Andrew Jones wins all-time great 110 hurdles race at UIL state meet
Andrew Jones won the Class 6A 110-meter hurdles at UIL State, in what may stand as the greatest high school hurdles race ever.
The first stunning moment — and there were more to come — in the Class 6A 110-meter hurdles at the UIL State Track and Field Championships was how close it was. Klein Collins' Andrew Jones has been so dominant throughout the greatest season a high school hurdler has ever produced that it was shocking to see Richardson Berkner's Tyler Key chase him across the finish line. More: UIL state track meet results 2026 Day 2 Texas winners by event, class Jones' undefeated season, that included a national record in the 300 hurdles and the fastest-ever all-conditions 110s, was in jeopardy until the final strides when Jones did manage to outlean Key.
The next shock came on the scoreboard. Jones' 13. 01, which unfortunately came with a 2.
6 meters-per-second tailwind that relegated the race to an all-conditions asterisk, tied himself for the second-fastest ever behind his 12. 97 from earlier this year. More: Eastwood's Noah Garcia caps quick rise with bronze medal at UIL state So what did that mean for Key?
His 13. 05 was the fourth-fastest all-conditions 110s ever, and the fastest by someone other than Jones. Katy's Cadyn Key, who came in with the nation's second fastest legal time this year, ran a 13.