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Luis Pastor came home with two Class 6A state medals.
El Paso athletes returned from the UIL Track and Field Championship with seven medals around their necks.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor and Chapin senior Morgan Little had the most impressive weekends.
Pastor, who is headed to Texas in the fall, ran a personal best 4:09.04 to claim the silver medal in the Class 6A 1,600. He came close to breaking the 43-year-old El Paso all-time city record held by Bel Air’s Sergio Oaxacas’ 4:08.9 he set in 1980.
Pastor returned to run a season best and city best 8:57.35 in the 3,200 and finished with a bronze medal.
Chapin senior Morgan Little, left, earned a state bronze medal in 100-meter dash. She also placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.
Little also had a day, earning a bronze medal in the Class 5A 100-meter dash in 11.77, finishing sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches and helping the 400-relay team of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson and Maliyah Priderace to a school and city record 46.47 and placed fourth at the Class 5A state championship.
The team also finished eighth in the 800 relay in 1:40.93.
Other El Paso area athletes to win medals were Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva who earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
Riverside’s Angel Munoz earned two bronze medals in Class 4A.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned two bronze medals in Class 4A; finishing in 37.83 in the 300-meter hurdles, a season city best, and in the long jump, leaping 22-feet, 8.75 inches.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno earned a silver in Class 4A, 800-meter run.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno earned a silver in Class 4A, 800-meter run, racing a season and personal best 1:53.80. He also ran a 4:28.28 in the 1,600 and finished sixth.
Other state performers were:
Class 6A
The Franklin boys 400-meter relay team of Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales finished fifth in 41.42.
Class 5A
Chapin juniorSeth Truaxwas ninth in the 800-run finishing in 1:59.01.
Parkland’s 800-meter relay team of Kaleb Martinez, DJ Crest, Joseph Gomez and Lincoln Juardo finished eighth in 1:39.50 after a mishandled baton pass.
Jose Guardado
Class 4A
Riverside senior Jose Guardado was fifth in the long jump, with a mark of 22-feet, 3.5 inches.
Tornillo junior Daniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run and ninth in the 1,600 in Class 3A.
Class 3A
Tornillo juniorDaniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run in 9:42.52. He finished ninth in the 1,600 in a time of 4:32.17.
The final week of the track and field season resulted in three city best times and marks set at the UIL Track and Field Championship.
City best performers were:
Coronado senior Luis Pastor who ran a season city best 4:09.04 and finished with a silver medal in the 1,600 meters at the Class 6A State Championship.
Pastor returned to the track and Coronado senior and ran a season city best 8:57.35 and finished with a bronze medal in the 3,200 meters.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned a bronze medal in the Class 4A 300 hurdles, racing to a 37.83, a season city best.
Other state medalist were:
Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
San Elizario senior Chris Moreno ran a season and personal best 1:53.80 to earn a silver medal in the 800.
Riverside senior Angel Munoz earned a bronze medal in the long jump, leaping 22-feet, 8.75 inches.
Otherstate performances include:
Class 6A
The Franklin boys 400-meter relay team of Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams and Jordan Morales finished fifth in 41.42.
Class 5A
Chapin junior Seth Truax was ninth in the 800-run finishing in 1:59.01.
Parkland’s 800-meter relay team of Kaleb Martinez, DJ Crest, Joseph Gomez and Lincoln Juardo finished eighth in 1:39.50 after a mishandled baton pass.
Class 4A
San Elizario’s ChrisMoreno ran a 4:28.28 in the 1,600 and finished sixth.
Riverside senior Jose Guardado was fifth in the long jump, with a mark of 22-feet, 3.5 inches.
Class 3A
Tornillo junior Daniel Romero finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run in 9:42.52. He finished ninth in the 1,600 in a time of 4:32.17.
For complete results of the UIL State Championship click here – uil.tfresult.com
Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after the state championship:
Horizon senior Ricardo Leyva earned a silver medal at the Class 5A high jump championship, clearing 6-feet, 10-inches.
Field Events
Shot put: 1, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 58-feet, 2 inches; 2, Trey Nelson, Pebble Hills, 49-11.75; 3, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 48-7.5; 4, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 48-4; 5, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 48-3.5; 6, Jacob Holguin, Bel Air, 47-9; 7, Matthew Flores, Clint, 47-7; 8, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 47-6; 9, Craig Wydra, Andress, 46-10.50; 10, Alex Dominguez, Mt. View, 46-6; 10, Anthony Morales, Burges, 46-6.
