Girls’s Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 9

There were eight city best times and marks set at Districts.

Eastwood senior Lauren Walls-Portillo ran a personal best2:15.73 in the 800 meters to win the District 1-6A championship.

Eastwood’s 1,600-meter relay team of Giovanna Zubia, Alexia Mata, Sophia Watts, and Lauren Walls-Portillo), ran a 3:59.63 to win the District 1-6A Championship.

Franklin junior Amelia Stuart had a personal best pole vault of 12 feet, 3 inches to win the District 1-6A Championship.

Chapin junior Morgan Little set a personal best time of 12.09 in the 100 meters and another personal best 24.93 in the 200 meters to win the District 1-5A Championship in both events.

Chapin junior Samahdi Foster set a personal best time of45.61 in the 300-meter hurdles to win the District 1-5A Championship.

El Paso High senior Joanna Huang hit a personal best36 feet, 8.25 inches to win the triple jump at the District 1-5A Championship.

Clint senior Victoria Loya won the District 1-4A discus championship with a throw of123 feet, 2-inches.

For complete results of the District 1-6A Championship, click here, https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/465117/results.

For complete results of the District 1-5A Championship, click here, https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/449985/results.

For complete results of the District 2-5A Championship, click here, https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/465879/results.

For complete results of the District 3-4A Championship, click here.

This week’s schedule is as follows:                   

Class 3A Area Meet: April 21 at Denver City.

Class 6A Area Meet: April 22 at Franklin High School.

Class 5A Area Meet: April 22 at Franklin High School.

Class 4A Area Meet: April 21-22 at Andrews High School.

Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after week 8:

Eastwood senior Lauren Walls-Portillo ran a personal best 2:15.73 in the 800 meters to win the District 1-6A championship. She came back later in the day to anchor the Trooper’s 1,600-meter relay team to a city best 3:59.63.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Amaris Delgado, Socorro, 38-feet, 6 inches; 2, Iyanna Jackson, Franklin, 36-7.5; 3, Kazzady Jimenez, Burges, 35-3.5; 4, Victoria Loya, Clint 35-2; 5, Leslie Jaquez, Jefferson, 34-8; 6, Nahtasha Poplar, Eastlake, 34-1.5; 7, Brianna Aragon, Americas, 33-10.5; 8, Allegra Solis, Clint, 33-7; 9, Teresa Carreon, Chapin, 33-6; 10, Kelsey Finn, Coronado, 33-5.5.

Discuss: 1,Victoria Loya, Clint, 123 feet, 2-inches; 2, Aries Mendez, Eastwood, 114-5; 3, Kazzady Jimenez, Burges, 110-0; 4, Leslie Jaquez, Jefferson, 109-7; 5, Amaris Delgado, Socorro, 106-7; 6, La O Samoa Talolo, Coronado, 106-2; 7, Kelsey Finn, Coronado, 105-1; 7, Desiree Cuevas, Irvin, 105-1; 9, Elena Burciaga, Eastwood, 102-7; 10, Maritza Macias, Americas, 100-11.

High jump: 1, Kayla Phillip, Andress, 5 feet, 2 inches; 1, Aileen Alvarado, El Dorado, 5-2; 1, Alyssa McBain, Eastwood, 5-2; 4, Bianca Parker, Del Valle, 5-0; 5, Kaira Joseph, Eastwood, 4-10; 5, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 4-10 5, Salma Licon, Eastwood, 4-10; 8, Vanessa Mercer, Riverside, 4-9; 9, Azali Alavardo, Riverside, 4-8; 9, Jocelyn Odiott, El Dorado, 4-8; 9, Abigail Perez, Americas, 4-8; 9, Laci Del Pino, Ysleta, 4-8; 9, Anisa Walker, San Elizario, 4-8; 9, Annette Guzman, Burges, 4-8; 9, Marissa Sanchez, Irvin, 4-8.

Pole vault: 1, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 12 feet, 3 inches; 2, Amaya Hernandez, Bel Air, 10-6; 3, Aritzel Garcia, Burges, 10-0; 4, Renata Alvarado, Riverside, 9-9; 5, Sarah Dovenbarger, Eastlake, 9-6; 5, Charlotte Benavides, Coronado, 9-6; 5, Alexa Lawrence, Coronado, 9-6; 8, Minerva Cerda, Mt. View, 9-3; 9, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 9-0; 9, Karissa Avalos, Del Valle, 9-0; , Ashley Ibarra, Hanks, 9-0.

