District 1-6A Championship results; area round April 22 in Arlington

The District 1-6A/2-6A Area Track and Field Championship will be April 22 at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa.

The top 4 finishers will advance to the Region 1 Championship in Arlington, April 28-29.

Top performances at the District 1-6A Championship include:

Eastwood’s Adelynn Rodriguez won the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and helped the team to the 4×400 meter relay title.

Franklin’s Amelia Stuart who won the long jump and the pole vault and won a gold with the 400-relay team. She is a three-time district champ in the pole vault.

Franklin’s Emily Orr won the 3,200 meters and was second in the 1,600 meters.

Franklin’s Beau Sparks won the 100 meters and 200 meters and helped 400-meter relay team to win in championship.

Coronado’s Luis Pastor won the 1,600 and the 3,200 meters.

The following are the District 1-6A Championship results:

Pebble Hill’s Omer Ibrahim won the district 800.

Boys

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.79; 2, Julian Mars, Franklin, 10.94; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.97; 4, Jalile Bost, Pebble Hills, 11.13.

200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 21.98; 2, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.02; 3, Rai Lopez, Franklin, 22.88; 4, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 23.01.

400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.02; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 50.78; 3, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.88; 4, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 51.20.

800 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:57.65; 2, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:58.12; 3, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:58.40; 4, Mauricio Cuartas, Eastwood, 2:00.05.

1,600: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:22.62; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:29.02; 3, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:32.19; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:33.77.

3,200:1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 9:25.73; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:35.13; 3, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:39.44; 4, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:40.77.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.70; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.20; 3, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.22; 4, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.40.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 39.97; 2, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.53; 3, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 40.67; 4, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 40.72.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.18; 2, Pebble Hills (Jalile Bost, Julian Piercy, Amari Deion Welch, Gael Ochoa), 42.40; 3, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.84; 4, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Ramon Laguana, Max Mancilla, Curtis Murillo), 43.11.

800-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Gerald Williams, Rai Lopez), 1:29.01; 2, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas, Victor Arellano, Christian Saenz), 1:30.04; 3, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Matthew Ramirez, Andres Hernandez, Fabian Talavera), 1:31.07; 4, Pebble Hills (Amari Deion Welch, Gael Ochoa, Jalile Bost, Jaivian Poindexter), 1:31.13.       

1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:29.00; 2, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Samuel Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:30.14; 3, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:32.55; 4, El Dorado (Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Isaac Gutierrez, Evan Garcia), 3:33.18. 

Franklin senior Beau Sparks won the 100 meters and 200 meters and helped 400-meter relay team to win in championship.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 58-2; 2, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 47-6; 3, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 47-00; 4, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills, 46-2.

Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 144-8; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 136-4; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood,         135-4; 4, Isaac Dominguez, Socorro, 133-7.

High jump: 1, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-2; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-2; 3, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 6-0; 4, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-6; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-0; 3, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 13-0; 4, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 12-6.

Long jump: 1, Curtis Murillo, Eastwood, 21-10.75; 2, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 21-4.50; 3, Evan Garcia, El Dorado, 21-1; 4, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 21-0.25.

Triple jump: 1, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 43-3.50; 2, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-4.50; 3, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 41-5.75; 4, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 40-11.

Eastwood’s Adelynn Rodriguez won the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and helped the team to the 4×400 meter relay title.

GIRLS

District 1-6A Championships

Running events

100 meters: 1. Leah Medina, Franklin, 12.71; 2, Samaya Scranton, Franklin, 12.72; 3, Ambrosia Francis, El Dorado, 12.88; 4, Ibukun Adeniran, Americas, 13.09.

200 meters: 1, Samaya Scranton, Franklin, 26.14; 2, Julissa Daniels, Pebble Hills, 26.25; 3, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 26.83; 4, Nancy Camargo, Franklin, 26.87.

400 meters: 1, Samaya Scranton, Franklin, 1:00.87; 2, Giovanna Zubia, Eastwood, 1:01.00; 3, Amanda Sotelo, Franklin, 1:01.53; 4, Thiaxi Melendez Cepeda, Franklin, 1:02.18.

