Boy’s Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 8

The eighth of the track and field season resulted in three city best times and marks.

Top performances include:

Immanuel Christian’s Josiah Johnson set a personal best 37.87 in the 300-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays in Austin.

Eastlake senior Caleb Emery established a new personal bestin the shot putwith a toss of56-feet, 4.5 inches at the Socorro ISD Invitational.

Franklin junior Mont Packer climbed 14-feet, 9.50 inches in the pole vault to set a personal best mark at the Benny Brooks Invitational at Canutillo.

For complete results of the Socorro ISD Invitational, click here –  https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/491331/results

For complete results of the Benny Brooks Invitational, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/499915/results

This week’s schedule is as follows:

District 1-6A Track and Field Championship: April 4-April 6 at Coronado High School.

District 1-5A Track and Field Championship: April 3 at Burges; April 4-6 at Andress High School.

District 2-5A Track and Field Championship: April 3-6 at Hanks High School.

District 1-4A Track and Field Championship: April 3 at Burges; April 4-6 at Andress High School.

District 2-4A Track and Field Championship: April 4-6 at Clint High School.

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

Clint’s Roger Martinez has the city’s fifth best shot put mark, a toss of 138-feet, 6 inches.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 56-feet, 4.5 inches; 2, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 48-7.5; 3, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 48-4; 4, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 48-3.5; 5, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills, 47-9; 6, Matthew Flores, Clint, 47-7; 7, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 47-1; 8, Alex Dominguez, Mt. View, 46-6; 9, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 45-4.5; 10, Craig Wydra, Andress, 45-2.

Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 158 feet, 4 inches; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 154-6; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 148-7; 4, Devin Mata, Burges, 142-0; 5, Roger Martinez, Clint, 138-6; 6, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 138-0; 7, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 136-9; 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; 5, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10; 5, Bryson Goldsmith, Chapin, 5-10; 5, Osatohamwen Gbowa, Burges, 5-10; 5, Bryan Adebayo, Riverside, 5-10; 5, Diego Gonzalez, Mt. View, 5-10; 5, William Mclilly, Montwood, 5-10; 5, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 5-10; 5, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 5, 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; 4, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 12-9; 5, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 12-6; 5, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 12-6; 5, Andres Cardoza, San Elizario, 12-6; 8, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-0; 8, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 12-0; 10, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 11-6; 10, Cesario Alvarado, Bel Air, 11-6; 10, Jesus Banuelos, Mt. View, 11-6.

Long jump: 1, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22-feet, 8 inches; 2, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 22-2.5; 3, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-9.50; 4, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 21-9.25; 5, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 21-8; 6, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-4; 7, DJ Crest, Parkland, 21-3; 8, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 21-2.75; 9, Devin Hernandez, Ysleta, 21-2; 9, Curtis Murillo, Eastwood, 21-2.

Triple jump: 1, DJ Crest, Parkland, 45 feet, 4.5 inches; 2, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 43-10; 3, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 43-6; 4, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 43-2; 5, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-2; 6, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 41-9; 7, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41-7.5; 8, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 41-7; 9, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 41-6; 10, Yoshua Yhisreal, Chapin, 40-11.

Franklin’s 800-meter relay team of Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Gerald Williams and Rai Lopez own a city-best 1:28.13 heading into the District 1-6A Championship.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.85; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.86; 3, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 11.00; 4, Julian Mars, Franklin, 11.05; 5, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 11.11; 6, DJ Crest, Parkland, 11.13; 7, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 11.17; 8, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.17;  9, Joseph W. Gomez, Parkland, 11.23; 10, Jalile Bost, Pebble Hills, 11.33.

200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 22.11; 2, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 22.13; 3, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22.24; 4, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 22.60; 5, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22.69; 6, Joseph Gomez Whitten, Parkland, 22.77; 7, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.78; 8, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 22.84; 8, Victor Arellano, Montwood, 22.84; 10, Seth Salas, Montwood, 22.92.

