Boys Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 2

There were 9 city best season times and marks established at the Pebble Hills, Riverside and Truman Wills invitationals.

Here are the highlights from week one:

Eastwood junior Jay Acuna had a personal best 50.57 in the 400-meter run to win the Riverside Invitational.

Burges senior Esteban Armendariz had a personal best 1:58.80 in the 800-meter run to win the Truman Wills Invitational at Austin.

Franklin senior Juan Leal ran a personal best 4:22.10 in the 1600-meter run to win the Pebble Hills Invitational.

Immanuel Christian senior Josiah Johnson improved on his city best times in the 110-meter hurdles (14.66) and the 300-meter hurdles (38.81) at the Truman Wills Invitational at Austin.

Montwood’s 800-meter relay of Rex Hendrix, Victor Arellano, Seth Salas and Chris Saenz improved on their own city-best time, winning the race in 1:29.03 at Riverside.

Montwood senior Ricardo Neira hit a personal best mark in the shot put with a toss of 51-feet, 8 inches to win at Riverside.

Austin junior Tenoch Pena recorded a personal best mark in the high jump leaping six feet to win the Truman Wills Invitational.

Franklin senior Luis Espinoza had personal best 13-feet, 6 inches in the pole vault at Pebble Hills, tying the city lead with teammate Mont Packer.

For complete results of the Pebble Hills Invitational, click here – http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/532802/results

For complete results of the Truman Wills Invitational, click here – http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/526280/results

For complete results of the Riverside Invitational click here –  http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/534845/results

This week’s schedule is as follows:

Socorro Invitational: Feb. 23 at the Socorro Student Activities Complex. Socorro, Permian, Pebble Hills, Montwood, Eastlake, Americas, El Dorado, Hanks, Franklin, Bowie, Coronado, El Paso.

Chapin Invitational: Feb. 23-24 at Chapin. Chapin, Parkland, Canutillo, Clint, Harmony, Cathedral, Loretto, Fabens, Andress, Irvin, Austin, Burges, Jefferson.

Omohundro Invitational: Feb. 24 at Eastwood High School: Bel Air, Del Valle, Eastwood, Horizon, Los Alamos, Mt. View, Riverside, San Elizario, Ysleta.

Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 1:

Immanuel Christian senior Josiah Johnson improved on his city best times in the 110-meter hurdles (14.66) and the 300-meter hurdles (38.81) at the Truman Wills Invitational at Austin.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 51-feet, 8 inches; 2, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 48-9.5; 3, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 47-2; 4, Samuel Montes, Bowie, 46-8; 5, Jonathan Zamora, Chapin,45-0; 6, Angel Cortez, Pebble Hills, 44-8; 7, Astin Marquez, Socorro, 44-5; 8, Tyreese White, Pebble Hills, 43-10; 9, Devan Quintana, Riverside, 43-1.50; 10, Diego Martinez, Eastwood, 43-0.75;

Discus: 1, Michael Parker, Pebble Hills, 146-feet, 8 inches; 2, Eddie Najera, Canutillo, 144-6; 3, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 138-11; 4, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 134-00; 5, Jason Nwaogu, Franklin, 131-2; 6, Devin Mata, Burges, 130-4; 7, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 129-4; 8, Kaleb Finn, Coronado, 128-5; 9, Chris Day, Canutillo, 128-1; 10, Michael Southern, Montwood, 126-1.

High jump: 1, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 6-feet, 0 inches; 2, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 5-10; 3, Jared Gordon, Andress, 5-8; 3, Joaquin Rojo, Hanks, 5-8; 3, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-8; 3, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 5-8; 7, Ramon Sanchez, Austin, 5-6; 7, Adrian Vega, Parkland, 5-6; 7, Caden Mayon, El Dorado, 5-6; 10, Cam Mason, Eastwood, 5-4; 10, Christian Garcia, Eastlake, 5-4; 10, Max Wherrett, Coronado, 5-4; 10, Junior Trotman, Eastlake, 5-4.

Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 13-feet, 6 inches; 1, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 13-6; 3, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 13-0; 3, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 13-0; 5, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-6; 5, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 12-6; 7, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 12-0; 8, Matthew Slosar, Mt. View, 11-6; 9, Tobias Palmer, Canutillo, 10-6; 9, Cesar Ruiz, Del Valle, 10-6.

Long jump: 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 21-feet, .50 inches; 2, Chris Brock, Canutillo, 20-11; 3, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 21-4.5; 4, Jaivian Poindexter, Pebble Hills, 20-9.5; 5, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 20-9.5; 6, Josiah Parks, Andress, 20-9; 7, Omari Rich, Chapin, 20-7; 8, Jordan Owens, Andress, 20-6; 9, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 20-4.5; 10, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 20-3.5.

Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 43-feet, 3.5 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 42-4; 3, Daveon Singleton, Chapin, 41-10; 4, Jaylen Walker, San Elizario, 41-7; 5, Julian Bailey, Chapin, 41-4.5; 6, Roberto Daggarty, Parkland, 41-3.5; 7, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 40-8; 8, David Marquez, Hanks, 40-7; 9, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 40-3.5; 10, Kaleb Martinez, Parkland, 40-1; 10, Marques Young, Pebble Hills, 40-1.

Bowie junior Samuel Montes had a personal best toss of 46-feet, 8 inches in the shot put to win the Truman Wills Invitational at Austin. His mark is fourth best in the city.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.82; 2, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 11.05; 3, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 11.11; 4, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 11.17; 5, Dylan Sims, Chapin, 11.18; 6, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.19; 7, Eduardo Carillo, Canutillo, 11.20; 8, Ernesto Powers, Franklin, 11.21; 9, Jadarius Sanders, El Dorado, 11.23; 10, Alonzo Aguilera, Riverside, 11.27.

200 meters: 1, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 22.05; 2, Christian Saenz, Montwood, 22.45; 3, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 22.73; 4, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 22.80; 5, Shay Smith, Franklin, 22.94; 6, Jacob Olivo, Horizon, 23.00; 7, Ramon Gonzalez, Franklin, 23.07; 7, Dylan Sims, Chapin, 23.07; 9, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 23.09; 10, Caydin Purdy, Chapin, 23.13.

400 meters: 1, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 50.57; 2, Hudson Meritt, El Paso, 50.77; 3, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 51.02; 4, Jesus Zubia, Eastlake, 51.23; 5, Ky’Ri Bonner, Hanks, 51.32; 6, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 51.33; 7, Alonzo Rodriguez, Ysleta, 51.59; 8, Seth Truax, Chapin, 51.83; 9, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 51.93; 10, Cesario Alvarado, Bel Air, 52.31.

800 meters: 1, Esteban Armendariz, Burges, 1:58.80; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 1:59.45; 3, Joaquin Moya, El Paso, 2:00.29; 4, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 2:00.38; 5, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 2:00.65; 6, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 2:00.87; 7, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 2:01.05; 8, William Morken, Franklin, 2:01.21; 9, Aaron Call, Franklin, 2:01.64; 10, Eric Gonzalez, Eastwood, 2:02.59.

1,600 meters: 1, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:22.10; 2, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:22.29; 3, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 4:24.55; 4, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 4:27.16; 5, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 4:28.14; 6, Seth Truax, Chapin, 4:28.67; 7, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 4:29.52; 8, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:30.96; 9, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 4:31.08; 10, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 4:32.19.

3,200 meters: 1, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:26.74; 2, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 9:26.98; 3, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:27.39; 4, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:30.81; 5, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:32.71; 6, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 9:35.34; 7, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 9:37.56; 8, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 9:37.69; 9, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:45.22; 10, Jose Rosa, Chapin, 9:45.81.

110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.66; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.13; 3, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.38; 4, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 15.84; 5, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.96; 6, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.12; 7, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 16.16; 8, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 16.19; 9, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 16.51; 10, Ethan Zamora, Chapin, 16.74.

