Austin Wells

Several Clark Cougars were recognized for their outstanding play during the fall sports season. Topping the list is cross country junior runner Austin Wells who was named to the Express News Super Team for Cross Country as well as the Area Team.

From Clark volleyball the 27-5A All district 1st team includes Jenn Garrett and Marcella Arellano. Named to the 2nd team is Abigail Glosup and Nicole Rehm.

27-5A 1st team offense football honors went to Manny Menezes. 2nd team offense honors to Kweku Larbie, Brandon Yates, Blake DeHart and Alex Hunter. The 2nd team defense includes Logan Hanna, Tri-Rice Van Buren and Malcolm Eatman.

CONGRATULATIONS COUGARS!!

Courtesy Bill Jones

Congratulations to Cross Country junior runner Austin Wells.  Representing Clark at the Region IV meet, he placed 3rd.  As a result, he will advance to the state meet to be held next week in Round Rock.

Way to go AUSTIN!

The Clark Cougar varsity Cross Country competed in the 27-5A district meet. Shantel Swift finished 7^th for the girls, and Austin Wells finished 2^nd for the boys. They will advance to the Regional meet to be held next Saturday at the National Shooting Complex near Taft High School.

Congratulations to these two Cougars and Coach Anne Ager and the entire Cross Country team on a very successful season!

Cougars are "Swift and Well(s)" at district meet

Wells at AAU Junior Olympics

Clark cross country runner Austin Wells has added a new element to his races and it’s paying off in gold. Express News reporter Pat Turner explains in this story.

Varsity boys ready to roll.

The Clark Cross Country team got off to a great start  in some oppressive heat on Saturday at the Northside Invitational at Gustafson Stadium. Austin Wells finished first among varsity boys in the meet, with a final kick that pushed him ahead of  the pack. Among varsity girls Shantel Swift finished 4th. Next up for the team is the Northeast ISD meet on September 10th.

Wells wins GOLD!

Clark Cougar Austin Wells outran the competition at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics in New Orleans on August 6th finishing the 3000 meter run with a time of 9:14.23 and winning the gold medal. Wells, who runs cross country and track for Clark, was competing against 64 athletes from across the US, Puerto Rico, the UK and Korea.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             He placed 1st in the AAU Area 14 District Qualifier in Round Rock, TX and 1st in the National Qualifier in Converse,TX to qualify to go to the National Championship event.

CONGRATULATIONS AUSTIN!

Clark track and field athletes Shantel Swift and Austin Wells have been busy running and jumping this summer and the result is a trip to New Orleans in August for the AAU Junior Olympic Games. Swift has qualified in the Triple Jump, placing second at the National Qualifier competition at Judson last weekend. Wells placed first in the 3000 meter run to qualify for the Junior Olympics.

They will join athletes in as many as 19 different categories of sports competition beginning July 28th and running through August 6th.

Shantel will be a senior at Clark in the fall and Austin will be a junior. WAY TO GO!!!

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The Clark Cougars boys 4×100 relay team took 2nd place at the regional track meet at Alamo stadium.  Junior Brandon Yates, junior Brian Socha, junior Travis Cooke and senior Ryan Jones ran a time of 42.39, missing first place by just seven one-hundredths.  With the win, they advance to the state meet.  This is the first time a Clark relay team has qualified for the state meet in the history of the school.

Overall, Clark boys track tied for 7th place with Stevens.

Brandon Yates just missed a state appearance in the 200m by placing 3rd, fractions of a second behind the 2nd place runner.  Other Clark athletes who placed well included Shantel Swift and Austin Wells.

You can find more results here.

The Clark boys track and field team placed 3rd at the District Meet this week and will send several athletes to the Regional Meet. Top results included: 2nd place for Brandon Yates in the 200 meter (22.08), 2nd place for Ben Deschner in the 400 meter (51.77), 3rd place for Austin Wells in the 1600 meter (4:28.27) and 2nd place for Wells in the 3200 meter (9:35.95), 1st place for Kyle Rutledge in the High Jump (6’2″), 2nd place for Jimmy Kueber in the Shot Put (48′ 9.5″), 2nd place for Kueber in the Discus (148′ 5″), 2nd place for the 4×100 Relay (42.38) and 2nd place for the 4×200 Relay (1:29.38) – Relay team is Brian Socha, Brandon Yates, Travis Cooke and Malcolm Eatman. (continue reading…)

For the second time in as many meets, the Clark Cougar boys 4x100m relay team (Travis Cooke, Brandon Yates, Malcolm Eatman, and Brian Socha) set a new Clark record at the NEISD Relays. Their time of 42.27 beat the previous record, which they set this weekend in the SAISD meet (42.37).  Prior to that, the record was 42.50 set in 2005 by Adam Sauer, Brandon Mills, Ross Vale and Jerrell Wilkerson.

Austin Wells also broke the 1600m record at the South San meet on March 4th.  He ran a 4:25.43 which broke the old record held by Jesse Mader set in 2000 with a time of 4:27.06.
Several other Cougars also did well at the NEISD Relays.  (continue reading…)