Temple senior Davion Curtis got what he wanted with a successful high school send-off on the college campus of his soon-to-be-home.
Teammate Quintin Smith got what he came looking for, as well, which was a piece of hardware of any color.
And when the Wildcats’ 4×400-meter relay foursome ran to a second-place finish late Friday night, it put a cap on Temple’s most successful trip to the UIL State Track and Field Championships in quite some time.
The Wildcats finished with a total of 34 points in the Class 5A boys standings — good enough for fourth place in the team rankings behind champion Fort Bend Marshall (52), Lancaster (36) and Waxahachie (36) — and left Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus with medals in three events.
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Boys 110 Hurdles Results 1 McCall, Fabian 12 Huntsville 13.92 1.1 10 2 Roberson, Medric 12 Mansfield Summit 14.08 1.1 8 3 Smith, Quintin 12 Temple 14.09 1.1 6 4 Anderson, Aaron 12 Abilene Cooper 14.24 1.1 4 5 Thompson, Clayton CC Flour Bluff 14.31 1.1 2 6 Thomas, Cameron 12 FW Trimble Tech 14.35 1.1 1 7 Young, Justin 11 Wylie East 14.38 1.1 8 Gumms, Marcus 12 Fort Bend Elkins 14.40 1.1 9 Debrow, Willie 11 San Antonio Houston 14.83 1.1
4x200 Meter Relay
1 Fort Bend Marshall 1:24.19 20
1) Lynch, Cederian 11 2) Smith, Jeremy 12
3) Whitaker, Jarmaiz 12 4) Ehiemua, Shamon 11
2 Waxahachie 1:24.27 16
1) Reagor, Jalen 11 2) Jackson, Keontrey 11
3) Wilson, D'Amonte 12 4) Snell, Kenedy 11
3 Temple 1:24.65 12
1) Franklin, Jemiyah 11 2) Watson, Willari 11
3) Cole, Isaac 12 4) Curtis, Davion 12
4 Mansfield Legacy 1:25.19 8
1) Brealy, Jermaine 12 2) Fricks, Marcus 11
3) McDonald, Trent 11 4) McGee, Michael 12
5 FW Arlington Heights 1:26.41 4
1) Griffin, Deion 12 2) Woolen, Tariq 11
3) Odubasa, Francis 12 4) Thompson, James 11
6 Cedar Park 1:27.12 2
1) Greenwell, Nicolas 11 2) Ferony, Michael 12
3) Heins, Jakob 12 4) Guidry, Javelin 11
7 Victoria West 1:27.78
1) Girdy, Gamarquis 2) Clements, Stephen
3) Ogden, Tavius 4) Freeman, Ken Twuan
8 Beaumont Central 1:28.08
1) Thomas, Patrick 11 2) Broussard, Devin 11
3) Ragsdale, Calen 11 4) Gants, Dailon 10
-- Denton DQ
1) Douglas, Lavandis 11 2) Miller, Emmonie 12
3) Miller, Chris 11 4) Napier, Joshua 12
4x400 Meter Relay
1 Lancaster 3:12.28 20
1) Peterson, Gabriel 11 2) Hollis, Jordan 11
3) Taylor, Stadrian 12 4) Ivy, Kenan 12
2 Temple 3:14.32 16
1) Cole, Isaac 12 2) Johnson, Xavier 10
3) Borbon, Carlos 12 4) Franklin, Jemiyah 11
3 Mansfield Timberview 3:15.51 12
1) Harris, Chuck 12 2) Davis, Lamarque (Tre) 11
3) Armstead, Joshua 09 4) Armstead, Trayvonne 12
4 FW Arlington Heights 3:16.42 8
1) Griffin, Deion 12 2) Woolen, Tariq 11
3) Odubasa, Francis 12 4) Richardson, George 12
5 Richmond George Ranch 3:16.70 4
1) Gorman, Cory 12 2) Baldridge, Jayson 11
3) Franklin, Leroy 12 4) Allison, Champion 11
6 El Paso Burges 3:21.27 2
1) Valdez, Jose 11 2) Madrigal, Luciano 12
3) White, Joshua 09 4) Hamlin, Dartez 12
7 Bastrop 3:22.18
1) Watson, Jayden 11 2) Flores, Ben 12
3) Carter, Reagan 11 4) Contreras, Ricardo 12
8 Mission Sharyland Pioneer 3:22.69
1) Mireles, Daniel 10 2) Garcia, Alec 11
3) Romero, Justin 12 4) Acosta, Bobby 11
9 Fort Bend Marshall 3:25.54
1) Valentine, Tyrell 11 2) Smith, Jeremy 12
3) Lynch, Cederian 11 4) Isom, John 12