There will be five athletes representing Kaufman County this weekend at the State Track Meet in Austin this weekend.
Two are from Forney High School and three are from Kaufman High School.
Representing Forney will be Kris Hodge and Kara Hyde. Hodge will be running the 110 meter hurdles and Hyde will be running the 100 meter hurdles.
The fact that Hodge advanced to Austin is not a surpries in the eyes of Forney boys track coach Kent Smtih.
"I thought Kris had the ability to be a state meet caliber athlete since his junior year," Smith said. "He just so happened to run in a region that two kids from Lancaster who ran the two fastest times in the nation."
Smith said Hodge "took advantage of the situation" when the two Lancaster runners graduated last year.
Hodge's top performance this year in the 110 meter hurdles has been 14.21 seconds. Smith feels if Hodge duplicates that time "he should bring back the gold."
Smith said the two keys for Hodge will be to "get out of the blocks" and to "stay sound in his technique" throughout the race.
Represneting Kaufman will be Edwin Munoz is a four seed in the mile run for Kaufman. Jade Jacquez is the number two seed in the 800 meter run. Christina Harris will be seeded fifth in the Discus.
The State Track Meets will be Friday and Saturday at Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin.
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