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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM

Hays Overcomes Plenty to Compete at State

Hays Overcomes Plenty to Compete at State
During her send-off at Llano Elementary, Hays stopped for an interview with Evan Chance of Stinger FM before heading to Austin to compete in the Class 3A State Track Meet.

Source: Katie Burrescia

Going into the District 5 and 6-3A area meet a month ago, Llano High School track and field head coach Ryan Priem sent the same note to his athletes – play to win.  

Those words helped propel several of them, including senior triple jumper Ciara Hays, to places they'd only dream of.

One was Mike Myers Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin for the Class 3A State Championships May 1. 

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