Two local athletes are headed to the UIL state meet after earning gold medals at their respective regional meets this week.

Abilene High’s Perside Ebengo is headed to Austin for the 6A meet after winning the triple jump at the Region I-6A meet in Arlington, while Wylie’s Kylor Aguilar earned his second state meet appearance with a gold medal in the pole vault at the Region I-5A meet in Lubbock.

The state berths highlighted a solid regional showing by Abilene’s three public high schools, each of which had athletes place to earn points in the team standings.