Big Country-area qualifiers for 2026 UIL State Track and Field Meet

With a long season almost over, the Lone Star State’s top high school athletes are finally set to compete at the 2026 UIL State Track and Field Meet. After weeks of district, area and regional meets throughout the state, the best athletes in Texas high school track have punched their tickets to the state meet on Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16, at the University of Texas’ Mike Myers Stadium in Austin. In total, more than 100 of the Abilene area’s top sprinters, hurdlers, throwers, pole vaulters and distance runners will be going for gold at the UIL state meet while representing the Big Country.

Here’s a closer look at every Big Country-area high school track and field star who has qualified to compete at the 2026 UIL State Track and Field Meet: BIG COUNTRY, ABILENE-AREA QUALIFIERS FOR 2026 UIL STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET (MAY 14-16) CLASS 5A – BOYS 100-METER DASH Jaden Jackson, Abilene High, Sr. – 10. 30 (3rd-fastest qualifying time among 5A boys) CLASS 4A – BOYS HIGH JUMP Jesse Barnes, Stephenville, Jr.

– 6-06. 00 (5th-best qualifying mark among 4A boys) CLASS 4A – BOYS POLE VAULT Kylar Mills, Stephenville, Sr. – 15-00.

00 (2nd-best qualifying mark among 4A boys) CLASS 4A – GIRLS SHOT PUT Brinkley Hall, Stephenville, Sr. – 40-10. 50 (4th-best qualifying mark among 4A girls) CLASS 4A – BOYS SHOT PUT Kolton Dearth, Stephenville, Sr.