As the rain picked up at Myers Stadium on Friday evening, Chamaya Turner couldn't help but cry. The New Braunfels Canyon junior had just unleashed a throw of 48 feet, 3 inches to claim the Class 4A shot put title.
Olympian Leo Manzano can see the potential traps awaiting the elite high school runners who will gather in front of the Capitol on Saturday for the annual Congress Avenue Mile.
A year ago, Maira Salinas became the seventh Luling High athlete to win a gold medal at the state track and field meet, outrunning everyone in the Class 2A girls 3,200 meters.
A last-minute change by race organizers moved the start of the Congress Avenue Mile from 11th Street back to its original site at the steps of the Capitol, thus giving the best high school runners in the state 48 boys and 48 girls a perfect straight sh...
