Boy’s Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 2

The second week of the track and field season resulted in 11 city best times and marks at the Burges Invitational and the Bobby Aguirre Invitational at Riverside.

Top performances include:

Franklin senior Beau Sparks set a personal best 22.39 in the 200 at the Burges Invitational.

Franklin senior Nicolas Garcia set a personal best 50.60 in the 400 at the Burges Invitational.

Tornillo senior Angel Torres ran 1:57.99 in the 800 at the Burges Invitational.

Franklin senior Diego Flores ran 4:26.20 in the 1600 at the Burges Invitational.

Franklin junior Juan Leal set a personal best 9:39.64 in the 3200 at the Burges Invitational.

Immanuel Christian junior Josiah Johnson set a personal best 38.81 in the 300 hurdles and in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 9.25 inches at the Burges Invitational.

The Franklin 400-relay team of Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Noah Vick and Gerald Williams raced to 42.12 at the Burges Invitational.

The Coronado 1600-relay team of Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little and Sebastian Aguayo ran a 3:25.35 at the Burges Invitational.

Eastlake senior Caleb Emery tossed the shot put 53 feet, 4 inches at the Riverside Invitational.

Parkland senior DJ Crest set a personal best in the triple jump, leaping 45 feet, 4.5 inches at the Riverside Invitational.

For complete results of the Bobby Aguirre Invitational, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/491316/results.

For complete results of the Burges Invitational, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/488048/results.

This week’s schedule is as follows:

Irvin Invitational: Feb. 24-25 at Irvin. Hanks, Parkland, Ysleta, Austin, Bowie,Canutillo, El Paso, Harmony, Irvin, Jefferson, Loretto, Socorro.

SISD Invitational: Feb. 24-25 at the SAC. Americas, Cathedral, Chapin, Eastlake,El Dorado, Horizon, Pebble Hills.

Jim Omohundro Invitational Feb. 25 at Eastwood. Bel Air, Del Valle, Eastwood, Riverside, Andress, Anthony, Clint, Coronado, Franklin, Montwood, Mountain View, Tornillo.

Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after week 2:

Immanuel Christian junior Josiah Johnson set a personal best 38.81 in the 300 hurdles and in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 9.25 inches at the Burges Invitational.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 53 feet, 4 inches; 2, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills,    45-6; 3, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 45-1; 4, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 44-5; 5, Anthony Morales, Burges, 44-3; 6, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 44-2.5; 7, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 43-2; 8, Albert Rivera, Jefferson, 42-5; 8, Jose Morales, Ysleta, 41-11; 9, Alex Dominguez, Mt. View, 41-4; 10, Jacob Holguin, Bel Air, 41-3.

Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 153 feet, 9 inches; 2, Roger Martinez, Clint, 138-6; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 135-5; 4, Devin Mata, Burges, 130-8; 5, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 130-5; 5, Roman Hernandez, Eastlake, 130-5; 7, Kyler Ruth, Franklin, 129-4; 8, Matthew Flores, Clint, 128-6; 9, Isaiah Valadez, Mt. View, 127-7.5; 10, Micheal Southern, Montwood, 127-7.5.

High jump: 1, Ricardo Leyva, Horizon, 6 feet, 10 inches; 2, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-2; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-2; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 5-10; 4, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 5-10; 4, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 7, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 5-8; 8, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 5-6; 8, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 5-6; 8, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-6; 8, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 5-6.

Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 13 feet, 6 inches; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 13-0; 3, Jesus Guerrero, Mt. View, 12-6; 3, Andres Cardoza, San Elizario, 12-6; 5, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 12-0; 6, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 11-6; 6, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 11-6; 6, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 11-6; 6, Cesario Alvarado, Bel Air, 11-6; 6, Jesus Banuelos, Mt. View, 11-6.

Long jump: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 21 feet, 9.25 inches; 2, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 21-2.25; 3, DJ Crest, Parkland, 21-3; 4, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 20-7; 5, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 20-3; 6, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 20-2.5; 7, Amari Deion Welch, Pebble Hills, 20-1; 8, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 19-10; 9, Nathan Marshall, Andress, 19-9.50; 10, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 19-9.

Triple jump: 1, DJ Crest, Parkland, 45 feet, 4.5 inches; 2, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 43-10; 3, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 42-10.5; 4, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41-7.5; 5, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 40-10; 6, Aiden Anchondo, Cathedral, 40-2.25; 7, Makhi Shannon, Parkland, 39-10.50; 8, Matthew Ramirez, Americas, 39-3.25; 9, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 39-0.5; 10, Jacob Valenzuela, Coronado, 39-0.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.85; 2, Julian Mars, Franklin, 11.05; 3, DJ Crest, Parkland, 11.13; 4, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 11.17; 5, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 11.20; 6, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 11.36; 7, Joseph W. Gomez, Parkland, 11.39; 8, Joshua Keough, Del Valle, 11.53; 9, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air,     11.60; 10, Maximiliano Giron, Del Valle, 11.65.