Discus: 1, Kole Pellerito, Pebble Hills, 161 feet, 7 inches; 2, Caleb Emery, Eastlake, 154-6; 3, Robert Legarda, Eastwood, 148-7; 4, Xavier Johnson, Hanks, 145-2; 5, Devin Mata, Burges, 145-1; 6, Tyrone McDuffie, Parkland, 143-7; 6; 7, Roger Martinez, Clint, 138-6; 8, Angel Garcia, Clint, 137-2; 9, Jason Nwaogu, Franklin, 135-4; 10, Matthew Flores, Clint, 134-4.
High jump: 1, Ricardo Leyva, Horizon, 6-feet, 11 inches; 2, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 6-6; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 6-4; 4, Jake Fette, Del Valle, 6-0; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 6-0; 4, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 6-0; 7, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 5-10; 7, Bryson Goldsmith, Chapin, 5-10; 7, Osatohamwen Gbowa, Burges, 5-10; 7, Bryan Adebayo, Riverside, 5-10; 7, Diego Gonzalez, Mt. View, 5-10; 7, William Mclilly, Montwood, 5-10; 7, Fabian Talavera, Americas, 5-10; 7, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-10; 7, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 5-10; 10, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 5-10.
Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet, 9.5 inches; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-6; 3, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 13-6; 4, Jesus Guerrero, Mt. View, 13-0; 4, Joaquin Hickey, Franklin, 13-0; 6, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 12-9; 7, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 12-6; 7, Cypress Lopez, Canutillo, 12-6; 7, Andres Cardoza, San Elizario, 12-6; 10, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-0.
Long jump: 1, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22-feet, 9 inches; 2, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 22-8.75; 3, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22-2.75; 4, Dezmond Gonzalez, El Dorado, 22-2.5; 5, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22-1; 6, Curtis Murillo, Eastwood, 21-10.75; 7, Oscar Martinez, Bel Air, 21-9.50; 8, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 21-8; 9, Raymon Riddick, Del Valle, 21-7; 10, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 21-4.
Triple jump: 1, DJ Crest, Parkland, 47-feet; 2, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 45-5; 3, Isaac Guerrero, Irvin, 43-8; 4, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 43-6; 5, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 43-2; 6, Devin Falk-Ramirez, Eastwood, 42-9.75; 7, Iandel Rosario, Pebble Hills, 42-4; 8, Jeremiah Steib, Montwood, 41-9; 9, Robert Lewis, El Paso, 41-8; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 41-7.5.
Coronado senior Luis Pastor won a Class 6A state silver medal in the 1,600 meters and a bronze in the 3,200 meters.
Running Events
100 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 10.49; 2, Julian Mars, Franklin, 10.80; 3, Lincoln Juardo, Parkland, 10.84; 4, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.86; 5, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.98; 6, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 11.00; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.09; 8, Jalile Bost, Pebble Hills, 11.12; 9, DJ Crest, Parkland, 11.13; 10, Erick Dominguez. Mt. View, 11.15.
200 meters: 1, Beau Sparks, Franklin, 21.16; 2, Gerald Williams, Franklin, 22.02; 3, Shelton Fuller, Del Valle, 22.13; 4, DJ Crest, Parkland, 22.24; 5, Jacob Medina, El Paso, 22.47; 6, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 22.50; 7, Jose Guardado, Riverside, 22.55; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 22.68; 9, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 22.69; 10,Lorenzo Shields, El Paso, 22.73.
400 meters: 1, Cade Little, Coronado, 49.02; 2, Roman Gomez, Jefferson, 50.10; 3, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 50.12; 4, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 50.19; 5, Deandre Jackson, Ysleta, 50.46; 6, Nicolas Garcia, Franklin, 50.51; 7, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 50.51; 8, Sebastian Aguayo, Coronado, 50.60; 9, Grabiel Saucedo II, Cathedral, 50.61; 10, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 50.90.
800 meters: 1, Chris Moreno, San Elizairo, 1:53.80; 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 1:55.27; 3, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:55.86; 4, Diego Romero, Americas, 1:56.42; 5, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:57.04; 6, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 1:57.95; 7, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 1:58.15; 8, Bernard Martinez, Cathedral, 1:59.24; 9, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 1:59.33; 10, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 1:59.53.
1,600 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 4:09.04; 2, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 4:18.85; 3, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:23.07; 4, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 4:24.09; 5, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:23.77; 6, Alejandro Tarin, Hanks, 4:25.14; 7, Diego Flores, Franklin, 4:25.15; 8, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 4:26.82; 9, Daniel Romero. Tornillo, 4:27.32; 10, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:27.33.
