Fast UIL Region 800m
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The girls 800m at the Region 1-6A meet in Arlington, Texas this past Saturday was a battle.
The field was loaded with some of the country's top talent, with many of the same girls who competed in the UIL District 5-6 6A Area Championship -- the same race which led to five athletes running sub 2:10.
Unlike in that battle, Flower Mound (TX) freshman, Nicole Humphries would earn the win this time over Prosper junior Aubrey O'Connell. The duo ran 2:08.30 and 2:08.74, respectively. Humphries' time is the nation's leading freshman time, and an overall US No. 5 effort.
Humphries and O'Connell both qualified for the state meet along with Coppell's Waverly Hassman. Hassman ran 2:09.50 for the fastest third-place performance out of all four Class 6A UIL Region meets that took place over the weekend.
Watch the race above and check out more from the Texas Region meets in the links below.
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Top Four Results:
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | WIND | H# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Humphries | 9 | Flower Mound | 2:08.30 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Aubrey O'Connell | 11 | Prosper | 2:08.74 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Waverly Hassman | 10 | Coppell | 2:09.50 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Brynn Brown | 12 | Denton Guyer | 2:09.99 | 1 | |||