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BREAKING: Fort Bend Marshall girls track & field team wins Back-To-Back Class 5A State Championship
AUSTIN - There is a new dynasty brewing on Buffalo Run.
For years, it was the boys track & field team that was winning title after title. From 2015 to 2019, the Buffs won four crowns in five seasons.
In 2021, it was the girls turn to win their first-ever State Championship, but could they replicate the success over again in 2022 just like the boys have been able to do in year's past?
On Saturday, as the Fort Bend Marshall 4X400-meter relay team crossed the finish line inside Mike A. Meyers Stadium, their 3rd place finish put the finishing touches on back-to-back Class 5A State Championships for the program.
Fort Bend Marshall finished with 75 points and beat out Mansfield Timberview for the overall team title. For Fort Bend Marshall High School as a whole, this is the sixth overall title - including boys and girls - in the past eight years.
The Lady Buffs got the scoring started earlier in the day in the field events with a bronze medal finish by Genesis Griffin in the long jump. She reached 19-feet-4.75-inches.
Then, it was time to run.
Fort Bend Marshall senior Tairah Johnson defended her 2021 State Championship in the 100-meter hurdles winning the race with a time of 13.62. Teammate Desirae Roberts finished fourth with a time of 14.20.
#UILTrack 📽: @FBMarshallTrack senior Tairah Johnson defends her state crown in the 100 meter hurdles. Crosses at 13.62 and makes her Back 2 Back State Champ 🥇 @TTFCA @FBISDAthletics @FortBendISD @MarshallBuffs @MHS_Buffs @KPRC2 @KPRC2RandyMc @HTownHSS @MaxPreps #vypecampus pic.twitter.com/6KPlJ3cTIK
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) May 13, 2022
When the relays came, the Lady Buffs gathered up big points.
In the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays, Fort Bend Marshall finished second overall in each race, giving them a whopping 32 points from those silver-medal finishes. In the 4x100, it was Johnson, Cesley Williams, Brittney Green and Janai Williams running a time of 46.26. In the 4x200, it was Green, Johnson, Tyeler Moore and Williams posting a mark of 1:38.05 to take silver.
The Lady Buffs got one point from Cesley in the 400-meter race, where she finished sixth overall (56.66).
#UILState Track: @FBMarshallTrack girls take 2nd in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 46.26 | #vypecampus @FBISDAthletics @FortBendISD @MarshallBuffs @MHS_Buffs @TTFCA @KPRC2 @KPRC2RandyMc @HTownHSS pic.twitter.com/umPjoCRXqm
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) May 13, 2022
Run for Dylan: Denton Guyer's Brynn Brown sets a new state record with a gold medal in the 3,200-meter race
A clear favorite from the start, Denton Guyer's Brynn Brown was running for something bigger than herself— bigger than a state title— on Saturday. Brown was running for fallen teammate Dylan Dorrell who died in August from heart issues after a cross country workout with the team. With a motivating motto of "Run for Dylan" all season, Brown was able to push herself throughout the race.
Breaking her own state-meet record of 10:09.91, the North Carolina signee set a new state record in the UIL Class 6A 3,200-meter race with an incredible time of 9:58.77. The senior came up just about ten seconds short of the national record of 9:47.88 set by Katelyn Tuohy in 2018.
BREAKING: Denton Guyer star Brynn Brown sets the new Class 6A and #UILState record by running the 3200-meter race in 9:58.77 | The old record was. 10:09.91 ... set by Brown in 2019. @TXMileSplit @DentonGuyerFB @GuyerGirlsTrack @GuyerBoysTrack @GuyerVolleyball @disdathletics pic.twitter.com/OBVX31Ttql
— VYPE DFW (@VYPEDFW) May 8, 2021
With her gold medal on Saturday, Brown will head into college with four state titles under her belt. Brown has two gold medals in the 3,200-meter race, one in the 1,600-meter race, and one in cross country.