Long jump: 1, Deborah Lozano, El Dorado, 17 feet, 8 inches; 2, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 17-7.5 inches; 3, Morgan Little, Chapin, 17-4; 3, Diana Cain, Franklin, 17-4; 5, Caidence Johnson, Chapin, 17-3; 6, Citlaly Rodriguez, Bowie, 17-2.5; 7, Promise Iheanacho, Andress, 16-10; 8, Juliana Patton, Burges, 16-8.5; 9, Lauren Hazboun, Coronado, 16-6; 10, Nevaeh Buntyn, Pebble Hills, 16-3.

Triple jump: 1, Joanna Huang, El Paso, 36 feet, 8.25 inches: 2, Isabella Dubrule, Eastlake, 36-3.25; 3, Morgan Little, Chapin, 35-11.75; 4, Aileen Alvarado, El Dorado, 35-4.5; 5, Promise Iheanacho, Andress, 35-0; 6, Samahdi Foster, Chapin, 34-11; 7, Angela Hernandez, Americas, 34-10; 8, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 34-9.5; 9, Madelaine Estrada, Mt. View, 34-3; 10, Kayley Crain, Irvin, 33-9.

Montwood’s Angelina Killings (in green) has the third fastest 100-meter dash time in El Paso (12.57). She will compete in Friday’s Region 1, Class 6A area round meet at Franklin High School on Friday.

Running Events

100 meters: 1,Morgan Little, Chapin, 12.09; 2,Maliyah Pride, Chapin, 12.31; 3, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 12.57; 4, India Dowling-Green, El Dorado, 12.62; 5, Marcela Lozano, Montwood, 12.64; 6, Samahdi Foster, Chapin, 12.66; 7, Diana Cain, Franklin, 12.68; 8, Desiree Spearman, Hanks, 12.72; 9, Demetreal Green, Americas, 12.74; 10, Iliana Smith, Eastlake, 12.77; 10, Citaly Rodriguez, Bowie, 12.77.

200 meters: 1, Morgan Little, Chapin, 24.93; 2,Maliyah Pride, Chapin, 25.18; 3, Grace Oyetunde, Franklin, 25.65; 4, India Dowling-Green, El Dorado, 25.84; 5, Marcela Lozano, Montwood, 26.01; 6, Samahdi Foster, Chapin, 26.06; 7, Demetreal Green, Americas, 26.11; 8, Angelina Killings, Montwood, 26.12; 9, Trinity Avrilien, Chapin, 26.29; 10, Caidence Johnson, Chapin, 26.37 10, Citaly Rodriguez, Bowie, 26.37.

400 meters: 1, Samahdi Foster, Chapin, 57.11; 2, Grace Oyetunde, Franklin, 57.58; 3, Biviana Garcia, Chapin, 58.98; 4, Mia Rivera, Hanks, 59.21; 5, Bianca Parker, Del Valle, 59.51; 6, Giovanna Zubia, Eastwood, 1:00.10; 7, Sofia Camacho, Franklin, 1:00.51; 8, Amanda Sotelo, Franklin, 1:00.92; 9, Alexia Mata, Eastwood, 1:00.94; 10, Andrea Castillo, El Paso, 1:01.08.

800 meters: 1,Lauren Walls-Portillo, Eastwood, 2:15.73; 2, Mia Rivera, Hanks, 2:19.84; 3, Sofia Camacho, Franklin, 2:20.26; 4, Isabella Medina, Americas, 2:21.72; 4, Abigail Barraza, Franklin, 2:21.72; 6, Rebecca Duran, Chapin, 2:21.92; 7,Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 2:22.32; 8, Natalie Rivera, Canutillo, 2:22.67; 9, Andrea Castillo, El Paso, 2:22.99; 10, Caroline Pitchkolan, Coronado, 2:24.71.

1,600 meters: 1, Lauren Walls-Portillo, Eastwood, 4:57.32; 2, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 5:17.24; 3, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 5:18.42; 4, Abigail Barraza, Franklin, 5:18.43; 5, Natalia Martinez Lopez, Pebble Hills, 5:21.45; 6, Kassandra Jimenez, Montwood, 5:21.83; 7, Crystal Peterson, Jefferson, 5:26.17; 8, Samantha Ramirez, San Elizario, 5:35.28; 9, Natalie Rivera, Canutillo, 5:35.43; 10, Alexa Lawrence, Coronado, 5:35.99.

3,200 meters: 1, Adelynn Rodriquez, Eastwood, 10:57.40; 2, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 11:16.26; 3, Crystal Peterson, Jefferson, 11:40.96; 4, Lauren Walls-Portillo, Eastwood, 11:42.16; 5, Kassandra Jimenez, Montwood, 11:48.69; 6, Natalie Franco, Pebble Hills, 12:02.14; 7, Jordan Torres, Franklin, 12:06.47; 8, Samantha Ramirez, San Elizario, 12:08.47; 9, Jazmine Miranda, Montwood, 12:22.02; 10, Alexa Rangel, Montwood, 12:23.29.