800 meters: 1, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 2:19.37; 2, Sofia Camacho, Franklin, 2:20.98; 3, Abigail Barraza, Franklin, 2:21.02; 4, Sophia Watts, Eastwood, 2:22.23.

1600 meters: 1, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 5:16.22; 2, Emily Orr, Franklin, 5:22.40; 3, Abigail Barraza, Franklin,  5:23.86; 4, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 5:26.86.

3200 meters: 1, Emily Orr, Franklin, 11:16.10; 2, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 11:40.25; 3, Kassandra Jimenez. Montwood, 11:59.30; 4, Brooke McCune, Franklin, 12:03.08.

100 hurdles: 1, Salma Licon, Eastwood, 16.32; 2, Cailee Phillips, Franklin, 16.45; 3, Laila Bohlmann, Franklin, 16.82; 4, Nevaeh Buntyn, Pebble Hills, 16.90.

300 hurdles: 1, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 46.58; 2, Cailee Phillips, Franklin, 46.80; 3, Salma Licon, Eastwood, 47.34; 4, Laila Bohlmann, Franklin, 47.75.

400 relay:  1, Franklin (Amelia Stuart, Nancy Camargo, Leah Medina, Joneeah Hudson), 49.71;2, Pebble Hills (Lyric Ponce, Karen Balderama, Kennedi Bryant, Julissa Daniels) 49.77; 3, Americas (Aubree Martinez, Ibukun Adeniran, Alexia Garcia, NaSya Atkins), 49.84; 4, El Dorado (Gisela Mendez, Sydney Brown, Audrina Gonzalez, Ambrosia Francis), 50.28.

800 relay: 1, Franklin (Amelia Stuart, Nancy Camargo, Reese Menchaca, Joneeah Hudson), 1:46.66; 2, Americas (Aubree Martinez, Ibukun Adeniran, NaSya Atkins, Cleo Naranjo), 1:47.84; 3, El Dorado (Kimberly Pena, Audrina Gonzalez, Sydney Brown, Ambrosia Francis), 1:48.05; 4, Pebble Hills (Lyric Ponce, Marina Sierra, Megan Mukiibi, Julissa Daniels), 1:50.00.

1600 relay: 1, Eastwood (Giovanna Zubia, Sophia Watts, Kaira Joseph, Adelynn Rodriguez), 4:08.86; 2, Franklin (Thiaxi Melendez Cepeda, Amanda Sotelo, Sofia Camacho, Abigail Pinon), 4:11.43; 3, Americas (Samantha Lucey, Emberlynn Sarmiento, Angelina Villalva, Cleo Naranjo), 4:17.82; 4, Pebble Hills (Carolina Zarrabal, Marina Sierra, Andrea Teruel, Megan Mukiibi), 4:22.18.  

Franklin’s senior Amelia Stuart won her third District 1-6A pole vault championship and won the long jump.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Iyanna Jackson, Franklin, 33-10; 2, Kiana Woodson, Eastlake,33-00; 3, Nahtasha Poplar, Eastlake, 32-5; 4, Vianae Gonzalez, Socorro, 31-8.

Discus: 1, La O Samoa Talolo, Coronado, 114-8; 2, Kiana Woodson, Eastlake, 114-1; 3, Vanneaya Nieves, Eastlake, 103-4; 4, Brianna Villalobos, El Dorado, 94-04.

High jump: 1, Kaira Joseph, Eastwood, 5-2; 2, Alyssa McBain, Eastwood, 5-2; 3, Angela Chavez, Eastwood, 5-0; 4, Cleo Naranjo, Americas,       4-8.

Pole vault: 1, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 11-6; 2, Charlotte Benavides, Coronado, 10-6; 3, Alexa Lawrence, Coronado, 9-6; 4, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 8-6.

Long jump: 1, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 16-3.5; 2, Ibukun Adeniran, Americas, 16-3.5; 3, Nevaeh Buntyn, Pebble Hills, 16-1.5; 4, Samirah Avila, Socorro, 15-9.

Triple jump: 1, Nevaeh Buntyn, Pebble Hills, 34-11; 2, Amaya Williams, Eastwood, 34-1.50; 3, Samirah Avila, Socorro, 33-11.25; 4, Yocelyn Salcido, Montwood, 33-6.

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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