The Jesuit Rangers took on a vaunted field of opponents in their first outdoor track meet of this season. The field at McKinney’s Ron Poe Stadium consisted of Allen, McKinney North, Wylie, McKinney Boyd, Dallas Jesuit, and Plano East, just to name a few. The Rangers as a team would hold their own, placing 6th in this opening meet. We’re going to highlight some of the key performances that lead to this finish.
Field Events
Spearheading the Jesuit effort this last Saturday was Senior DeChi Peterson high jumped an unreal 6’2 high-jump earning him a bronze medal. Senior Richard Hambleton would add a 4th place finish in the pole-vault, jumping a personal best of 12’6. The senior dominance in the field events would continue while Carson Walls ’22 jumped a best of his own 21’6 in the long jump, placing him at 4th overall in the event. Senior throwers Evan Bare and Lucas Hernandez would also put up impressive performances as they respectfully finished 8th and 9th in the shotput.
Track
DeChi Peterson ’22 would continue his dominance while running a blazing 42.18 in the 300 hurdles. This time would earn him a silver medal in the event. Junior Charlie Humbert would also display his speed while coming in at 3rd in the same event, barely behind Peterson’s time with a 42.46. 0.28 seconds was the difference between silver and bronze medals here, displaying just how important every single second is in these events. The Ranger’s relay teams would also display our talented team. The 4×400 team consisted of Patrick Bennett ’22, Caden Cutchall ’24, Charlie Humbert ’23, Cole Younger ’22, and they placed 4th with a time of 3:33. Our 4×100 would also display an impressive performance as Thomas Wray ’22, Patrick Bennett ’22, Cole Younger ’22, Charlie Humbert ’23, would place 5th with a time of 42.97.
Analysis
This was a promising performance by our Rangers especially since the field was very athletic and faster than the majority of teams in our district. A storyline to follow is how well our 4×100 would do without one of the fastest Rangers in the entire program in Hunter Krepp ’22. Krepp should be back for the rest of the season, even giving us a chance for a medal at the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays in a couple of weeks. The dominance in the field was also a bright spot of the meet for the Rangers while we had 2 Rangers fall one spot short of a medal finish. The MVP of the meet has to go to senior hurdler DeChi Peterson. Peterson’s two medals in the 300 hurdles and high jump really impressed me and I’m very excited to see what he’s going to do the rest of the season.
Thank you for reading and we hope to see you at the next Ranger Track and Field meet at the Wylie Invitational on the 26th.