Brownsville ISD holds inaugural Rio Grande Valley Unified Interscholastic Area track meet

Apr. 4 — BROWNSVILLE — On a thoroughly windy afternoon, track and field athletes from all six Brownsville Independent School District high schools participated Tuesday in the inaugural Rio Grande Valley Unified Interscholastic Area track meet at Veterans Memorial Early College High School. Teams of special needs athletes, each paired with non-disabled counterparts, competed in boys and girls four by 100 relays, long jump, shot put and 100-meter and 400-meter races. Scoring was on a team basis. The meet marked a milestone in a 12-year campaign by Brownsville businessman Sergio Zarate and others to get Zariah’s Law passed. The measure…