Cove summer athletes fare well

While the Copperas Cove 7on7 squad was taking on some of the best in the state during the Texas 7on7 Championships in College Station, some other Copperas Cove-area athletes were doing the same thing across town in the track and field arena during the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Region V state qualifying meet where seven athletes advanced to the TAAF State Championship Meet to be held July 28-31 in McAllen.

 

Siblings Abigial, Katelyn and Reginald Mouton, along with cousin Michaela Mouton, of the CenTex Pacesetters Track Club all qualified, along with three others for the state meet to be held next weekend in the Metroplex.

 

Abigail Mouton finished fourth in the 10-and-under division of the 200-meter dash and 10th in the 10U 100m dash.

 

Katelyn Mouton qualified both the 12U 800m run and 1,600m run with top two finishes in each event. She finished with a mark of 2:59.94 for a 2nd-place nod in the 800 and notched a 6:41.48 to finish first in the 1,600 in front of cousin Michaela who finished second to qualify with a mark of 6:50.91. Michael also had a 5th-place finish in the 800 with a mark of 3:06.98.

 

Older brother Reginald Mouton notched a 3rd-place finish in the boys’ 18U division of the 800m run with a time of 2:03.43. he also finished seventh in the 400m dash.

 

Zoe Pearson also qualified with 1st place finishes in the 400m dash and 800m run in the 16U division. She won the 400 with a time of 1:01.09 and the 800 with a mark of 2:25.68.

 

Brianna Washington notched a 1st-place finish in the 18U division of the 800m run with a time of 2:25.44 and the1,600m run with a time of 5:46.35.

 

Finally, Jaylen Waters earned a trip to state with a 4th-place finish in the 8U 800m run with a time of 3:25.35.

 

COVE GOLFERS NOTCH WINS

 

Cove graduate Tyler Morrison and eighth-grader Madelyn Miller each notched wins over the past week on the golf links.

 

Miller got the winning started last week with her two-day total of 196, including a personal best 91 on day two of the Waco City Championships. Miller bested the field by 17 strokes to secure the win. She shot 11-strokes better than her next competitor in the girl’s 13-14 age group on day two.

 

Also seeing success was Morrison with her 1st-place finish at the West Texas Junior Champions Tour event at San Saba River Golf Course in San Saba.

 

Morrison shot a two-over-par 74 to win by two strokes over Brownwood’s Sydney Roberts.

 

Morrison began the tournament with a birdie on hole 11 before ripping 14-consecutive pars to build a four-stroke lead over Roberts with just four holes to play. A few bogeys down the stretch by Morrison allowed Roberts to close the gap by two strokes but that was as close as she would get.

 

Cove graduate Bryce Anderson and incoming senior Caden McAnally also had strong showings at the tournament with Anderson finishing third with a 5-over-par 77 and McAnally finishing mid-pack tied for 7th out of 14 players. Anderson finished just one stroke behind winners Jaryn Pruitt of Brownwood and Jake Angerstein of Early who tied with a 76.

 

Cove Junior High’s Elle Fox also completed her out-of-state tour with a 78 on the final day of the IMG Academy Junior Golf World Championships at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, California. Fox finished with a three-day total of 249 in the field of 107 of the top 13-14 female golfers in the world.