{"id":199706,"date":"2025-03-18T11:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/?p=199706"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:25:30","slug":"wildcats-dominate-vanden-in-track-field-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/?p=199706","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats Dominate Vanden in Track &amp; Field Sweep!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Will C. Wood track and field teams<\/strong> delivered an outstanding performance on Wednesday, <strong>sweeping Vanden<\/strong> in dominant fashion. The <strong>Wildcat boys cruised to a 103-38 victory<\/strong>, while the <strong>girls secured a strong 86-39 win<\/strong>\u2014a true showcase of speed, strength, and teamwork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the boys\u2019 side, <strong>Deshaun Seymour Jr.<\/strong> was unstoppable, winning <strong>three events<\/strong>\u2014the <strong>100-meter dash (10.84 seconds), 200-meter dash (23.67),<\/strong> and the <strong>4&#215;100 relay<\/strong> with teammates <strong>Julian Hernandez, Timmothy Pinkney, and Azaireon Taylor (43.97).<\/strong> <strong>Mardell Taylor Jr.<\/strong> also put on a show, dominating the <strong>110-meter hurdles (16.23), 300-meter hurdles (43.17),<\/strong> and the <strong>triple jump (39-04.00).<\/strong> Additional wins came from <strong>Alex Pelayo in the 1600 (4:47.11), Jackson Scott in the long jump (19-00.5),<\/strong> and <strong>Kallen Richey in the high jump (5-04).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Wildcat girls<\/strong> put on a stellar performance as well, led by <strong>Michelle Hughes<\/strong>, who took first in the <strong>400-meter (1:01.12),<\/strong> and <strong>Tiekeya Robinson<\/strong>, who claimed the <strong>200-meter (29.33).<\/strong> Hughes and Robinson also teamed up with <strong>Ruby Ford and Maurce Brewer<\/strong> to dominate the <strong>4&#215;100 relay (51.63).<\/strong> <strong>Lea Pendergraft<\/strong> was another standout, securing victories in the <strong>high jump (4-00)<\/strong> and <strong>pole vault (6-10).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a <strong>huge win<\/strong> for the Wildcats, proving once again that <strong>hard work and dedication pay off<\/strong>. Congratulations to all the athletes who competed\u2014your school is proud of you! Keep that momentum going, and let\u2019s bring home even more victories this season. <strong>Go Wildcats!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Will C. Wood track and field teams delivered an outstanding performance on Wednesday, sweeping Vanden in dominant fashion. The Wildcat boys cruised to a 103-38 victory, while the girls secured a strong 86-39 win\u2014a true showcase of speed, strength, and teamwork! On the boys\u2019 side, Deshaun Seymour Jr. was unstoppable, winning three events\u2014the 100-meter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/?p=199706\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wildcats Dominate Vanden in Track &amp; Field Sweep!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-track-and-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199707,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199706\/revisions\/199707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}