Area winners and regional qualifiers from District 1-6A

The Area Track and Field Championship for District 1-6A/2-6A took place at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa on Friday.

The top 4 finishers advance to the regional championship in Arlington, April 28-29.

The following are some top performances:

Eastwood’s Adelynn Rodriguez won the 800 and 1,600 meters and helped the 1,600-meter relay team to third place finish.

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

Franklin’s Samaya Scranton placed second in the 200 and 400 meters.

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

Coronado’s Luis Pastor took top honors in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters.

Pebble Hill’s Omer Ibrahim won the 800 meters.

Eastalke’s Caleb Emery qualified for regionals in the shot put and discus.

GIRLS

Franklin freshman Emily Orr won the 3,200 meters and placed second in the 1,600 meters at the area championship.

Running events

100 meters: No qualifiers from El Paso.

200 meters: 1, Alyssa Delgado, San Angelo Central, 25.94; 2, Samaya Scranton, Franklin, 25.99; 3, Julissa Daniels, Pebble Hills, 26.11.

400 meters: 1, Devin Moore, Wolfforth Frenship, 57.77; 2, Samaya Scranton, Franklin, 58.82; 3, Jada Mathis, Midland Legacy, 1:00.12; 4, Giovanna Zubia, Eastwood, 1:00.53.

800 meters: 1, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 2:19.65; 2, Abigail Barraza, Franklin, 2:20.68; 3, Sofia Camacho, Franklin,  2:21.21.

1600 meters: 1, Adelynn Rodriguez, Eastwood, 5:18.08; 2, Emily Orr, Franklin, 5:18.25; 3, Abigail Barraza, Franklin, 5:22.22; 4, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 5:24.08.

3200 meters: 1, Emily Orr, Franklin, 11:24.06; 2, Emma George, San Angelo Central, 11:35.86; 3, Alyssa Laspada, Franklin, 11:36.95; 4, Kassandra Jimenez, Montwood, 11:38.95.

100 hurdles: No qualifiers from El Paso.

300 hurdles: 1, Rylee Sanders, Wolfforth Frenship, 44.91; 2, Erika Salinas, Franklin, 46.68.

400 relay: 1, Wolfforth Frenship, 48.43; 2, Midland Legacy, 48.50; 3, Odessa Permian, 49.15; 4, Franklin (Amelia Stuart, Nancy Camargo, Leah Medina, Joneeah Hudson), 49.33.

800 relay: No qualifiers from El Paso.  

1600 relay: 1, Wolfforth Frenship, 3:58.97; 2, Franklin (Thiaxi Melendez Cepeda, Amanda Sotelo, Sofia Camacho, Abigail Pinon), 4:00.84; 3, Eastwood (Giovanna Zubia, Sophia Watts, Kaira Joseph, Adelynn Rodriguez), 4:01.00.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Leah Acosta, Midland Legacy, 44-10; 2, Kylee Bartlett, Odessa, 38-10.50; 3, Iyanna Jackson, Franklin, 38-0.

Discus: 1, Leah Acosta, Midland Legacy, 166-0; 2, Bolaji Subair, Midland Legacy, 150-2; 3, Reagan Roberts, Wolfforth Frenship, 124-0; 4, Kiana Woodson, Eastlake, 116-07.

High jump: 1, Bliss Dane, Wolfforth Frenship, 5-0; 2, Alyssa McBain, Eastwood, 5-0; 3, Kate Stansell, Midland Legacy, 5-0; 4, Kaira Joseph, Eastwood, 4-11.

Pole vault: 1, Chandler Wilson, Wolfforth Frenship, 12-0; 2, Amelia Stuart, Franklin, 11-6; 3, Charlotte Benavides, Coronado, 10-6.

Long jump:  1, Brielle Bracken, Midland, 17-6; 2, Lillian Guzman, Wolfforth Frenship, 17-2.75; 3, Aaralyn Strambler, Midland Legacy, 16-11.50; 4, Ibukun Adeniran, Americas, 16-6.50.

Triple jump:  1, Brielle Bracken, Midland, 36-9; 2, Mariel Harzke, San Angelo Central, 35-2; 3, Amaya Williams, Eastwood,   34-8.25.

BOYS

Coronado seniors Luis Pastor, left, and Preston Eastman are each advancing to regionals in the 3,200 meters. Pastor won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters.

Running events

100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.67; 2, Elijah McCoy, Midland, 10.93; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.93.

200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 21.97; 2, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.32.

400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.08; 2, Logan Meade, Midland Legacy, 50.18; 3, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.65.

800 meters: 1, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.27; 2, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.86; 3, Miguel Lujan, Odessa, 1:55.91; 4, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.42.

1600 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:18.05; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:27.03; 3, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:30.09; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:33.00.

3200 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 9:22.03; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:35.08; 3, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:36.89; 4, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:37.47.

110 hurdles: 1, Ivan Carreon, Odessa, 14.31; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.85; 3, Yair Berrios, Wolfforth Frenship, 15.26; 4, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.72.

300 hurdles: 1, Ivan Carreon, Odessa, 39.51; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 40.29; 3, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.33.

400 relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.31; 2,     San Angelo Central, 42.13; 3, Midland, 42.39; 4, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.74.   

800 relay: 1, Midland, 1:28.42; 2, Franklin (Julian Mars, Shay Smith, Gerald Williams, Rai Lopez), 1:28.63. 

1600 relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:20.94; 2, San Angelo Central, 3:23.43; 3, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:24.97. 

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Girevis Bobey, Midland Legacy,  55-6.75; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 54-1.75.

Discus: 1, Da’Mareon Gray, Odessa, 168-1; 2, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 161-7; 3, Caleb Emery, Eastlake,         154-2.

High jump: 1, Tate Beeles, Wolfforth Frenship, 6-2; 2, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-2; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-2.

Pole vault: 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-6; 2, Caleb Hardy, Midland Legacy, 14-0; 3, Mont Packer, Franklin, 13-6.

Long jump: 1, Ose Olumese, Wolfforth Frenship, 21-4; 2, Evan Garcia, El Dorado,     21-00.75; 3, D’Marion White, Midland, 20-9.75; 4, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 20-9.

Triple jump: 1, Ose Olumese, Wolfforth Frenship, 45-8.25; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 42-11; 3, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-09.75.

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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