3,200 meters: 1, Luis Pastor, Coronado, 8:57.35; 2, Diego Flores, Franklin, 9:23.99; 3, Preston Eastman, Coronado, 9:28.03; 4, Daniel Romero, Tornillo, 9:33.52; 5, Anthony Casillas, Eastwood, 9:36.89; 6, Omer Ibrahim, Pebble Hills, 9:38.49; 7, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:38.90;8, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:39.64; 9, Denovan Estrada, Franklin, 9:41.38; 10, Angel Torres, Tornillo, 9:41.59.
110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.52; 2, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 14.70; 3, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 14.94; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.20; 4, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.20; 6, Diego Sanchez, Eastwood, 15.22; 7, Noah Vick, Franklin, 15.27; 8, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 15.40; 9, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.44; 10, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.47.
300-meter hurdles: 1, Angel Munoz, Riverside, 37.83, 2, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 37.97; 3, Jason Valdez, Eastwood, 39.97; 4, Armando Aguirre, Clint, 40.24; 5, Maury Carreto, Franklin, 40.26; 6, Devin Rubio, El Dorado, 40.51; 7, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 40.67; 8, Michael Kiesel, Parkland, 41.01; 9, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 41.42; 10, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 41.58.
400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams, Jordan Morales), 41.18; 2, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 41.58; 3, Pebble Hills (Jalile Bost, Julian Piercy, Amari Deion Welch, Gael Ochoa), 42.40; 4, Chapin (Justin Yhisreal, Yoshua Yhisreal, Michael Medina, Dylan Sims), 42.66; 5, Montwood (Izayuh Claudio, Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Christian Saenz), 42.74; 6, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Ramon Laguana, Max Mancilla, Curtis Murillo), 43.11; 7, Riverside (Tristan Lopez, Jose Guardado, Alonzo Aguilera, Angel Munoz), 43.27; 8, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Jay Taylor, Rene Huerta, Eduardo Carillo), 43.42; 9, Bel Air (Benjamin Martinez, Oscar Martinez, Christopher Davis, Mark Mukiibi), 43.61; 10, Americas, 43.67.
800-meter relay: 1, Parkland (Kaleb Martinez, Demarion Daniel Crest, Joseph Gomez, Lincoln Juardo), 1:27.06; 2, Franklin (Beau Sparks, Jordan Morales, Julian Mars, Gerald Williams), 1:27.41; 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, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Caydin Purdy, Michael Medina, Justin Yhisreal), 1:30.38; 6, El Dorado (Alan Martinez, Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Dezmond Gonzalez), 1:30.55; 7, Pebble Hills (Damian Ibarra, Amari Deion Welch, Jalile Bost, Gael Ochoa), 1:30.65; 8, Americas (Abdiel Rincon, Matthew Ramirez, Andres Hernandez, Fabian Talavera), 1:31.07; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Chris Brock, Ethan Villa, Rene Huerta), 1:31.18; 10, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Jacob Medina, Hudson Merritt), 1:31.25.
1,600-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Rai Lopez, Maury Carreto, Joaquin Hickey, Nicolas Garcia), 3:20.94; 2, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Rex Hendrix, Jacob Villalobos, Seth Salas), 3:24.97; 3, Coronado (Pablo Pedraza, Sam Breceda, Cade Little, Sebastian Aguayo), 3:25.35; 4, Eastwood (Joe Meza, Curtis Murillo, Jason Valdez, Max Mancilla), 3:26.29; 5, Pebble Hills (Charles Wellenreuther, Amari Taylor, Damian Ibarra, Omer Ibrahim), 3:27.57; 6, El Dorado (Devin Rubio, Miguel Chapa, Isaac Gutierrez, Evan Garcia), 3:28.27; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Hudson Merritt, Jacob Medina, Lorenzo Shields), 3:29.43; 8, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Adriel Lira, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:30.67; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Omar Rivera, Chris Brock, Jaden Mitchell), 3:31.23; 10, Bel Air (Diego Constantino, Noah Moreno, Christopher Davis, Cesario Alvarado), 3:31.41.
The final week of the track and field season resulted in 1 city best time set at the UIL State Track and Field Championship.
Stateperformances include:
Chapin senior Morgan Little earned a bronze medal in 100-meter dash at the Class 5A state championship, racing to 11.77. She also finished sixth in the state in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.
The Chapin 400-meter relay team of Samahdi Foster, Caidence Johnson, Maliyah Pride and Morgan Little ran a school and city record 46.47 and placed fourth at the Class 5A state championship.
Chapin’s800-meter relay team of Foster, Johnson, Pride and Little finished eighth in 1:40.93.
For complete results of the UIL State Championship click here – uil.tfresult.com
Here the top 10 track and field female athletes in each track and field event after the state championship:
Chapin senior Morgan Little, left, earned a state bronze medal in 100-meter dash. She also placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet, 7-inches.