At the beginning of April, Bellaire track and field team competed in the district meets. Junior Varsity team competed on April 4th and 7th at Butler Stadium while the Varsity team competed April 8th, 9th and 11th at Barnett stadium. Bellaire is in District 20-5A, along with 5 other competitive schools- Chavez, Houston Lamar, Madison, Westbury and Westside. The boys team placed first while the girls team placed second overall. Runners competed for the top four spots in order to make it to area.

Junior Arjun Das ran the 3200 m and the 1600 m in districts. He plans to be able to compete at the state meet.

“This season has been the fastest season for me yet” Das said. “I broke 10 minutes for the 2 mile run with a 9:57, and I ran a 4:38 for the 1600 m. Bellaire track team has had several victories this year. After districts, we will compete against some of the fastest runners at area. The top four at area will move to regionals, and top two at regionals will go to state.”

Qualifiers:

Boys

Donovan Stiner- 110 m Hurdles

Jamarcus Washington- 110 m Hurdles

Donovan Stiner- 300 m Hurdles

Jamarcus Washington- 300 m Hurdles

Bellaire 4x100m relay team

Bellaire 4x200m relay team

Bellaire 4x400m relay team

Justin Grisby 200 m Dash

Karl Maier 800 m Run

Karl Maier 1600 m Run

Ababu Mohamed 1600 m Run

Ababu Mohamed 3200 m Run

Arjun Das 3200 m Run

Richard Goldman 3200 m Run

Justin Grisby 100 m Dash

Justin Grisby 200 m Dash

Ryan Buckley Triple Jump

Ryan Buckley Pole Vault

Reno Moffett Pole Vault

Thomas Buckley Pole Vault

Justin Grisby Long Jump

Girls

Amari Vann 100 m Dash

Faith Udobong 400 m Dash

Kristina Armstrong 800 m Run

Melissa Aleman 1600 m Run

Kristina Armstrong 1600 m Run

Melissa Aleman 3200 m Run

Bellaire 4×100 m Relay Team

Bellaire 4×200 m Relay Team

Bellaire Girls 4×400 m Relay Team