AUSTIN — Sharyland Pioneer’s Daisy Monie and Rio Grande City’s Serina Ramirez continued the Rio Grande Valley’s long-standing tradition of producing top-notch throwers with strong showings at the UIL’s Class 5A State Track & Field Championships.
Both took home top-five finishes to highlight the Valley’s pack of field event state qualifiers at the state meet Friday at Mike A. Meyers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin.
In her return to the 5A state championships, Monie earned the top finishes of any RGV athletes after qualifying in both shot put and discus.
The Pioneer senior won fourth place in the discus — her third time qualifying for the state finals in the event — with a throw of 139 feet and 2 inches.
Monie’s best performance of the day, though, came in the shot put finals after qualifying for the state meet in the event for the first time in her high school career after capturing second at the Region IV-5A meet in mid-April.
She recorded a toss of 43 feet, 10.75 inches, which bested her marks from both the area and regional meets and won her a silver medal and spot on the podium. Monie finished second after being edged out by Laredo Martin’s Melanie Duron, the Region IV champ, who took the state title with a 45-foot throw.
“It feels great to be amongst the top three. I’m so happy that I’m out here again. Coming out here for the first time ever in shot put and medaling, that’s just a blessing in itself,” Monie said. “The Valley is slept on a lot, so I’m just so grateful that first, second and fourth place were from the 956. That’s just so awesome.”
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