Boys Regional Recap: 800m & 1600m State Qualifiers Set After Weather-Delayed Weekend
Same weekend, same weather, same stakes — and the boys brought the heat.
While Region 3 was still drying out from Friday’s downpour, the rest of the state’s distance runners got their business done. By Sunday, 96 boys had punched their tickets to Myers Stadium. Here’s the full picture on the 800m and 1600m.
The top two finishers per region earn automatic berths (marked x). The fastest third-place time across all four regions in each event earns the wild card (marked x as well). Third-place finishers who don’t claim the wild card go home.
Girls Regional Recap: 800m & 1600m State Qualifiers Set After Weather-Delayed Weekend
We wrote the 3200m recap on Friday. Then the weather showed up.
Torrential rain in the Houston area forced Region 3 to push all preliminary rounds to Saturday and finals to Sunday — a scramble that tested athletes, coaches, and meet directors alike. But across all four regions and both classifications, the girls 800m and 1600m state fields are now set. Ninety-six spots. Some filled as expected. A few eyebrow-raisers. Here’s your full breakdown.