Track

Haywood only Bastrop County athlete to qualify for state track meet

Bastrop High School junior Maggie Haywood practices the long jump in preparation for the state track meet Maggie Haywood finished ninth...

Apr 282 min read

Smithville's Chabot transfers to Houston to train under nine-time Olympic gold medalist

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Brice Chabot has transferred to the University of Houston, the mecca of collegiate sprinting. The Smithville...

Aug 20, 20243 min read

Eric Liddell: Olympic champion, Chariots of Fire protagonist, missionary to China

By Jim Irish Getty Images, Alpha Historica/Alamy, Hutton-Deutsch Collection, PA archive On a sweltering July afternoon in 1924, Eric...

Jul 14, 20247 min read

Chabot scratched from 200 at Olympic trials after entering transfer portal

By Jim Irish Courtesy photo Brice Chabot did not step to the starting line of the 200-meter dash heat at the Olympic trials last...

Jun 30, 20242 min read

Chabot set for race of his life in 200 dash at U.S. Olympic trials

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos from UTSA Brice Chabot suffered a concussion playing football at 16 years old for Smithville High School....

Jun 22, 20243 min read

Adams soars to silver medal in Class 5A state track meet

By Jim Irish Track fans had their final glimpse of Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams, at the state track meet last Friday. Ramonz said...

May 6, 20242 min read

Look, up in the sky; it's a bird; it's a plane; it's Bastrop's Ramonz Adams

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams’s primary focus is football, but he is displaying elite form in track and...

Apr 25, 20242 min read

Harbour, former 3:50 miler, Baylor track coach, returns to Texas high school alma mater

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Todd Harbour is thriving in Port Isabel, the small community on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent his...

Feb 1, 20246 min read

Smithville alumnus earns bronze medal at U23 track meet in Costa Rica

By Jim Irish Photos by Luis Gomez Brice Chabot returned from the under age 23 North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletics...

Jul 25, 20232 min read

Chabot on his way to San Jose to compete in U23 track meet

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Brice Chabot was forced to jump through some hoops to obtain a passport in order to compete in the under age...

Jul 13, 20232 min read

Bastrop's Carter grabs sixth place at region track meet

By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish Bastrop sprinter Jaden Carter finished in sixth place in the 100-meter dash final at the Class 5A Region...

May 1, 20232 min read

Little sister, big sister; Jaden Carter follows in steps of LeLe

By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish When Bastrop High School sprinter Jaden Carter requires tweaking her form, she turns for advice to her...

Apr 26, 20233 min read

Mike Keogh: Journey from young Irish immigrant to Olympian

Manhattan College's Mike Keogh (left) on the starting line against the late, great Steve Prefontaine of Oregon in the three-mile run at the NCAA outdoor track championships in 1972. Prefontaine won, while Keogh took fifth By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Eight-year-old Mike Keogh stood at the railing on the deck of the 1,550-passenger MV Britannic as it steamed into New York Harbor and its horn bellowed in May 1958. He observed the Statue of Liberty in the distance, but what had

Mar 1, 202313 min read