EVERY RECORD BROKEN DURING 2024 TEXAS (UIL) STATE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD MEET

3A GIRLS

New record: 2:09.99, Sophia Bendet, University City Randolph, jr.

Previous record: 2:13.06, Desi Hudson, Albany, 1995-96

Toppled a 28-year-old record in the 800-meter dash, winning by nearly five seconds with a 2:09.99. She also won the 1,600 and 4x400 on Thursday. It was the 11th best 800 time in Texas this spring.

New record: 4:53.73, Sophia Bendet, University City Randolph, jr.

Previous record: 5:03.23, Hannah Spears, Holliday, 2021-22

She beat the previous record — 5:03.23 by Holliday's Hannah Spears in 2022 — by nearly 10 seconds and the junior won three state titles and helped University City Randolph win a 3A girls team title.

New record: 11.46 — Taylor Nunez, University City Randolph, jr.

Previous record: 11.59, Taylor Nunez, University City Randolph, 2021-22

Nunez, a four-time state champion last week (Long Jump, 100, 200, 4x400), set a class 3A record by running an 11.46, which was a half of a second faster than the second place finisher and a 0.15 second personal best. Five 3A girls have run the event faster with a wind aid, but the fasted wind legal time was previously run by Nunez herself as a freshman. 

New record: 3:50.19, University City Randolph (Jaela Smith, Sophia Bendet, Ariela Millian, Taylor Nunez)

Previous record: 3:51.05, Wall, 2016-17

The quartet of Jaela Smith, Sophia Bendet, Ariela Millian and Taylor Nunez won the UIL class 3A state 4x400 with a 3:50.19, Smith and Bendet were among the school's third place finishing 4x400 team last year.

4A GIRLS

New Record: 41.76, Falyn Lott, Frisco Panther Creek, sr.

Previous record: 42.69, Chimika Carter (Groesbeck), 1995-96

A four-time state medalist last week, the USC commit toppled a record that stood for 28 years. Her 41.76 won the event title by nearly two seconds, and beat the meet-best 42.69 Groesbeck's Chimika Carter ran in 1996.

New record: 13.89, Kalani Lawson, FW Dunbar, jr.

Previous record: 13.96, Leah Anderson, Midlothian Heritage, 2021-22

The repeat champion was the lone 3A hurdles finalists to dip under 14 seconds, shaving 0.09 seconds off of the record 13.98 she ran at state in 2023. Lawson also was a part of a Dunbar 4x100 team that placed third on Thursday.

4A BOYS

New record: 4:13.08, Angel Sanchez, Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis, sr.

Previous record: 4:13.84, Alejandro Ruiz (Elgin), 2003-04

Picked a great stage to set a season best, hitting 4:13.08 to win the 4A event by about half a second. In fact, the second-place finisher, Canyon's Ryan Fernandez, would have also broken the previous record — 4:13.84 from Elgin's Alejandro Ruiz in 2004 — had Sanchez not done it first.

New record: 3:13.10, Aubrey (Nathaniel Nkwodinma, Ryan McMeen, Landon Martino, Tyler Brown)

Previous record: 3:14.74, McGregor, 1976-77

The two fastest 4A boys state 4x400 times happened in 1977 (3:13.74) and 1993 (3:14.94) before Thursday, when Aubrey won the event by just under a second with a record time of 3:13.10.

New record: 40.56, Gilmer (Trillyon Butler, Mykah Easley, Ta'Erik Tate, Will Henderson)

Previous record: 40.71, Waco La Vega, 2020-21

The relay team broke a record last broken in 2021 by fewer than two tenths of a second. It was a charmed day for Henderson, one of the state's fastest sprinters across all classes who won the 100 in addition to being a part of winning 4x200 and 4x100 relay teams.

5A GIRLS

New record: 10:11.40, Elizabeth Leachman, Boerne Champion, soph.

Old record: 10:13.68, London Culbreath, McKinney North, 2016-17

She was only racing against herself, and that was enough. In winning the 5A final by 24 seconds, she broke a meet record set seven years ago. Leachman swept the 1,600 and 3,200. As a freshman, she won the 1,600.

New record: 4:41.36, Elizabeth Leachman, Boerne Champion, soph.

Old record: 4:45.95, Isabel De Frankenberg, Cedar Park, 1966-67

She repeated in the 1,600 after winning as a freshman and did so around six seconds faster — and around four seconds faster than the 5A girls meet record, a 4:45.95 in 2022.

2A GIRLS

New record: 11:07.12, Calista Turner, Malakoff Cross Roads, sr.

Old record: 11:07.30, Shellon McCallie, May, 1982-83

She won the event by more than 29 seconds, and beat a meet record that stood for 41 years by a fraction — 0.18 — of a second. The senior also placed third in the 1,600.

New record: 42.82, Laney Jernigan, Goldthwaite, sr.

Old record: 43.70, Reagan Johnson, Falls City, 2021-22

The senior swept the 100 and 300 hurdles and in doing so set a meet record in the 300 by nearly a second.

6A BOYS

New record: 39.14, Atascocita (Tory Blaylock, Landon Fontenot, Jordan Parker, Jelani Watkins)

Old record: 39.76, Fort Worth Wyatt, 1997-98

Amazingly, Atascocita ran the second-fastest high school 4x100 time ever in a record-breaking effort on Saturday that beat a field that included four sub-40 finishes. And they are second only to themselves — the same relay team broke the national record in March. Led Atascocita to its first state track and field team title. Duncanville's second place finish beat the previous record, too.

New record: 1:22.25, Duncanville (Brayden Williams, Caden Durham, Ayson Theus, Dakorien Moore)

Old record: 1:23.25, Conroe The Woodlands, 2017-28

Duncanville's Broke — err, smashed — the previous record set in 2018 with a football prospect-laden quartet that includes LSU-signed running back Caden Durham, three-star sophomore reciever Ayson Theus and the anchor — LSU commit Dakorien Moore, the top-rated junior wideout in America. Katy Tompkins' 1:22.72 also beat the previous record.