100-meter hurdles: 1, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 15.75; 2, Juliana Patton, Burges, 15.97; 3, Laci Del Pino, Ysleta, 16.22; 4, Emily Trillo, Jefferson, 16.28; 5, Sophie Ryan, Loretto, 16.36; 6, Salma Licon, Eastwood, 16.39; 7, Cailee Phillips, Franklin, 16.42; 8, Madelyn Estrada, Mt. View, 16.82; 9, Ariana Hernandez, Americas, 16.90; 10, Deborah Lozano, El Dorado, 16.93.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Samahdi Foster, Chapin, 45.61; 2, Deborah Lozano, El Dorado, 46.02; 3, Juliana Patton, Burges, 46.33; 4, Cailee Phillips Franklin, 46.37; 5, Salma Licon, Eastwood, 46.47; 6, Ashley Ibarra, Hanks, 47.24; 7, Madelaine Estrada, Mt. View, 47.50; 8, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 47.79; 9, Alexis Hughes, Parkland, 48.20; 10, Celeste Garcia, Chapin, 48.77.

400-meter relay: 1, Chapin (Maliyah Pride, Trinity Avrilien, Samahdi Foster, Morgan Little), 42.51; 2, Americas (Timar Alexander, Alexia Garcia, Angela Hernandez, Demetreal Green), 49.53; 3, Franklin, 49.86; 4, Pebble Hills (Lyric Ponce, Karen Balderama, Julissa Daniels, Adenaji Jones Torres), 50.26; 5, El Dorado, 50.40; 6, Coronado (Jarryn Koneri, Oluwadamisola Adedeji, Camila Hernandez, Lauren Hazboun), 50.45; 7, Del Valle (Nina Galceran, Bianca Parker, Vianey Contreras, Dania Armendariz), 50.65; 8, Bel Air (Marysol Vidal, Kemberly Goytia, Diana Zapata, Vianey Gomez), 50.90; 9, Bowie (Kendra Escareno, Ana Granados, Perla Lopez, Grace Valadez), 51.10; 10, Hanks (Kendra Burton, Desiree Spearman, Traceana McMiller, Natalie Aguirre), 51.13.

800-meter relay: 1, Chapin (Maliyah Pride, Caidence Johnson, Samahdi Foster, Morgan Little), 1:41.53; 2, Franklin (Amelia Stuart, Layla Tandy, Christianna Carr, MaKayla Sawyer), 1:45.66; 3, Americas (Timar Alexander, Alexia Garcia, Alejandra Reynoso, Angela Hernandez), 1:46.31; 4, El Dorado (Aileen Alvarado, India Dowling-Green, , Deborah Lozano, Jocelyn Odiott), 1:46.86; 5, Montwood (Marcela Lozano, Cynthia Gallegos, Angelina Killings, Nayeli Casas), 1:47.05; 6, Eastwood (Alexia Mata, Sophia Watts, Aaliyah Lopez, Kaira Joseph), 1:47.31; 7, Del Valle, 1:47.95; 8, Bowie (Kendra Escareno, Ana Granados, Citaly Rodriguez, Grace Valadez), 1:48.68; 9, Coronado (Camila Hernandez, Gabriella Escobedo, Jarryn Koneri, Lauren Hazboun), 1:48.81; 10, Andress (Kayla Phillip, Andrea Iniguez, Natalie Rodriguez, Promise Iheanacho), 1:49.31.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Eastwood (Giovanna Zubia, Alexia Mata, Sophia Watts, Lauren Walls-Portillo), 3:59.63; 2, Franklin (Grace Oyetunde, Sofia Camacho, Cailee Phillips, Amanda Sotelo), 4:00.66; 3, Coronado (Eva Asfahani, Gabriella Escobedo, Jarryn Koneri, Meghan Masonn), 4:10.19; 4, Americas (Angela Hernandez, Angelina Villalva, Cleo Naranjo, Isabella Medina), 4:10.55; 5, Chapin (Samahdi Foster, Veronica Berrios, Morgan Little, Celeste Garcia), 4:10.86; 6, Hanks (Destinee Loeza, Ashley Ibarra, Madison Spencer, Mia Rivera), 4:12.56; 7, Burges (Juliana Patton, Annette Guzman, Isabella Aguilera, Alyssa Rosales), 4:15.05; 8, El Paso (Marisol Banuelos, Andrea Castillo, Cheyenne McGhee, Jezarae Valenzuela), 4:16.23; 9, Parkland (Alexis Hughes, Aleyda Saucedo, Ashlyne Golston, Mya Paz), 4:19.18; 10, Canutillo (Destiny Carbajal, Leslie Del Real, Gillian Carreon, Arianna Castaneda), 4:21.01.

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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