Girls Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances, Week 1

The El Paso high school track season began Feb. 7-8 with three meets – the Hanks, Austin and Chapin Invitationals.

Franklin won the Hanks Invitational with 184 points followed by Montwood (90.50), Americas (74.50), Coronado (56) and Pebble Hills (43) were in the top five. For complete results, click here. 

Chapin won the Chapin Invitational with 158 points followed by Jefferson (151), Burges (133), Ysleta (14) and Irvin and Canutillo (11), to round out the top five. For complete results, click here.

For complete results of the Austin Invitational, click here. 

Kylene Elias,
Tornillo freshman Kylene Elias won double gold medals in the 1,600 (5:36.64) and 3,200 (11:55.93) at the Hanks Invitational – both city bests.

This week’s schedule is as follows:

Eastlake Invitational (Boys/Girls): Feb. 14-15 at the Socorro Student Activities Complex. YWLA, Ysleta, Hanks, Riverside, Mt. View, Clint, Horizon, Harmony, Eastlake, Socorro, Pebble Hills, Americas.

 Irvin Invitational (Boys/Girls): Feb. 14-15.  Parkland, Irvin, Bowie, El Paso, Andress, Austin, Jefferson, Canutillo, Anthony, Loretto.

Eastwood Invitational: Feb. 15 at Eastwood High School. Eastwood, Bel Air, Del Valle, El Dorado, Montwood, San Elizario, Coronado, Chapin, Franklin, Tornillo, Loretto, Cathedral.

Angelina Lujan-Marrufo,
Parkland’s Angelina Lujan-Marrufo won gold in the 800 at the Hanks Invitational in a time of 2:21.94.

Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after week 1:

Field Events

Discus: 1, Victoria Loya, Clint, 115-feet, 4.5 inches; 2, Lilliana Licon, Pebble Hills, 101-11; 3, Laura Barrios, El Paso High, 95-4; 4, Leslie Jaquez, Jefferson, 93-0; 5, Genesis Soto, Socorro, 91-10; 6, Jasmine Mancilla, Bel Air, 87-07; 7, Emily Zubia, Burges, 86-6; 8, Jessica Favela, Hanks, 85-1; 9, Kayla Maldonado, Parkland, 84-9; 10, Kianna Castaneda, Austin, 83-6.

Shot put: 1, Victoria Loya, Clint, 34 feet, 9 inches; 2, Lilliana Licon, Pebble Hills, 34-3; 3, Laura Barrios, El Paso High, 32-3; 4, Fatima Lara, Montwood, 32-00; 5, Zoey Nunn, Montwood, 30-6; 6, Amaris Delgado, Socorro, 30-4; 7, Leslie Jaquez, Jefferson, 32-1; 8, Emily Zubia, Burges, 31-8; 9, Savannah Hunnicutt, Burges, 28-3; 10, Taylor Salcido, Franklin, 27-0.

High jump: 1, Aileen Alvarado, El Dorado, 5 feet, 2 inches; 2, Sarah Austin, El Dorado, 4-10; 2, Makeia Ray, Eastlake, 4-10; 4, Alissa Kennedy, El Paso, 4-8; 4, Alyssa Alaiafune, Franklin, 4-8; 6, Angela Hernandez, Americas, 4-6; 6, Mar Portillo, Coronado, 4-6; 8, Andrea Molina, Americas, 4-2; 9, Karen Van Valen, Montwood, 4-2.

Pole vault: 1, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 9 feet, 0 inches; 2, Renata Alvarado, 8-0; 3, Cinthia Montes, Bel Air, 7-6; 4, Adina Hernandez, Parkland, 7-6; 4, Prissila Sosa, Del Valle,  7-6; 6, Trinity Letuli, Franklin, 7-0; 6, Aliyah Carroll, Americas, 7-0; 8, Adriana Alarcon, Mt. View, 6-6; 8, Abigail Valles, Burges, 6-6; 8, Audrey Nevarez, Burges, 6-0.

