Early's Yebra wins regional title in 200 meters, advances to state

April 24, 2021 at 4:18 pm Updated: April 26th, 2021 at 9:56 am Derrick Stuckly

Early’s Grecia Yebra (center) won the Region I-3A title in the girls 200 meters in a time of 25.39 to advance to the UIL Class 3A Track and Field State Championships May 7-8 in Austin [Photo courtesy of Early Longhorn Athletics Facebook page]

ABILENE – Early Lady Horn Grecia Yebra is headed to the UIL Class 3A Track and Field State Championships May 6-8 in Austin after capturing the Region I-3A title in the girls 200 meters Saturday in Abilene.

Yebra was clocked at 25.39 in the finals after posting the third-best time of 26.03 in Friday’s preliminaries. Yebra held off fellow state qualifier and runner-up Makki Hart of Shallowater (25.67), who posted the fastest time in the preliminaries.

Also for Early, Vic Cooper came in third the boys triple jump (44-7) and could be in line to move on to Austin. The best third-place performer from each of the four regions in the state qualifies as the “wild card” or ninth member of the state field in each event.

Alex Jacobs came in fifth in the boys 100 meters (11.02) and seventh in the 200 meters (22.85), while Yebra finished sixth in the girls high jump (J5-0). The boys 4×100 relay team came in eighth (44.17), and Ciara Gallardo was 15th in girls shot put (30-10.25)

For Bangs, Hannah Parson came in 11th in the girls 800 meters (2:31.48).