200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 22.39; 2, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 22.60; 3, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22.88; 4, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 22.96; 5, Lorenzo Shields, El Paso, 23.18; 6, Ramon Gonzalez, Franklin, 23.27; 7, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 23.28; 8, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 23.37; 9, Shay Smith, Franklin, 23.47; 10, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 23.50.

400 meters: 1, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.60; 2, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 51.00; 3, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 51.92; 4, Rai Lopez, Franklin, 52.02; 5, Miguel Chapa, El Dorado, 52.22; 6, Grabiel Saucedo II, Cathedral, 52.45; 7, Damian Ibarra, Pebble Hills, 52.83; 8, Pablo Pedraza, Coronado, 52.89; 9, Diego Gonzalez, Mt. View, 52.90; 10, Cesario Alvarado, Bel Air, 53.04.

800 meters: 1, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 1:57.99; 2, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:59.78; 3, Diego Romero, Americas, 2:00.73; 4, Matthew Guerra, Burges, 2:01.02; 5, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 2:01.11; 6, Rai Lopez, Franklin, 2:01.67; 7, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 2:02.21; 8, Sam Breceda, Coronado, 2:02.68; 9, Omar Rivera, Canutillo, 2:03.79; 10, Austen Percifull, Franklin, 2:03.85.

1,600 meters: 1, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:26.20; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:27.87; 3, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 4:28.01; 4, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 4:29.44; 5, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 4:29.75; 6, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 4:29.86; 7, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 4:29.91; 8, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 4:30.06; 9, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:30.65; 10, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 4:35.29.

3,200 meters: 1, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:39.64; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:40.49; 3, Denovan Estrada, Franklin, 9:41.38; 4, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 9:41.59; 5, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:42.63; 6, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 9:43.12; 7, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 9:44.21; 8, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:58.33; 9, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 9:59.45; 10, Alejandro Tarin, Hanks, 10:04.39.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.81; 2, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 15.24; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 15.44; 4, Noah Vick, Franklin, 16.04; 5, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 16.47; 6, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.79; 7, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 17.23; 8, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 17.41; 9, Anthony Martinez, Canutillo, 17.52; 10, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 17.60.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 38.81; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 41.08; 3, Armando Aguirre, Clint, 41.24; 4, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41.79; 5, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 41.90; 6, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 42.26; 7, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 42.90; 8, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 43.92; 9, Ian Diaz, Eastwood, 43.95; 10, Anthony Martinez, Canutillo, 43.99.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Noah Vick, Gerald Williams), 42.12; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph W Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 43.13; 3, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 43.65; 4, Pebble Hills, 44.22; 5, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Fabian Talavera, Joseph Ruiz, Brian Promesse-Gonzalez), 44.26; 6, Mt. View (Mark Lozoya, Eric Garcia, Omar Nevarez, Erik Dominguez), 44.60; 7, El Dorado, 44.79; 8, Chapin (Justin Yhisreal, Daveon Singleton, Michael Medina, Dylan Sims), 44.81; 9, Coronado (Thomas Huerta-Murray, David Abarca, Sebastian Aguayo, Cade Little), 44.86; 10, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Raymon Riddick, Joshua Keough, Ethan Armendariz), 44.97.

800-meter relay: 1, Parkland (Isaiah Beasley, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph W Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 1:29.73; 2, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 1:29.93; 3, Franklin (Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Noah Vick, Ramon Gonzalez), 1:31.52; 4, El Dorado   (Alan Martinez, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Dezmond Gonzalez), 1:31.55; 5, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Caydin Purdy, Michael Medina, Justin Yhisreal), 1:32.46; 6, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Oscar Martinez, Noah Moreno, Cesario Alvarado), 1:33.32; 7, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Jay Acuna, Isaiah Alva, Curtis Murillo), 1:33.64; 8, Pebble Hills, 1:34.16; 9, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Fabian Talavera, Joseph Ruiz, Brian Promesse-Gonzalez), 1:34.62; 10, Eastlake (Alexander Ziemer, Julian Granados, Andrew Aranda, Jerry Rodriguez), 1:34.78.       

1,600-meter relay: 1, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:25.35; 2, Franklin (Joaquin Hickey, Austen Percifull, Nicolas Garcia, Rai Lopez), 3:26.94; 3, Pebble Hills (Charles Wellenreuther, Amari Taylor, Damian Ibarra, Omer Ibrahim), 3:28.83; 4, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Adriel Lira, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:30.90; 5, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Joe Meza, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla), 3:31.17; 6, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Noah Moreno, Oscar Martinez, Cesario Alvarado), 3:31.87; 7, Eastlake (Erick Rangel, Aidan Hernandez, Erick Delgadillo, Jerry Rodriguez), 3:34.84; 8, El Dorado, 3:35.60; 9, San Elizario (Angel Acosta, Emilio Solano, Angel Maese, Chris Moreno), 3:38.01; 10, Americas (Joseph Ruiz, Andres Hernandez, Christian Hurtado, Diego Romero), 3:38.08.

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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