Long jump: 1, Kimberley Owens, Chapin, 16 feet, 7.25 inches; 2, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 16-5; 3, Carsyn Hopkins, Chapin, 15-11; 4, Sofia Ramirez, Montwood, 15-9; 4, Diana Cain, Franklin, 15-9; 4, Sydney Co, Pebble Hills, 15-9; 7, Miranda Lopez, Franklin, 15-8; 8, Adenaji Jones Tornes, Pebble Hills, 15-5; 9, Sakeyna Weekley, Parkland, 15-1.5; 10, Emily Trillo, Jefferson, 15-1.

Triple jump:  1, Eireann Donohoe, Chapin, 36 feet, 1.5 inches; 2, Destiny Dominguez, Ysleta, 33-8.25;  3, Miranda Lopez, Franklin, 33-7; 4, Cheyenne McGhee, El Paso, 33-2; 5, Karla Delgado, Socorro, 31-11; 6, Angel Hernandez, Americas, 31-9; 7, Roxanna Badillo, Irvin, 31-0.25; 8, Kimberly Castillo, Loretto, 30-6.5; 8, Valeria Martinez, Austin, 30-6.5: 10, Valeria Alvarado, Fabens, 30-3.75.

Amethyst Massaquoi,
Franklin’s Amethyst Massaquoi and Alex Guzman finished 1-2 in the 200-meter dash at last week’s Hanks Invitational. Massaquoi (second in this photo) finished in a city best 26.52 and Guzman raced to a 26.65, second best in the city.

Running Events

 100 meters: 1, Kimberley Owens, Chapin, 12.85; 2, Sydney Co, Pebble Hills, 12.96; 3, Diana Cain, Franklin, 13.01; 3, Claire Terry, Chapin, 13.01; 4, Bianca Parker, Del Valle, 13:03; 5, Adenaji Jones Tornes, Pebble Hills, 13.17; 6, Anaiah Quinn, Burges, 13.28; 7, Paola Guzman, Mt. View, 13.32; 8, Valeria Portillo, Coronado, 13:45; 9, Brianna Bazan, Hanks, 13:50; 10, Vanessa Enriquez, Americas, 13.53.

200 meters: 1, Amethyst Massaquoi, Franklin, 26.52; 2, Alex Guzman, Franklin, 26.65; 3, Jai Plea Roulhac, Chapin, 26.70; 4, Cyan Cooper, Chapin, 26.82; 4, Bianca Parker, Del Valle, 26.94; 5, Sydney Co, Pebble Hills, 27.08; 6, Sofia Ramirez, Montwood, 27.35; 7, Jasmine Wright, Eastlake, 27.61; 8, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 27.61; 9, Sela Arevalo, Chapin, 27.84; 10, Adenaji Jones Tornes, Pebble Hills, 28.13.

400 meters: 1, Angelina Lujan-Marrufo, Parkland, 59.14; 2, Amanda Sotelo, Franklin, 1:01.73; 3, Kimberley Owens, Chapin, 1:01.78; 4, Devin Martinez, Franklin, 1:02.30; 5, Camilla Gonzalez, Montwood, 1:02.43; 6, Destiny Bushnell, Pebble Hills, 1:03.42; 7, Brisa Aguilar, Clint, 1:03.52; 8, Hailey Black, Eastlake, 1:03.82; 9, Marissa George, Jefferson, 1:03.97; 10, Isabella Zambrano, Franklin, 1:05.10.

800 meters: 1, Angelina Lujan-Marrufo, Parkland, 2:21.94; 2, Sofia Camacho, Franklin, 2:26.34;  3, Allyson Little, Franklin, 2:27.90; 4, Annette Guzman, Burges, 2:29.51; 5, Abigail Barraza, Americas, 2:32.24; 6, Mia Rivera, Hanks, 2:36.07; 7, Elizabeth Hernandez, Austin, 2:37.97; 8, Jordan Torres, Franklin, 2:39.55; 9, Natalie Espinoza, Montwood, 2:35.53; 10, Victoria Duran, Americas, 2:39.97.

