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CFISD athletes claimed three individual state championships and 12 total medals from the University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Track and Field Meet, held May 2-4 Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. 

Bridgeland High School senior Lillian Harden placed first in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. Bridgeland junior Benjamin Montgomery won gold in the boys’ 3,200-meter run and Cypress Springs High School senior Jacoby Harmon won the boys’ 800-meter run.

Bridgeland High School senior Lillian Harden, center, Cy-Fair High School senior Madison Ceasar, left,

Harden finished first with a time of 13.52 after finishing second in 2023. Montgomery qualified last season and finished fifth as part of Bridgeland’s 3,200-meter relay. Now, as a junior, he won his event in a time of 8:51.50. Harmon won the gold in his event with a finishing time of 1:51.99.

Also earning medals were Cypress Park High School senior Sydnee Burr, who placed second in the girls’ long jump (19-11.5) and triple jump (42-2); Cypress Ridge High School senior Rylee Hampton placed second in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles (13.86); and Cy-Fair High School senior Madison Ceasar won third place in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.95. Cypress Ranch High School junior Celeste Robinson finished third place in the girls’ 100-meter run (11:46) and third in the girls’ 200-meter run. Harden also placed third in the 300-meter hurdles with a finishing time of 13.52.

Bridgeland High School junior Benjamin Montgomery earned the gold medal in the boys’ 3,200-meter run at the

Jersey Village High School junior Landon Freeman finished third in the boys’ high jump with a leap of 6-8 and Cypress Park senior Jamitrius Jessie finished third in the boys’ triple jump (49-1.5).

The following CFISD athletes placed fourth through ninth in their respective events:

• Bridgeland senior Adin Lathrop placed fourth in the boys’ 800-meter run (1:52.90);
• Cypress Springs High School senior Manuel Vela placed fifth in the boys’ 3,200-meter run (9:02.31);
• Cypress Falls High School sophomore Tristan Horn placed fifth in the boys 3,200-meter hurdles (37.52);
• Montgomery placed sixth in the boys’ 1600-meter run (4:16.28); and
• Cypress Park senior Calvion Fuller placed eighth in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles (14.32).

View complete results from the 2024 UIL State Track and Field Championships.

Source: CFISD