District Track Meet, Gus Stadium, April 15-16:  Day 1 Results.  Rain forced some adjustments to the schedule and JV meet will not take place until next Wednesday.  Clark Varsity qualified many for Friday’s finals, which have been moved up to 1pm.  Field events delayed one day – will start at 9am on Friday.  Our first two  moving on to regionals in early May are David Scorceletti and Glynnis Meade in the 3200m, both setting personal records.  Full results after tomorrow.  Go Cougars!

All Area/District teams announced

Several Clark Cougars from this year’s fall athletic seasons were peppered throughout the Express-News’ annual recognitions of local players.  28-5A All District Teams were also named in volleyball (Clark football All District awards were released earlier and can be found here). Complete lists can be found here.

Congratulations to each on their individual accolades and representing Tom C. Clark High School in the stadiums, gyms and fields.

ALL AREA FOOTBALL PLAYERS

ALL DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

CROSS COUNTRY CLASS TEAM

The varsity football team finished #2 in the area rankings after a 13-1 season which took them to the state quarterfinals.  They were #1 in the KSAT 12 rankings and #10 in the Associated Press (AP) rankings.

Photo by Lisa Wells

Clark’s Varsity teams both fared well with 3rd place finishes at the NISD meet on Saturday, October 10th.  Twenty five teams covered the course at Hardin Athletic Complex on a cool, overcast morning.  Shantel Swift (12:31) was 2nd in the 2 mile girls race and Glynnis Meade was 4th (12:36).  Rounding out the team scoring were Mel Schwartz (13:31), Shaneve Swift (13:36), and Katherine Ritchie (13:42).  The boys team were led by 5th/6th place David Scorcelletti (16:41) and Austin Wells (16:42) for the 3 mile course.  Jose Sierra (17:15), Ryan Pavlich (17:29), and Jim Wells (18:21) were next in for the Cougars.  Pictures of the Varsity and JV races can be found at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/.

The JV teams will be at the Central Catholic Relays on Wednesday, and Varsity will travel to Seguin on Saturday.  Countdown to District – 3 weeks!

-Rose Meade

Jose Sierra among nation's elite runners

Based on results of the McNeil Invitiational on Saturday, October 3rd, three Clark cross country runners have qualified for the 5k (3.1 mile) Milesplit US Second Team Elite according to TX.Running.com.  They met or exceeded the national silver standard of 16:30 for boys and 19:45 for girls.  Congratulations to David Scorcelletti (16:13.6), Jose Sierra (16:30), and Glynnis Meade (19:27.4) for this achievement!

Clark runners at "1st" meet

With the first meet of the season canceled by weather (curiously), Coach Ager and the Clark Cougar Varsity team invited the Warren Warriors over to familiar ground – the Clark cross country course.  Finishing 1st and 2nd for the girls 2 mile were Shantel Swift (12:43) and Glynnis Meade (12:44), followed by teammates Stacey Wilkins (13:45), Melanie Schwartz (14:13) and Shaneve Swift (14:14).  The boys were led by David Scorcelletti (16:44) and Jose Sierra (16:45), finishing 2nd and 3rd overall, followed by Austin Wells (17:16), James Leopold (17:33) and Ryan Pavlich (18:20) for the 3 mile course.

Next up for the team is the NEISD meet at Brooks City Base.  Check out our pictures at http://clarkcrosscountry2009.shutterfly.com/

more photos at saclarktrack.shutterfly.com

North East Relays, April 9th

Boys – 5th out of 10 teams
Shot Put: 2nd Adair Campbell 44-4
Discus: 3rd Adair Campbell 133-5  3/4
3,200m: 1st Jovanne Carazallez 10:35.19

Girls – 5th out of 10 teams
Shot put: 3rd Anna Drewry 35-9  1/2
Triple jump: Shantel Swift 35-6  3/4
3,200m: 1st Glynnis Meade 12:43.41
3,200m: 3rd Bri Tammaro 13:25.57
400m: 2nd, Shaneve Swift 59.12

Pictures, as always, are located at saclarktrack.shutterfly.com.

District meet for JV and Varsity is next week, Thu-Fri, April 16-17 at Gustafson Stadium.
Thursday:  Field events start at 1pm, finals for JV 3200m at 3:15pm/ Varsity at 7:10pm, prelims for running events start at 4pm;
Friday:  Finals for running events start at 4pm.
Come cheer the Cougars on!

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Another great showing by Clark track and field athletes. Pictures are at http://saclarktrack.shutterfly.com

Girls:
Triple Jump – 3rd Shantel Swift 35-05
400 Meter Dash (Olympic Development) – 3rd Shantel Swift 1:02.01
400 Meter Dash (Olympic Development) – 5th Shaneve Swift 1:02.18
1500 Meter (Olympic Development) – 1st Glynnis Meade 5:33.87
1500 Meter (Olympic Development) – 5th Mary Dresser 5:49.47
3000 Meter (Olympic Development) – 1st Glynnis Meade 11:58.63
4×400 Meter Relay – 6th (Luisa Garza, Shaneve Swift, Shantel Swift, Jasmine Robertson) 4:07.06

Boys
Pole Vault – 2nd Morgan Thomas 12-00
Discus Throw – 3rd Adair Campbell 135-04
110 Meter Hurdles – 2nd Hayden Greenbaur 15.35
300 Meter Hurdles – 1st Hayden Greenbaur 40.28
4×100 Meter Relay – 7th (Ryan Flournoy, Jacob Garcia, Joseph Nichols, Sam Perez) 45.02
4×200 Meter Relay – 4th (Jacob Garcia, Joe Nichols, Quincy Braxton, Joe Vazquez) 1:32.66
4×400 Meter Relay – 7th (Jacob Garcia, Hayden Greenbauer, Quincy Braxton, Sam Perez) 3:32.82
4×800 Meter Relay – 6th (Jovanne Carazallez, James Leopold, David Scorcelletti, Jose Sierra) 8:52.91
Distance Medley – 6th (Jose Sierra, Quincy Braxton, James Leopold, Jovanne Carazellez) 11:19.29