300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 38.81; 2, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 40.80; 3, Tyler White, Eastlake, 40.84; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 41.42; 5, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 41.47; 6, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 42.12; 7, Aidan Carr, Del Valle, 42.39; 8, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 42.87; 9, Micheal Montoya, Franklin, 43.15; 10, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 43.26.

400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Shay Smith, Ernesto Powers, Ramon Gonzalez, Jordan Morales), 42.61; 2, Eastwood (Max Mancilla, Jay Acuna, Gerardo De Leon Herrera, Ramon Laguana), 43.29; 3, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Jake Fette, Max Giron, Jaylen Padilla), 43.62; 4, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Jaden Mitchell, Eduardo Carillo, Ethan Villa), 44.74; 5, Coronado (Mason Slaughter, Blake Randag, Owen Levesque, Ben Wilson), 43.98; 6, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Abdiel Rincon, Jayden Mendivil, Joaquin Hernandez), 44.00; 7, Horizon (James Realzola, Jacob Olivo, Ezequiel Bonilla, Noah Velasquez), 44.23; 8, Burges (Jayden Bowser, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Kamren Hannah, Adrian Gomez), 44.46; 9, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Dominick Soto, Erick Delgadillo), 44.50; 10, Chapin (Antoine Martin, Julian Bailey, Daveon Singleton, Dylan Sims), 44.52; 10, Pebble Hills (Jaylen Kelley, Miguel Chaparro, Jaivian Poindexter, Amari Deion Welch), 44.52.

800-meter relay: 1, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Victor Arellano, Seth Salas, Chris Saenz), 1:29.03; 2, Franklin (Luis Espinoza, Shay Smith, Ramon Gonzalez, Ernesto Powers), 1:29.91; 3, Coronado (Ben Wilson, Owen Levesque, Blake Randag, Sebastian Juarrieta), 1:31.15; 4, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Evan Tovar, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Maximiliano Giron), 1:31.21; 5, Burges (Adrian Gomez, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah, Luke Dexter-Quinn), 1:31.50; 6, El Dorado (Jadarius Sanders, Jermanie Merricks, Adrian Macias, Matthew Pinto), 1:31.92; 7, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Hudson Meritt, Croft Tarwater), 1:32.80; 8, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Erick Delgadillo, Dominick  Soto, Ronnie Garcia), 1:33.13; 9, Eastwood (Caleb Flores, Emmanuel Lopez, Gerardo Herrera De Leon, Ramon Laguana), 1:33.33; 10, Parkland (Rummell Weekley, Kaleb Martinez, Roberto Daggarty, Ernest Crawford), 1:33.62.

1,600-meter relay: 1, Montwood (Victor Arellano, Chris Saenz, Rex Hendrix, Seth Salas), 3:27.87; 2, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Emmanuel Lopez, Gerardo Herrera De Leon, Max Mancilla), 3:28.94; 3, Franklin (Luis Espinoza, Aaron Call, Aaron Dixon, Adrian Reyes), 3:30.03; 4, Eastlake (Jesus Zubia, Ronnie Garcia, Jaime Martinez, Tyler White), 3:31.34; 5, Chapin (Dylan Sims, Antoine Martin, Dauntae Herrera, Seth Truax), 3:31.98; 6, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Jerry Lopez, Jaden Mitchell, Omar Rivera), 3:32.59; 7, Hanks (Abel Navejas, Ky’Ri Bonner, Ruben Ortega, Jacob Del Real), 3:33.31; 8, Burges (Yuri Alvarez, Jacob Yeager, Kamren Hannah, Esteban Armendariz), 3:33.32; 9, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Valentin Mendoza, Christian Hurtado, Diego Romero), 3:33.38; 10, El Paso High (Lorenzo Shields, Aydan Lugo, Joaquin Moya, Hudson Merritt), 3:33.72. 

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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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