: Chrystal Herpin, Pearland Dawson (166-11)
3^rd Place: Emma Sralla, Lewisville Marcus (163-10)

Boys Discus

State Champ: Kevin Grubbs, Summer Creek (207-1)
2^nd Place: Jacob Tracy, Lake Travis (195-9)
3^rd Place: Bryce Foster, Katy Taylor (191-1)

Boys Pole Vault

State Champ: Jack Mann, Lake Travis (16-4.75)
2^nd Place: Colton Rhodes, Klein Cain (16)
3^rd Place: Robert Postell, Bridgeland (15-6)

Girls Pole Vault

State Champ: Emily Fitzsimmons, Lake Travis (13-9)
2^nd Place: Skyler Schuller, Coppell (13-6)
3^rd Place: Olivia Lueking, Clear Creek (13-6)

Girls Triple Jump

State Champ: Brya Brewer, Cedar Hill (42-7.50)
2^nd Place: Alexis Tilford-Rutherford, George Ranch (40-7.50)
3^rd Place: Kennedy Doakes, The Woodlands (39-5)

Boys Triple Jump

State Champ: Jaden Patterson, Atascocita (50-7)
2^nd Place: Donald Lee, Klein Collins (49-3.25)
3^rd Place: Charles Demmings, Mesquite Horn (48-4.50)

Girls 4X100 Meter Relay

State Champ: Seven Lakes (44.89)
2^ND Place: San Antonio Reagan (45.0)
3^rd Place: DeSoto (45.22)

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay

State Champ: Cedar Hill (40.483)
2^nd Place: Katy Tompkins (40.490)
3^rd Place: Alief Taylor (40.50)

Girls 800 METER

State Champ: Aubrey O'Connell, Prosper (2:08.64)
2^nd Place: Kennedy Wade, Clear Falls (2:10.51)
3^rd Place: Amalie Mills, Comal Smithson Valley (2:11.69)

Boys 800 Meter Race

State Champ: Joshua English, The Woodlands (1:50.95)
2^nd Place: Darius Rainey, Summer Creek (1:52.48)
3^rd Place: Isaac Barrera, Lewisville Hebron (1:52.56)

Girls 100-Meter Hurdles

State Champ: Jalaysi'ya Smith, DeSoto (12.93)
2^nd Place: Destiny Smith, Dickinson (13.22)
3^rd Place: Jaiya Covington, Eisenhower (13.28)

Boys 110-Meter Hurdles

State Champ: Barry Richards, Summer Creek (13.31)
2^nd Place: TJ Caldwell, Northwest Nelson (13.63)
3^rd Place: Sam Alves, Rockwall (13.75)

Girls 100-Meter Dash
State Champ: Jasmine Montgomery, San Antonio Reagan (11.09)
2^nd Place: Saniya Friendly, Schertz Clemens (11.44)
3^rd Place: Camryn Dickson, Clear Brook (11.47)

Boys 100-Meter Dash
State Champ: Jose Garcia, Harlingen (9.98)
2^nd Place: Connor Washington, College Park (9.99)
3^rd Place: De'montray Callis, Alief Taylor (10.16)