400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.73; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 50.12; 3, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 50.19; 4, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 50.51; 5, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 50.55; 6, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.60; 7, Grabiel Saucedo II, Cathedral, 50.61; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 51.00; 9, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 50.90; 10, Bernard Martinez, Cathedral, 51.01.

800 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.52; 2, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:57.21; 3, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 1:57.82; 4, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 1:57.95; 5, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:58.45; 6, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:58.54; 7, Bernard Martinez, Cathedral, 1:59.24; 8, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 1:59.33; 9, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 2:00.20; 10, Rai Lopez, Franklin, 2:00.22.

1,600 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 4:18.85; 2, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:23.77; 3, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:25.15; 4, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 4:26.82; 5, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:26.95; 6, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:27.33; 7, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 4:27.63; 8, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 4:27.78; 9, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:28.07; 10, Alejandro Tarin, Hanks, 4:28.28.

3,200 meters: 1, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 9:33.52; 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 9:38.49; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:39.64; 4, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:39.65; 5, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:39.69; 6, Denovan Estrada, Franklin, 9:41.38; 7, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 9:41.59; 8, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 9:41.86; 9, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:42.14; 10, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 9:44.21.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.57; 2, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 14.98; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 15.36; 4, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.93; 5, Noah Vick, Franklin, 16.04; 6, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 16.19; 7, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 16.22; 8, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.35; 9, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 16.54; 10, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 16.59; 10, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 16.59.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.97; 2, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 39.83; 3, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.26; 4, Armando Aguirre, Clint, 40.50; 5, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 40.63; 6, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 40.90; 7, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 41.06; 8, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 41.59; 9, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 41.71; 10, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 42.40.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Jordan Morales, Gerald Williams), 41.88; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph W Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 42.49; 3, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 43.15; 4, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla, Curtis Murillo), 43.34; 5, Chapin (Justin Yhisreal, Yoshua Yhisreal, Michael Medina, Dylan Sims), 43.51; 6, Del Valle (Maximiliano Giron, Raymon Riddick, Joshua Keough, Shelton Fuller), 43.73; 7, Pebble Hills (Julian Piercy, Jalile Bost, Amari, Deion Welch, Michael Brown), 43.45; 8, Canutillo (Rene Huerta, Eduardo Carillo, Jay Taylor, Chris Brock), 43.60; 9, Americas, 43.67; 10, Coronado (Thomas Huerta-Murray, Owen Levesque, Sebastian Aguayo, Cade Little), 43.70.

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, El Dorado (Alan Martinez, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Dezmond Gonzalez), 1:30.55; 6, Pebble Hills (Damian Ibarra, Amari Deion Welch, Jalile Bost, Gael Ochoa), 1:30.65; 7, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Curtis Murillo, Max Mancilla, Jason Valdez), 1:31.33; 8, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Caydin Purdy, Michael Medina, Justin Yhisreal), 1:31.43; 9, Coronado (Thomas Huerta-Murray, Blake Randag, Owen Levesque, Sebastian Aguayo), 1:32.05; 10, Ysleta (Devin Hernandez, Alonso Rodriguez, Arturo Dominguez, Deandre Jackson), 1:32.06.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:23.27; 2, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:25.35; 3, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Curtis Murillo, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla), 3:26.29; 4, Pebble Hills (Charles Wellenreuther, Amari Taylor, Damian Ibarra, Omer Ibrahim), 3:27.57; 5, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz, Seth Salas), 3:29.46; 6, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Adriel Lira, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:30.67; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Jacob Medina, Joaquin Moya, Hudson Merritt), 3:31.62; 8, El Dorado (Alan Martinez, Adrian Macias, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa), 3:31.84; 9, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Noah Moreno, Oscar Martinez, Cesario Alvarado), 3:31.87; 10, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Omar Rivera, Donovan Mozer), 3:32.56.

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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