1,600 meters: 1, Kylene Elias, Tornillo, 5:36.64; 2, Karyme Garcia, Montwood, 5:45.31; 3, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 5:49.74; 4, Jordan Torres, Franklin, 5:50.01; 5, Marcela Perches, Marcela, Coronado, 5:50.91; 6, Jenna Saunders, Franklin, 5:51.40; 7, Jazmin Chacon, Soccoro, 5:52.22; 8, Janeth Chacon, Socorro, 5:52.89; 9, Abigail Barraza, Americas, 5:53.38; 10, Crystal Peterson, 5:57.40.

3,200: 1, Kylene Elias, Tornillo, 11:55.93; 2, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 12:21.20; 3, Melody Tsutsumi, Jefferson, 12:44.45; 4, Karyme Garcia, Montwood, 12:50.98; 5, Janeth Chacon, Socorro, 12:51.13; 6, Abigail Murillo, Bel Air, 12:52.89; 7, Emilee Antimo, Burges, 12:55.13;  8, Kyra Walker, Coronado, 12:55.26; 9, Jenna Saunders, Franklin, 13:03.69; 10, Monique Correa, Jefferson, 13:04.10.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Alani Hupstead, Americas, 16.65; 2, Emily Trillo, Jefferson, 16.79; 3, April Lang, Chapin, 17.00; 4, Ruby Crawford, Coronado, 17.88; 5, Ariana Hernandez, Americas, 18.01; 6, Logan Maxwell, Montwood, 18.21; 7, Sarah Dankovich, Coronado, 18.45; 8, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 18.79; 9, Adriana Ojeda, Montwood, 19.14; 10, Samaira Fragoso, Coronado, 19.26.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Jai Plea Roulhac, Chapin, 47.71; 2, Emily Trillo, Jefferson, 48.73; 3, Ashley Ibarra, Hanks, 50.53; 4, Mar Portillo, Coronado, 50.89; 5, Logan Maxwell, Montwood, 51.63; 6, Ariana Hernandez, Americas, 51.77; 7, Kathy Cordero, Montwood, 52.92; 8, Emerald Davis, Franklin, 53:33; 9, Sarah Dankovich, Coronado, 55.01; 10, Dania Navarro, Eastlake, 56.17.

400-meter relay: 1, Chapin (Terry Claire, Kimberley Owens, Cyan Cooper, Celeste Garcia), 50.37; 2, Franklin, 50.57; 3, Americas, 51.82; 4, Montwood, 52.60; 5, El Dorado, 52.72; 6, Coronado, 53.19; 7, Burges (Rebecca Fernandez, Adriana Rosales, Alexandra Chavez, Mari Wright), 53.89; 8, Hanks, 53.96; 9, Mt. View, 54.01; 10, Jefferson, 54.43.

800-meter relay: 1, Chapin (Cyan Cooper, Celeste Garcia, Carsyn Hopkins, April Lang), 1:49.74; 2, Franklin, 1:51.99; 3, Americas, 1:52.57; 4, Jefferson, 1:53.41; 5, Coronado, 1:54.13; 6, El Dorado, 1:54.76; 7, Burges (Rebecca Fernandez, Adriana Rosales, Alexandra Chavez, Mari Wright), 1:55.01; 8, Parkland, 1:56.03; 9, Del Valle, 1:56.69; 10, Mt. View, 1:58.49.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin, 4:12.55; 2, Montwood, 4:14.40; 3, Eastlake, 4:15.80; 4, Chapin (Celeste Garcia, Claire Terry, Sela Arevalo, April Lang), 4:18.89; 5, Coronado,  4:23.58; 6, Americas, 4:32.12; 7, Burges (Mari Wright, Annette Guzman, Miciah Quinn,  Samantha Cera), 4:34.19; 8, Socorro, 4:34.98;  9, Hanks, 4:38.19; 10, Jefferson, 4:39.69.

 

 

 

Author: Victor R. Martinez

My love of running began with my son Deric. His passion and talent for distance running opened my eyes to a sport I never imaged I would embrace with such enthusiasm. As a journalist at the El Paso Times, I was the lead writer for cross country and track for several years and I was able to tell the stories of these amazing unsung athletes. Never a runner myself, I decided to change that when I turned 50 in 2016 when I trained for my first 5K. I've been running ever since and I love every minute of it - well - sort of.

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