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Duncan’s going for the gold
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| Cy Springs senior Kimberlyn Duncan will compete in the UIL State Track & Field Championships Friday and Saturday in Austin in the 200-meter dash. Duncan has already signed a scholarship with the LSU Women’s Track and Field team. |
By Salvador Rodriguez
Cy Springs High senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan appears to have a bright future ahead of her, but shell compete in the final high school meet of her career on Friday and Saturday in Austin.
And it’s the biggest meet in the Lone Star State – the UIL State Championships on the University of Texas campus.
Duncan, who has signed with LSU, will compete in the girls 200-meter dash. She won the UIL Region II Championship on May 23, breaking a 23-year-old meet record to win the event in 23.46 seconds; the previous record was 23.48. Duncan was the only track and field athlete from Cy-Fair ISD to qualify for state and won’t be able to attend Cy Springs’ graduation ceremony this weekend because it conflicts with the state meet.
She enters the state meet with the fastest time.
“When it comes to regionals and it comes to state, there are so many things that can happen, and it’s all about performing on that day even if you have the fastest time going in,” Cy Springs girls track and field coach Ashley Accardo said. “It’s just about going there that day and taking care of business, so that’s our focus.”
Duncan first competed in track and field, taking part in the 200 as a fourth grader.
“I didn’t know what track was then,” Duncan said. “I just went up there and ran, and I actually won.”
Duncan began competing in organized track and field when she joined the Thornton Middle School team three years later.
And though her first win may have come from talent, she’s depended on that along with hard work and dedication in recent years.
Duncan said she came close to the regional record in the preliminaries on May 22 and was encouraged by her mother to win the event and re-write the record books.
“The feeling was just indescribable,” Duncan said. “I was happy. I didn’t know if I wanted to cry. I was just smiling and just extremely happy. I felt real accomplished.”
Duncan isn’t a stranger to the spotlight. As a senior this spring, she led by example.
“I know people are watching me, so I just have to be a good role model and set good standards,” Duncan said.
Her last trip to the state meet took place two years ago when she competed on Cy Springs’ girls’ 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams, winning a third-place bronze medal with the former.
Accardo is confident that Duncan will enjoy success next year in Baton Rouge.
“I’ve told her that I know they have a great program and great coaches and I think that they’re just going to take her up to the next level,” Accardo said. “I’m excited to watch what she’s going to do and I think she’ll do great things even her freshman year.”
For now, the senior sprinter is focused on breaking the state record of 22.9.
“If I can get up there and actually break it that would be wonderful,” Duncan said. “That would be very exciting. So that it is a goal right now, but even if I don’t make it, I’ll still have fun going up there. I’m going to try and leave here with a bang and just top off the year, hopefully, with a gold state medal.”
And it’s the biggest meet in the Lone Star State – the UIL State Championships on the University of Texas campus.
Duncan, who has signed with LSU, will compete in the girls 200-meter dash. She won the UIL Region II Championship on May 23, breaking a 23-year-old meet record to win the event in 23.46 seconds; the previous record was 23.48. Duncan was the only track and field athlete from Cy-Fair ISD to qualify for state and won’t be able to attend Cy Springs’ graduation ceremony this weekend because it conflicts with the state meet.
She enters the state meet with the fastest time.
“When it comes to regionals and it comes to state, there are so many things that can happen, and it’s all about performing on that day even if you have the fastest time going in,” Cy Springs girls track and field coach Ashley Accardo said. “It’s just about going there that day and taking care of business, so that’s our focus.”
Duncan first competed in track and field, taking part in the 200 as a fourth grader.
“I didn’t know what track was then,” Duncan said. “I just went up there and ran, and I actually won.”
Duncan began competing in organized track and field when she joined the Thornton Middle School team three years later.
And though her first win may have come from talent, she’s depended on that along with hard work and dedication in recent years.
Duncan said she came close to the regional record in the preliminaries on May 22 and was encouraged by her mother to win the event and re-write the record books.
“The feeling was just indescribable,” Duncan said. “I was happy. I didn’t know if I wanted to cry. I was just smiling and just extremely happy. I felt real accomplished.”
Duncan isn’t a stranger to the spotlight. As a senior this spring, she led by example.
“I know people are watching me, so I just have to be a good role model and set good standards,” Duncan said.
Her last trip to the state meet took place two years ago when she competed on Cy Springs’ girls’ 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams, winning a third-place bronze medal with the former.
Accardo is confident that Duncan will enjoy success next year in Baton Rouge.
“I’ve told her that I know they have a great program and great coaches and I think that they’re just going to take her up to the next level,” Accardo said. “I’m excited to watch what she’s going to do and I think she’ll do great things even her freshman year.”
For now, the senior sprinter is focused on breaking the state record of 22.9.
“If I can get up there and actually break it that would be wonderful,” Duncan said. “That would be very exciting. So that it is a goal right now, but even if I don’t make it, I’ll still have fun going up there. I’m going to try and leave here with a bang and just top off the year, hopefully, with a gold state medal.”
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