In this morning’s field events, Abilene High's Garrison Hardin was Abilene’s best shot at Austin.

He missed it by two feet.

Hardin finished third in the discus today with a throw of 163-04, just two feet back of second-place finisher Tyler Washington of Cedar Hill. Johnnie Piggee, the overwhelming favorite coming into the event, represented De Soto well, winning it all with a throw of 177-02.

So we're still working to find a state qualifier from Abilene. I don't think we'll finish the day without one, however, and we may just get a few.

I fully expect Amanda McGill to make it in both the 100 and 300 hurdles, and the AHS sprint relay was just barely edged in the prelims, where it finished third. A perfect set of handoffs can make up that time, though, so the Eagles have a shot.

Of course in the relay, anything can happen. The Permian boys had a great shot at getting out of the region, but dropped the baton in the prelims. The same thing happened to the Mansfield Timberview girls, who were leading by a good 20 yards at the time.