Dripping Springs High School freshman Isabel Crew, competing in the wheelchair racing events. Isabel finished the 100-meter race with a time of 18.88, the 400-meter with a time of 1:12.81 and the 800-meter with a time of 2:16.53 at the 30th Annual Tiger Relays Feb. 15. She also competed in the shot put, with a throw of 13 feet, five inches. According to her father, Jason Crew, Isabel was born with Spina Bifida and she has been competing in para-athletics for four years. She is a member of the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field ("Emerging Team") and competed at last year's U.S. Paralympic Trials. She competes in the T54 classification which is a sport classification for disability athletics in the track and jump events.
Mattix Dacunha competes in the varsity 110-meter hurdles at the Tiger Relays. He finished this event as champion with a time of 14.68. Dacunha also finished second in the following events: the varsity 300-meter hurdles, varsity high jump and varsity long jump. He also competed in the boys varsity 4x200 meter relays with Cooper Reid, Nick Tyndall and Jackson Mills. They finished in first place with a time of 1:29.13. With 11 area schools in attendance, the varsity girls finished in seventh place and the varsity boys finished in second place at the event.
Author: PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ
Pictured is Dripping Springs High School freshman Isabel Crew, competeing in the wheelchair racing events. Isabel finished the 100-meter race with a time of 18.88, the 400-meter with a time of 1:12.81 and the 800-meter with a time of 2:16.53 at the 30th Annual Tiger Relays Feb. 15. She also competed in the shot put, with a throw of 13 feet, five inches. According to her father, Jason Crew, Isabel was born with Spina Bifida and she has been competing in para-athletics for four years. She is a member of the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field ("Emerging Team") and competed at last year's U.S. Paralympic Trials. She competes in the T54 classification which is a sport classification for disability athletics in the track and jump events.
Author: PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ
Mattix Dacunha hands off the baton to Jackson Mills, anchor leg, in the boys varsity 4x200 meter relay. The relay team also consisted of Cooper Reid and Nick Tyndall. The team finished in first place with a time of 1:29.13. The next local track meet for the Tigers will be Saturday, Feb. 22, at Hays High School. Field events begin at 8:30 a.m. and the running events start at 12:30 p.m.
Author: PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ
