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Luis Pastor came home with two Class 6A state medals.
El Paso athletes returned from the UIL Track and Field Championship with seven medals around their necks.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor and Chapin senior Morgan Little had the most impressive weekends.
Pastor, who is headed to Texas in the fall, ran a personal best 4:09.04 to claim the silver medal in the Class 6A 1,600. He came close to breaking the 43-year-old El Paso all-time city record held by Bel Air’s Sergio Oaxacas’ 4:08.9 he set in 1980.
Pastor returned to run a season best and city best 8:57.35 in the 3,200 and finished with a bronze medal.
Chapin senior Morgan Little, left, earned a state bronze medal in 100-meter dash. She also placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.
Little also had a day, earning a bronze medal in the Class 5A 100-meter dash in 11.77, finishing sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches and helping the 400-relay team of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson and Maliyah Priderace to a school and city record 46.47 and placed fourth at the Class 5A state championship.
The team also finished eighth in the 800 relay in 1:40.93.
Other El Paso area athletes to win medals were Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva who earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
Riverside’s Angel Munoz earned two bronze medals in Class 4A.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned two bronze medals in Class 4A; finishing in 37.83 in the 300-meter hurdles, a season city best, and in the long jump, leaping 22-feet, 8.75 inches.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno earned a silver in Class 4A, 800-meter run.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno earned a silver in Class 4A, 800-meter run, racing a season and personal best 1:53.80. He also ran a 4:28.28 in the 1,600 and finished sixth.
Other state performers were:
Class 6A
The Franklin boys 400-meter relay team of Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales finished fifth in 41.42.
Class 5A
Chapin juniorSeth Truaxwas ninth in the 800-run finishing in 1:59.01.
Parkland’s 800-meter relay team of Kaleb Martinez, DJ Crest, Joseph Gomez and Lincoln Juardo finished eighth in 1:39.50 after a mishandled baton pass.
Jose Guardado
Class 4A
Riverside senior Jose Guardado was fifth in the long jump, with a mark of 22-feet, 3.5 inches.
Tornillo junior Daniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run and ninth in the 1,600 in Class 3A.
Class 3A
Tornillo juniorDaniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run in 9:42.52. He finished ninth in the 1,600 in a time of 4:32.17.
The final week of the track and field season resulted in three city best times and marks set at the UIL Track and Field Championship.
City best performers were:
Coronado senior Luis Pastor who ran a season city best 4:09.04 and finished with a silver medal in the 1,600 meters at the Class 6A State Championship.
Pastor returned to the track and Coronado senior and ran a season city best 8:57.35 and finished with a bronze medal in the 3,200 meters.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned a bronze medal in the Class 4A 300 hurdles, racing to a 37.83, a season city best.
Other state medalist were:
Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno ran a season and personal best 1:53.80 to earn a silver medal in the 800.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned a bronze medal in the long jump, leaping 22-feet, 8.75 inches.
Otherstate performances include:
Class 6A
The Franklin boys 400-meter relay team of Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales finished fifth in 41.42.
Class 5A
Chapin junior Seth Truax was ninth in the 800-run finishing in 1:59.01.
Parkland’s 800-meter relay team of Kaleb Martinez, DJ Crest, Joseph Gomez and Lincoln Juardo finished eighth in 1:39.50 after a mishandled baton pass.
Class 4A
San Elizario’s ChrisMoreno ran a 4:28.28 in the 1,600 and finished sixth.
Riverside senior Jose Guardado was fifth in the long jump, with a mark of 22-feet, 3.5 inches.
Class 3A
Tornillo junior Daniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run in 9:42.52. He finished ninth in the 1,600 in a time of 4:32.17.
For complete results of the UIL State Championship click here – uil.tfresult.com
Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after the state championship:
Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
Field Events
Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 58-feet, 2 inches; 2, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills, 49-11.75; 3, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 48-7.5; 4, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 48-4; 5, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 48-3.5; 6, Jacob Holguin, Bel Air, 47-9; 7, Matthew Flores, Clint, 47-7; 8, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 47-6; 9, Craig Wydra, Andress, 46-10.50; 10, Alex Dominguez, Mt. View, 46-6; 10, Anthony Morales, Burges, 46-6.
Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 161 feet, 7 inches; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 154-6; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 148-7; 4, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 145-2; 5, Devin Mata, Burges, 145-1; 6, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 143-7; 6; 7, Roger Martinez, Clint, 138-6; 8, Angel Garcia, Clint, 137-2; 9, Jason Nwaogu, Franklin, 135-4; 10, Matthew Flores, Clint, 134-4.
High jump: 1, Ricardo Leyva, Horizon, 6-feet, 11 inches; 2, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-6; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-4; 4, Jake Fette, Del Valle, 6-0; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 6-0; 4, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 6-0; 7, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10; 7, Bryson Goldsmith, Chapin, 5-10; 7, Osatohamwen Gbowa, Burges, 5-10; 7, Bryan Adebayo, Riverside, 5-10; 7, Diego Gonzalez, Mt. View, 5-10; 7, William Mclilly, Montwood, 5-10; 7, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 5-10; 7, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 7, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 5-10; 10, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 5-10.
Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet, 9.5 inches; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-6; 3, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 13-6; 4, Jesus Guerrero, Mt. View, 13-0; 4, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 13-0; 6, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 12-9; 7, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 12-6; 7, Cypress Lopez, Canutillo, 12-6; 7, Andres Cardoza, San Elizario, 12-6; 10, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-0.
Long jump: 1, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22-feet, 9 inches; 2, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 22-8.75; 3, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22-2.75; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 22-2.5; 5, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22-1; 6, Curtis Murillo, Eastwood, 21-10.75; 7, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-9.50; 8, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 21-8; 9, Raymon Riddick, Del Valle, 21-7; 10, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-4.
Triple jump: 1, DJ Crest, Parkland, 47-feet; 2, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 45-5; 3, Isaac Guerrero, Irvin, 43-8; 4, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 43-6; 5, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 43-2; 6, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-9.75; 7, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 42-4; 8, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 41-9; 9, Robert Lewis, El Paso, 41-8; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41-7.5.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor won a Class 6A state silver medal in the 1,600 meters and a bronze in the 3,200 meters.
Running Events
100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.49; 2, Julian Mars, Franklin, 10.80; 3, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 10.84; 4, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.86; 5, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.98; 6, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 11.00; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.09; 8, Jalile Bost, Pebble Hills, 11.12; 9, DJ Crest, Parkland, 11.13; 10, Erick Dominguez. Mt. View, 11.15.
200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 21.16; 2, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.02; 3, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 22.13; 4, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22.24; 5, Jacob Medina, El Paso, 22.47; 6, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 22.50; 7, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22.55; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 22.68; 9, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22.69; 10,Lorenzo Shields, El Paso, 22.73.
400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.02; 2, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 50.10; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 50.12; 4, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 50.19; 5, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 50.46; 6, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.51; 7, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 50.51; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 50.60; 9, Grabiel Saucedo II, Cathedral, 50.61; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 50.90.
800 meters: 1, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 1:53.80; 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.27; 3, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.86; 4, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.42; 5, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:57.04; 6, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 1:57.95; 7, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 1:58.15; 8, Bernard Martinez, Cathedral, 1:59.24; 9, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 1:59.33; 10, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:59.53.
1,600 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:09.04; 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 4:18.85; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:23.07; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:24.09; 5, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:23.77; 6, Alejandro Tarin, Hanks, 4:25.14; 7, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:25.15; 8, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 4:26.82; 9, Daniel Romero. Tornillo, 4:27.32; 10, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:27.33.
3,200 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 8:57.35; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:23.99; 3, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:28.03; 4, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 9:33.52; 5, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:36.89; 6, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 9:38.49; 7, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:38.90;8, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:39.64; 9, Denovan Estrada, Franklin, 9:41.38; 10, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 9:41.59.
110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.52; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.70; 3, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 14.94; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.20; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.20; 6, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.22; 7, Noah Vick, Franklin, 15.27; 8, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.40; 9, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.44; 10, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.47.
300-meter hurdles: 1, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 37.83, 2, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.97; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 39.97; 4, Armando Aguirre, Clint, 40.24; 5, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.26; 6, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 40.51; 7, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 40.67; 8, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 41.01; 9, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 41.42; 10, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 41.58.
400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.18; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 41.58; 3, Pebble Hills (Jalile Bost, Julian Piercy, Amari Deion Welch, Gael Ochoa), 42.40; 4, Chapin (Justin Yhisreal, Yoshua Yhisreal, Michael Medina, Dylan Sims), 42.66; 5, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.74; 6, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Ramon Laguana, Max Mancilla, Curtis Murillo), 43.11; 7, Riverside (Tristan Lopez, Jose Guardado, Alonzo Aguilera, Angel Munoz), 43.27; 8, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Jay Taylor, Rene Huerta, Eduardo Carillo), 43.42; 9, Bel Air (Benjamin Martinez, Oscar Martinez, Christopher Davis, Mark Mukiibi), 43.61; 10, Americas, 43.67.
800-meter relay: 1, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 1:27.06; 2, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Jordan Morales, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams), 1:27.41; 3, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 1:29.93; 4, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Joshua Keough, Matthew Lopez), 1:30.37; 5, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Caydin Purdy, Michael Medina, Justin Yhisreal), 1:30.38; 6, El Dorado (Alan Martinez, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Dezmond Gonzalez), 1:30.55; 7, Pebble Hills (Damian Ibarra, Amari Deion Welch, Jalile Bost, Gael Ochoa), 1:30.65; 8, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Matthew Ramirez, Andres Hernandez, Fabian Talavera), 1:31.07; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Ethan Villa, Rene Huerta), 1:31.18; 10, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Jacob Medina, Hudson Merritt), 1:31.25.
1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:20.94; 2, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:24.97; 3, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:25.35; 4, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Curtis Murillo, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla), 3:26.29; 5, Pebble Hills (Charles Wellenreuther, Amari Taylor, Damian Ibarra, Omer Ibrahim), 3:27.57; 6, El Dorado (Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Isaac Gutierrez, Evan Garcia), 3:28.27; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Hudson Merritt, Jacob Medina, Lorenzo Shields), 3:29.43; 8, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Adriel Lira, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:30.67; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Omar Rivera, Chris Brock, Jaden Mitchell), 3:31.23; 10, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Noah Moreno, Christopher Davis, Cesario Alvarado), 3:31.41.
The final week of the track and field season resulted in 1 city best time set at the UIL State Track and Field Championship.
Stateperformances include:
Chapin senior Morgan Little earned a bronze medal in 100-meter dash at the Class 5A state championship, racing to 11.77. She also finished sixth in the state in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.
The Chapin 400-meter relay team of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson, Maliyah Pride and Morgan Little ran a school and city record 46.47 and placed fourth at the Class 5A state championship.
Chapin’s800-meter relay team of Foster, Johnson, Pride and Little finished eighth in 1:40.93.
For complete results of the UIL State Championship click here – uil.tfresult.com
Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after the state championship:
Chapin senior Morgan Little, left, earned a state bronze medal in 100-meter dash. She also placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.
El Paso will send four relay teams and eight individual athletes to the UIL state track and field meet Thursday-Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Here is a look at who qualified, where they rank in the state’s final nine and what time they race.
Franklin’s 400-meter relay team – Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales – will race at the State Championship on Saturday.
Class 6A
Luis Pastor, Coronado. Pastor will race in 1,600 and 3,200 meters. He won the Region 1-6A Championship in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:13.65 and the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:05.01. He is seeded No. 3 in the 1,600 and No. 2 in the 3,200.
The Franklin boys 400-meter relay team – Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales – earned the wild card for the state after finishing third at the Region 1-6A Championship in 41.60 seconds. The team is seed No. 8.
Chapin’s Seth Truax finished second at Region 1-5A Championship in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.04. He is ranked No. 5 in the city heading into the state finals.
Class 5A
Parkland’s 800 relay team of Joseph Gomez, Kaleb Martinez, Lincoln Jurado III and DJ Crest earned a wild card spot after finishing third at the Region 1-5A Championship in 1:27.06. The team is seeded 6th.
Seth Truax, Chapin. Truax finished second at Region 1-5A Championship in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.04. He is ranked No. 7 heading into the state finals.
Morgan Little, Chapin. Little will compete for an individual state medal in the long jump and 100 meters and is part of the 400-meter relay team. She was second at Regionals in the long jump with a mark of 19 feet, 8 inches and won the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds. She is seeded No. 3 in the long jump and No. 2 in the 100 meters.
Chapin’s 400-meter and 800-meter relay of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson, Maliyah Pride and Morgan Little will compete for state medals on Friday.
Chapin girls 400-meter relay and 800-meter relay of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson, Maliyah Pride and Morgan Little. Chapin was second in the 800 relay at the Region 1-5A Championship with a time of 1:39.12 and earned a wild card the 400 relay with a time of 47.13 seconds. The 800-relay team is seeded No. 3 and the 400-relay team is No. 5.
Horizon’s Ricardo won the Region 1-5A high jump championship with a leap of 6 feet, 11 inches. He is the top seed headed into Friday’s state meet.
Ricardo Leyva, Horizon. Leyva won the Region 1-5A high jump championship with a leap of 6 feet, 11 inches. He is headed to state as the top seed.
Riverside’s Jose Guardado and Angel Munoz will compete for state medals on Thursday – Guardado in the long jump and Munoz also in the long jump and the 300-meter hurdles.
Class 4A
Chris Moreno, San Elizario. Moreno won the Region 1-4A Championship in the 800 meters (1:54.37) and was second in the 1,600 meters (4:28.91). He is seeded No. 1 in the 800 meters and No. 9 in the 1,600.
Jose Guardado, Riverside. Guardado won the Region 1-4A Championship long jump with a mark of 22 feet, 9 inches. He is ranked No. 7 heading into state.
Angel Munoz, Riverside. Munoz was second in the long jump (22 feet, 6.5 inches and was third in the 300-meter hurdles in 39.23 at the Region 1-4A Championship. He earned a wild card berth in the 300 hurdles. Munoz is ranked No. 7 in the long jump and No. 8 in the hurdles.
Tornillo’s Daniel Romero will compete in two races on Thursday, the 3,200 meters and the 1,600 meters.
Class 3A
Daniel Romero, Tornillo. Romero finished second in 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the Region 1-3A Championship. He ran the 1,600 meters in 4:27.32 and the 3,200 meters in 9:37.48. He will be seeded No. 4 in the 1,600 and No. 5 in the 3,200 at state.
UIL STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP
(All times MDT; 3A girls/boys followed by 4A girls/boys)
Class 3A
Thursday, May 11: Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 8:15 a.m., 3,200 meters; 6:50 p.m., 1,600 meters
Class 4A
Thursday, May 11: Chris Moreno, San Elizario, 4:20 p.m., 800 meters; 6:50 p.m., 1,600 meters.
Thursday, May 11: Jose Guardado, Riverside, 9:45 a.m., long jump.
Thursday, May 11: Angel Munoz, Riverside, 9:45 a.m., long jump; 6:10 p.m., 300 hurdles.
Class 5A
Friday, May 12: Morgan Little, Chapin, 9:45 a.m., long jump; 5:05 p.m., 100 meters.
Friday, May 12: Ricardo Leyva, Horizon, 9:45 a.m., long jump.
Friday, May 12: Seth Truax, Chapin, 4:20 p.m., 800-meter run.
Friday, May 12: Chapin girls (Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson, Maliyah Pride and Morgan Little), 4 p.m., 400-meter relay; 5:40 p.m. 800-meter relay.
Friday, May 12: Parkland boys (Joseph Gomez, Kaleb Martinez, Lincoln Jurado III and DJ Crest), 5:40 p.m., 800-meter relay.
Class 6A
Saturday, May 13: Luis Pastor, Coronado, 8:45 a.m., 3,200 meters; 6:50 p.m., 1,600 meters.
Saturday, May 13: Franklin boys (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales), 4 p.m., 400-meter relays.
The 12th week of the track and field season resulted in 8 city best times and marks set at regionals.
Top performances include:
Franklin senior Beau Sparks ran a personal best 10.49 in the 100 and finished fourth at the Region 1-6A Championship.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor ran a city and season best 4:13.65 in the 1,600 meters and a city and season best 9:05.01 in the 3,200 meters to win the Region 1-6A Championship.
Parkland’s 800-meter relay team of Kaleb Martinez, DJ Crest, Joseph Gomez and Lincoln Juardo ran a city best 1:27.06 and finished third at the Region 1-5A Championship.
Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva set a personal best mark of 6-feet, 11 inches to win the Region 1-5A high jump championship.
Parkland senior DJ Crest had a triple jump of 47-feet, 0 inches, a personal best, and finished fourth at the Region 1-5A Championship.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno set a personal best 1:54.37 in the 800 meters to win the Region 1-4A Championship.
Riverside senior Jose Guardado had a personal best long jump of 22-feet, 9-inches to win the Region 1-4A Championship.
The 12th week of the track and field season resulted in five city best times and marks set at regionals.
Top performances include:
Chapin senior Morgan Little won the Region 1-5A Championship 100-meter dash in a personal best 11.59, earning her a trip to the state finals. Little also had a personal best leap of 19-feet, 8-inches in the long jump to finish second.
Chapin senior Trinity Avrilien had a personal best 57.98 in the 400 meters and finished fourth in the Region 1-6A Championship.
Eastwood sophomore Adelynn Rodriguez ran a personal best 2:17.50 in the 800 and finished eighth in the Region 1-6A Championship. She also had a personal best 4:59.42 and finished sixth in the 1,600.
Franklin senior Amelia Stuart completed her high school career with a bronze medal in the pole vault at the Region 1-6A championship. She had a city best vault of 12-feet; 2 inches.
The 11th week of the track and field season resulted in one city best times and marks set at area.
Top performances include:
Franklin’s 1,600-meter relay team of Thiaxi Melendez Cepeda, Amanda Sotelo, Sofia Camacho and Abigail Pinon ran a city best 4:00.84 and finished second at the 6A area championship.
Eastwood junior Amaya Williams had a personal best triple jump of 34-feet, 8.25 inches to finish third at the 6A area championship and advance to regionals. That is the third best leap in the city.
Tornillo junior Sherlyn Carrasco finished second in the 3A area championship long jump to advance to regionals with a mark of 17-feet, 2.5 inches. That is fifth best leap in the city.
Franklin’s 1,600-meter relay team of Thiaxi Melendez Cepeda, Amanda Sotelo, Sofia Camacho and Abigail Pinon ran a city best 4:00.84 and finished second at the 6A area championship.
The 11th week of the track and field season resulted in 6 city best times and marks set at area.
Top performances include:
Pebble Hills senior Omer Ibrahim ran a city and season best 1:55.27 in the 800 meters to win the area championship.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor ran a city and season best 4:18.05 in the 1,600 meters and city and season best 9:22.03 in the 3,200 meters to win the area championship.
The Franklin 1,600-meter relay team of Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, JoaquinHickey and Nicolas Garcia won the area championship in a time of 3:20.94.
Pebble Hills senior Kole Pellerito had a personal best discus throw of 161-feet, 7 inches to finish second at the 6A area championship to advance to regionals.
Tornillo senior Angel Torres and junior Daniel Romero finished 1-2 in the Class 3A area championship in the 1,600 meters. Torres was first in 4:31.48 and Romero was second in 4:42.75. Romero won the 3,200 in 9:37.53 and Torres was fourth in 10:55.08. They advanced to regionals in both events.
Immanuel Christian junior Josiah Johnson won the TCAF State Championship in the long jump with a personal best jump of 22-feet, 2.75 inches, the 110 hurdles with a persona and city best time 14.52, and he win the 300 hurdles in 39.00. Johnson was second in second in the high jump with a leap of 5-feet, 6 inhces.
Immanuel Christian junior Israel Quintana won three TCAF State Championship – in the 800 run with a personal best 2:07.13, the 1600m run in 5:00.19,and the 3200 in 10:15.83.
Class 6A Region1 Track and Field Championship: Friday and Saturday, April 28-29 at UT Arlington.
Class 5A and 4A Region 1 Track and Field Championship: Friday and Saturday, April 28-29 in Lubbock.
Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 11:
Coronado senior Luis Pastor ran two city best times of 4:18.05 in the 1,600 and 9:22.03 in the 3,200 meters to win the District 1-6A/2-6A area championship.
Field Events
Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 58-feet, 2 inches; 2, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills, 49-11.75; 3, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 48-7.5; 4, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 48-4; 5, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 48-3.5; 6, Jacob Holguin, Bel Air, 47-9; 7, Matthew Flores, Clint, 47-7; 8, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 47-6; 9, Craig Wydra, Andress, 46-10.50; 10, Alex Dominguez, Mt. View, 46-6; 10, Anthony Morales, Burges, 46-6.
Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 161 feet, 7 inches; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 154-6; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 148-7; 4, Devin Mata, Burges, 145-1; 5, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 143-7; 6, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 143-3; 7, Roger Martinez, Clint, 138-6; 8, Jason Nwaogu, Franklin, 135-4; 9, Matthew Flores, Clint, 134-4; 10, Ricky Garcia, Jefferson, 133-9.
High jump: 1, Ricardo Leyva, Horizon, 6-feet, 10 inches; 2, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-6; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-4; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 6-0; 4, Jeremiah Steib. Montwood, 6-0; 6, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10; 6, Bryson Goldsmith, Chapin, 5-10; 6, Osatohamwen Gbowa, Burges, 5-10; 6, Bryan Adebayo, Riverside, 5-10; 6, Diego Gonzalez, Mt. View, 5-10; 6, William Mclilly, Montwood, 5-10;6, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 5-10; 6, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 6, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 5-10.
Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet, 9.5 inches; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-6; 3, Jesus Guerrero, Mt. View, 13-0; 3, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 13-0; 5, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 12-9; 6, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 12-6; 6, Cypress Lopez, Canutillo, 12-6; 7, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 12-6; 7, Andres Cardoza, San Elizario, 12-6; 10, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-0.
Long jump: 1, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22-feet, 8 inches; 2, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 22-5; 3, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22-2.75; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 22-2.5; 5, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22-1; 6, Curtis Murillo, Eastwood, 21-10.75; 7, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-9.50; 8, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 21-8; 9, Raymon Riddick, Del Valle, 21-7; 10, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-4.
Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 45 feet, 5 inches; 2, DJ Crest, Parkland, 45-4.5; 3, Isaac Guerrero, Irvin, 43-8; 4, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 43-6; 5, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 43-2; 6, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-9.75; 7, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 42-4; 8, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 41-9; 9, Robert Lewis, El Paso, 41-8; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41-7.5.
It’s regional weekend! The top 2 finishers of each event advance to the state championship.
Running Events
100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.67; 2, Julian Mars, Franklin, 10.80; 3, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 10.84; 4, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.86; 5, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.98; 6, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 11.00; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.09; 8, Jalile Bost, Pebble Hills, 11.12; 9, DJ Crest, Parkland, 11.13; 10, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 11.17.
200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 21.16; 2, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.02; 3, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 22.13; 4, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22.24; 5, Jacob Medina, El Paso, 22.47; 6, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 22.50; 7, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22.55; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 22.68; 9, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22.69; 10, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 22.77.
400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.02; 2, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 50.10; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 50.12; 4, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 50.19; 5, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 50.46; 6, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.51; 7, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 50.51; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 50.60; 9, Grabiel Saucedo II, Cathedral, 50.61; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 50.90.
800 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.27; 2, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.86; 3, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.42; 4, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:57.57; 5, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 1:57.82; 6, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 1:57.95; 7, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 1:58.15; 8, Bernard Martinez, Cathedral, 1:59.24; 9, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 1:59.33; 10, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:59.53.
1,600 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:18.05, 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 4:18.85; 3, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:23.77; 4, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:25.15; 5, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 4:26.82; 6, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:26.95; 7, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:27.33; 8, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 4:27.63; 9, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 4:27.78; 10, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:28.07.
3,200 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 9:22.03; 2, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 9:33.52; 3, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:35.08; 4, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:36.89; 5, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:37.47; 6, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 9:38.49; 7, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:38.90; 8, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:39.64; 9, Denovan Estrada, Franklin, 9:41.38; 10, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 9:41.59.
110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.52; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.70; 3, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 14.94; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.20; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.20; 6, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.22; 7, Noah Vick, Franklin, 15.27; 8, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.40; 9, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.44; 10, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.47.
300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.97; 2, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 39.55; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 39.97; 4, Armando Aguirre, Clint, 40.24; 5, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.26; 6, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 40.51; 7, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 40.67; 8, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 41.01; 9, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 41.42; 10, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 41.58.
400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.18; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph W Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 41.76; 3, Pebble Hills (Jalile Bost, Julian Piercy, Amari Deion Welch, Gael Ochoa), 42.40; 4, Chapin (Justin Yhisreal, Yoshua Yhisreal, Michael Medina, Dylan Sims), 42.66; 5, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.74; 6, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Ramon Laguana, Max Mancilla, Curtis Murillo), 43.11; 7, Riverside (Tristan Lopez, Jose Guardado, Alonzo Aguilera, Angel Munoz), 43.27; 8, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Jay Taylor, Rene Huerta, Eduardo Carillo), 43.42; 9, Bel Air (Benjamin Martinez, Oscar Martinez, Christopher Davis, Mark Mukiibi), 43.61; 10, Americas, 43.67.
800-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Gerald Williams, Rai Lopez), 1:28.13; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph W Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 1:28.15; 3, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 1:29.93; 4, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Joshua Keough, Matthew Lopez), 1:30.37; 5, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Caydin Purdy, Michael Medina, Justin Yhisreal), 1:30.38; 6, El Dorado (Alan Martinez, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Dezmond Gonzalez), 1:30.55; 7, Pebble Hills (Damian Ibarra, Amari Deion Welch, Jalile Bost, Gael Ochoa), 1:30.65; 8, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Matthew Ramirez, Andres Hernandez, Fabian Talavera), 1:31.07; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Ethan Villa, Rene Huerta), 1:31.18; 10, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Jacob Medina, Hudson Merritt), 1:31.25.
1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:20.94; 2, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:24.97; 3, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:25.35; 4, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Curtis Murillo, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla), 3:26.29; 5, Pebble Hills (Charles Wellenreuther, Amari Taylor, Damian Ibarra, Omer Ibrahim), 3:27.57; 6, El Dorado (Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Isaac Gutierrez, Evan Garcia), 3:28.27; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Hudson Merritt, Jacob Medina, Lorenzo Shields), 3:29.43; 8, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Adriel Lira, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:30.67; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Omar Rivera, Chris Brock, Jaden Mitchell), 3:31.23; 10, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Noah Moreno, Christopher Davis, Cesario Alvarado), 3:31.41.
800 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.27; 2, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.86; 3, Miguel Lujan, Odessa, 1:55.91; 4, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.42.
1600 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:18.05; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:27.03; 3, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:30.09; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:33.00.
3200 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 9:22.03; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:35.08; 3, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:36.89; 4, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:37.47.
110 hurdles: 1, Ivan Carreon, Odessa, 14.31; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.85; 3, Yair Berrios, Wolfforth Frenship, 15.26; 4, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.72.
300 hurdles: 1, Ivan Carreon, Odessa, 39.51; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 40.29; 3, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.33.
400 relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.31; 2, San Angelo Central, 42.13; 3, Midland, 42.39; 4, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.74.
800 relay: 1, Midland, 1:28.42; 2, Franklin (Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Gerald Williams, Rai Lopez), 1:28.63.
1600 relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:20.94; 2, San Angelo Central, 3:23.43; 3, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:24.97.